Sir Stewart Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Also - 'Fox In The Snow' by Belle & Sebastian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stickman Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Cataracts is a nice pick: "When our mouths are filled with the uninvited tongues of others / and the strays are pining for their unrequited mothers / Milk that sours is promptly spat, light will fill our eyes like cats" Yeah when it really picks up after the whistling solo, and he sings with such enthusiasm. It gets me every time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a-me-with-a-you Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 When Tweedy performs "Black Eye" solo it can be quite hard to keep tears away sometime, it's truly stirring. Out of the Wilco catalog Radio Cure and Ashes of American Flags take the front runner position. I'm also quietly amazed at how effective Tweedy's Jandek cover turned out, called "Crack a Smile". Some songs I like have been mentioned already, Pearl Jam's Black, Aimee Mann's Wise Up, Beck's Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime, Dylan's If You See Her Say Hello, but for some reason, it's not even that slow of a melody, Pearl Jam's Last Kiss really stands out as one of the saddest songs ever. Am I weird like that or is it the song that has a weird effect on more people than just lil' old me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Neil Young's - It's Only A Dream makes me cry eveytime I listen to it. For me at least, it evokes a powerful feeling for my brother. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dmada Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Everybody hurts-REM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cooperissup3r Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Two - The Antlers makes me super sad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Thanks to M.Chris for that gorgeous video of The Band doing "It Makes No Difference". I was getting teary-eyed just listening. Danko's vocals are so achingly perfect in that. Good luck finding it, but Mickey Jupp's "City" has always choked me up. A guy leaving, and the girl can't come. Classic sad. "Will you write, if I send a letter?Every nightThink of me every nightOr better still,come with me to where I'm goingI'd like to have you along..." Simply stated and such wistful loss about it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sgtpepper64 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Three mentioned I agree with completely: The Band - It Makes No Difference Possibly one of the saddest songs ever written. Danko's vocals from the Last Waltz make it hard not to get a little teary. Neil Young - Only A Dream Definitely the highlight of that album. Robbie Robertson - Fallen Angel Robertson is master songwriter, there is little more else to say. My contributions would be: The Temptations - Since I Lost My BabyWilco - On and On and OnBilly Bragg and Wilco - Another Man's Done Gone and for my change up... Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding by Jesse Winchester Oddly enough a songwriter discovered by Robbie Robertson in the late 60's, he came out with this new album quietly, although he appeared on Elvis Costello's Spectacle with Neko Case, and Sheryl Crow and played this song and it floored the audience and Neko, who shed a tear as he played. It's beautiful and makes you long for a time you may have never even knew. It's how love should feel. It's beautiful. If no one has heard it (and a torrent is hard to find) feel free to contact me. It's just unbelievable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnO Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Wow there are so many grate ones listed already. Sorry if some of these are repeats. He Stopped Loving Her Today - George JonesSing Me Back Home - Merle HaggardOpening Farewell - Bonnie Raitt's versionTime After Time - Cyndi Lauper A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam CookeYour Cheatin' Heart - Hank WilliamsLove T.K.O. - Teddy PendergrassMy Mom - Chocolate GeniusWhiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley (with Alison Krauss)How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? - Al GreenIn the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Frank SinatraKilling Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty Shackleford Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 A couple of good Drive-By Truckers songs listed above, but I'd include "Little Bonnie." LITTLE BONNIE On the day that she was buriedHer Daddy stood out by the cemetery fencePrayed to God for forgivenessFor surely all of this is punishment for my sins They put her in the family gardenSaid you could hear his heart breaking miles awayAll the men pitched in and bought a marble angelTo mark the piece of land where little Bonnie lay My Grandma said she would keep her in the morningsSo her Mama could sleep a bit and do the chores and suchShe'd read her stories about little girls and magic powersThat would never let a pretty angel hurt Her Mama's always been a beautyShe's still beautiful to this very dayBut they say Bonnie's crystal eyes put the stars to shameMaybe heaven needed Bonnie's face My Grandma said she would keep her in the morningsA swollen angel who never would complainShe'd read her stories about little girls and princessesWhose Daddy's don't feel punished for what heaven takes away Little Bonnie never marriedLittle Bonnie never even made it fourBut I grew up in her presenceEven though she was gone before I'z bornEven though she was gone before I'z born Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 A couple of good Drive-By Truckers songs listed above, but I'd include "Little Bonnie." LITTLE BONNIE On the day that she was buriedHer Daddy stood out by the cemetery fencePrayed to God for forgivenessFor surely all of this is punishment for my sins They put her in the family gardenSaid you could hear his heart breaking miles awayAll the men pitched in and bought a marble angelTo mark the piece of land where little Bonnie lay My Grandma said she would keep her in the morningsSo her Mama could sleep a bit and do the chores and suchShe'd read her stories about little girls and magic powersThat would never let a pretty angel hurt Her Mama's always been a beautyShe's still beautiful to this very dayBut they say Bonnie's crystal eyes put the stars to shameMaybe heaven needed Bonnie's face My Grandma said she would keep her in the morningsA swollen angel who never would complainShe'd read her stories about little girls and princessesWhose Daddy's don't feel punished for what heaven takes away Little Bonnie never marriedLittle Bonnie never even made it fourBut I grew up in her presenceEven though she was gone before I'z bornEven though she was gone before I'z born Written about his sister... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug C Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Season's In The Sun... oh wait, you mean sad as in depressing... oh wait... Damn, now I'm confused. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakey Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Song for Adam - Jackson BrowneButterfly - WeezerTired Eyes - Neil Young Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jknne Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 The Kids by Lou Reed....that whole album is a sad one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KramkonG Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Leave Me Wishing More by DeYarmond Edison Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiatortunes Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 "Space City" by the Drive-By Truckers Makes me cry. If I'm at the gym, also makes me hyperventilate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jokin' dealer Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 "Pictures of You" - The Cure "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 King's Crossing- Elliott Smith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakey Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Nothing Man - Bruce Springsteen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 (as mentioned in my copycat thread...) Little girl, you're still far too youngto have a heart that's been so brokenIt might seem you ain't got no onewell, I'm here for youTold your momma before she died thatI'd stayed right by your sideNow I have to leave just a little whileBut I'm here for you Hardest part there is about dyingare the ones who get left behindI know your momma wouldn't want you cryingso I'm here for youLoved your momma more than she loved meWhen you were born I was far from TennesseeI came back home to hold you close to meAnd I'm here for you You're far too precious to meI only want what's best for youAnd that might not include mewell I know it's trueBut I'm here for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 King's Crossing- Elliott Smith And Fond Farewell. I don't care when he wrote it, or at what kind of time in his life, those lyrics are heartbreaking. Oooh, New Monkey should make that list, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sky blue bats Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 new order - love vigilantes!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I'm going to once again mention Grandaddy. I think Jason Lytle is my favorite writer of sad songs. "The Warming Sun" Oh I wish I really couldenjoy the warming sunenjoy a warm someoneand end the need to hideaway alone inside "Beautiful Ground"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81unzsXud7k Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pmancini100 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 im sure someone said it by now, dear john by ryan adams and the cardinals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 new order - love vigilantes!!!The Iron and Wine version makes me cry every time. He is a fricking ghost!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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