saddest song you've ever heard

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Sat Aug 10, 2002 9:28 pm

soy un penidor

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Aug 10, 2002 11:49 pm

Hmm... tough question. "Fade to Black" by Metallica comes to mind. "Illusion" by Trail of Tears is pretty sad too. "Fiddler on the Green" by Demons and Wizards is actually pretty sad after I got over how amazing it was

. Actually I had a whole list of really sad songs because I was going to make a CD of them... but I seem to have lost it

. And now that I think about it... why would I want to make such a depressing CD?

Oh yeah, "Melancholy" and "Watching Over Me" (both by Iced Earth) struck me as being really sad when I heard them.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Sat Aug 10, 2002 11:51 pm

I know, they're sad like willy wanka and the chocolate factery when they become diabetic and spend the rest of the movie in the hospital.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 12:16 am

Nightswimming by REM.

Well, the SADDEST was some song I heard a long time ago, off a "More Songs from The Lion King" soundtrack sort of thing, but I can't remember what it was called.

So lacking that:

Nightswimming by REM.

And it's subtle. Subtle is good.

MistyCaldwell · Post by **MistyCaldwell** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 12:21 am

Time to say goodbye by Sarah Brightman is probably the saddest song I have ever heard. I suppose those songs have a greater effect on you when you are already in a depressed mood though.

Temjin, your random brand of comedy is refreshing after having attended a tiring get together this evening

Thanks

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 12:42 am

"Nightswimming," eh? "Everybody Hurts" came off as much more sad to me. But listening to it again I can see why you chose that one.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 12:46 pm

Well, "Everybody Hurts" was a great song that was unfortunately spoiled for me by two things:

a) its being overused as a musical cue in stuff like "The Real World"

b) its being blasted every other day by some otherwise irritating people down the hall in my freshman dorm.

So unfortunately I'm immune to it otherwise.

<i>Automatic...</i> is just a really depressing album, isn't it? ^_^;; Besides those two we have "Try Not to Breathe" (an oddly non-depressing suicide song) and "Drive", one of the most depressing-sounding songs I've heard although the lyrics are more neutral.

Hm. Good stuff. 8)

akatoro · Post by **akatoro** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 2:16 pm

Beatles - Let it be.
Played it at the memorial of a friend that had taken suicide

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 8:08 pm

The two songs that really have some effect on me:

"Resurrection" by Fear Factory, especially near the end, and "What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.

Strange, yes. Why, I'm not sure.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 10:11 pm

Yeah Automatic for the People was a great album. "Drive" is possibly my favorite song off of that album. But ya gotta admit Out of Time had some pretty sad songs. "Shiny Happy People" ring a bell, eh eh

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