Sad Songs

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"Send in the Clowns"- Barbra's version
"And So It Goes"- Billy Joel
"Selfless, Cold, and Composed"- Ben Folds Five
"Your Song"- Ray Charles
"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"- Carly Simon
"Sometimes Love Ain't Enough" Patty Smyth and Don Henley
"Separate Lives"- Phil Collins version is great, but I think that Stephen Bishop's (the song's writer) is even sadder
"Fragile"- Sting
"The Rainbow Connection"- Kermit the Frog

And the Mother of all sad songs- "Whose Sorry Now" by Barbra and Barry Gibb. I might have posted that before, but it bears repeating.

[Casino Bride]

ane said:

Adding another one to the sad Radiohead song collection: Street Spirit (Fade Out).

Agreed. I cried my eyes out to that one many, many times.

I also nominate Let Down.

One of the saddest songs EVER is Julia by the Beatles. Instant goosebumps. In My Life, also.

Must go sob, now.

"Fragile"- Sting

I'll add Shape Of My Heart. *sniffles*

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A friend sang "In My Life" at our wedding. She has a beautiful voice, unfortunately, she took it up an octave or two, and sang it like an opera piece. Not exactly what I was going for.

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I'll throw in a few of mine.

Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphey. This has always made me cry.

Are You Alright by Lucinda Williams is such a beautiful song

And whenever I need a good cry I throw on Billie Holiday's Solitude.

[monkey]

barrett said:

I'll throw in a few of mine.

Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphey. This has always made me cry.

Are You Alright by Lucinda Williams is such a beautiful song

And whenever I need a good cry I throw on Billie Holiday's Solitude.

Judging by my total agreement with your second and third selections, I'm off to download your first selection right now.

[groovethang]

The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World

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Three songs come to mind:

"Streets of Philadelphia" by Springsteen. I bawl everytime I hear it.
"Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam. I know it's a remake but both versions make me tear up.
"Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own" by U2. This song has personal meaning to me because like Bono I lost my dad.

The following lyric tears me up:

"And it's you when I look in the mirror......"

Powerful stuff

[gimmeshelter]

Liz Phair's "Friend Of Mine" usually causes me to well up. Especially these part:

"Gonna take a vacation/Stop chasing what I lack/Am I gonna get blown off as soon as I get back/On another track/Without you?"

Liz Phair's "Table For One" gets to me every time also.

[divasahm]

Willie Nelson's "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain". I hear it often and it gets me every. damn. time.

[prada]

I Grieve-Peter Gabriel
Come Pick Me Up-Ryan Adams
You Could Be Happy-Snow Patrol
The Promise-Tracy Chapman
Goodbye My Friend