For me: Beethoven's Piano Sonata #8 (Pathetique). Sad & very beautiful. Kills me every time....

Sad songs, they say so much

I actually had that written as the title of the thread, then I thought better of it...

luckily that generally doesn't happen to me that much.




hehe i typed LUCKLILY

Thank the Lord!

The love theme from Ernest Goes to Camp.
I cry every time I hear it.

george jones - 'he stopped lovin' her today'

G-N-F'n-R

Estranged

"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda"
Pogues, written by Eric Bogle

The Foggy Dew.

fuck.

"Tom Traubert's Blues" by Tom Waits is pretty damn sad as well. Another favorite of mine. Ask me to do an impression of TW singing this one if you ever encounter me in person and drunk.

we can sing it together at LF04.

Oh Lord.

Don't be scared. I do a pretty mean impression. I also do decent impressions of Morrissey, John Travolta and Damone from Fast Times at Ridgemont High, among others. Yes, I am a fucking goofball.

me too.

not of those exact people, mind you...but.........

"The Big Battle"
Johnny Cash (RIP)

Lick My Love Pump, in D Minor by Spinal Tap.

made me chuckle

You do a good Pterodactyl impersonation.

his White Stripes is uncanny.

Thanks, Porky.

I can do a pretty good cabbage patch kid imitation.

DG

NIN - Hurt or The Great Below

Andy Prieboy: "When this dream is over."

DG

Elliot Smith's "Pitseleh" is one of the most beautiful and utterly depressing songs that I have ever heard.

Cowboy Junkies - "I´m so lonesome I could cry"

Dead Can Dance - "Wind that shakes the barley"

David Holmes feat. Sarah Cracknell - "Gone"

Franz Schubert - "Piano Trio No. 2 In E Flat Major"

The whole "Berlin" album, Lou Reed (yes, including "Sad Song").

The Cars -- Drive.

Everytime I'd be driving my drunk-ass home without hooking up I'd blare this song screaming the lyrics the entire 30 miles home. The parents always wanted to get me in trouble for drinking but were afraid to say something due to the tears rolling down my cheeks when I'd finally get there.

OK, not really, but is a good sad-song.

"Wild is the Wind" sung by Bowie.

"Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures in the wind, and wild is the wind"

Obviously not the words (penned by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington) but their relationship to the music. And I don't have a girlfriend right now.

Sure you do ....

DG

One of my favorite songs, and my ABSOLUTE favorite video ever done. Cros, good call man.


I pop on Billy Joel or Chicago after break-ups a lot. Those seem to wallow in the same depths as I feel at those times. Or Air Supply (you know you listen to them too).

I'm guessing you have all those in heavy rotation.

DG

AHA! I knew the girlfriend was inflatable!

DG

Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat.
"Something Cool," as executed by June Christie.

E flat seems to lend it self well to a sad song.

Johnny Cash - Long Black Vail.

#1 sad song in my book is "Faith" by The Cure.

Runners up are "Untitled", also by The Cure, "Asleep" by The Smiths, "Fruit Tree" by Nick Drake, and "Cold Cold Ground" by Tom Waits.

I can't pick just one, so here's the Sad Song Link-o-Rama:


Faded Flowers by Shriekback

Berlin by Lou Reed (anything else on that album is great too)

King Arthur by the Mekons

Hallelujah (by Leonard Cohen), I Keep a Close Watch, Andalucia, Chinese Envoy and numerous others by John Cale

Afraid by Nico (off her Desertshore album)

Losing My Religion by REM (still not embarrassed to say I like it)

Arthur McBride, as sung by Andy Irvine (not really such a sad song, but there's something about his delivery that does it)


The Wind That Shakes the Barley, as sung by Dick Gaughan
Song For Ireland, also sung by Gaughan

The Lakes of Pontchartrain
There Were Roses (by Tommy Sands)

Lots of good versions of that song.

Yeah my fav is Jerry Garcia and David Grissmon.

Warren Zevons entire last album

rip

One I can think of right now,Alison by Elvis Costello.E.C writes alot of sad songs.

One Tin Soldier.

Anal Cunt - I Became a Counselor So I Could Tell Rape Victims They Asked for It

Woa, CG!

I thought I was the only one that knew Anal Cunt.

How bout:

"I have Failed" - Crowbar

On the other spectrum:

"Nessun Dorma" - Giacomo Puccini. It jes brings a tear to me eye!

Any song sang in Moulin Rouge. What a piece of shit.

I used to work for their record label. My favorite A.C. song title was always "I Ate Your Horse".

A.C. is a blast.
Gotta dig the CD up.

When I lived up in the Skybox,
the neighbors the floor below me once
got the bucket on a rope we used to pass
drinks up and down filled w/a CD player
blasting AC and an invite up for fun.

it's really too bad you can never understand their lyrics.

they're the only thing good about the band.

Ever hear of this site?

Albinoni´s Adagio, or then something from Arcana or The Protagonist. Wehrmacht or S.O.D. is also very, very sad.