Red Baron 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2006 Brad Paisley & Allison Krauss: Whisky Lullaby. Elton John: Your Song Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2006 Elton John: Your Song this is a love song...are you sure you're not thinking of his song "The Last Song"? If you've seen the HBO movie "And the Band Played On" about the early stages of the AIDS outbreak, this song plays at the end during a montage showing famous people that have died of AIDS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2006 No. I meant Your Song by Elton John. It's sad in its own way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2006 heh, sad to watch. Fat queen. I like 'Cherry Blossoms' off Tindersticks, but they've got a few contenders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 "Mad World" off the Donnie Darko soundtrack Is that the same song that was on those Gears of War commercials? I think so. It was also used on an episode of CSI last year. It certainly is from the commercials. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 I think "Mad World" is trying to chase "Hallelujah" (Buckley) for most played dramatic song in television show/commercial. Although I've heard "How To Save A Life" in a few recent shows/ads as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 11and0baby Report post Posted January 2, 2007 Wish You Where Here - Pink Flyod Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest "Go, Mordecai!" Report post Posted January 2, 2007 I'm listening to "Here Comes a Regular" by the Replacements. It's not the saddest song ever, but probably the saddest thing the 'Mats did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2007 Butterfly by Weezer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Man in Blak 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2007 Lennon's "Mother" was the first thing that popped into my head, but Tom Waits' "Soldier's Things" is another one that tugs at the heartstrings a lil' bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daileyxplanet 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2007 Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anorak 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2007 Eels - Dead Of Winter Can't get much sadder than a song about your mum dying from cancer. Better heard coming from the album it's from rather than as a stand alone track. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2007 Good call on that Flogging Molly song someone mentioned. When you're in the right mood, that one can choke you up. Sublime's Pool Shark is a sad one for me, especially the acoustic version. Alot of Sublime songs can be a downer when you think about how Brad's life ended. Alannis Morrisette's hidden track on her Jagged Little Pill album (the song after the You Oughta Know alternative cut) is a sad one too. I don't know what it's called, but she just sounds so heartbroken during it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartly Pretty 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2007 On My Way by Ben Kweller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2007 That one song by Ben Folds on the Rockin' the Suburbs CD is quite moving. The one about his son...where the Roast Beef Combo is only $9.95. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest "Go, Mordecai!" Report post Posted January 3, 2007 "Still Fighting It"? It's not heartbreaking to me, on the contrary, there's something optimistic about it. I can't see anything but "Brick" being Folds's entry into a thread like this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2007 Yeah..."Still Fightin' It".... I guess it's not really sad in the mournful, heartbreaking sense, but it's sad in the winsome, bittersweet sense. The whole song's Ben Folds telling his kid that growing up sucks, but he'll eventually get through it and then leave his Dad sad and lonely. Another sad song is "Come Home" off The Dismemberment Plan's somewhat underrated follow-up to Emergency and I, Changes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest "Go, Mordecai!" Report post Posted January 3, 2007 Yeah..."Still Fightin' It".... I guess it's not really sad in the mournful, heartbreaking sense, but it's sad in the winsome, bittersweet sense. The whole song's Ben Folds telling his kid that growing up sucks, but he'll eventually get through it and then leave his Dad sad and lonely. That's a good way of putting it. We don't discuss Ben Folds enough here, so I should start or bump a thread for him. Artist-specific threads shoud be the new list threads and CTDWAT in 2007. Just have threads for lots of bands and solo guys instead of using Comments. Not that we can't have lists ever again, because they have their time and place as long as they foster discussion (see the 2006's worst thread for a particularly acrimonious example) and don't just become people rattling off "Jeff Buckley - Grace" with no actual talk, but I'd like to see a migration from meandering Comments banter to more initially organized stuff. Something has to warrant a thread; there are only like six on the main page. Oh, if you wanna talk about sad songs on Rockin' the Suburbs, "Fred Jones, Pt. 2" is a killer. A loyal employee is deemed no longer useful and is being pushed out by the young go-getters fresh out of school. Probably a guy who stayed with a company through a transfer of ownership, and the new owner is finally installing all of "his people" there. That's just depressing as hell to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timmy8271 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2007 Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphy. Choices by George Jones. Hell almost any post drinking/Drug addicted George Jones songs are tearjerkers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man Who Sold The World 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2007 "Hard to say goodbye" by Boyz II Men "Hear you me" by Jimmy Eat World Those are pretty sad to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C Dubya 04 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2007 I agree with "Fred Jones Pt.2" and also that there should be more artist specific threads (particularly Ben). Another sad song for me is Ryan Adams' "Hard Way to Fall", basically about someone who is still in love but that person has moved on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angelus 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2007 Girlfriend in the coma by The Smiths ... It's about a girlfriend who's in the coma, will she goes through ? No just kidding, the one who makes me sad is A French Love ( Acoustic Version ) by Anna Ternheim. Pretty Sad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2007 "What Sara Said"-Death Cab for Cutie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2007 "Guilt and Regret" - Sentenced Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2007 What was that about Jeff Buckley? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMann2003 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2007 Whispering Pines- The Band, sadder still when you think about Richard Manuel's suicide Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2007 The Pogues- Rainy night in Soho. That's some poetry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2007 I'm listening to "Here Comes a Regular" by the Replacements. It's not the saddest song ever, but probably the saddest thing the 'Mats did. You wouldn't happen to be a One Tree Hill watcher would you? Just asking because they recently devoted an entire episode around this song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest "Go, Mordecai!" Report post Posted January 4, 2007 Haha, no way. Good for them, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angelus 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2007 I'm listening to "Here Comes a Regular" by the Replacements. It's not the saddest song ever, but probably the saddest thing the 'Mats did. You wouldn't happen to be a One Tree Hill watcher would you? Just asking because they recently devoted an entire episode around this song. They played some cool songs on this show. Between that and The Cure's Prayers for Rain ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
