The saddest song you know?

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There are countless of songs that "literally" pricks you with needles right in the heart. Some songs appear sad because of their lyrics, other earn the sad song title because of the depressing sound to it. If you are to pick out one song that touches you emotionally, which one?

My pick will have to be The Smiths, Asleep:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy0NySCmuFU[/youtube]

The lyrics in this song are sad in itself, but the sound to it makes it even more sad.

One song I can't hardly ever listen to (or even think about) without feeling sad is "The Christmas Shoes" by Bob Carlisle. As much as my mother infuriates me sometimes, I love her more than anyone else on this Earth...and the thought of her dying anytime soon makes me want to cry.

I once had a collection of oldies love tunes from the 50's and 60's on CD. One of them was pretty much a typical teen angst that ends in tragedy song. It starts with a girl warning other girls not to run away from home because they're angry with their mother because she did the same thing because her mom didn't want her to be with a boy she has a crush on because she was too young. The early part of the song where the girl describes how lonely she is and then calls the boy "a miracle" was almost sickening at first, but then the rest of the song goes really downhill after that. When she runs away she forgets all about the boy and only thinks of her momma loving her, but the mother "Became so lonely in the end, the angels picked for their friend. And you can't go home anymore, and that's what you call...sad."

The very next song afterwards on that CD was really happy. It was a lot like when Bambie's mother died and then in the very next scene it shows all the birds singing and being all lovey-dovey in the spring.

Moby Grape "Horse out in the Rain"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSI8yQlONIY

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEW8riKU_tE[/youtube]

Just think of something you want with all your heart, but can never have. Just think of the some one who makes life possible regardless of that, and imagine them gone.

10CC - I'm not in love
Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place

this one makes me sad atm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_3mXZBsuU[/youtube]

Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=RkI-B2JWSZI[/youtube]

Some years ago, this song used to make me weep a lot:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e5N0tn1-7s[/youtube]

I still think it's kind of a sad song

When I'm cleaning windows. By George Formby.

The reason is, is that my farther was a window cleaner, and then one day a dog nudged his ladder.

Need I go on?

John Hiatt - Dust Down A Country Road

good call on Nine Inch Nails, "Hurt" too is such a sad song. i don't get why people prefer the Johnny Cash cover so often. Cash is a legend and will always be, but seriously, "Hurt" is a Nine Inch Nails song and only Trent Reznor can sing it with such conviction and pain in the vocals.

I would also say "William's last words" by Manic Street Preachers is very emotional, especially when knowing this was written by former bass player Richey Edwards shortly before he vanished (18 years later and still no trace, no clue about what happened to him). Hearing those lyrics sound like a suicide note he left behind before vanishing, but I think to conclude that is a bit simplistic. It may be just a farewell note that, due to the sadness in the words, sounds as a suicide note to those believing he is dead. But a lot of fans (including myself) still believe he's out there somewhere, hopefully living a happy life wherever he may be.

And as I stated in another topic on sad songs, "Like the weather" by 10000 Maniacs ... The song sounds danceable and uplifting, but the contrast with the lyrics couldn't be bigger. The sentiments in the lyrics are, to quote a line from the song, coal grey.

Also, Coil's cover of Tainted Love sounds like a long funeral march. Add the video with images of a terminally ill patient combined with occult images and references, and you get a very sad song with a very eerie video. (the video is not recommended for sensitive souls)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gL5X1-FImU[/youtube]

This one for sure

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDX9GGmsZYY[/youtube]

a tie between Twenty Four Hours and Eternal, both by Joy Division

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMz8fKkG2g[/youtube]