Post the happiest and saddest songs you know

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Just for the sake of it

Happiest songs:
The "Happy tree friends" theme song (warning, not a kids cartoon)
Raffi - Banana Phone

Most beautiful songs:
The Dandy Warholes - Sleep
The Verve - Bittersweet Sympony

Saddest songs:
Gary Jules' cover of Mad World (permanantly depressing!)
NIN - Hurt

Sad song:

A Killer in me - Smashing pumpkins

So many songs...

Happy:
"I'm still standing" Elton John

A good proportion of ABBA, of Queen, of the Beatles...


Sad, or worse...

Veteran of the psychic wars: Blue Oyster Cult.
Suicide: Barclay James Harvest

"Tomorrow belongs to me" from Cabaret

Happy: Sweet Home Alabama by Lynard Skynard

Put on a Happy Face

Streets of Larado

When it comes to sad music country music has the most sad songs. Hard to
pick just one but I would go with:

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" By Hank Williams covered my others I like Johnny Cash version best.

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill

He sounds too blue to fly

The midnight train is whining low

I'm so lonesome I could cry


I've never seen a night so long

When time goes crawling by

The moon just went behind a cloud

To hide its face and cry


Did you ever see a robin weep

When leaves begin to die?

Like me he's lost the will to live

I'm so lonesome I could cry


The silence of a falling star

Lights up a purple sky

And as I wonder where you are

I'm so lonesome I could cry

#2 sad song pick An American Trilogy lyrics by Elvis Presley

Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old things they are not forgotten
Look away, look away, look away dixieland
Oh I wish I was in dixie, away, away
In dixieland I take my stand to live and die in dixie
Cause dixieland, thats where I was born
Early lord one frosty morning
Look away, look away, look away dixieland

Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
His truth is marching on

So hush little baby
Dont you cry
You know your daddys bound to die
But all my trials, lord will soon be over

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When it comes to happy music forget country and it would be very hard to pick one
that is that happy. At a time in my life I was on anti-depressant and happy I
liked Wagner's Tannhauser. Then years later depressed off medicine I started
taking anti-depressant again and the music began playing in my mind!! !!

My Happy Songs

1. 'Transport of Delight' by Flanders and Swann
2. 'Carnaby Street' by Peggy March
3. 'Dedicated Follower of Fashion' by The Kinks
4. 'In The City' by The Who
5. 'Bus Stop' by The Hollies

My Sad Songs

1. 'Candle in the Wind 1997' by Elton John. It reminds me of a recent loss.
2. 'Streets of London' by Cat Stevens

Wow so much listening to do. These lists will definitely come in handy at times.

Happy:
We are the Champions - Queen

Saddest:
Silent Night
(Christmas carole - I think the tune is haunting and I am stuck with a vision of it being sung in WW1 trenches in the Christmas ceasefire.

A sad song is 'Concrete angel', by Martina McBride, and also 'Two Beds and a Coffee Machine' by Savage Garden. And maybe 'Grown-up Christmas list' by Kelly Clarkson...

And a happy song would definitely be Affirmation, by Savage Garden. And also 'Wonderful' by Everclear is very nice.

They are some of my favourites. I have no definite preference of music

happiest;

'on top of the world' - the carpenters

Happiest:
"Rainy Day Sun" by Spinal Tap
"Christmas with the Devil" by Spinal Tap
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles
"Citadel" by The Rolling Stones
"Beware! Criminal" by Incubus
"Logos Naki World (A world without logos)" by Yasushi Ishii
"Shine" by Mr. Big
The Cowboy Bebop opening theme song by Yoko Kanno
The Wolf's Rain opening theme song by Yoko Kanno and a bunch of other people
"Encuentro Con El Diablo" by Charly Garcia

Saddest:
"Dogs" by Pink Floyd
"Us and Them" by Pink Floyd
"Sleeping with Ghosts" by Placebo
"This Picture" by Placebo
"English Summer Rain" by Placebo
"Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles
"A Day in the Life" by The Beatles
"Time" by Pink Floyd
"Mad World" (I'm ashamed to admit I forget who did this one)
The Cowboy Bebop ending theme song
The entire contents of Farzad's "From my heart"

Happy: "Happy, Smiley People" by REM. I'm not sure it's the right title, but thats what they sing. Happy video too.

Most beautiful: "One For William" by John Renbourn

Saddest: "One For William" by John Renbourn