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The saddest song you know

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  • John Martyn - Hurt in your heart

    Great live version here: https://youtu.be/Uvg_4XIZ5cA
  • Dark Globe or Vegetable Man - Syd Barrett
    Where one of the most creative artists of the late 60's starts to confront his own alienation and descent into mental illness.
    You could probably pick any number of songs from his solo work.
  • Hope she'll be happier with him
    Bill Withers

    https://youtu.be/NYog2KV_yOU
    How do you turn a duck into a singer?


    Put it into a microwave and wait until its bill withers.
  • Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of The Broken Hearted

    https://youtu.be/cQywZYoGB1g
  • Dance with my father - Luther Vandross
    +1 beat me to it.
  • Father and Son - Cat Stevens. On a personal level at least, though it needn't necessarily be sad I suppose.
  • Needle and the damage done - Neil Young

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3oqvnDKQk
  • Eric Carmen - All By Myself
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  • Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
  • Two Winters Only by My Dying Bride.
  • Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven. 
  • Tell Laura I love her.
  • edited September 2019
    Seasons in the Sun  -  Tery Jacks  -   Miserable as f"%/
  • edited September 2019
    Seasons in the Sun  -  Tery Jacks  -   Miserable as f"%/
    It's the English version of another
    Jaques Brel song...

    Every English version of Brel's song sounds like a soapy babaganoush
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    Aloe Blacc - Momma hold my hand . Gets me every time I hear it .


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gkeYkXEyyY&feature=share
  • Adele has a whole catalogue of sad songs......”Someone like you” being the saddest I guess.
    Her live version at the Brit Awards a while back was truly awesome.
  • Do you realise? - the flaming lips
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  • 'if this is goodbye'
    Mark knopfler& Emylou Harris

    It's about the twin towers victims last calls to loved ones.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sWfKfM10g6g
  • Before anyone knew our name ~ Stereophonics 

    Songs about loved ones not being around and memories get me, songs about heartbreak are bullshite generally and very generic as I suppose popular songs have to be. A memorable couple are Sheila by Jamie T and Dry your eyes by the streets. They don't sadden me but they do a pretty good job of analysing young men and how they respond to seeing the girl they thought was the salt of the earth being finger banged in the back garden of the pub by another lad 
  • Adele has a whole catalogue of sad songs......”Someone like you” being the saddest I guess.
    Her live version at the Brit Awards a while back was truly awesome.
    Not a big fan of her but I really like her tribute to George Michael at the Grammy Awards in 2017, a slow version of Fastlove. The string arrangements are superb. Every time I watch it I get misty-eyed.
  • Everything I own - Bread
  • another for me would be Roy Harper - When an Old Cricketer leaves the Crease 
  • @Pringle @Jessie Agreed on The Blue Nile and the Craig Armstrong album version.  Also love Johnny Cash's version of Hurt.

    I'll add in Jake Bugg's Broken...beautiful, albeit, sad track.
  • There are quite a few film soundtracks that have moved me to tears. Schindler's list, Atonement, The Fountain, Gladiator, etc.

    As for sad songs, I particularly like Dusty Springfield's Yesterday When I Was Young.
  • Dry your eyes - The Streets
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