What Are the Saddest Songs

[📚 Dianne 📚]

What are the saddest songs you have ever heard?

I've hear two that make me cry and they are both oldies-well one is actually ancient!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJO7lJIxG10&ab_channel=TraceAdkinsVEVO




and:

Quoted from Harly Tutor (Utuber)
----"I’ll Be Home For Christmas was originally recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943, and it quickly became one of America’s most popular holiday songs. The song is written from the perspective of a soldier serving over seas during World War 2. While the melody is one that lingers in our minds, the meaning of the song is actually quite somber as the closing line reveals that being home for Christmas isn’t quite a reality just yet."


www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL71eMc1blw&ab_channel=IcebridyIze

[bigballofyarn]

Edit:

I don't know about "ever," but they were the first two I thought of.

[wildmaven]

With my father in hospice, this is even more sad than before:



And, because I was in NY during 9/11, this one will never stop gutting me:

[Caajscot (John)]

It will always be this for me from the movie Ghost, when they played it at the end scene I had a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye.

Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers.

[harryk]

No Man's Land (aka Green Fields of France or Willie McBride). Written by Eric Bogle, this version by The Men they Couldn't Hang - m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr6OzLJrS2k

Natalie Merchant also writes some thoroughly sad and depressing stuff like - My Skin - m.youtube.com/watch?v=gBMUVHwW2UI

Dust Bowl - m.youtube.com/watch?v=wyBo6neHd8o

Even some songs that sound upbeat like - Eat for Two - m.youtube.com/watch?v=le9RHVrlWlk are sad.

[Artemis]

There are two that come to mind. One's a little older, but I've been listening to it all my life and still love it. I'm a little biased since my parents brought me up listening to The Righteous Brothers but it's honestly one of my favorite songs.




The other is newer, but it's got some special meaning/associations for me and the lyrics also absolutely wreck me.

[darkdayz]

every song created by germans during the third reich

[Syko Nachoman]

A couple songs I discovered recently with themes of violence, disillusionment, and regret. Not easy listens:

[wildmaven]

Oct 26, 2022 10:24:15 GMT -8 harryk said:

No Man's Land (aka Green Fields of France or Willie McBride). Written by Eric Bogle, this version by The Men they Couldn't Hang

Great song. I like Celtic Thunder's version.

[harryk]

Nov 8, 2022 20:20:35 GMT -8 wildmaven said:

Oct 26, 2022 10:24:15 GMT -8 harryk said:

No Man's Land (aka Green Fields of France or Willie McBride). Written by Eric Bogle, this version by The Men they Couldn't Hang

Great song. I like Celtic Thunder's version.

Isn't that a completely different song?

Edit. Oh, hang on. They did cover Willie McBride but had another song called No Man's Land.

[wildmaven]

Nov 9, 2022 3:15:51 GMT -8 harryk said:

Nov 8, 2022 20:20:35 GMT -8 wildmaven said:

Great song. I like Celtic Thunder's version.

Isn't that a completely different song?

Edit. Oh, hang on. They did cover Willie McBride but had another song called No Man's Land.

Both are great songs.   

[PAGAN WOLF]

Hello everyone.

My saddest song is One More Light.
From Linkin Park

Pagan Wolf

[coolcoolcool]

King - Lauren Aquilina

Mainly because it was a song that I used to listen to with my ex wife when we first started dating.



Angel by the Wings - Sia



This Happiness - Of Monsters and Men



It's Alright - Mother Mother



Linkin Park - One More Light