# The saddest music videos ever...ones that put a lump in your throat...or worse... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294 "2003-08-24T06:50:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/21 "2003-08-24T23:11:29Z")
Well, this is a little different, but I dare you to watch this whole video and not get a lump in your throat. You have to click on the music video link. [http://www.catsunn.com/](http://www.catsunn.com/) Disclaimer: I don’t know who put this together, but I do believe they have the artist’s permission ---
**Author:** ![Trillian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trillian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/22 "2003-08-24T23:12:53Z")
“Drive” The Cars ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/23 "2003-08-24T23:17:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trillian \* > \*\*“Drive” The Cars \*\* Is that a joke, as it sounds like that song is considered a flaming lump of mokey shit. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/24 "2003-08-24T23:28:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hebesphenomegacorona \* > \*\*Is that a joke, as it sounds like that song is considered a flaming lump of mokey shit. \*\* Only because that song’s responsible for breaking up the band. Rick Ocasek _refuses_ to sing any song he didn’t write. So when the drummer wrote that song (IIRC), Rick wouldn’t sing it, the drummer did. It became one of their biggest hits which pissed Ocasek to no end. Not surprisingly, the band split up, and it’s members are stuck doing VH1’s _Whatever Happened To…_. ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/25 "2003-08-25T01:38:31Z")
Add my vote for _Hurt_ (The NIN version of the video isn’t bad either) and _Jeremy_. I’d also like to add a vote for _One_ by Metallica. (hijack: a lot of the footage for the Metallica video is taken from some old movie, does anyone know the name?). ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/26 "2003-08-25T01:49:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jweb \* > \*\*Add my vote for _Hurt_ (The NIN version of the video isn’t bad either) and _Jeremy_. I’d also like to add a vote for _One_ by Metallica. > > (hijack: a lot of the footage for the Metallica video is taken from some old movie, does anyone know the name?). \*\* _Johnny Got His Gun_, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/27 "2003-08-25T02:06:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BuckleberryFerry \* > \*\*Seconded. \*\* And thirded. And a second to _Unbreak My Heart_. That song, even on the radio, kills me. Braxton sings that with more emotion than just about anything I’ve ever heard. And Sinead O’Connor’s _Nothing Compares to You_ (or _Nothing Compares 2 U_, if you prefer) never fails to make me bawl. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/28 "2003-08-25T02:07:51Z")
This is just a personal preference, but arguably the saddest film clip that always comes to mind for myself is “Let it Be” by The Beatles. They made two actually - the one in colour which featured in the film, and then a second, superior one in black and white which they made as the official film clip for the single. The thing that’s really sad about it is that even though the band was totally professional and consummate in their execution of the song as they played it live in the studio - nonetheless you could visibly discern the tension and dysfunctionality which had openly creeped into their relationships with each other by that late stage in their career - and as such, you could easily see that the end was near. Ironically, about 3 months later they contacted George Martin to make one last album - to consciously go out with a bang - and the result was Abbey Road, but apart from a montage sloppy effort to the song “Something” which didn’t feature any footage of the members together, to my knowledge, no footage or photographs of The Abbey Road sessions exist at all - which is really odd considering what a great, legendary album it is. So as a result, the final memory that we, the public, have of The Beatles together is that sad dysfunctional film clip to “Let it Be” - and that’s why it’s sad for mine. I can imagine that they actually had a few laughs and smiles during the making of Abbey Road which would have been a nicer thing to remember them by I reckon. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/29 "2003-08-25T02:11:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*Only because that song’s responsible for breaking up the band. Rick Ocasek _refuses_ to sing any song he didn’t write. So when the drummer wrote that song (IIRC), Rick wouldn’t sing it, the drummer did. It became one of their biggest hits which pissed Ocasek to no end. Not surprisingly, the band split up, and it’s members are stuck doing VH1’s _Whatever Happened To…_. \*\* I thought their Bass player did the vocals on that. “I remember you” by Skid Row is a pretty sad video/song ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/30 "2003-08-25T02:24:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rolandgunslinger \* > **I thought their Bass player did the vocals on that.** Whichever one of them is blind, I believe it’s the drummer. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/31 "2003-08-25T02:36:34Z")
You can see some/most of these videos at either [Launch.com](http://www.launch.com/) or [MTV.com](http://www.mtv.com/). ---
**Author:** ![And\_that\_s\_the\_bottom\_line](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@And\_that\_s\_the\_bottom\_line](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/And_that_s_the_bottom_line)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/32 "2003-08-25T04:04:27Z")
The saddest ones I have seen are **Waterfalls** by **TLC** and **Goodbye** by **Jagged Edge**. ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/33 "2003-08-25T07:20:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Magayuk \* > \*\*Well, this is a little different, but I dare you to watch this whole video and not get a lump in your throat. You have to click on the music video link. [http://www.catsunn.com/](http://www.catsunn.com/) > > Disclaimer: I don’t know who put this together, but I do believe they have the artist’s permission \*\* Sorry, **Magayuk,** but that song was one of the ones playing while I had the best sex in my life with the hottest woman I’ve ever met… There’s nothing on this planet that could make me get choked up over it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/34 "2003-08-25T10:31:06Z")
Nanook- Stan is the Eminem song in which Dido sings “Thank you”, MM reads a fan letter from ‘Stan’ who models his life after MM’s persona & has a crush on him & ends up killing himself & his pregnant girlfriend when MM doesn’t answer his letters The Scientist- I glanced at- basically, a man is rushed into the ER after a car accident & then is praying in the chapel & it runs backwards so that he gets killed in the accident & his girlfriend who had been dead is now in the ER ---
**Author:** ![Nanook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nanook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/35 "2003-08-25T13:17:00Z")
Bless you, FriarTed. ---
**Author:** ![TJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@TJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJay)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/36 "2003-08-25T16:18:54Z")
The video for Imagine by John Lennon always brings a lump to my throat. The bit where Yoko goes and sits by him at the piano and he just gives her this look - it makes me go all shivery. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/37 "2003-08-25T16:23:33Z")
Bones Thugs-n-Harmony’s Tha Crossroads. That video _still_ chokes me up. ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/38 "2003-08-25T16:45:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lazlo \* > \*\*Sorry, **Magayuk,** but that song was one of the ones playing while I had the best sex in my life with the hottest woman I’ve ever met… There’s nothing on this planet that could make me get choked up over it. > > 😃 \*\* Unless you can’t screw that woman anymore… ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/39 "2003-08-25T19:13:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*Only because that song’s responsible for breaking up the band. Rick Ocasek _refuses_ to sing any song he didn’t write. So when the drummer wrote that song (IIRC), Rick wouldn’t sing it, the drummer did. It became one of their biggest hits which pissed Ocasek to no end. Not surprisingly, the band split up, and it’s members are stuck doing VH1’s _Whatever Happened To…_. \*\* **Drive** was the first video to pop into my head when I read the thread title. OK, major Cars fan here, and I feel the need to fact-check the above. Point 1 - Ocasek wrote the damn song, or at least he has solo writing credit on it. In fact he has solo or co-writer (with other band members, usually Greg Hawkes) credit on every song they released while intact (A few covers popped up on the post-mortem box set). Point 2 - Benjamin Orr (bass player) sang the song, as he sang about half of the Cars material, going all the way back to the first album. Just What I Needed, Moving In Stereo, Bye Bye Love, any song that required real _singing_ as opposed to Ocasek’s quirky delivery, was Orr on vocals. Point 2a) I don’t know if Orr ever went blind, but he is dead. Died in 2000 of pancreatic cancer, which kills any reunion, given that he sang about half the songs. Point 3) They didn’t break up for another 3 years. It was during the tour for the IMO rather inferior follow-up _Door To Door_ that the band “went on haitus” (the cover story at the time). I remember this because I had tickets for the LA show which was scrubbed. Possible source of confusion: David Robinson (drummer) was very vocal in interviews about being extremely pissed that he wasn’t allowed to play live drums on _Heartbeat City_. He bitched to no end that every percussion sound on the album was programmed. All he got to do was lay down the beats which were sampled into the drum machine. So there was a lot of tension between Robinson and Ocasek. Besides, Ocasek met his wife, the still smoking hot Sports Illustrated cover model Paulina Porizkova, during the video shoot, so he shouldn’t hate the song too much. ---
**Author:** ![yawndave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/43a26b/32.png) [@yawndave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawndave)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294/40 "2003-08-25T19:13:49Z")
I don’t know if it counts as a “video”, but seeing VH1’s program on Warren Zevon last night brought a few tears to my eyes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-music-videos-ever-ones-that-put-a-lump-in-your-throat-or-worse/197294.md?page=3)