I’m in one of those moods where I need to listen to a bunch of songs, cry really badly, and get over it.
What are your suggestions for really sad, emotional songs that will probably make me cry?
Preferably about losing a loved one (either in death or love).
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
Coutdown to move to Cafe’ Society
Didn’t we just do this thread?
My father’s chair - Rick Springfield.
This Ruined Puzzle - Dashboard Confessional
My Immortal - Evanescence
Globes and Maps - Something Corporate
Meet Me Halfway There - Student Rick
all have powerful, triste lyrics and have been known to make me cry when I am the least bit down.
OK, OK. I Learned That From You, Sara Evans.
I Will Remember You and Angel-Sarah McLachlin
Misguided Angel-Cowboy Junkies
Feel so Different-Sinead O’Connor
Your Ghost-Kristen Hersh
Mr. Somewhere, With Tomorrow, and You and Your Sister-This Mortal Coil
A Perfect Indian-Sinead
One-U2
Color Blind, Time and Time Again-Counting Crows
This Woman’s Work-Kate Bush
1000 Oceans-Tori Amos
Don’t Need A Reason-Beth Orton
Those are some of my favorites, Margo
And some that I put on a cd for a friend who lost her baby, the lyrics make me cry every time.
To Where You Are-Josh Groban
One More Day, I believe-Diamond Rio
Fly-Celine Dion (cringe all you want, that is a beautiful song)
Margo
Nothing Compares to You - Sinead O’Connor
Anything by the Righteous Brothers
Blue Valentines - Tom Waits
Muriel - Tom Waits
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart - Tom Waits
Every Time we say Goodbye - Nina Simone
I Get along without you very Well (Except Sometimes) - Nina Simone
I Loves You Porgy - Nina Simone
Ne Me Quitte Pas - Nina Simone
Turn Me On - Nina Simone
Only Time - Enya
Maybe - Alison Krauss
There Is No Arizona - Jamie O’Neal
Photographs & Memories - Jim Croce
Another Lonely Day - Kasey Chambers
Don’t Go - Kasey Chambers
Not Pretty Enough - Kasey Chambers
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright
Care to guess who has had a bad breakup? Remeber, these are best is small doses. More than a day or so and you could overmedicate on them. Good luck
Hurt–Nine Inch Nails
The entire Disintegration album by The Cure
Portishead. Any Portishead. Though don’t listen to too much at once.
Brick–Ben Folds Five
Narcolepsy–Ben Folds Five
Smoke–Ben Folds Five
Black No. 1–Type O Negative
Disarm–Smashing Pumpkins
Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
Hold On - Sarah McLachlan
And just to throw an odd one,
Hard Candy Christmas as sung by either Dolly Parton or the entire ensemble cast of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
It really truly seriously does make me cry. And as painful as it sounds to some of you, I Will Always Love You, but only when done by Dolly. Whitney can kiss my arse.
Hm, and as far as death songs are concerned, how about He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones?
Desperado-The Eagles
Ring of Fire-Any of the artists that have sang this one will get to me. Not really a sad, depressing song, but it reminds me of some sad, depressing events.
Mountains win again - Blues Traveler
Poems, Prayers, and Promises - John Denver
Goodnight, my angel - Billy Joel
Whoo! Another Something Corporate fan. I’ll add “Walking By” to the list, by the same band.
Also… this thread goes in Cafe Society, ne?
Black - Pearl Jam
Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam (don’t remember what it’s about, but the music does the trick)
The Day the World Went Away - NIN
Freiflug - Megaherz
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
In The End - Linkin Park
4 U - Korn
Alter Mann - Rammstein
Losing my Religion - REM
Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Amnesia - Skinny Puppy
Clown - Switchblade Symphony
And off we go to Cafe Society.
cant believe no-one has mentioned Leonard Cohen.
a master of depression, music to cut your wrists by at worst, to really get down, wallow in profound bleak pain, sadness, at best.
any of his stuff will do. - to name a few. -
Zanthor
Bright Eyes (or whatever it’s called) used to make me cry when it played on Watership down,
I was about 8 at the time (although thinking about it still causes me to well up)
Just watching lassie (even when nothing sad was happening) made me cry too.
wahhhhhh!!!