# Sad, depressing songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415 "2003-04-17T21:54:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/1 "2003-04-17T21:54:16Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/2 "2003-04-17T21:58:44Z")
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks Coutdown to move to Cafe’ Society ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/3 "2003-04-17T22:02:12Z")
Didn’t we just do this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/4 "2003-04-17T22:32:09Z")
My father’s chair - Rick Springfield. ---
**Author:** ![djxiii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@djxiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djxiii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/5 "2003-04-17T22:35:54Z")
_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. ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/6 "2003-04-17T22:39:00Z")
OK, OK. _I Learned That From You,_ Sara Evans. ---
**Author:** ![Margo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Margo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Margo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/7 "2003-04-17T22:48:59Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Margo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Margo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Margo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/8 "2003-04-17T22:55:26Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/9 "2003-04-17T23:17:49Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/10 "2003-04-17T23:48:08Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/11 "2003-04-17T23:52:26Z")
Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. Hold On - Sarah McLachlan ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/12 "2003-04-17T23:55:25Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Seldon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/13 "2003-04-18T00:06:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/14 "2003-04-18T00:07:47Z")
_Mountains win again_ - Blues Traveler _Poems, Prayers, and Promises_ - John Denver _Goodnight, my angel_ - Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/15 "2003-04-18T00:08:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djxiii \* > \*\*_Globes and Maps_ - Something Corporate > \*\* 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? ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/16 "2003-04-18T00:12:09Z")
_Black_ - Pearl Jam _Yellow Ledbetter_ - Pearl Jam (don’t remember what it’s about, but the music does the trick) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/17 "2003-04-18T00:15:20Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/18 "2003-04-18T00:27:49Z")
And off we go to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Zanthor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@Zanthor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanthor)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/19 "2003-04-18T00:31:28Z")
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. - - hey, thats no way to say goodbye - so long marianne. - suzanne - bird on a wire - chelsea hotel - famous blue raincoat - first we take manhatten and heaps more enjoy ( sic ) Zanthor ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415/20 "2003-04-18T00:40:01Z")
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!!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-depressing-songs/169415.md?page=2)