Top 40 Saddest Songs Ever Made - Page 8

**gordian_knot** · May 15th, 2015, 01:21 PM

Plenty of folk songs that would fit here:

Kate Rusby - I Am Stretched On Your Grave
Priscilla Herdman - No Man's Land (written by Eric Bogle)

Some more popular songs:

Beth Nielsen Chapman - Sand And Water
Del Amitri - Driving With The Brakes On
Judas Priest - Epitaph
Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa or Father And Son
Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle

**FrankDobe** · May 15th, 2015, 11:41 PM

some more....

Peter Murphy.................... Marlene Dietrich's Favourite (sp) Poem
Emerson Lake and Palmer.....C'Est La Vie
The Motels........................Only the Lonely
The Smiths........................How Soon Is Now ( almost ANYTHING by Morrissey )

~~rodak~~ · May 16th, 2015, 12:05 AM

Little Paper Boy -Hank Williams

Out on the corner standin' so bold
Stood a little paper boy so hungry and cold
And as the crowd came passin' by
These words he said with tears in his eyes

"Please buy a paper from me
So I can get me somethin' to eat
My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet"
Said the little paper boy, there on the street

"Out in this cold wide world all alone
I have no place on this earth to call home
I haven't had the chance that other kids had
I have no mother, nor even a dad"

"So please buy a paper from me
So I can get me somethin' to eat
My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet"
Said the little paper boy, there on the street

Early next mornin' as the crowd passed by
The little boy was gone and they wondered why
They started searchin' and then found him dead
He died with the papers under his head

No one was there, his body to claim
There he was lying but he felt no pain
Now he has gone up to Heaven we know
The little paper boy who died in the snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hCPh-QUys

**Mal Hombre** · May 19th, 2015, 07:40 PM

Another folk tune,Ashokan Farewell A haunting melody that was used as the main theme for Ken Burns' documentary "The Civil War.

**howerd** · May 26th, 2015, 11:20 AM

Joni Mitchell - The Last Time I Saw Richard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igj20M84hbo

Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YuaZcylk_o

**AmateurEmale** · August 8th, 2015, 05:22 PM

"A Decade Under The Influence" by Taking Back Sunday.

This song makes me think about leaving Chicago in summer 1992, and my father losing his business and me losing my best high school girlfriend that year, and never seeing Chicago for another twelve years, and my parents refusing to travel there with me in 1997 and 2004 when I asked them if we could go there together. Life was never the same.

"I've got a bad feeling about this... / I've got it bad... I've got it bad..."

Pauldec · August 9th, 2015, 07:42 PM

Saddest of the sad - Man Of the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWOtL-PZiE

What makes it truly sad is the complete absence of self-pity

**JJ3027** · August 13th, 2015, 04:29 AM

The version by old blue eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqJOE0SyWnE
From the September of my years album which has a few sad songs

The original version was sung by Ray Bolger in the play "All American"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1Q-qb4Ipo
I has a section by a woman Eileen Herlie

I like Sinatra's version

Then there's "Memory" from CATS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY

**george anson** · August 13th, 2015, 11:44 AM

Alistair Griffin - Always No.1
Keane - Bedshaped
Keane - This Is The Last Time

**Macenhoges** · August 13th, 2015, 12:17 PM

Cat Power - Metal Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsn1mNHw9uQ

May 15th, 2015, 01:21 PM	#71
gordian_knot Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gordium Posts: 1,225 Thanks: 6,524 Thanked 13,823 Times in 1,209 Posts	Plenty of folk songs that would fit here: Kate Rusby - I Am Stretched On Your Grave Priscilla Herdman - No Man's Land (written by Eric Bogle) Some more popular songs: Beth Nielsen Chapman - Sand And Water Del Amitri - Driving With The Brakes On Judas Priest - Epitaph Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa or Father And Son Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle __________________ - "The whole of anything is never told." - Henry James "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable." - George Orwell

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JJ3027 Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 592 Thanks: 20,932 Thanked 8,074 Times in 589 Posts	Once Upon a Time The version by old blue eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqJOE0SyWnE From the September of my years album which has a few sad songs The original version was sung by Ray Bolger in the play "All American" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1Q-qb4Ipo I has a section by a woman Eileen Herlie I like Sinatra's version Then there's "Memory" from CATS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY

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May 15th, 2015, 11:41 PM	#72
FrankDobe Vintage Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: last thing I remember was falling down somewhere Posts: 13,151 Thanks: 112,373 Thanked 104,716 Times in 13,100 Posts	some more.... Peter Murphy.................... Marlene Dietrich's Favourite (sp) Poem Emerson Lake and Palmer.....C'Est La Vie The Motels........................Only the Lonely The Smiths........................How Soon Is Now ( almost ANYTHING by Morrissey )

May 16th, 2015, 12:05 AM	#73
~~rodak~~ Banned! Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 14,568 Thanks: 16,750 Thanked 271,165 Times in 15,267 Posts	Little Paper Boy -Hank Williams Out on the corner standin' so bold Stood a little paper boy so hungry and cold And as the crowd came passin' by These words he said with tears in his eyes "Please buy a paper from me So I can get me somethin' to eat My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet" Said the little paper boy, there on the street "Out in this cold wide world all alone I have no place on this earth to call home I haven't had the chance that other kids had I have no mother, nor even a dad" "So please buy a paper from me So I can get me somethin' to eat My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet" Said the little paper boy, there on the street Early next mornin' as the crowd passed by The little boy was gone and they wondered why They started searchin' and then found him dead He died with the papers under his head No one was there, his body to claim There he was lying but he felt no pain Now he has gone up to Heaven we know The little paper boy who died in the snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hCPh-QUys

August 8th, 2015, 05:22 PM	#76
AmateurEmale Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The 513 Posts: 1,825 Thanks: 16,644 Thanked 15,794 Times in 1,755 Posts	"A Decade Under The Influence" by Taking Back Sunday. This song makes me think about leaving Chicago in summer 1992, and my father losing his business and me losing my best high school girlfriend that year, and never seeing Chicago for another twelve years, and my parents refusing to travel there with me in 1997 and 2004 when I asked them if we could go there together. Life was never the same. "I've got a bad feeling about this... / I've got it bad... I've got it bad..."

August 9th, 2015, 07:42 PM	#77
Pauldec Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 231 Thanks: 1,034 Thanked 5,180 Times in 227 Posts	Saddest of the sad - Man Of the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWOtL-PZiE What makes it truly sad is the complete absence of self-pity

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george anson Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Watford Posts: 8,749 Thanks: 21,772 Thanked 293,406 Times in 8,926 Posts	Alistair Griffin - Always No.1 Keane - Bedshaped Keane - This Is The Last Time

August 13th, 2015, 12:17 PM	#80
Macenhoges Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: in transit Posts: 6,611 Thanks: 27,943 Thanked 309,288 Times in 8,418 Posts	Cat Power - Metal Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsn1mNHw9uQ