Post your favorite ridiculously sad song

Page 3 of 6 [ 82 posts ] Go to page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next

Joined: 12 Nov 2007
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Posts: 7,015

20 Dec 2008, 9:12 pm

Souxie and the Banshees - Are you still dying, darling?
Jim Carroll band - people who died (they ware all my friends, and boy did they die!...
Ramones - the KKK took my baby away
Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear

Ah_Q
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Posts: 565
Location: The Freezer

21 Dec 2008, 1:58 am

"Tears," by the Chanmeleons UK

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fTTj_x8SCo[/youtube]
I like the acoustic version better. That version is just crushingly sad.

_________________
I live!

DeaconBlues
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Apr 2007
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,661
Location: Earth, mostly

21 Dec 2008, 3:24 pm

No video for it, but from Roger Waters' The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, there's "4:50 AM (Go Fishing)":

(spoken)
As cars go by I cast my mind's eye
Over back packs on roof racks
Beyond the horizon
Where dream makers
Working white plastic processors
Invite the unwary
To reach for the pie in the sky
Go fishing my boy!

(sung)
We set out in the spring
With a trunk full of books about everything,
About solar devices
And how nice natural childbirth is,
We cut down some trees
And we trailed our ideals through the forest glade
We dammed up the stream
And the kids cooled their heels in the fishing pool we made
We held hands and we exchanged bands
And we practically lived off the land

You adopted a fox cub
Whose mother was somebody's coat
You fed him by hand, and then snuggled him down
In the grandfather bed while I wrote
We grew our own maize
And we only occasionally went into town
To stock up on antibiotics
And shells for the shotgun that I kept around
I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
And the sun went down sooner each day...

(children)
Come on, daddy! Come on, da!

(man)
Eeyore, the old grey donkey, stood by the side of the stream. "Pathetic," he said. "That's what it is."
(puffing sounds, then voice returns, strained)
"Good morning," said Pooh. (pause) "Oh," said Pooh. He sat down to think...

Then the leaves all fell down
The crops all turned brown, it was over
As the first snowflakes fell
I realized all was not well in the camp
The kids caught bronchitis
The space heater ran out of diesel
One weekend a friend from the East, rot his soul,
Stole your heart,
I said, "f**k it, then, take the kids back to town,
Maybe I'll see you around"

I said, "Go now!"
She said, "Okay."
So then leaving all our books and things
To the wind and the rain,
Taking only our stash, left our litter and trash
And set out on the road again
On the road again
On the road again...

And the next song, "4:56 AM (For the First Time Today, Part 1)":

For the first time today
I realized it's really over
You were my everyday excuse for playing
Deaf, dumb, and blind
And who'd have ever thought
This is how it would end for you and me
To carry our own millstone
Out of the trees
And I have to admit
I don't like it a bit
Being left here beside this lonesome road
Lonesome road
Lonesome road...

_________________
Sodium is a metal that reacts explosively when exposed to water. Chlorine is a gas that'll kill you dead in moments. Together they make my fries taste good.

adverb
Toucan
Toucan

Joined: 7 Dec 2007
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Posts: 256

21 Dec 2008, 3:43 pm

the MASH theme song - Suicide is Painless

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHihavkO-pw[/youtube]Through early morning fog I see visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me I realize and I can see . . .
That suicide is painless it brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.

I try to find a way to make all our little joys relate
Without that ever-present hate but now I know that it’s too late,
and . . . suicide is painless it brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.

The game of life is hard to play. I’m gonna lose it anyway.
The losing card I’ll someday lay so this is all I have to say.
That suicide is painless it brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.

_________________
What will happen in the morning when the world it gets so crowded that you can't look out the window in the morning?
- Nick Drake

CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 116,933
Location: In my little Olympic World of peace and love

24 Dec 2008, 7:31 am

'Baby's In Black' by The Beatles.

_________________
The Family Enigma

aguales
Deinonychus

Joined: 15 Nov 2007
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Posts: 304
Location: Houston, Texas, USA

26 Dec 2008, 1:37 pm

Cade wrote:

Elliott Smith wrote many genuinely sad songs. I wouldn't call them ridiculously sad, as that would be saying the pain, loneliness and sadness Elliott felt and drew from to write his songs was ridiculous. I think only a soulless as*hole would suggest that (and regrettably, there are soulless as*holes who have).

Here's one I think a lot of Aspies can relate to - "Tomorrow, Tomorrow" (I hate this fan vid, but the live versions on YouTube had awful sound quality):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogg2RbPypug&feature=related[/youtube]

Everybody knows which way you go, straight to over
No one wants to see you inside of me, straight to over
I heard the hammer at the lock
Say you're deaf and dumb and done
Give yourself another talk
This time make it sound like someone

The noise is coming out, and if it's not out now
Then tomorrow, tomorrow
They took your life apart and called you failure's art
They were wrong though, they won't know
'Til tomorrow

I got static in my head
The reflected sound of everything
Tried to go to where it led
But it didn't lead to anything

The noise is coming out, and if it's not out now
I know it's just about to drown tomorrow out

I was about to post an Elliott Smith song and saw yours as well. "Genuinely, sad songs", definitely. Too many to choose, but I chose this one since the video references his suicide.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37k_Ri1XxEc[/youtube]

ImMelody
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 9 Jun 2008
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Posts: 788
Location: DFW, TX

26 Dec 2008, 3:29 pm

I can never find the actual musical video, so this AMV will have to do.

Maybe We Could Go Back To Then by The Brilliant Green
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et0CQO25P50[/youtube]

Quote:

Oh...the day will come and we can begin where we had to end
You're my only true friend, I can't forget you
Long talks and lazy days

I remember those times, I remember all our favorite songs
Oh, fate can be so hard
There's an empty space in this old heart of mine

If only we could go back to then
Yes, turn back the hands of time, my friend
And count the stars in the sky again
If only we could go back to then

Do you know there's a place waiting for you
A special place in my heart and my life
Yes, a beautiful place waiting for you
When you come home, we'll turn back the time

I have all your letters
And a bos full of memories, my friend
But the only thing I need, is you with me
Together once again

I'm so sad I could cry, though I know, there's nothing I can do
You chose red and I chose blue, did what we had to
But I'm still missing you

Maybe we could go back to then
If only we could turn back again
Cause hey, we're special best of friends
This song is for you and me 'til then

Please know there's a place waiting for you
A special place in my heart and my life
Yes, a beautiful place waiting for you
When you come home let's turn back the time

_________________
For parents with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: www.asparenting.com

BrokenRobot
Tufted Titmouse

Joined: 21 Jan 2009
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 29
Location: Coventry, UK

22 Jan 2009, 7:47 pm

(I can't post URLs yet, to my annoyance, but here are the lyrics)

Queen Adreena - Weeds

There is an anger comes off this girl,
That she can't find an origin,
The things I plant won't grow,
Yet the wild weeds flower in wind and snow.

Nothing to be nothing to prove,
Nowhere to go nothing to lose.

When will my season come,
Was I born of infertile soil,
Is my seed without song,
Can I not see the woods for these forests in my head,
Can I not see the sunlight as I play dead?

Nothing to be nothing to prove,
Nowhere to go nothing to lose.

It's about Katie's discovery that she can't have children.

_________________
"Beware the Alien, the Mutant, the Hairy Tick."

Italianwolf77
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 3 Jan 2009
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 568

22 Jan 2009, 9:36 pm

Street Spirit (Fade Out)-Radiohead
Pyramid Song-Radiohead (the sound of the song is pretty gloomy IMO)
Fade to Black-Metallica

twoshots
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 26 Nov 2007
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,731
Location: Boötes void

23 Jan 2009, 12:58 am

Battle of Mice - Sleep and Dream

And here's another for good measure
The Gathering - Amity

_________________
* here for the nachos.

Manders
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 16 Jul 2008
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,180
Location: 6 Underground

23 Jan 2009, 1:40 am

Love Of My Life by Queen.

So sad, yet it's the most beautiful song I've heard in my life.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kuExRfqhm0&feature=related[/youtube]

marshall
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 14 Apr 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 10,752
Location: Turkey

23 Jan 2009, 3:38 am

Have to respond to my own thread again. Sorry.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Static (instrumental music)

To my ears this music piece is the sound of pure mental anguish. Unfortunately there isn't any good quality audio of this on the internet. The whole song is actually over 20 minutes long.

GY!BE - Static: World Police

UNKLE - Lonely Soul (lyrics and music)

UNKLE - Lonely Soul

Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely (lyrics and music)

Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely

Dussel
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Jan 2009
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,788
Location: London (UK)

23 Jan 2009, 6:03 am

Manders wrote:

Love Of My Life by Queen.

So sad, yet it's the most beautiful song I've heard in my life.

... and of cause - Save me:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyODe_WFaBA&feature=related[/youtube]

But this was the stuff I listen to, when I was 20 year younger, today I favour very much:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_LLFfFXaUA&feature=related[/youtube]

odd
Tufted Titmouse

Joined: 21 Jan 2009
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 44
Location: Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Canberra, Cairns, Melbourne, Townsville - who knows?

23 Jan 2009, 6:32 am

Last edited by odd on 25 Jan 2009, 10:40 am, edited 1 time in total.

BellaDonna
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Dec 2008
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,858

23 Jan 2009, 7:40 am

Cyndi Lauper - Sally's Pigeons
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqel8CNJ-Oc

BellaDonna
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Dec 2008
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,858

23 Jan 2009, 12:27 pm

Changes by BlackSabbath
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=n34zFCSQZE0

Last edited by BellaDonna on 24 Jan 2009, 3:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Page 3 of 6 [ 82 posts ] Go to page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next

Jump to:

Post your favorite ridiculously sad song Post Reply New Topic

Post your favorite ridiculously sad song