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tareze · Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: north or south of a river

once in a while - madeline peyroux

out of context · Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Location: Daejeon

Two songs that remind me of people I knew who committed suicide: "Back on the Chain Gang" by the Pretenders and "Limits to Love" by Til Tuesday.

peppermint · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject:

bluzusi · Joined: 29 Jul 2007

Three songs that mean a lot to me are "Father and Son" by Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), "Soldier's Heart" by R. Kelly, and "Our Town" by James Taylor.

Newbie · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Votes for "Piano Man" have me scratching my head... I always think of it as a great drinking and singing song... good times!

Junkyardninja · Joined: 24 Jun 2007

Not entirely sure why I feel compelled to reply to this.
Maybe because I quite like sad songs, generally.

I hardly ever cry as a result of listening to a song, unless I'm
already quite sad, but the following are standouts:

Hold On, by Tom Waits.

Green Fields of France, mentioned by a previous poster.
( Dropkick Murphies version, thank you.)

Waltzing Matilda / Tom Traubert's Blues, also by Waits.

Arms of the Angels, Sarah McLaughlin. ( How embarrassing.)

Last but not least, Danny Boy, although with the caveat that I loathe
most renditions of this song - far too overdone and cloying. Occasionally
I hear a performer nail it though, and hey presto, waterworks.
(D*** Scotch-Irish genetic vulnerability.)

[ Edit: Not to highjack the thread, just curious... works of literature that
cause tears? While I'm not normally that susceptible to songs,
I have never yet made it through a reading of Thurber's Snapshot of
a Dog without bawling.....what about the rest of you?]

xtchr · Joined: 23 Nov 2004

[quote="Big_Bird"]This one was always a tearjerker:

Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris

quote]

I remember the version in Trainspotting, hadn't thought of it as a sad song before then, but now everytime I hear it (which admittedly isn't very often) I can't think of it as anything else other than sad.

rubric · Joined: 28 Oct 2006 Location: Pongdongfongyong

Mad World - the ending of Donny Darko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PUFJmsCZLE&mode=related&search=

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Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

Anything with onions in it (eg: "Glass Onion" by the Beatles, "The Onion Song" by Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell ...)

"She's Leaving Home" by the Beatles is a sad, lilting song reflecting on the "run-away teens" phenomenon that emerged during that "Generation gap" era ...

Here's Sir Paul singing it on his 2002 U.S. tour. His lead singing is fine, but the back-up vocals of John, George, and Ringo are sadly missing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2mFfP1q50o

This one has the original Beatles soundtrack (Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison together were simply the best ...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCSF-zRW7po

Hank the Iconoclast · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Location: Busan

"Here Today" - Paul McCartney

newton kabiddles · Joined: 31 Mar 2007

All the Evangelical Hymns performed at the Church of God in Ghent New York.

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

Another sad (maybe maudlin) song was the original (J. Frank Wilson) version of "Last Kiss"

This Pearl Jam cover is good, but the vocals and drums seem too upbeat ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBGfoOVn4o4

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

Older pop music fans might remember this Diana Ross and the Supremes semi-hit from 1969, "I'm Living in Shame"... Here's a description:

- A bit of a melodramatic song, really. The narrator is "living in shame" of what horrible things she has done to her poor mother. Mother was always "sloppy dressed" and "always looked a mess." The narrator admits, "I was always so afraid for my uptown friends to see her" and makes up the story her mother "died on a weekend trip to Spain." To Spain! "She had grandson two years old, I never even showed her," the narrator almost cries. Then "came a telegram: mama passed away while making home-made jam." What a way to go! To make things worse: "before she died she cried to see me by her side." Now the narrator is overwhelmed with guilt: "Mama, can you hear me? I'm living in shame / Won't you forgive me, Mom, for all the wrong I've done?" (UK #14)

More recently (1988) there was Mike and the Mechanics "Living Years" in which Mike Rutherford (from Genesis) laments about the passing of his father (whom he never saw "eye to eye" with...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZrN7kSVvoY

theatrelily · Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Location: Haeundae-gu, Busan

Dante�s Prayer � Loreena Mckennit (this is the song they played at
both my grandmother�s and
mother�s funerals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFIC5wfuwcQ

Butterfly � Tori Amoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFuqJEe0Uqs

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables- �Les Miserables��but I especially love
Michael Ball�s rendition in the 10th
anniversary concert special they did with
the dream cast at the Royal Albert
Concert Hall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJnjcX8skXk

Kissing You � Des�ree (from Baz Lurhmann�s �Romeo and Juliet�)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt-NwAA3Wvo

And this clip makes me cry every time. It�s more this performance than the actual song�.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWNoiVrJDsE