sad/depressing song thread :[ need list

DaScandal said:
24. Ben Folds Five - Brick (4:31)
28. coldplay - 04 - the scientist (5:09)
35. Eric Clapton - Tears in heaven (4:39)
110. Verve Pipe - The Freshman (4:28)



ignore the numbers, its from my playlist.
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Some of the other songs are good and some even have sad subjects but the ones that I know on that list are not depressing/really sad.

Tears in Heaven is an obvious pick, Brick always comes up in these threads, the scientist is pretty sad and The Freshman is really, really melancholy and I never could figure out why. Some sort of "loss of innocence" type of thing, I guess.

One of the all-time great 'sad songs' would be "Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. Ignore the Pearl Jam version.

"In the Ghetto" by Elvis is another really sad and classic song.
 
MADness said:
One of the all-time great 'sad songs' would be "Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. Ignore the Pearl Jam version.
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Except the Pearl Jam version actually sounds sad, whereas Wilson's version sounds like a techno song.

"In the Ghetto" by Elvis is another really sad and classic song.
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I can't listen to that song without laughing, because the Cartman version always comes in my head. ;)
 
Down II - Beautifully Depressed
Deftones - Change

Fucking forgot that one Nirvana track someone help me (underneath the bridge, etc.. something in the way.. mmmhmmm)

HAHA here you go
Type O Negative - Everyone I Love Is Dead(not too mellow actually)

and another haha
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow
 
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Bodom said:
Gary Jules - Mad World (from Donnie Darko)

dont know band - One is the Loneliest Number
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Three Dog Night. For One is the Lonliest Number, that is.

Hallelujah has been covered by a score of artists. Others who have covered it are Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley (whose version I like best so far). Almost all of the songs on Buckley's album 'Grace' would fit in this thread.
 
LokiTheBlade said:
Beck - Lost Cause
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The meaning of that song changed a crapload when i realized that he was saying "baby you're a lost cause" not "baby, im a lost cause."

"you're" and "i'm" are not really similar, but i guess i was hearing what i wanted to hear.
 
1. A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras (3:35)
2. A Perfect Circle - Orestes (4:48)
3. A Perfect Circle - Weak And Powerless (3:17)
4. Bush - Letting the Cables Sleep (4:38)
5. Bush - Mouth (4:35)
6. Evanescence - Anywhere (6:03)
7. Evanescence - Breathe No More (Fallen) (3:49)
8. Evanescence - Even In Death (4:09)
9. Evanescence - Fields Of Innocence (5:13)
10. Evanescence - Forgive Me (3:01)
11. Evanescence - Give Unto Me (5:49)
12. Evanescence - Heart Shaped Box (Cover) (Acoustic) (3:56)
13. Evanescence - Hello (3:40)
14. Evanescence - Missing (Fallen) (4:16)
15. Evanescence - My Immortal (4:24)
16. Evanescence - October (6:26)
17. Evanescence - So Close (4:29)
18. Evanescence - Solitude (5:46)
19. Evanescence - Understanding (7:21)
20. Evanescence - Unknown (Must Be Dreaming) (4:18)
21. Finger Eleven - Broken Words (3:27)
22. Finger Eleven - Famous (4:08)
23. Finger Eleven - Sick of it All (3:18)
24. Offspring - Dirty Magic (3:48)
25. Offspring - Gone Away (4:26)
26. Offspring - Self Esteem (4:17)
27. Offspring - The End Of The Line (3:00)
28. Offspring - The Meaning Of Life (2:55)
29. Peach - You Lied (6:57)
30. Peach Orchestra - Who Am I (5:58)
31. Pink Floyd - Goodbye Cruel World (1:17)
32. Pink Floyd - Hey You (4:39)
33. Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There (2:38)
34. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1-5) (13:30)
35. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 6-9) (12:31)
36. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (4:52)
37. Pink Floyd - The Gunner's Dream (5:04)
38. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (5:15)
39. Sarah McLachlan - Angel (4:30)
40. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy (4:45)
41. Sarah McLachlan - I Will Remember You (2:47)
42. Sarah McLachlan - Possession (3:56)
43. Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days (4:38)
44. Staind - 4 Walls (5:28)
45. Staind - Excess Baggage (4:43)
46. Staind - Home (4:05)
47. Staind - Its Been Awhile (4:26)
48. Staind - Me (4:36)
49. Tool - Eulogy (8:28)
50. Tool - Forty Six And Two (6:01)
51. Tool - H (6:07)
52. Tool - Jimmy (5:24)
53. Tool - No Quarter (11:12)
54. Tool - Parabol(a) (9:03)
55. Tool - Pushit (9:55)
56. Tool - Pushit (Salival) (13:56)
57. Tool - Schism (6:47)
58. Tool - Sober (5:06)
59. Tool - Stinkfist (5:11)
60. Tool - You Lied (Salival) (9:17)
 
actually i suppose it might be more depressing than it actually is b/c you know why Vash is singing it...and stuff. or something.
 
DaScandal said:
The meaning of that song changed a crapload when i realized that he was saying "baby you're a lost cause" not "baby, im a lost cause."

"you're" and "i'm" are not really similar, but i guess i was hearing what i wanted to hear.
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yeah, I can see that

I like it personally because it can be pretty uplifting at the same time
 
Ixiterra said:
Except the Pearl Jam version actually sounds sad, whereas Wilson's version sounds like a techno song.



I can't listen to that song without laughing, because the Cartman version always comes in my head. ;)
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Blasphemy.

On both counts.

Didn't know that Cartman did a spoof of "In the Ghetto." As catchy as the South Park songs are, I can imagine it gets stuck in your head.

The Pearl Jam version IS sad. I just heard the original first and it is better anyways.

Elliot Smith's stuff always comes up in these threads.

Most of Harry Chapin's stuff but especially "Cat's in the Cradle."

Richard Marx. The song is maybe called "Hazard." I always thought that song was really, really sad as a little kid, though his other shit is not great.
 
A stolen internet list:

Here are some great submissions for sad songs (in no apparent order):

All Cats Are Grey, the Drowning Man, Faith, Lament, Prayers for Rain, Sinking, Trust - The Cure

Apology for an Accident - American Music Club

Asleep, Please Please Please (Let Me Get What I Want) - The Smiths

Atmosphere, Decades, the Eternal - Joy Divison

Blindfold, Katy Song, Medicine Bottle - Red House Painters

Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel

Chalet Lines, Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying, Mary Jo, We Rule the School - Belle & Sebastian

Carolyn's Fingers, For Phoebe Still A Baby - Cocteau Twins

Cutter - Rivulets (download MP3)

Dark Spanish Symphony - Angelo Badalmenti / Kinny Lindrum

Everything - Lifehouse

Fade Into You, Halah, Look On Down From the Bridge - Mazzy Star

Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles

Goodbye to Love - Carpenters

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley or John Cale

Here Comes a Regular - The Replacements

Hurt - Nine Inch Nails or Johnny Cash

If I Could Reach You - The Fifth Dimension

I'm Not Sayin' - Nico or Gordon Lightfoot

I've Got Dreams to Remember - Otis Redding

Man Out Of Time - Elvis Costello

Mean to Me - Tonic

Mr. Blue - Yaz

Morning Has Broken, Trouble - Cat Stevens

The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

On Your Shore - Enya

Only You - Yaz

Opening the Ten End - Soul Whirling Somewhere

Outside Your Door - Servants of Sound

Pale Blue Eyes- The Velvet Underground

The Party, This World - The Dream Academy

Question In A World Of Blue - Julee Cruise

Shayla - Blondie

Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise - Trembling Blue Stars

These Days - Nico or Jackson Browne

These Long Centuries - Vitesse

To be the One - Idaho

Touch - Sarah McLachlan

Undenied - Portishead

When You're Old and Lonely - Magnetic Fields

Winter is Blue - Vashti Bunyan

Waltzing Matilda - Tom Waits
 
oaNimALo said:
Down II - Beautifully Depressed
Deftones - Change

Fucking forgot that one Nirvana track someone help me (underneath the bridge, etc.. something in the way.. mmmhmmm)

HAHA here you go
Type O Negative - Everyone I Love Is Dead(not too mellow actually)

and another haha
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow
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Nirvana song = something in the way
 
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