Saddest songs/music ever

[Mr Mystery]

Yeah. Stuff you're Radiohead et al.

Go to YouTube. Like, now and stuff. You there? Bon!!!!

Now look up Death Of Optimus Prime.

If you are of my generation, this track will break your heart. Fact.

[Verilance]

Two saddests songs for me are

Essay Me Dad
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHVFJn6TBKU)

and

Levi Stubbs Tears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4v8VJ0LRgA)

[DarkLink]

The Hallelujah song on the Shrek soundtrack, whoever that singer is.

[chromedog]

The death of Optimus song isn't sad to me.

Well, except in a lame 80s metal sad way. Like the rest of that cartoon movie soundtrack.

I must not be of the same generation as Mr Mystery. Then again, I was playing with Star wars figures as a kid and Lego, not Transformers - and by the time that cartoon was on tv, I'd switched to electronics and model making (the star wars figures are still in a box somewhere after getting my first computer.

I have a peculiar hearing issue in that voices of a certain pitch (or just autotune's default pitch) just give me a headache - and Jeff Buckley is no different to Ke$ha in that area.

[Verilance]

The Hallelujah song on the Shrek soundtrack, whoever that singer is.

is that the Leonard Cohen one?? Great song if that what it is I never saw Shrek so I wouldn't know

[gwensdad]

stupid stupid "Arms of the Angels"

I blame all those SPCA commercials.

(warning: personal backstory coming up) and I remember it was in rotation during the summer my dad died, a friend's son died, another's dad died... (crappy year that one)

[Chronowraith]

September (http://www.amazon.com/Ep-Collection-1-2-Cranes/dp/B000003RSM/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_4) by the Cranes (2nd song, 2nd disc)

Truthfully most of their music is depressing as hell... but I love it.

[scadugenga]

Saddest song ever?

Johnny Cash's cover of NiN's "Hurt."

That is soul-destroying pain right there.

Listening to that you knew he wasn't long for the world, with June Carter no longer by his side...

[Chronowraith]

Saddest song ever?

Johnny Cash's cover of NiN's "Hurt."

That is soul-destroying pain right there.

Listening to that you knew he wasn't long for the world, with June Carter no longer by his side...

I agree with this one too...

I actually like his cover of "Hurt" better than the original song for just that reason... you can feel his pain.

[MaltonNecromancer]

I actually like his cover of "Hurt" better than the original song for just that reason... you can feel his pain.

My first reaction to hearing Johnny Cash's versions was honestly: "Wow. I didn't know Nine Inch Nails had covered Johnny Cash." It was so good, I legitimately believed that it was the original version. Frankly, it's so good, it might as well be, and I'm a NIN fan.

Songs that I find sad:

Madame De Pompadour (Doctor Who OST) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACz-gFib8zo
Battle Royale track 21 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u--chbYl4d8&feature=BFa&list=ULTSFKatAgaQo
Do You Realise (Flaming Lips) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zYOKFjpm9s
Yes, It's Genocide (Serj Tankian)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7irJjb-JNdg
Cara Mia Addio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL_TFXbSnLY
Cup of Coffee (Garbage) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiOvuKKjCj8
Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Rammstein) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi8XTvhwF1U
Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radiohead) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTB-iiecqk
The Nurse Who Loved Me (A Perfect Circle) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQhnD_EtpIQ
Darker With The Day (Nick Cave) - can't find it on Youtube!
I'll Take The Rain (REM) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlIj6BxUS6E

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radiohead) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTB-iiecqk

I love Street Spirit, such a good tune.

[Denzark]

Nelly Furtado - All good things (Come to an end).

Lyric sample:

Dogs were whistling a new tune
Barking at the new moon
Hoping it would come soon
So that they could die.


WTF?! Poor doggies!

[Gotthammer]

Sadness in the Night (http://youtu.be/MxtOti62Tb4) by Beto Vasquez & Tarja Turunen

Lonely Day (http://youtu.be/YdT8zgygTJU) by SoaD

To Where the Skies are Blue (http://youtu.be/vF8ffW7Qsjk) by Deadlock

Gethsemane (http://youtu.be/NtEAh5xPvHU) by Nightwish

Fate of Norns (http://youtu.be/62uCuLQtBkk) by Amon Amarth

Don't Cry (http://youtu.be/6OMZWXgpPpw) by GnR

All Good Things (http://youtu.be/otXQbjSxx6o) by Nelly Furtardo

Adam's Song (http://youtu.be/2MRdtXWcgIw) by Blink182

Cry Me a River (http://youtu.be/S4hPii_RVHE) by Dianna Krall

Losing My Religion (http://youtu.be/if-UzXIQ5vw) by REM

Gone Away (http://youtu.be/2d3AqlKfXbE) by the Offspring

What it's Like (http://youtu.be/q9Xn7rbJH7o) by Everlast

While Your Lips are Still Red (http://youtu.be/smiFk6KHr_8) by Nightwish

Don't Speak (http://youtu.be/CcUUj4KBHNc) by No Doubt

Unchained Melody (http://youtu.be/qiiyq2xrSI0) by the Righteous Brothers

Leider (http://youtu.be/MmNjNOAGhOg) by Eisbrecher

Because of You (http://youtu.be/Ra-Om7UMSJc) by Kelly Clarkson

No Brakes (http://youtu.be/g8nbHURjh6E) by the Offspring

My Last Breath (http://youtu.be/HCI99p02ayU) by Evanescence

[Psychosplodge]

Hurt - Johnny Cash (http://youtu.be/l95D7leeU3w)( I was told apparently the NIN bloke has complimented this version)

Hurt - Amanda Palmer (http://youtu.be/LYmTbAj_NSo)

Snuff - Slipknot (http://youtu.be/LXEKuttVRIo)

Vermillion pt2 - Slipknot (http://youtu.be/LvetJ9U_tVY)

bittersweet - Apocalyptica (http://youtu.be/BKmFPTaVig8)

Bother - Stonesour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-pXD0FXLQ8) (read the top comment)

Inhale - Stonesour (http://youtu.be/7NHz3Koj7o0)

Gone away - Offspring (http://youtu.be/v3INSQUXH4k)

Lithium - Evanescence (http://youtu.be/PJGpsL_XYQI)

My Immortal - Evanescence (http://youtu.be/5anLPw0Efmo)

Over the hills and far away - Nightwish (http://youtu.be/2hwIcYnuIBg)

Miss you - Blink182 (http://youtu.be/s1tAYmMjLdY)

Stirb nicht von mir - Rammstein (http://youtu.be/IB8gVc4xij0)

just a few there...

[Wolfshade]

Almost every track off World Coming Down by Type O Negative

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Vermillion pt2 - Slipknot (http://youtu.be/LvetJ9U_tVY)

She seemed dressed in all of me...

I do love that song, used to be able to play it. Can still sing it. :D

[Psychosplodge]

lol its an amazing song, me singing it though, not so much...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I need to get back into music again.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

How about Swans?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwd8cVUZgkY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTYNZ2XNw8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHES9YAGGkU

Maybe not sad, but suicide inducingly depressing without being goth or emo? hell yes. Nothing hits rock-bottom Despair like the Swans. So awesome.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Propane Nightmares (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPbeEtjo70g) by Pendulum is a sad song, without actually sounding sad!

Let's face it, suicide isn't cool.

[Psychosplodge]

Propane Nightmares (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPbeEtjo70g) by Pendulum is a sad song, without actually sounding sad!

Let's face it, suicide isn't cool.
You can't condemn someone for wanting to end it all, it's their choice.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

My best friend killed himself because he believed that he had nothing to live for. Over what? Some bimbo cheating on him.
He didn't even come to talk to me about it.

[Psychosplodge]

That's quite sad, but it was probably a hard decision for him.

read "let me finish" its quite inciteful.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I'd rather not. I apologise.

[Psychosplodge]

That's fair enough. It's also rather sad.

Anyways...sad songs...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Make It Stop (September's Children) (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP4clbHc4Xg) by Rise Against, a song about oppression of homosexuals and just generally people who are different.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

What about Skinny Puppy's classic "Worlock" ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDEhCm0pxCo

I love how it is a mix of robotic, harsh and cold elements with a dramatic, human, sad and emotional chorus. Truly one of those classic songs that go beyond being just music.

[Wolfshade]

I Wish You Could Smile - Black Tape for a Blue Girl

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit (originally The Who)

[Psychosplodge]

How'd I forget this one?

When you're gone - Avril Lavigne (http://youtu.be/0G3_kG5FFfQ)

[DarkLink]

The saddest song I've ever heard was, oddly enough, the dango song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzCmV3_12c). Not because it's a sad song in and of itself, but because it's the ending credits to Clannad and Clannad After Story. Anyone who's seen the entirety of those anime will understand.