Anonymous
Post 06/24/2015 18:04     Subject: The saddest song of all time
Zac Brown Band - Bittersweet. Had to pull over at a rest stop the first time I heard it because I was sobbing so hard.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2015 12:13     Subject: Re:The saddest song of all time
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:George Jones singing "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

(Even if you think you don't like country music, you should listen to the entire song if you haven't before.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VExw77xJsBQ



Perhaps a clearer recording

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYQViYm92hg




+1

Also, Puff the Magic Dragon - makes me cry every time!

You'll Think of Me - Keith Urban

Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan






Oh, ya! Puff! I'm sobbing by the end of it!
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2015 12:11     Subject: The saddest song of all time
I agree with those who nominated "tears in heaven" by Clapton. What could be sadder than the death of a child?

Jolene by Parton is a pretty good "also ran". I also feel melancholy (but not crying-sad) listening to "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. "Space Oddity" by Bowie makes me melancholy as well.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2015 11:58     Subject: The saddest song of all time
An oldie that just made me cry-

How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye- Patty Loveless
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2015 22:45     Subject: Re:The saddest song of all time
From the new season of True Detective...definitely wins the prize for saddest song. Good lord!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOqzziWdVzk

Anonymous
Post 06/22/2015 10:21     Subject: The saddest song of all time
Haven't read the entire thread yet but has anyone mentioned The Greatest by Cat Power? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT9qM99l9Yk
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2015 21:14     Subject: The saddest song of all time
I can't believe no one has mentioned Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" It was covered and made popular by Judy Collins.

And also Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now (and Little Green) mentioned by someone earlier.

Also, Long Long Time by Linda Ronstadt.





Anonymous
Post 06/20/2015 20:03     Subject: Re:The saddest song of all time
Anonymous wrote:can't listen to Harry Chapin's "Cats in the Cradle" about a dad being blown off by his son, because that's what dad did while the kid was growing up. TOO SAD and I change the channel every time!


+1

Anonymous
Post 06/20/2015 19:50     Subject: The saddest song of all time
One Song Glory, from Rent

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, from Les Mis
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2015 19:05     Subject: Re:The saddest song of all time
"The Living Years" by Mike & the Mechanics

Lost my dad recently and I can't handle that song...
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2015 20:37     Subject: The saddest song of all time
Halleluiah when it was done on the Voice after Sandy Hook.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2015 20:36     Subject: Re:The saddest song of all time
Anonymous wrote:Another Auld Lang Syne.

(See what I did there? )


. thank you.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2015 20:14     Subject: Re:The saddest song of all time
Anonymous wrote:One that's been getting to me lately is She Don't Love You by Eric Paslay

Current hit I Got the Boy is pretty melancholy. But the singer Jana? is gorgeous.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2015 17:32     Subject: The saddest song of all time
"Another Suitcase in Another Hall," Evita

"Both Sides Now," Judy Collins

Yes - I'm older!
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2015 17:23     Subject: The saddest song of all time
"Yesterday" or "Imagine" by the Beatles