The saddest sad songs of all time

[Marcio**]

1- Roberta Flack "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (also a lovely song)
2- Stevie Wonder "They Won't Go When I Go"
3- Elton John "Creepin' In"
4- Michael Jackson "She's Out Of My Life"

:)

[Marcio**]

3- Elton John "Creepin' In"

Sorry, the name of the song is "Ticking" :)

[georgeb]

Sorry seems to be the hardest word - Elton John

[DJ-Pir]

Hey Marcio,

I find the Roberta Flack tune quite positive and lovely :-)


For a really depressingly sad and sorry song try this:
Racing Cars - They shoot horses don't they :evil:

And not all too happy also : Hi gloss - You'll never know






The best things in life are free, Peter

[Noman]

How about Terry Jacks - Seasons in the sun, makes you weep

[nrgbeat]

Kiss and Say Goodbye--Manhattans

[Videoskooter]

Prince: The Beautiful Ones :cry:
Prince: Sometimes it snows in April :cry:
Serge Gainsbourg: Requiem pour un con :cry:
Pink Floyd: Comfortably numb :cry:
San Pablo: Salma has left the building :cry::cry::cry:

[originalbigm]

Salty Tears -Thelma Jones :cry:
Neither One Of Us(Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)-Gladys Knight & The Pips :cry:
Loving Arms-Millie Jackson :cry:
Misty Blue-Dorothy Moore :cry:
The Show Must Go On - Sam Dees :cry:

[efunk_adelic]

these are depressing but so good!!!



Enchantment - It's You That I Need (Roadshow '77)
SOS Band - Have It Your Way (Tabu '82)
Rose Royce - I'm Going Down (MCA '76)

[Mixmachine]

Neither One Of Us(Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)-Gladys Knight & The Pips :cry:
Misty Blue-Dorothy Moore :cry:

Yeap. this two are sad, and bring out the blues in me

Enchantment - It's You That I Need (Roadshow '77)

I have this one, need to dig it out and see why it's sad, cause I don't remember :-? , I heard it on the car Radio the other day but didn't followed the words..

"Have you seen her" Chi-lites always makes me sad. :( especially when he says "With all the people I know, I'm still a lonely man" :(

But a recent one that I can even finish is "Dancing with my Father" by Luther :( to much of a downer for me, and my father's still around...

[Super D]

I wish it would rain,"Temps". :cry:
King Heroin,"James Brown". :cry:

SuperD(motordetroit) 8)

[boogie nites]

Johnny Bristol "Hang On In there Baby"
Madonna "Oh Father"
REM "Everybody Hurts"

[olskinflint]

The Carpenters' "Goodbye to Love". Hard to imagine a sadder lyric than "The only thing I know of love is how to live without it."

[markydefad]

Once again, I'm gonna mention Loleatta Holoway's The Greatest Performance Of My Life wherein the diva sounds suicidal and verging on madness!!! :o :-? :(

"I laughed Pagliacci...ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!" (she sounds tres demented.) :oops: :cry: :oops: :cry:

This has gotta be the Ultimate Diva In Distress tune....DRAMA QUEENs to the dancefloor..puh-leeeeeeeeeeeeeze!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P :lol: :P

[remicks]

*****
OSF , that truly is one sad lyric ....

Here's a handful of my sad ones :

(Theme From) The Valley Of The Dolls ---Dionne Warwick
Love Don't Love Nobody ----The Spinners
If You Leave Me Now --- Chicago
Please Don't Go --- KC & the Sunshine Band
Comin' Around Again --- Carly Simon
Slippin' --- DMX

***** .................................................. ............. :cry:

[efunk_adelic]

Chi-Lites - A Lonely Man (Brunswick '72)
Leaving Me - Independents (Wand '73)

[eddie]

The 3 songs that numb me to the bone with pain are:

Unifics-The beginning of the end (1968)

Phyllis Hyman-Give me one good reason to stay (1995)

The Deele-Two ocassions (1987)

The Unifics song is about a guy getting into an altercation with his girlfriend and then she tragically dies and he's left alone and feeling guilty.
The lyrics "Here comes the hurse, black cadallic" is chilling.

The Phyllis Hyman cut from her 1995 "I refuse to be Lonely"Lp may quite very well be her final cry. It was sadly the last chronological track released by just before her death.

The subject matter of Two occasions is sad but it's the instrumental intro that really strikes me. The first 10 seconds sounds like the knock of death, followed by the flash of life, and eventually death consuming your body. To me that record's always been horrific.

Any comments especially regarding "Two occasions" are highly welcomed.

[discopsycho]

Josh Groban's "You're Still You" and his version of "Vincent" just slay me.

Other "sad" favorites are:

Angela Bofill - This Time I'll Be Sweeter and I Try
Phyllis Hyman - Living All Alone
Mariah Carey - Without You
Selena - No Me Queda Mas
Simone - Quiero Amanecer Con Alguien
Luz Casal - Piensa En Mi (from the movie "High Heels")

(Even if you don't understand Spanish, the last three will still get to you)

[discodisco]

A Very Sad Song "Alone Again Naturally" Gilbert O'Sullivan

[georgeb]

I still love you,you still love me - Millie Jackson

[qdearl]

Here are a few that always leave a lump in my thoat.....

"Sadie" - the Spinners

"It's so Hard to say Goodbye to Yesterday" - G.C. Cameron (anyone who remembers "Cooley High" knows what I mean)

"Toby" - the Chi-Lites (R.I.P. Eugene....)

"Eleanor Rigby" - the Beatles

....and I may be stretching it a bit, but
"Does your Mama Know about Me" - Jermaine Jackson
because of the subject matter, always brings me down.

[eddie]

Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers did the original version of "Does your mama know about me". It is a great song but some people even after hearing it do not realize that its about the nonacceptance of an interracial couple.
What had an emotional impact on me was the lyrics "Does she know just what I am". People usually say "Does she know who I am". It's quite moving.

[pepper1dancer]

The song that really gets me is "Hold On My Heart" by Genesis. Man, Mr. Phil Collins singing to his own heart? That song is so sad. He's telling his heart to slow down because he doesn't want to go through the pain again. Woah, that song really hits home........ :cry:

[midas]

summer time - howard hewett
shes over me - george benson
seperated - usher
smile - rene angela
as we lay - shirlay murdock
somethings on your mind - d train

[SandraDee]

D.I.S.C.O. by Ottowan. That's very sad.