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Hey all,

I was just wandering through my iTunes and noticed I don't have much in the way of sad songs. Any suggestions?

Almost any genre is okay (did they ever make any sad disco songs?) :D

Most of what I have in sad is country, no surprise there. But I put Please Call Home in sad because of the minor vibe, even though the lyrics are about hope.

So, either b/c of the lyrics or the sound, sad song suggestions, please!

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Here are a few off the top of my head.

The Beatles - This Boy

McCartney - Here Today

The Stones - Fool to Cry

Elton - Goodbye, Come Down in Time, Love Song, Someone Saved My Life Tonight

The theme song to

.... lol
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A few Smiths songs come to mind...

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if there's a more beautiful and sad song than tom waits "martha" i am not aware of it.................................

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Lot's of stuff on Jackson Brown's For Everyman and you get David Lindley as a bonus

ArnieZ

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Just the ones I can think of right now.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitsgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

Mother - John Lennon

Late - the tossers

Wish you were here - Pink Floyd

Helplessly Hoping - Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Find the Cost of Freedom - Crosby Stills, and Nash

The Grave - Don McLean

Vincent - Don McLean

Creep - Radiohead

Fuck you (untouchable face) - Ani Difranco

Momma - Bob Seger

The Foggy Dew - The Cheiftens with Sinead O'Conner

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Hiya!

Sad Bastard music happens to be a specialty of mine, so I wrote a good starter list for ya, in no particular order, ranging from classic country and modern folk through rock and others.

If you make it through the Shindell, I'll have a hotline number waiting for ya.

:D

Geoff

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Jolene - by Ray LaMontagne

Four Green Fields - any version

Cigarette - Ben Folds

Because I Told You So - Jonatha Brooke

Flies and Blue Skies - King's X

Can't Stop Thinkin' About You - Martin Sexton

Gone For Good, and In Spite of Me - Morphine

When You Come Back Down - Nickel Creek

Hurt - Nine Inch Nails

I Saw My Youth Today, Nora, Wisteria, Calling the Moon -Richard Shindell (the modern heavyweight champion of the Heart-Stabber ;)

Broke Down - Slaid Cleaves

Willie Nelson's version of Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

No Blue Sky - The Thorns (Happiest Sad song ever)

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The Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes

Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley

Jolie Holland - Goodbye California

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Achy Breaky Heart.

I get sad every time I hear it.

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"Know Who You Are" by Supertramp

"Don't Hang Up" and "Fresh Air for My Mother" by 10cc

"Aurora" by Bjork

"Soft As A Dove" by Yes

...I'll think of more later.

T

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The entire Freedy Johnston album "This Perfect World", especially the brilliant title song.

-Austin

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Remember Me / Willie Nelson

Queen of Hearts / Gregg Allman

These Days / Jackson Browne / Gregg Allman

Why / Annie Lennox

Let's Go Out Tonight / Blue Nile

Fields of Gold / Sting

Throwing It All Away / Genesis

The Moon & St. Christopher / Mary Chapin Carpenter

The Difficult Kind / Sheryl Crow

Waiting In the Weeds / Eagles

Something's Always Wrong / Toad the Wet Sprocket

Last Train Home / Pat Metheny

Snow On The Sahara / Anggun

Bell Bottom Blues / Derek & The Dominoes

One Place / Everything But The Girl

Guest pirateflynn
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Queen of Hearts / Gregg Allman

Good one, and that reminds me of ...

ABB - Please Come Home

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In my life- The Beatles

Fairytale in New York- the Pouges

Beth - Kiss

More than a feeling - Boston

Only Women Bleed- Alice Cooper (not what u think)

The Flame - Cheap Trick

Sentimental Street - Night Ranger

Adams Song - Blink 182

Mother - Pink Floyd

:D

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The Adagio (2nd movement) in Joaquin Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez.'

A true masterpiece in every sense of the word. I owe someone here on the board for making me privy to that song.

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jASON ISBELL-"Dress Blues"...a must listen/true story about a high school buddy killed in war

...gets me everytime-well done IMo...not too sappy/sentimental/political-just hits you in the gut

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Francis Ford Coppolla did an unusual movie called "One from the Heart" which featured a soundtrack with songs sung by Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle.

Almost the whole thing is sad, but especially good are:

Old boyfriends

I beg your pardon

This one's from the heart

Take me Home

Also +1 for whoever said "In My Life"

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Sad in which sense? Love? Or just sad? In any case, these are some of the saddest songs that come to my mind:

Queen - Nevermore

Queen -

(have a listen to the
too)

Queen - Love of my life

Queen -

(though it's a hope song too there's also a lot of sadness on this one)

A couple of classic ones now:

The Beatles - Yesterday

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (it is almost creepy how I think of my aunt Raquel every time I listen to it)

Well, at this point you are already in tears, right? :D

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Hiya!

Broke Down - Slaid Cleaves

Hey, Slaid is Swirlygirl Sid's cousin. I've met him a few times when he passes through town. He definitely knows sad.

Lucinda's got plenty of stuff too. Pineola springs to mind.

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I remember being in first or second grade and all the girls on the playground were singing "Billy Don't Be A Hero", holding hands and crying.

:D

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