Saddest Song Ever
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Topic: Saddest Song Ever
Posted By: Philrod
Subject: Saddest Song Ever
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 01:48
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What is, in your opinion, the saddest song ever? You can state one prog song, and one song in general, but it can be the same one!!! Mine would be Welcome to the Machine for Prog and probably a movement in the 5th symphony from Gustav Mahler as my non-prog one! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 01:55
Space Dye Vest is one of the most depressing songs I know ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 03:11
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David Gilmour's 'Near The End' - maybe not saddest, but ...
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Posted By: Hierophant
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 03:16
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Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's Hurt ------------- 
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Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 03:22
Anything by Phil Collins depresses me a lot...  ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Hesselius
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 03:30
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King Crimson's "The Letter" from Islands album ------------- This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 05:07
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Now seriopusly, some sad songs: Epitaph - King Crimson Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
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Posted By: pero
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 05:10
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Well sad |
Chipiron wrote:
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 05:11
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Well sa(i)d |
Posted By: Mlaen
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 05:29
| Derek & The Dominos - Layla |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 05:55
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I love that song! My ultimate sad prog song is either 'Undertow' or 'Blood on the rooftops' by Genesis ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 06:09
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VdGG - House With No Door. Definitely not recommended listening for anyone who is in a suicidal mood.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 06:42
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Same opinion! |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 06:46
| Rock bottom |
Posted By: shyman
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 06:51
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"Who wants to live forever" by Queen "Find the river" by R.E.M.
Two melancholic songs. I could say more, though. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 06:53
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Hmm...I actually think that' not so bad. Not very sad, just a bit melancholic. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 06:54
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Agreed - Robert Wyatt is capable of articulating sadness like few other singers, although often his lyrics are quite optimistic. His versions of Strange Fruit, Biko and Shipbuilding are all good examples, but Rock Bottom is his masterpiece. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 06:56
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I agree with this choice, but also find it one of the most beautiful songs ever. Hammill has a few...the real slammer is "Betrayed" on Over. Or Lennon's "Working Class Hero". |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 07:00
"Betrayed" is certainly a close contender. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 07:07
While we're on the subject of Hammill - Broken Frame from The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome is another great one - the closing line 'I only have a negative of you' sends shivers down my spine every time. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 07:13
You mean "Last Frame".  ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 07:21
Aha! You spotted my deliberate mistake - well done, go to the top of the class! ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 07:22
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I just heard Disconnected Part II by Fates Warning, very sad and touching! ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 07:23
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Marillion "Easter." No song I've ever heard has moved me more. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 07:44
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I'll second King Crimson's Epitaph!!!
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Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 07:50
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King Crimson - Epitaph
VDGG - House With No Door Queen - Who Wants to Live Forever Pink Floyd - Goodbye Cruel World ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 10:13
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King Crimson - Epitaph Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film) The Smiths - I Know It's Over The Beatles - For No One |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 11:00
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Sad is beatifull! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 11:04
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any Green Day Song ------------- |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 11:22
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Anathema - Are you there Radiohead - How to dissapear completely ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: fairburn
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 11:22
| Procol Harum's "Nothing That Didn't Know" is definately my saddest song that I know of |
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 11:26
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Time Table by Genesis ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: porter
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 11:30
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Russians by Sting Yesterday by The Beatles
------------- "my kingdom for a horse!" (W. Shakespeare, "Richard III") |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 11:34
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VdGG - House With No Door VdGG - Lost Both off the same album too, amazing! Johnny Cash - Hurt Queen - The Show Must Go On Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World Queen - The whole of the Innuendo album. But I find their last album is unlistenable, 'cause it's too depressing. That R.E.M. song that shall remain nameless (Everybody Hurts), because it depresses me too much. Surely the most depressing song ever! -------------   
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 11:34
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Anathema - the whole damn Judgment album!!! Kevin Moore's Space Dye Vest also... Pain of Salvation - most of TPE is very sad and emotional... Evergrey - State of Paralysis, I'm Sorry Opeth - For Absent Friends... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 12:08
That one, and: the Beatles - You've Gotta Hide Your Love Away King Crimson - Book Of Saturdays ------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: dular
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 12:13
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Pink Floyd's Sorrow: A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers, But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise In his youth or a dream, he can't be precise [...] And silence that speaks so much louder that words, Of promises broken (Not prog but certainly depressing. Most of the spanish group Los Secretos) |
Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 12:28
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I just can't see how this song is depressing ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 12:28
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King Crimson's epitaph is a choice and sth from Camel's Harbour of Tears... very nice thread |
Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 12:32
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To be honest quite a few of these songs i'd find depressing at all. High and dry is a depressing song! And almost anything by Damian Rice! But SORROW by Pink Floyd, that song just rocks, if that brought tears to your eyes you were dropped on your head as a child. ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 12:33
| Sea Song by Robert Wyatt |
Posted By: why not
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 13:06
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for me it would be pink floyd - nobody home...it makes me really sad especially while watching the wall film...and non prog... blind guardian - the eldar ------------- with a smile of a happy idiot |
Posted By: Zweck
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 13:34
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Solefald-Survival Of The Outlaw
It's not really a sad song as such, but there's a desperation there that none have matched thus far. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 13:55
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Lets start by filling quite a bit of Marillion tunes that have somehow been overlooked... Script for A Jester's Tear Jigsaw Bitter Suite/Hearts of Lothian Warm Wet Circles Cinderella Search and another one that I have recently realized is quite depresing is Syd Barrett's Dominoes |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 13:56
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peter hammill- A louse is not a home, makes me scream my heart out... ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 14:04
How about the end of "One Of My Turns'? Good one by the way. ------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: OldFatherThames
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 14:10
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prog:
non-prog
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Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 14:30
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Pink Floyd - Dogs Frank Sinatra - My Way |
Posted By: moonlitbay
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 14:42
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How about Kamelot's "Don't you cry"?? Written in half an hour to a dead friend.... ------------- A reunion.......it will never happen in my lifetime!! |
Posted By: 46and2
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 15:09
| anything by katatonia, some opeth |
Posted By: walrus
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 15:29
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How to disapear completely by radiohead I started a joke by the bee gees Mother by John lennon Heartbeat by king crimson I've seen it all by Bjork and thom yorke Tears in heaven by eric clapton Strange fruit by Billie holiday and some others.. ------------- you and whose army? |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 15:33
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Oh yes, "A Louse Is Not A Home" is my favourite pH composition. Not as sad as "Lost" or "House With No Door" though. There are instrumental passages that almost upset me too: The flute solo by Jaxon in "My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)", the sax solo, also by Jaxon in "Man-erg" and Dicky Betts' guitar solo in the Allman Brothers Band's live version from The Fillmore East, of "Whipping Post". But of course, Duane Allman is amazing too on that live performance. -------------
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Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 15:36
It's "One Last Goodbye". It's a requiem for the Cavanagh brothers' (the lead singer and guitarist) mother. I don't listen to that song anymore because I feel I would be encroaching on something deeply private. Peter Hammil's solo and VdGG material is often quite sad, but the saddest song for me is Procol Harum's "In Held 'Twas In I". Especially because of the lyrics - nothing fancy, the truth is writ quite clear. |
Posted By: Peace Frog
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 15:39
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Saddest prog song, for me, would be Goodbye Blue Sky, Welcome to the Machine or a lot of stuff from the Wall, or from Pink Floyd in general, because they're one of the most depressing bands ever. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 15:50
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well Philrod said one song in general and one prog song and since im not giong to think too much (to lazy right now) I pick Epitaph by the king himself.
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Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 15:50
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"Ceremony" Joy Division/New Order The Joy Division performance of "Ceremony" at Birmingham University the night before Ian Curtis Hanged himself is emotionally charged. The lyrics are heartfelt. and a tear came from my upon hearing it the first time, its unbelievably depressing. However, you must know Joy Division and have thoroughly listenedto all theiralbums to truly appreciate the virtues of this despairing song.
Moreover, remaining memebers of Joy Division formed an inoffensive synth pop band known as New Order; New Order used this unfinished masterpiece as their first single under a new band name. The lead singer, Bernard Sumner,was disconcerted at the fact he was to be lead vocalist of the band.
This wekness of his vocals in NO's studio version"Ceremony" engender an array of emotions,pity and despair being the most prominent among them.
Other Sad Songs: "Time Table" Genesis. The Chime work at the nd of this song is lugubrious. "Summer 68" Pink Floyd "Ride" Caravan. The guita creates a sense of hoplessness and unending confusuion. You become humbled after hearing this song |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 15:52
Damn! I know its One last Goobye... I'm totally Out of Myself today... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5">
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 16:01
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Non-prog: 'I come and stand at every door' - The Byrds Prog: 'Time (flowing like a river)' - Alan Parsons Project and 'Epitaph' - King Crimson General: 'Isolde's Liebestod' from "Tristan und Isolde" - Richard Wagner ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Rockin' Chair
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 16:29
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VDGG - almost all, A house with no door, Lost and A Plague.. in particular Marillion - Script for a jester's tear, Chelsea Monday Pain of Salvation - Used, Undertow then most of Evergrey's songs |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 16:58
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Epitaph is sad and great song, and The Wall have a lot of saddest songs and some few in Scenes From A Memory. O yeah, and South Side of the Sky by Yes. Also the guitar solo of Steve Hackett in Firth Of Fifth sounds saddest for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: mjf85maf
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 17:25
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There are literally hundreds, but the ones that come to mind first for me: Prog: Marillion's "Warm Wet Circles" or the "Falling From The Moon" section of "The Great Escape" "Near The End" by David Gilmour -- that acoustic to electric solo at the end just kills me Non-prog: Butch Walker's "Joan" "Torch Song" by Todd Rundgren "The Last Goodbye" by Poco
I really could just go on and on... |
Posted By: walrus
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 17:32
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Bienvenido a los archivos cuate, y no te preocupes tanto por el ingles, varios no lo hablamos muy bien....disfruta del prog ------------- you and whose army? |
Posted By: Mlaen
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 17:33
| Tomaso Albinoni - Guitar adagio in G minor - beyond words. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 17:36
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'Timetable', 'Seven Stones', 'Ripples' and 'For Absent Friends' by Genesis all have an undertow of sadness to these ears; their melodies have a deep rooted flavour of regret imo... Also, 'Awaken' by Yes and 'The Last Goodbye' by Camel always move me a great deal as they seem to be a last throw of the dice for classic prog in a sense; neither band ever managed to reach the peaks those songs reached ever again imo. Outside of prog, 'He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother' by The Hollies, 'She's Leaving Home' by The Beatles, 'Cold Morning Light' by Todd Rundgren and the harrowing 'Dark Globe' and 'If It's In You' by Syd Barrett also have very moving power. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 17:38
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Forgot 'The Wall' by Kansas; one of the most beautifully sad songs in prog that also has one of the finest vocal performances I've ever heard. 'Les Morts Dansant' by Magnum is really tear-jerking; the live versions particularly have real power and Bob Catley's vocal is a true stunner. |
Posted By: Igha
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 17:40
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Camel - Spirit of The Water Genesis - Hairless Heart, In The Cage ELP - C'est la vie Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? Non Prog: Peter Gabriel - My Head Sounds Like That Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack Cat Stevens - Seasons in The Sun (the contrast between the music that its rather "happy" with the lyrics just kills me) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Almost all of their music  But I Just can't find right now the saddest song for me... |
Posted By: calvin
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 18:03
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some sad(/depressive) songs i can think of at this moment:
non-prog: My Dying Bride - Sear Me MCMXCIII and Two Winters Only. prog: PoS - Undertow, VdGG - House With No Door + some of the Anathema's songs. |
Posted By: Erik
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 18:09
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House with no door by vdGG is really sad. As for non -prog, about
anything by Damnien Rice really depresses me although it's great music.
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 18:37
The Wall? I thought that was a rather uplifting introspective overcoming of a bad situation or an unexpected turn in your life. I get inspiration not depression from that. However since we are the subject of Kansas two of the the most depressing songs I have ever heard Dust in the Wind and Lonely Wind along with Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire have to be three of the saddest, most depressing songs I have ever heard
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Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 18:43
Yes, tanks. It's just for avoid a bad interpretation for someting I say in the future, with the time Im going to change the signature. Another sad song can be Watcher of the Skies. -------------
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 18:53
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Seasons in the Sun is indeed a VERY sad song, but it wasn't done by Cat Stevens. It was Terry Jacks who did that depressing one. |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 19:01
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Most that I can think of have already been said. I'll add "Home" and
"The Tide is Turning" by Roger Waters off of Radio K.A.O.S. A lot of
instrumental music is just as depressing (e.g. some GY!BE and some of
Eno's ambient work).
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Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 19:26
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Posted By: Mikeypoo
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 21:13
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My top three would have to be Undertow- pain of salvation, space dye vest-dream theater, and Hurt- johnny cash's cover, trent reznor doesnt do anythign for me. hurt tops the list though... extremely sad. oh so sad... |
Posted By: justin
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 21:21
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Anything by Anathema in particular a song called "Lost Control" ------------- im not insane, im not insane... im just smarter then you |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 21:22
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Histoires sans paroles from Harmonium. For Absent Friends Genesis Turn of The Century Yes ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 21:25
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Non-prog: Allman Brothers Band - Old Before My Time Gov't Mule - Soulshine (again, not really that depressing, but it hits home) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man (not depressing, just a beautiful song) Duster Bennett - Jumpin' At Shadows (also done by Fleetwood Mac) - A lot of Duster Bennett stuff is depressing actually, but uplifting at the same time, wonderful! Fleetwood Mac - Man of the World (this depresses me, 'cause I want to be a Man of the World) -------------
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Posted By: Igha
Date Posted: January 17 2006 at 23:57
I have it by both but I didn't know which done it. Actually, I remember reading that the original one was written by a french musician or something like that. Anyway, beautiful song. |
Posted By: ResidentAlien
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 00:01
| Anything from The Holy Bible by The Manic Street Preachers. Probably would say either She is Suffering or This is Yesterday. |
Posted By: SirPsycho388
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 00:06
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Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien So depressing, along with many others from this band ------------- Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can |
Posted By: anael
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 00:18
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i think is gotta be one of New Trolls Concerto Grosso I or Vaka by Sigur Rós ------------- 
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Posted By: CryoftheCarrots
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 00:21
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"The Bed" by Lou Reed from his Berlin album.Come to think of it probably most tracks from that album. The Lamia is pretty sad too prog wise.
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Posted By: dular
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 07:38
I can't think of a sadder thing tan a pointless life with no reason to live. A life whose only positive thing is a memory you're not sure if it's true. It's better to lost someone and keep its memory than non having met anyone special in your whole life. By th way, my head was fine last time I checked. Thanks for your interest. Pd.: I know, my english is awful |
Posted By: Shadow2751
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 08:20
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Phil Collins, any of Dream Theater's ballad's (ie. Space-dye vest, Disappear, Through her eyes), and any of Sonata Arctica's ballads (like Tallulah xD) ------------- "I'm sorry, this illusion, has caused you a lot of pain. And I have no solution, I'll try to never be back again." -I'm Sorry by Evergrey |
Posted By: sularetal
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 08:29
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So true..... Alternative 4 is the album i put when i am depressed. Songs like feel and fragile dreams make me wanna cry ------------- 
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Posted By: Ray Lomas
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 09:03
Saddest prog songs:
Saddest non-prog songs:
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Posted By: Blademan
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 09:13
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Howabout - Spirit of the water by Camel, this was written by the late Pete Bardens and was performed at their last ever gig in Sheffield. Andy Latimer dedicated it to Pete. It's a very melancholy song, certainly Camel's saddest song. ------------- The more I see, the more I know, the more I know, the less I understand. |
Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 09:40
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Saddest prog song for me is Porcupine Tree - Stop Swimming. Maybe it's time to stop swimming Maybe it's time to find out where I'm at What I should do and where I should be But no-one will give me a map This part of the lyrics gets me every time I listen to it, it's just a perfect description of my life. Pink Floyd - Nobody Home is also an extremely sad song. The two saddest non-prog songs imo are both Blind Melon-songs, Soul One and Mouthful of Cavities. Shannon Hoon sings with this rough, almost painful edge in his voice that helps make these two songs masterpieces. ------------- With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
Posted By: Octamarium
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 10:30
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Genesis- seven stones Shadow gallery- hope for us? Dream theter- space dye vest Marillion- Angelina, Fantastic place ------------- Look in the mirror...my friend! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 12:03
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I can name many, many sad songs, in many genres. There is no "saddest song ever," as the response to a song will always be an individual thing that is coloured by the listener's individual life experiences and associations. Let's say two people look at a painting of a clown: The first starts to laugh, the second to cry. For #1, clowns are funny, and one of the best days of his childhood was when his parents took him to the circus, where he had a really great time. For #2, clowns are sad, because during the drive home from the circus, there was a terrible car accident, and both his parents were killed. Both are "valid" responses. (An extreme example, I know, but hopefully making my point.)
Song X was couple A's wedding theme -- they are still happily married. Song X was also couple B's wedding theme, but she died of cancer six months after they were wed. Our reactions to art are always coloured by our unique personalities and life experiences. We are each different, and so are our tastes. On a related note, I have seen teen boys (encouraged by our society to be "tough" and to not express sensitivity) laugh callously at a painful scene in a movie, and cheer deaths, while some of the girls (encouraged more by society to express emotion) weep quietly. I like the girls' reaction much better. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: omri
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 13:02
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No doubt it is all subjective Peter, yet it is fun so : I think "My room" by VDGG is sadder than "A house with no door" (waiting for them to be broken ...). I think "The letters" by KC is a nice choice but for me the saddest crimson must be the end of "The battle of glass tears" (the end of Lizard) where I can hear via the music that the battlefield is full of corps of another useless war. Rock bottom is an album, not a song. I support that it is a very sad album and my choice goes to "Alifib" which is the saddest song for me (yet, one of the few songs I will never get tired of hearing) . For me, "Rock bottom" will allways be one of my desert island albums. ------------- omri |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 13:10
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Vauxdvihl - Separate Ends IQ - Zero Hour The Church - Under the Milkyway Tonight GY!BE - The Dead Flag Blues
those are the ones that always get me
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Posted By: nick63
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 14:30
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god has failed / RPWL you'll never be forgotten you've always on my mind i look into the mirror a good friend is hard to find could anyone please tell me if all was fixed before this year spring comes to early cause god has failed once more the pictures i've found your face looks still the same whenever i'm a sleep my heart will call your name to tell about your life is all about your life is all i can do for you your end has come to early cause god has failed once more Heroes Never Die / Mostly Autumn Live with the screen movies of all you favourite heroes passing by... sad.... The ways, the ins and outs of haven still elude us to the end The tears, the sun the rain, I feel them on my face against my skin We love you then, we love you still And don't you know, don't you know that heroes never die, They sail forever Slow the rain falls, the memories blowing through I stand with arms outstretched to catch the warmth of you Eyes to the heavens, screaming at the skies, Trying to send you messages, still choking on goodbyes And I wonder why. Gold November, yellow brown and green I try to picture you somewhere in between Cold the night falls, shadows drawing in, The glimpse I had of you is torn in the wind And I wonder why, tracing paths, we search the stormy sky. The ways, the ins and outs of heaven still elude us to the end. The tears, the sun the rain, I feel them on my face against my skin. We loved you then, we love you still and don't you know, don't you know That heroes never die, they sail forever. Close my eyes now, and focus on the light. You are more beautiful and never out of sight, And tears that fall are blood from the heart, from the moment we part. May I offer those tears for the love of the years For the love The ways the ins and outs of heaven still elude us to the end The tears, the sun and rain, I feel them on my face and on my skin We loved you then, we love you still and don't you know, don't you know The ways the ins and outs of heaven still elude us to the end If he's the sun the rain, I feel him on my face against my skin, And when I open up that door and think of where we used to roam And laugh and smile and drink with friends with all the love you know we have. Don't you know, that heroes never die, they sail forever. ------------- Nick from the lovely South of the Netherlands |
Posted By: Moonloop60
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 14:48
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Hmmm... I think one of the saddest songs I know, 'prog' or not, would be
Stop Swimming, by Porcupine Tree, from Stupid Dream. |
Posted By: Moonloop60
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 14:51
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oh, and to omri: Rock Bottom is one of my top ten albums of all time,
certainly a desert island album. I just discovered this website today, and it's nice to see other folks who share my love of this exquisite music. |
Posted By: mjf85maf
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 15:46
I almost forgot about "Les Morts Dansant". As a tribute to just how powerful the song is, Patty Smyth did a cover of it that was pretty damn good. In fact, that was how I came to know the song. As someone else mentioned, the notion of how song a sad is can only be subjective to the listener. Reading over this list, I've seen a good number of songs that some consider sad that I find hopeful or uplifting. |
Posted By: Mr. Krinkle
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:14
| I've never heard something so beatutifuly sad as Book of Saturdays and Exiles by King Crimson. |
Posted By: Erotomania
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:17
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dream theater's space dye vest from awake is definitely one of the saddest....it's also great because of it's doom-metalish touch ------------- Step after step, We try controlling our fate, When we finally start living it's become too late... |
Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:29
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Rush - Tears Seriously, that's a sad song. |
Posted By: Marc Baum
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:45
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Prog: Porcupine Tree - Feel So Low, Collapse Light Into Earth, Stop Swimming, Lazarus VDGG - Lost
Not so prog: Virgin Steele - Cry Forever Any one listened to this?
------------- "All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT |