Classic Sad Songs

[pax]

Like if I were going to make a CD with really classic all-time sad songs on it, what songs should I include?

Some initial ideas:

--"Space Oddity" David Bowie
--"Dear Prudence" the Beatles
--"Bookends" Simon and Garfunkel
--"River" Joni Mitchell

 

[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

wilco - i am trying to break your heart

beck - lost cause, guess im doing fine

blur - out of time

pink floyd - us and them

verve - history, the drugs dont work

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good thread, btw paxy!

 

[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

ah, you said classic all time hits. well these are still pretty mainstream, so it works yes? *begs

 

[carey02]

pink floyd - us and them

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Damn thats a good, good song.

 

[carey02]

Willie Nelson and Bonnie Raitt - 'You Remain'

I'm listening to it now actually.

 

[Popmartijn]

Bruce Springsteen - The River
The saddest song ever.

Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue or Blind Willie McTell

Marty

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

blur - this is a low
the clash - straight to hell
blur - no distance to run

 

[Basstrap]

Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues

Leonard Cohen - Chelsae Hotel, Take this Waltz

Pink Floyd - Us and Them, Wish you were here

U2 - With or Without You

Tears For Fears - Mad World (though the Gary Jules, Donnie Darko version is more sadder times 1 MILLION!!! go listen!!)

Radiohead - Creep

Pearl Jam - Indifference (this song sucks all the will to life out of me!)

Elliot Smith - Between the Bars (not really classic I know :sillyme

 

[pax]

Pearl Jam - Indifference (this song sucks all the will to life out of me!)

hoooooowwwww much difference does it make...?

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

Pearl Jam - Indifference (this song sucks all the will to life out of me!)

ah man, i havent listened to that one in ages!! ive had periods in my life in which i would listen to it all the time. perhaps my favorite pearl jam song of all times together with rearview mirror and state of love and trust.

this one's for the thread:

lou reed - sad song

 

[Basstrap]

I will hold the candle till it burns up my arm
Oh, I'll keep takin' punches until their will grows tired
Oh, I will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind
Hey, I won't change direction, and I won't change my mind
How much difference does it make
Mmm, how much difference does it make..how much difference...


I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune
I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room
how much difference does it make

 

[Popmartijn]

this one's for the thread:

lou reed - sad song

Which reminds me:

Lou Reed - The Kids (also from Berlin)

Despite the title, I never found Sad Song to be that sad. It sounds more like acquiescence (? is that the correct word?) in retrospect. But the cries from The Kids...

C ya!

Marty

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

hey marty. i agree sad song isnt all that sad. but you replying to my reply reminded me that i did send you an e-mail that is related hereto (and to the cd exchange). did you get it???

 

[Basstrap]

I'm sure the Velvert Underground has a song song or two...

they must...

Stephanie Says...perhaps

what about...

Phish - Velvet Sea

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

here's the alleged story of why the kids did cry so heartbreaking in the lou's song the kids:

lou reed borrowed some of his friends' kids and took them into the recording studio (it could also have been the producer's kids). now, i don't know if the parents knew what he was going to do or not, but he told the all the kids that their parents just got into a big accident and died and would not come back for them. so they all started crying and screaming. he recorded it, took the kids out of the studio, and then gave them back to their parents.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

dammit! indifference! what a great song that is!

 

[Popmartijn]

here's the alleged story of why the kids did cry so heartbreaking in the lou's song the kids:

lou reed borrowed some of his friends' kids and took them into the recording studio (it could also have been the producer's kids). now, i don't know if the parents knew what he was going to do or not, but he told the all the kids that their parents just got into a big accident and died and would not come back for them. so they all started crying and screaming. he recorded it, took the kids out of the studio, and then gave them back to their parents.

I've heard it a bit differently, although the account is largely the same. In that version (in the booklet with the Between Thought And Expression box set) it was just the producer who went home and told his 2 young kids that their mother wasn't coming back. By heavily processing the sound it sounds even more harrowing. The crying at the end is supposedly just time to go to bed for the kids. (hmm, sounds familiar to me from when I was a young lad )

BTW, I did not get your email. Is it maybe possible to send it again to popmartijn@hotmail.com and watch out for the subject line (as I have a junkmail filter). It seems as if I set the flag to immediately delete junk mail a bit too soon then. Sorry about that...

C ya!

Marty

P.S. For those wondering, it does matter who exactly told these kids that their mother wasn't returning. You do want to know for sure who is the bad guy before you start getting angry at the wrong man for torturing those kids.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Raining in Baltimore - Counting Crows
Miss Sarajevo - Passengers
Hey Jupiter - Tori Amos
Cast No Shadow - Oasis
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad - Moby
This Woman's Work - Kate Bush, Maxwell

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

"Tears In Heaven"-Eric Clapton
"The Long and Winding Road"-Beatles (this song never fails to get me teary-eyed)
"Abraham, Martin, and John"-Dion

Angela

 

[MrBrau1]

Duh,

Sad Songs-Elton John

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

BTW, I did not get your email. Is it maybe possible to send it again to popmartijn@hotmail.com and watch out for the subject line (as I have a junkmail filter). It seems as if I set the flag to immediately delete junk mail a bit too soon then. Sorry about that...

ik heb het mailtje nog een keer gestuurd.

 

[Popmartijn]

Lars, got the mail, have replied. Thanks for the warning!

Marty

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

ok, got it three times

ill come up with something youll like im sure.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

 

[Popmartijn]

Seeing the name Coldplay in the sig of the wonderful lady above me...

Coldplay - Trouble
Coldplay - The Scientist

Sad and achingly beautiful.

C ya!

Marty

 

[Jack In The Box]

Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad - Moby

saddest song... my song

 

[Jack In The Box]

Lou Reed - Perfect Day

 

[filledeperle]

"No Need to Argue" - The cranberries
"Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche
"Into Dust" - Mazzy Star
"Everybody Hurts" - REM
"Sullen Girl" - Fiona Apple
"Oh Father" - Madonna

Perle

 

[cass]

I don't have Perfect Day in my sad song category at all Jack In The Box...it's on my feelgood list. Just goes to show how we all hear/perceive things differentlly.
Hub is in another room listening to Beth Orton at the moment. He told me he likes Devil Song the best and I want to try to learn it. I don't know what the lyrics are yet , but hearing it right now, makes me sad. It has a sad feel, bit of a bummer...I wanted to learn a new happy song. I specialise in sad songs it seems and I'd rather not. Quandary.
Eric Clapton's song on a burned CD someone gave me makes me cry, not sure of the title, River of Tears I suspect. Kasey's song Million Tears makes me sad. Classic one everyone has heard?
oh gosh...blast from the past, Old Shep, Nobody's Child.
more recent/popular?....something to ponder

 

[u2popmofo]

Radiohead - "How To Disappear Completely"
The Cure - "Bloodflowers"


I'll think of more later.