Saddest song ever??

[purplex]

 

[lizzieloo]

Willie Nelson's version of You Were Always On My Mind always brings a tear to my eye, for some reason.



Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You A Picture

And when i see you
You just turn around and walk away like we never met
Oh we used to be so brave
I dreamt the world stopped turning as we climbed the hill
I dreamt impossible dreams that we were lovers still

Just reading those lyrics has made me want to cry. I want to play it but I'm not sure Mr Loo will want to be in tears at this stage of the day, gets him every time too.

 

[lizzieloo]

 

[purplex]

Over here, over there, it's the same everywhere
A boy cries out for his mama before he dies for his home

 

[Geri]

Now I'm watching Billy Bragg videos on You Tube and crying!

Tank Park Salute:

 

[paulhackett]

I hope Cowell isn't on Urban.

I fear this thread may provide him with a list of songs for Christmas karaoke butchering care of X Factor..

Mentions of Billy Mackenzie remind me of another 'torch' voice, David McAlmont singing You Do..

 

[lizzieloo]

Now I'm watching Billy Bragg videos on You Tube and crying!

Tank Park Salute:

Wrong end of the day

I've just put on PWEI to get myself out of it.

 

[purplex]

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

Otherwise known as the Hungarian Suicide Song:

I agree. Here's the Hungarian version. It's much more poignent in Magyar and definatley looses somthing in the translation.

Literal lyrics:

Gloomy Sunday with a hundred white flowers
I waited for you, darling, with a prayer
Chasing my dreams on a Sunday monring
The swing of my sorrow returned to me without you
It is since then that my Sundays have been gloomy
Tears my only drink, the sorrow my bread...

Gloomy Sunday

This last Sunday, my darling please come with me
There'll be a priest, a coffin, a catafalque and a winding-sheet
Again there will be flowers, flowers and a coffin
Under the blossoming trees it will be my last journey
My eyes will be open, so that I could see you for a last time
Don't be afraid of my eyes, even in death I bless you

The last Sunday

 

[SpookyFrank]

'We'll meet again'

Because we won't, ever

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Billy Ray Cyrus - 'Achy Breaky Heart'.

Never heard it, but with a title like that...right?

 

[berniedicters]

Billy Ray Cyrus - 'Achy Breaky Heart'.

Never heard it, but with a title like that...right?

Think again



Quite nice rock/blues/country crossover, though.

 

[savoloysam]

Rebecca Del Rio - Llorando (Roy orbison's Crying in spanish sung in acapella stylee )

 

[sojourner]

by the time I get to phoenix either by

glen cambell

or
nick cave

good call

i can't believe how often this thread comes up

me - it's always the same. Ne Me Quitte Pas, by Brel

and

Stay With Me Baby - the bette midler version

i post these every time, but that's because they just don't change for me

both are guaranteed to rip me apart and actually cry

 

[stavros]

I haven't clicked on all the links, but has anyone said Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U"?

 

[ericjarvis]

Billie Holliday - Strange Fruit.

 

[Goatherd]

 

[waterloowelshy]

Johnny Cash - Hurt. I challenge anyone to watch and listen to this and not feel weepy. Talk about knowing your life was coming to an end. It gets me everytime.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I don't know about the saddest song ever, but Serves Me Right To Suffer is very sad indeed

 

[Meltingpot]

Roy Orbison's "It's Over" takes some beating as a sad song.

 

[RubyBlue]

How come, How long - Babyface & Stevie Wonder. I have never seen this video but I find the song haunting. (ETA - not the saddest song ever but it's sad and has a lot of personal resonance for me).

 

[stavros]

This Mortal Coil's "Song To The Siren" sends you to a dark and self-aware state of mind.

 

[Urbanblues]

The Big 'O' singing 'Crying'...
John Lennon's 'Mother'...
Pogues 'The Band Played Waltzin' Matilda'...
'The Old Main Drag' the Pogues...
Janis Joplin 'A Woman Left Lonely'...
Janis Joplin 'Turtle Blues'...

 

[Frankie Jack]

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Billie Holliday - Strange Fruit.

Very good call.

 

[Rainingstairs]

 

[Bakunin]

 

[Urbanblues]

Yeh...transported back there...

 

[Sunspots]

Cheers, you've reminded me:

Tim Hardin ~ It'll Never Happen Again

Tim Hardin ~ How Can We Hang On To A Dream

 

[Mab]

Lou Reeds "The Bed" done live in 2006 with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus in background. Berlin tour--in Berlin.http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=7EPuWn