The saddest song ever

[Geewiz]

The great thing about music is it involves pleasure senses and deep emotion.

And deep emotion, indeed the best music, deals with sadness. Trust me - writers write best when broken hearted.

For me it's the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th, Walk Away Renee, and Groupie (Superstar) - the Sonic Youth version.

Tonight I am missing my family - my son, my ex-wife (Voldemort) the cats and hearing the zoo sounds in my old backyard.

I've created a new life here - but, the sad songs take me back. Tonight I listened to Beethoven. If the 2nd movement doesn't destroy you...you need to work on the heart.

[skyguy79]

Immediately "Little Jimmy Brown" came to mind!

The Browns - (Little Jimmy Brown) Stereo - YouTube (http://youtu.be/CydJZ6XsbGY) http://www.armywivesforums.com/forums/images/smilies/new2012/wory-smiley.gif

[Barefoot]

It's so true that music creates a mood.

Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground ... Willie Nelson

You are Always On My Mind ... Willie Nelson

Sylvia's Mother ... Dr. Hook.

[Geewiz]

Immediately "Little Jimmy Brown" came to mind!

The Browns - (Little Jimmy Brown) Stereo - YouTube (http://youtu.be/CydJZ6XsbGY) http://www.armywivesforums.com/forums/images/smilies/new2012/wory-smiley.gif

A great find....totally lovely...and I got the wrong movement of the 7th - it's the second....Beethoven, 7th Symphony, 2nd Movement (David Zinman, Tonhalle-Orchestra, Zurich) - YouTube

I love Beethoven, Stravinsky, Miles Davis, Hendrix, The Smiths, Beatles, and Radiohead. Also Nick Drake and Joni (who I once made out with).

For me music is more than a passion...it's my lifeblood. I need some everyday. The deeper the better. Give me odd tonalities, complex time signatures, dissonance...I'm a happy guy.

And I really like the Browns.

G

[Geewiz]

BTW - this is Radiohead - they are good for your soul: Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (thumbs down version) - YouTube

[kittygilchrist]

Radiohead link didn't work...the site is funky like that...
Bring your tunes and ipod Saturday along with guitar. My ipod dock needs an adapter unless you have 5th gen.
UR an amusing muse! Sarah Brightman's voice beams me to heaven.
btw she is singing in orl at Amway ctr on oct 8. anybody wanna go?
Kitty

[bandsdavis]

As to the original title of this thread, I believe the Saddest Song Ever is also one of my least favorite songs ever, "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro. Can't listen to it, seems written for the sole purpose of creating a bummer for the listener (just IMHO) but it sure is sad!

A little trivia, the song was written by a guy named Bobby Russell who also wrote "Little Green Apples" and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia".

[DianeM]

I agree that Honey is a pathetically sad song but I hate one even more. There is a Christmas song about a kid who has to buy shoes for his mother to wear when she passes. Bah Humbug on that one.

[Parker]

Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton.

[skyguy79]

As to the original title of this thread, I believe the Saddest Song Ever is also one of my least favorite songs ever, "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro. Can't listen to it, seems written for the sole purpose of creating a bummer for the listener (just IMHO) but it sure is sad!

A little trivia, the song was written by a guy named Bobby Russell who also wrote "Little Green Apples" and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia".Honey is another great find. Unlike you I can listen to it, but I do have a love/hate relationship with it especially whenever I'm feeling down and out. It reminds me that I haven't hit bottom yet! I stopped to read the lyrics before posting and I couldn't get halfway through them before getting emotional and on the verge of tears! On reading the comments on YouTube it was apparent this song can have very different meanings from one person to the next.
Bobby Goldsboro - Honey - YouTube (http://youtu.be/59BZxgohr9g) :cryin2:

[Barefoot]

"Teen Angel" was popular in 1959, some may remember. Geewiz, you're probably too young. it was the year my teenage sister was killed in a car accident. That song still makes me shudder!

[George1938]

Lots of them out there. How about "torn between two lovers"

1976 sung by margaret mac gregor. Written by peter yarrow (peter,paul and mary)

inspired by doctor zhivago .

[chuckinca]

The Way We Were - Streisand

Ode to Billy Joe - Bobby Gentry

.

[scarecrow1]

He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother. It's a true story about a brother who carries his crippled brother everywhere his whole life. That's what older brothers do even though they don't realize it. Thanks to my older brother who is now helping someone in heaven.

[skyguy79]

This can be a real tear jerker especially for those of us who are parents.

Perry Como - Sunrise, Sunset (with lyrics) - YouTube (http://youtu.be/2GM7ANO7U4c)

[AriaGrandparents2013]

I find a song by Freddy Cole called "They Say" as a really sad song that upon listening to the lyrics makes one really reflective of life and death. The song is found on a Duke Ellington album named Secret Ellington.

Almost unheard. The standout lyric “They Say” was actually thought good enough to be used at Ellington’s memorial service, where the actor Brock Peters delivered the song’s message of departure, reconciliation, and the afterlife. It is the finest of what are a series of well-crafted words, all unapologetically located in a lost and more articulate Broadway tradition. Each comes from the pen of Herb Martin, who happily is still around to witness this new interest in his work.

[DianeM]

This can be a real tear jerker especially for those of us who are parents.

Perry Como - Sunrise, Sunset (with lyrics) - YouTube (http://youtu.be/2GM7ANO7U4c)

My Mother always got teary eyed when she heard that one. On Mothers' Day I took her to see Fiddler on the Roof and she got mushy when they performed that song.

[jnieman]

Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert O Sullivan


GILBERT O'SULLIVAN - ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY) LYRICS (http://www.lyrics007.com/Gilbert%20O'Sullivan%20Lyrics/Alone%20Again%20(Naturally)%20Lyrics.html)

[kittygilchrist]

Do you hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to cry
that means he's lost the will to live,
I'm so lonesome I could die.

for someone contemporary, Anna Nalick:
you can't jump the track
we're like cars on a cable
and life's like an hourglass
glued to the table
no one can find the rewind button, boys,
so cradle your head in your hands
and breathe, just breathe..

[DaleMN]

Sunday Morning Coming Down- Johnny Cash

[Geewiz]

Sunday Morning Coming Down- Johnny Cash

A really, really fine song.

OK - a kinda funny Radiohead story. A few years ago Radiohead were in LA recording and did a one off gig for those who suffered during the Haiti earthquake. I scored a ticket and flew to LA for the gig at the Fonda Theater....which is an itty bitty hall. I made friends with a bunch of fans and fellow musicians in line and they told me to relax - they would save me a seat in the balcony right above the stage.

So - being Radiohead all the cool LA folks come out. There's Danial Craig (James Bond), Maggie Gyllandhal, an old buddy - Cameron Crowe. And who am I sitting right in front of? Charlize Theron.....who is stone cold lovely. Anyway - the band is playing and Charlize is getting loaded. Really loaded. And she starts singing....in a key that hasn't been invented. Warbling is more like it. Finally, I can't take it anymore and I turn around and say, "Hey, Monster, can we dial it back a bit?" Well, I get the look of death from her. Still, she tones it down. And I spend the rest of the show thinking - I've blown it with one of the most lovely women on the planet. But, it was a great show.

[judynlee]

The great thing about music is it involves pleasure senses and deep emotion.

And deep emotion, indeed the best music, deals with sadness. Trust me - writers write best when broken hearted.

For me it's the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th, Walk Away Renee, and Groupie (Superstar) - the Sonic Youth version.

Tonight I am missing my family - my son, my ex-wife (Voldemort) the cats and hearing the zoo sounds in my old backyard.

I've created a new life here - but, the sad songs take me back. Tonight I listened to Beethoven. If the 2nd movement doesn't destroy you...you need to work on the heart.

Yayyy, someone else loves Beethoven's Seventh, Second MT!! How about Bright Eyes, from Watership Down, Simon and Garfunkel??

[KeepingItReal]

You Can Let Go Now Daddy, Crystal Shawanda

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ukUKsX7zng

[ugotme]

Not exactly in tune with this thread BUT. . .

I love Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the cradle."

When I hear it I think of my son and think of all the time I spent with him in all of his various sports and endeavors.

I really believe that he truly appreciates our time together especially now that he is older - turning 30 !

Love ya kid !

[DandyGirl]

George Jones...He Stopped Loving Her Today. I got chills just typing it!

[allus70]

Handel - Sarabande Handel - Sarabande - YouTube

Sinatra Cycles Frank Sinatra - Cycles (Reprise� Recordings 1968) - YouTube

Andy Williams My Coloring Book Andy Williams - My Colering Book - Slow Waltz music - YouTube

[DougB]

As to the original title of this thread, I believe the Saddest Song Ever is also one of my least favorite songs ever, "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro. Can't listen to it, seems written for the sole purpose of creating a bummer for the listener (just IMHO) but it sure is sad!

A little trivia, the song was written by a guy named Bobby Russell who also wrote "Little Green Apples" and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia".

Bobby Russell wrote "The Night the Lights Went Out" for his then wife Vicky Lawrence. Russell also wrote. "The Joker Went Wild".

[DaleMN]

For The Good Times- Ray Price

[skyguy79]

Lots of good stuff here. Here's a few more:

Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Don McLean - YouTube (http://youtu.be/dipFMJckZOM)

The Last Farewell ~ Roger Whittaker - YouTube (http://youtu.be/sGWs1HK8iDU) - This song makes excellent use of French Horns, which I've loved (French Horns) since seeing Man of La Mancha at the Martin Beck Theater in NYC back in the early 70's.... Overture ... "Man Of La Mancha" - YouTube (http://youtu.be/14Asdc4Ud8g)

[eweissenbach]

Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton.

Another vote for Tears in Heaven. Written for his late son who fell from a hotel balcony to his death. I once asked a singer/guitarist who had a smokey Eric Clapton type voice if he could sing TIH, and he said he could, but wouldn't because it was "just too heavy".

[eweissenbach]

Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert O Sullivan


GILBERT O'SULLIVAN - ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY) LYRICS (http://www.lyrics007.com/Gilbert%20O'Sullivan%20Lyrics/Alone%20Again%20(Naturally)%20Lyrics.html)

Good one! Also, Cats in the Cradle.

[Virtual Geezer]

Bloodrock - DOA 1970 vintage

VG

[jblum315]

"Cold, Cold Heart"

[Barefoot]

George Jones...He Stopped Loving Her Today. I got chills just typing it!

DandyGirl, I think that is the most romantic song, ever. Alan Jackson sang it at George Jones' funeral. If you haven't seen it, you can Youtube it.

[gregntam]

"Sarita" by The Subdudes.

[elizabeth52]

Love everyone's sad songs. Here is a current one, The A Team. Very sad.

[ssmith]

Billy Joe McAllister Jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge...you know, forbidden love and all..that and Honey were my first sad songs while an emotional teen...

[gatherer47]

The ultimate teenage death songs-"Patches" by Dickie Lee-"Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson also "Pretty Paper" by Roy Orbison[written by Willie Nelson]

[Number 6]

What gets to me is "Empty Garden" by Elton John. A little more obscure, but "Gasoline Alley Bred" by the Hollies is memorable for the Allan Clarke scream of pain about 2/3 through the song.
And yes, "Honey" is the worst song of the era. Get "Dave Berry's Guide to Bad Songs" for a further discussion.

[kittygilchrist]

Oh another one...https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=169712553071951. Sarah Brightman doing Figlio Perduto, (which I just learned IS the 2nd movement of the 7th. ) who knew?

[kittygilchrist]

translation of figlio perduto:
The Lost Son

Walls of wind
Night has fallen
Father and son are together

With a horse
They proceed
Through this intense darkness

But suddenly
The boy trembles
With fear
It gets cold

Father oh father
Haven't you seen
The king of the elfs
There he is

Lost son
Do you want to play?
I bring you joy
Come with me

Father oh father
Did you hear
What he said
And what he will do?

Lost son
If you don't come with me
I will use the power that I have

Father oh father
The king of the elfs
Is touching me
He hurts me

And the boy
Eyes closed
He doesn't move
He's already lost

Son
Lost son
If you don't come with me
I will use my power

Father oh father
The king of the elfs
Is touching me
He hurts me

And the boy
Eyes closed
He doesn't move
He's already lost

... he's already lost

Read more at Translation of "Figlio Perduto" by Sarah Brightman from Italian to English (http://lyricstranslate.com/en/figlio-peduto-lost-son.html#cpjQEoGaSSt58v93.99)

[redwitch]

Song that always brings me down is Roxanne by The Police. To think that a man is begging a woman to not sell her body that night is just truly heartbreaking.

I hate, hate, hate the tearjerker songs. Honey is just loathsome to me -- I have a very nasty habit of making really rude comments when I hear it (like, I'd leave too if you sang that song to me). But I do rather enjoy Last Kiss (listen to the beat between lyrics .. it's "1, 2, 3, 4, tell the people what she wore"). Crack up every time I hear that song.

[CFrance]

Okay, call me stupid, but I took Puff the Magic Dragon literally. Poor little lonely dragon...

We have an album by a British (I believe) singer by the name of Summer. She apparently only put out one album, named Summer. Sarah Brightman is good, but Summer is even better. Gorgeous voice.

[kittygilchrist]

haha. Cindy, painted rings and dragon wings make way for other toys...very sad. I'll check out Summer. Brightman makes me transcend....so even better?

[kittygilchrist]

rats. I meant Cyndy..I have your card. Do you guys keep a card file?
Kitty

[CFrance]

haha. Cindy, painted rings and dragon wings make way for other toys...very sad. I'll check out Summer. Brightman makes me transcend....so even better?

Kitty, check here Summer Watson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Watson)

Another one that gets to me is Teach Your Children Well. If only litle Jackie Paper had been taught well, h would't have abandoned Puff...:ohdear:

[scarecrow1]

An old Irish song "A mothers love is a blessing. No matter where she roams. Keep her as she's living you'll miss her when she's gone. And as the years go onward thou feeble old and gray. A mothers love is a blessing til she's buried beneath the grave." Also. An old Scottish song Old Danny Boy.

[ohiogolf]

[I]In A Godda da Vida by Iron Butterfly

[coralway]

Ebony Eyes - Everly Bros.

[rubicon]

Gonna Take A Sentimental Journey"

[Shimpy]

George Jones...He Stopped Loving Her Today. I got chills just typing it!

You got it DandyGirl. This song was always mentioned as the best country western and saddest song ever.

[Bosoxfan]

Don't know if this is the saddest but it's the first one that came to mind::

Whoever finds this, I love you! - Mac Davis - YouTube

[JB in TV]

"Last Kiss" by J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS

Well, where oh where can my baby be
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven
So I got to be good
So I can see my baby
When I leave this ol' world


We were out on a date in my Daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road, straight ahead
The car was stalled, the engine was dead
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
Never forget the sound that night
The cryin' tires, the bustin' glass
The painful scream that I heard last


Well, where oh where can my baby be
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven
So I got to be good
So I can see my baby
When I leave this ol' world

Well, when I woke up
The rain was pourin' down
There were people standing all around
Something warm a-running in my eyes
But I found my baby somehow that night
I raised her head and when she smiled and said
"Hold me darling for a little while"
I held her close
I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I would miss
But now she's gone, even though I hold her tight
I lost my love ... my life, that night


Well, where oh where can my baby be
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven
So I got to be good
So I can see my baby
When I leave this ol' world

[Geewiz]

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Video) - YouTube

[msendo]

Just Another Day by Paul McCartney

Fountain of Sorrow by Jackson Browne

The Wailing of the Willow by Harry Nilsson

Traces by Classics Four

[LI SNOWBIRD]

You Can Let Go Now Daddy, Crystal Shawanda

Daddy, you can let go now.. (w/ Lyrics) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ukUKsX7zng)

as a father-- YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN
thanks!

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Sarah McLachlan's "Angel"

[quirky3]

Some "Oldies" sad songs:

Patches
Tell Laura I love her
Leader of the Pack (vroom-vroom)
Teen Angel

(And Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony #6)

[gatherer47]

Daddy ,Don't You Walk So Fast-Wayne Newton

[DougB]

Reflections of My Life - Marmalade

[msendo]

Killing Me Softly- Roberta Flack

[queasy27]

If I sang karaoke, which I do not, I wouldn't be able to make it through Landslide without crying.

[CFrance]

Not to get too religious on ya, but... Handel's Messiah: "If God Be For Us Who Can Be against Us."

[gpirate]

DOA by Bloodrock
BLOODROCK - D.O.A./EVERY BODY'S NIGHTMARE - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1PLT0GljPA)

Ruby and D-I-V-O-R-C-E by Tammy Wynette

[DougB]

Killing Me Softly- Roberta Flack

Killing Me Softly is about watching a Don McLean concert and relating to the lyrics in his songs.

[queasy27]

Fountain of Sorrow by Jackson Browne

That one gets me, too, although it's the Joan Baez version.

[quirky3]

County-style sad song - "You picked a Fine Time to Leave me, Lucille"

[DougB]

:sing:You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel, 400 children and a cop in the field

[queasy27]

:sing:You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel, 400 children and a cop in the field

Ha! Maybe we need a thread for misunderstood song lyrics.

[gatherer47]

Old Shep-Elvis

[Roaddog53]

Too many memories in this one, humbles and makes one think...but many more too. I hope you dance, LeeAnn Womack

[CFrance]

County-style sad song - "You picked a Fine Time to Leave me, Lucille"

:sing:You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel, 400 children and a cop in the field

Thanks a lot, the both of you... Now that song will not leave my mind for the three-day drive back to Michigan. The "loose wheel" version.

[Roaddog53]

Just as a bit of trivia. It has been said the song In A Godda Divita, as some mentioned here, was actually supposed to be "In the Garden of Eden". However, he could not pronounce it with his accent properly and the producer liked it better so they kept it. The rest is history. :)

[DougB]

Not so much his accent, he was from Omaha, grew up in the Rocky Mountains and later San Diego, but more how drunk he was and slurring his words.

[CFrance]

You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
With four old bald tires, you were such a good deal
I've had some clunkers, some really bad junkers
But you were just a great steal
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel

Just sayin'...

[BarryRX]

The song that gets me every time, and is still very special to me even 30 years after my Fathers death is "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg. Here it is..
YouTube (http://m.youtube.com/?reason=8&rdm=3773#/watch?v=qsocZrEcp0Y&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DqsocZrEcp0Y)

[kittygilchrist]

You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
With four old bald tires, you were such a good deal
I've had some clunkers, some really bad junkers
But you were just a great steal
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel

Just sayin'...

bwahah! good one Cyndy!
My flowers are fading, but the cheer of your giving them to me shines on.
Kitty

[ugotme]

Old Shep-Elvis

OMG - YES!

WOW, I forgot about that one. I can't even listen to it. My wife would die if she heard it.

[CFrance]

[QUOTE=kittygilchrist;678564]bwahah! good one Cyndy!
My flowers are fading, but the cheer of your giving them to me shines on.
Kitty[/QUOTE
Thank you, Kitty! Hopefully the ones you planted will be able to refill soon :coolsmiley:

[Shimpy]

Old Shep-Elvis

Your right gatherer47, I forgot about Old Shep.

[Topspinmo]

Country music! Gene Waston Farewell Party , Old Violin, Long black Veal, Time marches on, Today I started Loving you again - Merle Haggard. tom dooley, Ira hayes - J. Cash. Gene Waston Farewell Party about woman he loves, but in his mind she can't wait for his to pass.

Just My Imagination by temps.....

[l2ridehd]

The very best

Hank Williams, I can't help it if I am still in love with you

Today I passed you on the street
And my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

Somebody else stood by your side
And he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

A picture from the past came slowly stealin'
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you
The-en suddenly I got that old-time feelin'
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you (still in love with you)


My number two.

Just walk on by from Jim Reeves

If I see you tomorrow on some street in town Pardon me if I don't say hello
I belong to another, it wouldn't look so good
To know someone I'm not suppose to know
Just walk on by, wait on the corner
I love you but we're strangers when we meet.

In a dimly lit corner, at a place outside of town.
Tonight we'll try to say goodbye again.
But I know it's not over, I'll call tomorrow night
I can't let you go so why pretend.

Just walk on by, wait on the corner
I love you but we're strangers when we meet.

And Number 3

Solitary Man by Neil Diamond

[perrjojo]

[quote=kittygilchrist;676698]Do you hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to cry
that means he's lost the will to live,
I'm so lonesome I could die.




It's a looooong way from Beethoven, but that is exactly the song I was thinking of. It's not just the words but the way Hank sings it.

[kagney123]

Ha! Maybe we need a thread for misunderstood song lyrics.


That reminds me of riding in a packed car going to the beach as I sang along with the radio.....
I was singing in all my glory "Freak out in the Garden"
and was corrected that the song said
"Reach out of the Darkness" by duo Friend and Lover

still chuckle about it

[Yorio]

Here are some from two great country singers. GEORGE JONES - Grand Tour, A Picture of Me (without you), The Window Up Above, He Stopped Loving Her Today, Things Have Gone to Pieces JIM REEVES - The Blizzard, Just Call Me Lonesome, the Silver Haired Daddy of Mine, The Letter Edged in Black, the Wreck of Number Nine. There is one another sad song but can't remember the title. If I remember it, I'll post again.

[Serenoa]

"I'm not in love" by 10cc would get my vote. Year: 1975

There have been many different interpretations of what the lyrics mean, but I think the song speaks the story of a guy who is so in love but refuses to come to terms with it. Pretty dang sad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rgepWg4rzw

[Geewiz]

This is not a sad song - it's a song of redemption from sadness...but, a story first. Bruce played Chicago the year I was getting married to Kay. For a lark, I took a wedding invitation...I and wrote a note...offering to pay the E Street Band $50 per (plus an extra $50 for Clarence if he he'd sing Fire) ... as a warning to Bruce I wrote that playing the wedding circuit was the insurance few musicians
could do without. Bruce got the note and read it to the audience..laughing though most of it and then offered up Little Girl I Wanna Marry you to Kay and me.

I have a bootleg of the show who put it online to get it to me. I played it for my son Sam a few weeks ago. He was amazed.

I thought that was the end of story...kinda cute...a good memory. But a couple of years later Kay and I met Max - Bruce's drummer. I wasn't gonna say anything...but, Kay told the story. Max came and hugged me and said it was a fav memory of the tour. He asked if I was seeing the show that night...and I said we were...right in the 5th row. Max said write another note so I did. The main set gets completed and no mention - which was OK. Come the encore...Bruce points at us directly ((I still wonder how he knew) and said this is for Kay and Gary Brown...my best fans. Then launched into Jungleland. By the end I was crying like a baby.

I've been lucky to hang with lots of musicians..many you don't know..but some you do. The Eagles took me out for my first official drink on my 21st. Made out with Joni. Hung with Chris Hynde in London. Hung with the Mac.

But that encore...it was magic. It made life special.

Though I can't be in a room with my ex-wife without a fight breaking out...we had a bunch of bloody great adventures and she was essential. I miss what was.

This a song of redemption. It's Land of Hopes and Dreams.

Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder's rolling down the tracks
You don't know where you're goin'
But you know you won't be back
Darlin' if you're weary
Lay your head upon my chest
We'll take what we can carry
And we'll leave the rest

Big Wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

I will provide for you
And I'll stand by your side
You'll need a good companion for
This part of the ride
Leave behind your sorrows
Let this day be the last
Tomorrow there'll be sunshine
And all this darkness past

Big wheels roll through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

This train
Carries saints and sinners
This train
Carries losers and winners
This Train
Carries whores and gamblers
This Train
Carries lost souls
This Train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This Train
Faith will be rewarded
This Train
Hear the steel wheels singin'
This Train
Bells of freedom ringin'
This Train
Carries broken-hearted
This Train
Thieves and sweet souls departed
This Train
Carries fools and kings
This Train
All aboard

This Train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This Train
Faith will be rewarded
This Train
Hear the steel wheels singin'
This Train
Bells of freedom ringin'

[kittygilchrist]

[QUOTE=kittygilchrist;678564]bwahah! good one Cyndy!
My flowers are fading, but the cheer of your giving them to me shines on.
Kitty[/QUOTE
Thank you, Kitty! Hopefully the ones you planted will be able to refill soon :coolsmiley:

I do have the sunflowers popping up all over my garden area! and I'm still loving the elderly faces of the ones you gave me. It's an intergenerational event.
Kitty, ever grateful,

[kittygilchrist]

ruhroh, I went off topic about gardening.
Sun sun sun, Beatles. Is that a sad song or a cure?
Kitty

[Gingerboss]

Softly,

[Gingerboss]

Softly, I will leave you, softly. Haunting by Elvis

[susiejwill]

Parker took my answer, so:
Cats in the Cradle, Harry Chapin
Bookends, Simon & Garfunkel
America, Simon & Garfunkel
Nights in White Satin, The Moody Blues
While My Guitar Gently Weeps, George Harrison

[DaleMN]

Parker took my answer, so:
Cats in the Cradle, Harry Chapin
Bookends, Simon & Garfunkel
America, Simon & Garfunkel
Nights in White Satin, The Moody Blues
While My Guitar Gently Weeps, George Harrison

Are you referring to "Old Friends"? The lyrics have been with me for so long. "preserve your memories, they're all that's left you". :doh:

[CFrance]

Are you referring to "Old Friends"? The lyrics have been with me for so long. "preserve your memories, they're all that's left you". :doh:

Those lyrics are from the song Bookends. I know my Simon & Garfunkel. " Time it was, and what a time it was..."

[DaleMN]

Those lyrics are from the song Bookends. I know my Simon & Garfunkel. " Time it was, and what a time it was..."

No biggie but the album is Bookends, the song is "old friends".

[CFrance]

No biggie but the album is Bookends, the song is "old friends".

Also no biggie, but see here SIMON & GARFUNKEL lyrics (http://www.azlyrics.com/s/simongarfunkel.html)

Old Friends is a different song than Bookends. They are both on the album Bookends. I can't remember for sure, but the song Bookends might start right where Old Friends leaves off? I have the boxed set somewhere...

I also think The Boxer is a sad song.

[Bonny]

The saddest song to me was "Mama" by BJ Thomas especially after my mother passed away. Just thinking about it while I type this brings tears to my eyes.

[DaleMN]

Also no biggie, but see here SIMON & GARFUNKEL lyrics (http://www.azlyrics.com/s/simongarfunkel.html)

Old Friends is a different song than Bookends. They are both on the album Bookends. I can't remember for sure, but the song Bookends might start right where Old Friends leaves off? I have the boxed set somewhere...

I also think The Boxer is a sad song.

OK...:wave:

[DougB]

OK...:wave:

Side 1 of Bookends
1. "Bookends Theme" *
2. "Save the Life of My Child" *
3. "America" *
4. "Overs" *
5. "Voices of Old People"
6. "Old Friends" *
7. "Bookends" *

[Pturner]

Many songs listed here have brought back tearful memories from hearing them on the radio growing up.

I was a bit surprised about the revulsion to the, dare I say, lovely song, Honey. Love and loss of such extraordinary depth deserve our humble acknowledgement and respect. It reminds me of another, to me, hauntingly sad song that I suspect might be met with similar hostility. Remember, "Seasons in the Sun," by Terry Jacks? Tried to link a YouTube video, but for some reason, the link kept not showing in my post.

[Pturner]

Side 1 of Bookends
1. "Bookends Theme" *
2. "Save the Life of My Child" *
3. "America" *
4. "Overs" *
5. "Voices of Old People"
6. "Old Friends" *
7. "Bookends" *


Indeed. Thanks for the reminder.

[ivanhoe]

Lush Life Johnny Hartman

Johnny Hartman sings Lush Life - YouTube

[The Great Fumar]

Can't believe that no one has mentioned "CRYING " by Roy Orbison......

But my favorite is " SOMEONE'S ROCKING MY DREAMBOAT " Ink Spots ....

Fumar the tasteful ...:plane:

[DougB]

Many songs listed here have brought back tearful memories from hearing them on the radio growing up.

I was a bit surprised about the revulsion to the, dare I say, lovely song, Honey. Love and loss of such extraordinary depth deserve our humble acknowledgement and respect. It reminds me of another, to me, hauntingly sad song that I suspect might be met with similar hostility. Remember, "Seasons in the Sun," by Terry Jacks? Tried to link a YouTube video, but for some reason, the link kept not showing in my post.


I will try to put the link for you. Although, the only thing I find sad about this song is that it was a hit.:sing:

Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun - YouTube

[CFrance]

Side 1 of Bookends
1. "Bookends Theme" *
2. "Save the Life of My Child" *
3. "America" *
4. "Overs" *
5. "Voices of Old People"
6. "Old Friends" *
7. "Bookends" *

Oh, geeze, "America." There's another sad one.

Kathy, I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh,
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why.

Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike
They've all come to look for America.
(I may have that not entirely right)

sigh. they were so good.

[DaleMN]

Nothwithstanding Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel had the most meaningful, thoughtful, genius lyrics. :BigApplause:

[kittygilchrist]

I hear that train acomin'
it's comin' round the bend,
and I ain't seen the sunshine
since....I don't know when...

Hunky Dude, my company's gone...

[Cedwards38]

Another vote for "The Way We Were"

[rubicon]

Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is"....then let's keep dancing let's break out the booze..........................................

As an alternate "The Purple People Eater". It was a one eye...............

[DaleMN]

[QUOTE=rubicon;686856]Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is"....then let's keep dancing let's break out the booze..........................................

A great song and an even more important life question.

[krausaj]

Tim McGraw's "My Best Friend". After having to put my 13 year old lab to sleep, I got into the car and this song came on the radio. I couldn't drive for an hour.

[John_W]

Clarence Carter "Patches". I was going through air traffic controller school at Ft. Rucker, Alabama in the summer of 1970 and on the weekends we all would go down to Panama City Beach. That was a 2 hour drive and as soon as we could pick up an AM radio station from the beach I would listen for Patches.

Clarence Carter - Patches - YouTube (http://youtu.be/LBy07JprW1c)

Clarence Carter - Patches - Live (http://youtu.be/-84fn58GTV0)

[ronat1]

Here are three songs that will make you think a litttle, especially if you relate to them like I do.

1. Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin (1974)
2. Don't Cry Daddy - Elvis Presley (1969)
3. Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton (1972)

[twinklesweep]

County-style sad song - "You picked a Fine Time to Leave me, Lucille"

:sing:You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel, 400 children and a cop in the field

Ha! Maybe we need a thread for misunderstood song lyrics.

Off topic, I guess, but this reminds me of the kindergarten teacher who had her pupils drawing pictures based on �Silent Night� just before Christmas (back in the day�). One little guy managed a pretty literal picture of Joseph, Mary, Baby Jesus, Three Wise Men, and various animals. However, in one corner he had drawn a short, fat man watching Joseph, Mary, and Baby Jesus. �Who is that supposed to be?� the teacher asked the little boy. He responded, a little indignant, �Don�t you know? That�s Round John Virgin!�

(Uh oh, what am I doing here?)

[twinklesweep]

I will try to put the link for you. Although, the only thing I find sad about this song is that it was a hit.:sing:

Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQ13geD2OA)

One more vote for "barf" for Honey.

[jblum315]

"400 children and I can't cop a feel"

[BarryRX]

"400 children and I can't cop a feel"

LMAO!! I assume you know that it's "Four hungry children and a crop in the field".

[senior citizen]

Every single song mentioned above is wonderfully sad and filled with emotion.....

Also:
September Song or "Autumn Leaves Drift By My Window".............

[Quixote]

LMAO!! I assume you know that it's "Four hungry children and a crop in the field".

Actually it's "Four hongry children and a crop in the field." Ignore the misspelling; this is country music!

[Walt.]

Lots of good ones here. Elvis "Old Shep" and George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today" among the all-time best.
You might give a listen to Dolly Parton doing "Me and Little Andy" and Sarah Brightman's "The First of May."
Play these four songs in a row and ruin your whole evening.
Walt.

[LuckySevens]

[I]In A Godda da Vida by Iron Butterfly

We met and listened to the band in Reno after they were older, singing in a small club. The lead singer told the story of how the song 'In A Godda Da Vida' got named. It was originally named 'In the Garden of Eden'....but he said they were practicing to record it, and they were all so stoned that it came out sounding like 'In A Godda da Vida'. lol

[ivanhoe]

In My Solitude

Ella Fitzgerald - Solitude (High Quality - Remastered) - YouTube

[LuckySevens]

While I love.......He Stopped Loving her today, Tears in Heaven, For the Good Times, and Crying.......I believe the saddest song I ever heard was by John Conlee................'I don't remembr loving you'. It is about a man that went crazy after his wife left him, and she goes to the insane asylum to visit him. Talk about a tear jerker!!! I don't even particularly like country music but this one really gets to me.
(there is a short commercial before the song)
John Conlee - I Don't Remember Loving You - YouTube

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Actually it's "Four hongry children and a crop in the field." Ignore the misspelling; this is country music!

Do you know the difference between a violin and a fiddle?

A violin has strings and fiddle has straings

[Mainah]

How about Whiskey Lullaby? That one will get you...

[Mainah]

Vince Gill's "Trying to Get Over You" is a sad one. I'll also throw in a vote for Concrete Angel... Martina McBride, I think...

[De Lis]

"I'll be seeing you". I believe it's a WWII song.

[jblum315]

Actually it's "Four hongry children and a crop in the field." Ignore the misspelling; this is country music!

No,no, no. Ir is "Four hundred children and I can't cop a feel" Everybody knows that!

[CFrance]

No,no, no. Ir is "Four hundred children and I can't cop a feel" Everybody knows that!

STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every time you guys bring up that song I can't get it out of my mind for a week!:cryin2:

... You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel.

[eweissenbach]

I reiterate, the UNDISPUTEDLY saddest song EVER ---- Tears in Heaven, written and recorded by the great Eric Clapton following the tragic death of his little boy.

[twheel]

Teen Angel 1960 by Mark Dining

[DougB]

Teen Angel 1960 by Mark Dining

Best teen death songs, I would have to go with Last Kiss by J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers

[bkcunningham1]

Knowing the story behind Horatio Spafford's It Is Well With My Soul makes it one of the saddest yet happiest songs ever written:

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

(Refrain) It is well (it is well),
with my soul (with my soul),
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
(Refrain)

My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to His cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
(Refrain)

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pain shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
(Refrain)

And Lord haste the day, when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
(Refrain)

Wintley Phipps Sings "It Is Well With My Soul" - YouTube

[ssmith]

BK, I love that hymn...i see it as victory

[bkcunningham1]

BK, I love that hymn...i see it as victory

Yes. Yes, it is. Victory, ssmith. I love that hymn too. It is what it all boils down to isn't it?

[gocubsgo]

Elvis singing My Way...

[CFrance]

BK, I love that hymn...i see it as victory

One of my favorites too. Thanks, BK.

[Topspinmo]

Dolly's verson of the Ballad of the Green Beret on Utube...

Dolly Parton - The Ballad Of The Green Beret - YouTube (http://youtu.be/A7-pnAPcSN4) Link should work if interested to hear? For us veteran's Course I like Barry Sadler's version also. Dolly does real good job IMO.

[DougB]

Dolly's verson of the Ballad of the Green Beret on Utube...

Dolly Parton - The Ballad Of The Green Beret - YouTube (http://youtu.be/A7-pnAPcSN4) Link should work if interested to hear? For us veteran's Course I like Barry Sander's version also. Dolly does real good job IMO.

That would be SSgt Barry Sadler, not Sanders

[beachx4me]

[QUOTE=kittygilchrist;676698]Do you hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to cry
that means he's lost the will to live,
I'm so lonesome I could die




This tops my list.......

[MMMark]

"The Warmth of the Sun" comes immediately to mind, penned by a melancholy Brian Wilson on the night of JFK's assassination, as I recall. Who wasn't sad on that night? I know I sure was (age 7 at the time). The chord progression on that song just slay me...they're all over the place. Minor. Major. Back to minor. Goes right to my heart.

"Back to the Island" by Leon Russell always touches me deeply, for personal reasons. Had to say goodbye to a beloved girlfriend and played that song for her as we parted ways, many years ago. The background singers almost seem to be crying, too.

"So Sad the Song (That Says Goodbye)" by Gladys Knight & The Pips. "Song for a Winter's Night" by Gordon Lightfoot. If you've never heard it, try "A Love So Beautiful" by Roy Orbison, from his final album, "Mystery Girl". It'll make the hairs on your neck stand up, when you consider it as one of his last works.

I hear such a sadness in Jo Stafford's voice, always, but it peaks for me in her amazing rendition of the WWII era's "I'll Be Seeing You". Jo and The Pied Pipers get the billing, but Jo's unique voice and the poignant lyrics just blend perfectly here.

Sorry to go on so long here! But this list would not be complete without Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World". My sense is Skeeter had kind of a tough life, married young to Ralph Emery and facing serious illness and a death WAY too young. The darned song was sad enough when it was released, but knowing her personal history makes it all the more touching now when I hear it.

[DougB]

Skeeter was also married to Joey Spampinato, bassist for the NRBQ.

[CFrance]

"The Warmth of the Sun" comes immediately to mind, penned by a melancholy Brian Wilson on the night of JFK's assassination, as I recall. Who wasn't sad on that night? I know I sure was (age 7 at the time). The chord progression on that song just slay me...they're all over the place. Minor. Major. Back to minor. Goes right to my heart.

"Back to the Island" by Leon Russell always touches me deeply, for personal reasons. Had to say goodbye to a beloved girlfriend and played that song for her as we parted ways, many years ago. The background singers almost seem to be crying, too.

"So Sad the Song (That Says Goodbye)" by Gladys Knight & The Pips. "Song for a Winter's Night" by Gordon Lightfoot. If you've never heard it, try "A Love So Beautiful" by Roy Orbison, from his final album, "Mystery Girl". It'll make the hairs on your neck stand up, when you consider it as one of his last works.

I hear such a sadness in Jo Stafford's voice, always, but it peaks for me in her amazing rendition of the WWII era's "I'll Be Seeing You". Jo and The Pied Pipers get the billing, but Jo's unique voice and the poignant lyrics just blend perfectly here.

Sorry to go on so long here! But this list would not be complete without Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World". My sense is Skeeter had kind of a tough life, married young to Ralph Emery and facing serious illness and a death WAY too young. The darned song was sad enough when it was released, but knowing her personal history makes it all the more touching now when I hear it.

MMMark, thanks for the post. Made me look up Skeeter Davis' bio, and now I'm on to find recordings of the other songs you mentioned on the internet.

[benj]

Try Alyssa lies by Jason Michael Carroll.

[Topspinmo]

Song (knock-off of Ryder's in the sky) about farmer that got ate by his own chickens he set to market!

can't make the link for some reason?? Utube Leroy Troy Ghost chicken in the sky!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkdci55adqk

[Number 6]

It is said that one of the last songs John Lennon put on his home recorder was called "Dear John". There are few lyrics and it is only a demo but here they are:

Dear John
Don't be hard on yourself
Give yourself a break
Life wasn't meant to be run
The race is over, you've won

That one gets me.

[Yung Dum]

These may not be the saddest songs of all time, but they draw a tear from me.
The Last Time I Saw Her by Gordon Lightfoot
It's Over by Roy Orbison
With Pen In Hand by Billy Vera
Long Long Time by Linda Ronstadt
Greenfields by The Brothers Four
The Famous Final Scene by Bob Seger
I Honestly Love You by Olivia Newton-John
For No One by The Beatles
Second Avenue by Tim Moore
Didn't We by Richard Harris
At 17 by Janis Ian
And for Christmas,
The Little Boy Santa Forgot by Nat King Cole

[stroglass]

Reba's
greatest man I never knew
Makes me cry every time I try to sing that song
Reminds me of how we let money take over rather then people we love and
waste the precious time we have with each other

[Barefoot]

The great thing about music is it involves pleasure senses and deep emotion.

And deep emotion, indeed the best music, deals with sadness. Trust me - writers write best when broken hearted.

For me it's the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th, Walk Away Renee, and Groupie (Superstar) - the Sonic Youth version.

Tonight I am missing my family - my son, my ex-wife (Voldemort) the cats and hearing the zoo sounds in my old backyard.

I've created a new life here - but, the sad songs take me back. Tonight I listened to Beethoven. If the 2nd movement doesn't destroy you...you need to work on the heart.

Every time I see a post on this thread, it's a sad reminder that Geewhiz is no longer with us.

[Yung Dum]

Another one is The Dutchman by Steve Goodman. It can probably hit home for too many of us.

[RLL39]

Josh Groban "To where you are." If you have lost a loved one you cannot hold back your tears. We miss our David every day....

Love you David.

Josh Groban - To Where You Are - YouTube

[2BNTV]

Four saddest words are, "It Might Have Been".

It Might Have Been - Neil Young - YouTube (http://youtu.be/U-P3i-AuHwI)

[2BNTV]

These may not be the saddest songs of all time, but they draw a tear from me.
And for Christmas,
The Little Boy Santa Forgot by Nat King Cole

Ther flip side of "Chestnuts Roasting On A Open Fire". :agree:

http://youtu.be/UePxqqNGsNw

[JourneyOfLife]

I was browsing the world music section at the book store, back when book stores were still around (10 years ago). I stumbled across a CD named "Once in a Red Moon" by "Secret Garden". I bought it for my wife and she loved it. Since that time I bought her several of their CDs.


This is one of her favorite songs off of the "Once in a Red Moon" CD.

You raise me up-Secret Garden-Sung by Brian kennedy + lyrics - YouTube

[tainsley]

Every time I see a post on this thread, it's a sad reminder that Geewhiz is no longer with us.

I feel the same way.

[DougB]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W93vGdvC5Xg

Geewhiz's son, Sam, playing drums at his memorial with The Beatlemaniacs

[CFrance]

Every time I see a post on this thread, it's a sad reminder that Geewhiz is no longer with us.

Me too. So much so that I'm thinking of not clicking on one of the email reminders to this thread so that I'll stop receiving the thread.

So sad. And RLL39, I'm sad for you and your David, too. And Coach Ed and Quentin. And everybody on TOTV who lost a beloved pet this year.:(

Yikes, I hope the sun comes out soon.

[RLL39]

Thank you. In the book of how to raise a son, they did not prepare us how to give him up so soon. Bless you.Me too. So much so that I'm thinking of not clicking on one of the email reminders to this thread so that I'll stop receiving the thread.

So sad. And RLL39, I'm sad for you and your David, too. And Coach Ed and Quentin. And everybody on TOTV who lost a beloved pet this year.:(

Yikes, I hope the sun comes out soon.

[Doctommft]

The great thing about music is it involves pleasure senses and deep emotion.

And deep emotion, indeed the best music, deals with sadness. Trust me - writers write best when broken hearted.

For me it's the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th, Walk Away Renee, and Groupie (Superstar) - the Sonic Youth version.

Tonight I am missing my family - my son, my ex-wife (Voldemort) the cats and hearing the zoo sounds in my old backyard.

I've created a new life here - but, the sad songs take me back. Tonight I listened to Beethoven. If the 2nd movement doesn't destroy you...you need to work on the heart.

I nominate "There Will Never Be Another You."

Tom

[coralway]

Baby's In Black .........

AKA The Astrid Song. Evidently, 2 of them had a terrific crush on her - but never let on until after Stu's death.