http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Opo9OCxsf9w

7/3/2008 8:44:44 AM

The violin music at the end of Requiem for a Dream

7/3/2008 10:26:17 AM

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Gary Joules - Mad World

7/3/2008 10:30:20 AM

Tears in Heaven - Clapton
2nd Mad World by Gary Joules

Mike Doughty is the shit, though I don't think "The Only Answer" is a terribly sad song....a good one though

[Edited on July 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM. Reason : .]

7/3/2008 11:22:52 AM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=77pmWCpMNkI

7/3/2008 11:26:15 AM

The Cranberries version is okay, but I think we all agree this one is better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg3MS_rKSp0

7/3/2008 11:44:40 AM

Sarah McLachlan - When She Loved Me - from Toy Story2:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=natWIzL4gLg

7/3/2008 12:32:28 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

7/3/2008 12:48:03 PM

don't take the girl

7/3/2008 12:48:57 PM

Sarah McLachlan- I Love You

7/3/2008 12:54:15 PM

^^ I absolutely cannot listen to that song. There are so many songs that make me start crying (practically bawling, not just getting teary-eyed). I don't know what it is about music that gets to me so much. Butterfly Kisses is another one, There Goes My Life, and Just to See You Smile to a lesser extent. Those are just ones I can think of off the top of my head.

[Edited on July 3, 2008 at 1:00 PM. Reason : even those crappy ones they play around the holidays that I think are ridiculously dumb]

7/3/2008 12:58:54 PM

Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah


its tragic and beautiful at the same time

7/3/2008 1:01:27 PM

Ween- It's gonna be alright

7/3/2008 1:02:03 PM

^^^ cause its fucking horrible?

7/3/2008 7:21:28 PM

i don't know if these are really "sad" songs, but they have a lot of passion..

Grace Potter and Joe Satriani cover Cortez the Killer
http://youtube.com/watch?v=paeNnR33i5Q

also, Ocean by John Butler Trio (this one is really long, but my favorite of all the ones i've found)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3B-x5bhLRkY

7/3/2008 7:46:52 PM

Through the back window of a '59 wagon
I watched my best friend Jamie slippin' further away
I kept on waving 'till I couldn't see her
And through my tears, I asked again why we couldn't stay
Mama whispered softly, Time will ease your pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same

And she said, How can I help you to say goodbye?
It's OK to hurt, and it's OK to cry
Come, let me hold you and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye?

I sat on our bed, he packed his suitcase
I held a picture of our wedding day
His hands were trembling, we both were crying
He kissed me gently and then he quickly walked away
I called up Mama, she said, Time will ease your pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same

And she said, How can I help you to say goodbye?
It's OK to hurt, and it's OK to cry
Come, let me hold you and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye?

How Can I Help You?
By Patty Loveless

Sitting with Mama alone in her bedroom
She opened her eyes, and then squeezed my hand
She said, I have to go now, my time here is over
And with her final word, she tried to help me understand
Mama whispered softly, Time will ease your pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same

And she said, How can I help you to say goodbye?
It's OK to hurt, and it's OK to cry
Come, let me hold you and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye?



This song tears my heart out.
Tears are streaming down my face just from posting those lyrics.

7/3/2008 10:24:15 PM

the Bonnie Raitt one
Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton
Looking In by Mariah Carey
definitely Mad World!!
the Damien Rice song in Shrek

there are more I just have to think a while



[Edited on July 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM. Reason : ...]

7/3/2008 10:40:49 PM

This went from truly sad, to simply sappy . . . oh well

7/6/2008 9:48:05 PM

Saddest. Song. EVER:

Why Must I Cry, Reh Dogg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mWW6kRITEY

(embed plz)

/thread

7/6/2008 10:04:54 PM

No Rain Blind Melon CLASSIC!!

7/6/2008 10:14:18 PM

the answer is Mad World - Gary Jules

with Hurt as sung by Cash a close second

7/6/2008 10:15:49 PM

^ those are both excellent choices

down in a hole is great as well

7/6/2008 10:17:16 PM

^^ On Cash's version of "Hurt"

Got to put up "The Walk" as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i3pqJ2jqLo

[Edited on July 6, 2008 at 10:18 PM. Reason : carrot]

7/6/2008 10:17:37 PM

oh and a good mention to

cat's in the cradle - cat stevens

7/6/2008 10:19:32 PM

1000 oceans tori amos

calypso suzane vega

7/6/2008 10:21:00 PM

1000 oceans is pretty good

7/6/2008 10:21:20 PM

The Sound of Silence

7/6/2008 10:49:50 PM

Kilkelly, Ireland

This song wrecks me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOA-5H_L2g

7/6/2008 11:03:47 PM

Shannon, I have said before and I'll say it again, you're my fucking soul mate.

"He Stopped Loving her Today" was the first song that came to my mind, but the second one is "The Long Black Veil" a Johnny Cash song.

I love the cover by Dave and Emmylou Harris.

7/6/2008 11:13:32 PM