The Saddest Song Ever

[TomAwesome]

Two pages and no mention of Type O Negative? For shame! Most of October Rust and World Coming Down is fairly depressing.

A lot of Finger Eleven's second album (The Greyest of Blue Skies) was pretty sullen, which is funny considering how upbeat their music has gotten since then.

I found Glassjaw's first album to be pretty saddening, but that may have just been me.

Nothingface had some downers, but I can't think of anything specific right now.

Porcupine Tree has songs like A Smart Kid, Heartattack in a Layby, Arriving Somewhere But Not Here, etc.

Smashing Pumpkins had a lot of downers, like In the Arms of Sleep, To Forgive, By Starlight, and Try, Try, Try.

NIN had songs like Hurt, The Day the Whole World Went Away, The Great Below, And All That Could Have Been, and of course a lot more.

 

[sami]

Led Zeppelin - Thank You

I was 9 when a dog of mine passed away and this song reminds me of him. Damn tear jerker's....

 

[petereanima]

+1 on Zeps "thank you" and Type O. especcially Type O's "Wolf Moon" does taht sad thing for me! here it is:





also:



CROWBAR - planets collide



ACID BATH - bleed me an ocean



SKYNYRD - simple man



how could i forget:

 

[hairychris]

Pretty much anything by Portishead.

I do like the feel of some of the early NIN stuff. Cash's version of Hurt is fantastically depressing.

A mention to Metallica's One, as long as accompanied by the original full length video.

The allegedly banned/etc song is this one: Gloomy Sunday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[TonalArchitect]

Samuel Barber- Adagio for Strings

Most heartwrenching piece ever written:

 

[ZXIIIT]

Iced Earth - I Died For You

 

[winterlover]

Reading this thread really gives you a good idea as to how diverse the members of this forum are.

heh, and then there are my posts

 

[sami]

Pretty much anything by Portishead.

Depending on the song. Gotta listen to the lyrics. Good stuff though I haven't gotten into their 3rd album.

 

[TheAceOfSpades1]

Pretty much all Antimatter.

 

[amonb]

YouTube - Alice in Chains -Nutshell (Home made music video)

Alice In Chains will always have a large place in my heart.

Also either the quiet version of "Break Her Down" and "Low Low Low" both by Moist, I find hard to listen to just cause of the memories they bring back, and they are pretty slow, depressing songs.

Anything Michael Kamen has his stinking fist in generally makes me pretty depressed.

Lamb's "gorecki"

And this...

 

[shredzilla509]

my bad.

 

[Anthony]

I think that one song Eric Clapton wrote for his kid that died. I forgot what it was called, was'nt it "Free fallin' " or something? ha, I am going to hell.

Oh god

 

[DrakkarTyrannis]

I think that one song Eric Clapton wrote for his kid that died. I forgot what it was called, was'nt it "Free fallin' " or something? ha, I am going to hell.

RUN CHILD! THE NEG REPS ARE COMING! SAVE YOURSELF!!!

 

[ZeroSignal]

I think that one song Eric Clapton wrote for his kid that died. I forgot what it was called, was'nt it "Free fallin' " or something? ha, I am going to hell.

Dude... Most uncool.

 

[auxioluck]

YouTube - Alice in Chains -Nutshell (Home made music video)

Alice In Chains will always have a large place in my heart.

It's tough listening to AiC sometimes because of Layne's passing.

Even when he was alive though, a lot of their songs were still really sad. But they got me through a really tough period of my life, and for that I will always love them.

 

[DSilence]

cKy - Sara's Mask

 

[theglue_aka_me]

Is it me, or did someone start a "saddest song" thread without mentioning NIN - Something I Can Never Have?

 

[EliNoPants]

Is it me, or did someone start a "saddest song" thread without mentioning NIN - Something I Can Never Have?

oooh, yeah, you're right, that IS a depressing song...i haven't listened to NIN in a while, i'm gonna have to go back and do some of that

 

[Panterica]

you must listen
XASTHUR - prison of mirrors. depressive black metal



Burzum - Lost Wisdom



Wandering in Eternal Nightmare - Svartthron

johnny you beautiful bastard!!!!
burzum, xasthur, n svartthron? dude i love you even more now

listen to the intro to the first vid!!! (xasthur)

holy shit! atmospheric, dark, moody, depressing, UGH!!!

 

[cddragon]

http://www.youtube.com/v/6IDYwZUK1jY
one of the saddest songs I know

http://www.youtube.com/v/E1mI4DkyUBw

This song was my favourite song of DT for a long time - it reminded me of my girlfriend when we've broken up...

Also, +1 for Who Decides by Nevermore

http://www.youtube.com/v/za9pwfxiV6M