-
If you would like to get your account Verified, read this thread -
The TMF is sponsored by Clips4sale - By supporting them, you're supporting us. -
>>> If you cannot get into your account email me at [email protected] <<<
Don't forget to include your username
Saddest Songs ever
- Thread starter Empyrium
- Start date
Telephone Line,by the Electric Light Orchestra.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zUpPlzeK7RM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zUpPlzeK7RM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zUpPlzeK7RM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zUpPlzeK7RM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Bobby Goldsboro - Honey
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/59BZxgohr9g&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/59BZxgohr9g&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
I cry whenever I hear this song, I have such memories of listening to this as a child and I still have the same reaction.
And I remember being very young when Elvis died, and when this came on, I cried endlessly as a child...and still I get a tear in my eye when I hear it.
Ronnie McDowell - The King is Gone
And he almost sounding like Elvis to me, so it was like Elvis singing his own last song.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_tv-_3UtjU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_tv-_3UtjU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Those are two of my...and a couple of others had already been mentioned like Seasons in the Sun.
Rob
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/59BZxgohr9g&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/59BZxgohr9g&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
I cry whenever I hear this song, I have such memories of listening to this as a child and I still have the same reaction.
And I remember being very young when Elvis died, and when this came on, I cried endlessly as a child...and still I get a tear in my eye when I hear it.
Ronnie McDowell - The King is Gone
And he almost sounding like Elvis to me, so it was like Elvis singing his own last song.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_tv-_3UtjU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_tv-_3UtjU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Those are two of my...and a couple of others had already been mentioned like Seasons in the Sun.
Rob
desdemona
Verified
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2001
- Messages
- 2,375
- Points
- 38
I only heard this song played once on the radio...
"Just One" by Lisa Schaffer
She has a myspace page where you can listen and download it...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus...
see if you recognize the lyrics...
Just One" by Lisa Schaffer
Crowd gathered 'round a school bus
3rd Street at Elm
The neighbor man said, 'Officer,
I caught it all on film
I watched my little grandson
Come so close to death
By that man standin' right there
With liquor on his breath'
Another little boy wasn't so lucky
He was lyin' there in the street
His little lifeless body
Beneath the yellow sheet
While the young man was on the sidewalk
Goin' through a sobriety check
The crowd was turnin' into a lynch mob
When he raised up his hands and said,
'I only had just one
I swear that's the truth
That kid came outta nowhere
There was nothin' I could do
I couldn't swerve, I couldn't stop
Now here I am askin' God
What have I done?
I only had just one'
A young momma burst through the crowd
Pulled back that yellow sheet
Collapsed and started shakin' uncontrollably
Searched until she found that young man
With her shattered eyes
Then tore a hole into his soul
As she screamed and cried,
'I only had just one
And you took him away
I hope this is somethin'
You relive every day
You could'a swerved and you could'a stopped
But you didn't, now look, my God
What have you done?
I only had just one
I only had just one'
That one got to me big time. The other that is currently out by Bucky Covington:
We were 18, it was prom night. We had our first big fight. She said "Pull this car over". I did and then I told her, "I don't know what you are crying for". I grabbed her hand, as she reached for the door.
She said, I'll walk. Let go of my hand. Right now I'm hurt, and you don't understand. So just be quiet. And later we will talk. Just leave, don't worry. I'll walk.
It was a dark night, a black dress. Driver never saw her, around the bend. I never will forget the call, or driving to the hospital, when they told me her legs still wouldn't move. I cried, when I walked into her room.
She said, I'll walk. Please come and hold my hand. Right now I'm hurt, and I don't understand. Lets just be quiet, and later we can talk. Please stay, don't worry. I'll walk.
I held her hand through everything. The weeks and months of therapy. And I held her hand and asked her, to be my bride. She’s dreamed from a little girl, to have her daddy bring her down the isle. So from her wheelchair, she looks up to him and smiles.
And says, I'll walk. Please hold my hand. I know that this will hurt, I know you understand. Please daddy don't cry. This is already hard. Let's go, don't worry. I'll walk.
All of the ones you guys have listed are gut wrenchers.
"Just One" by Lisa Schaffer
She has a myspace page where you can listen and download it...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus...
see if you recognize the lyrics...
Just One" by Lisa Schaffer
Crowd gathered 'round a school bus
3rd Street at Elm
The neighbor man said, 'Officer,
I caught it all on film
I watched my little grandson
Come so close to death
By that man standin' right there
With liquor on his breath'
Another little boy wasn't so lucky
He was lyin' there in the street
His little lifeless body
Beneath the yellow sheet
While the young man was on the sidewalk
Goin' through a sobriety check
The crowd was turnin' into a lynch mob
When he raised up his hands and said,
'I only had just one
I swear that's the truth
That kid came outta nowhere
There was nothin' I could do
I couldn't swerve, I couldn't stop
Now here I am askin' God
What have I done?
I only had just one'
A young momma burst through the crowd
Pulled back that yellow sheet
Collapsed and started shakin' uncontrollably
Searched until she found that young man
With her shattered eyes
Then tore a hole into his soul
As she screamed and cried,
'I only had just one
And you took him away
I hope this is somethin'
You relive every day
You could'a swerved and you could'a stopped
But you didn't, now look, my God
What have you done?
I only had just one
I only had just one'
That one got to me big time. The other that is currently out by Bucky Covington:
We were 18, it was prom night. We had our first big fight. She said "Pull this car over". I did and then I told her, "I don't know what you are crying for". I grabbed her hand, as she reached for the door.
She said, I'll walk. Let go of my hand. Right now I'm hurt, and you don't understand. So just be quiet. And later we will talk. Just leave, don't worry. I'll walk.
It was a dark night, a black dress. Driver never saw her, around the bend. I never will forget the call, or driving to the hospital, when they told me her legs still wouldn't move. I cried, when I walked into her room.
She said, I'll walk. Please come and hold my hand. Right now I'm hurt, and I don't understand. Lets just be quiet, and later we can talk. Please stay, don't worry. I'll walk.
I held her hand through everything. The weeks and months of therapy. And I held her hand and asked her, to be my bride. She’s dreamed from a little girl, to have her daddy bring her down the isle. So from her wheelchair, she looks up to him and smiles.
And says, I'll walk. Please hold my hand. I know that this will hurt, I know you understand. Please daddy don't cry. This is already hard. Let's go, don't worry. I'll walk.
All of the ones you guys have listed are gut wrenchers.
I don't think this one has been mentioned."Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton.His young son fell off the balcony of Eric's NY home in March 1991.
This video does not reference that tragedy,but it is the best one i could find.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OnWEgR29p24&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OnWEgR29p24&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
This video does not reference that tragedy,but it is the best one i could find.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OnWEgR29p24&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OnWEgR29p24&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
I can't believe I forgot "Tears in Heaven"
That one is another one that I will tear up to.
As well as "Back to Pooh's Corner" by Kenny Loggins.
Don't ask why, I always sob uncontrollably when I hear that song.
And if you do ask....NONEYA!!!
Rob
That one is another one that I will tear up to.
As well as "Back to Pooh's Corner" by Kenny Loggins.
Don't ask why, I always sob uncontrollably when I hear that song.
And if you do ask....NONEYA!!!
Rob
Angel Flying To Close To The Ground,by Willie Nelson.When my friend Margie died in 1985 this song was played at her service.Every time i hear it i think of her.You left us too soon luv,you were only 36.Still miss ya.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8jfBxfltYD0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8jfBxfltYD0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8jfBxfltYD0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8jfBxfltYD0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Yep.Cats In The Cradle.We do often reap what we sow.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zlHdjjHNEC8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zlHdjjHNEC8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
If you think Cats is a tear-jerker, try this...
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Y0dcizOTI0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Y0dcizOTI0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Y0dcizOTI0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Y0dcizOTI0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
luvgirlsfeet
Verified
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2004
- Messages
- 43,170
- Points
- 113
some sad songs for me are
Cant fight this feeling...REO Speedwagon
Cats In The Craddle...Harry Chapin
Man On The Moon...REM
What a wonderful world...Louie Armstrong
The Last Song...Elton John
I wish i knew how to post vids from youtube on here otherwise i would do it for you
Cant fight this feeling...REO Speedwagon
Cats In The Craddle...Harry Chapin
Man On The Moon...REM
What a wonderful world...Louie Armstrong
The Last Song...Elton John
I wish i knew how to post vids from youtube on here otherwise i would do it for you
featherfingers
1st Level Green Feather
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2004
- Messages
- 4,121
- Points
- 0
Here is John Lennon's song "Mother" which dealt with his mother's death and his abandonment by his father. The 'screaming' at the end is quite intense:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/85rPsIEHkyU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/85rPsIEHkyU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
John Lennon - "Mother" (1970)
And here is Elton John's tribute/eulogy to John Lennon:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dZzXEFDznoA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dZzXEFDznoA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Elton John - "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982)
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/85rPsIEHkyU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/85rPsIEHkyU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
John Lennon - "Mother" (1970)
And here is Elton John's tribute/eulogy to John Lennon:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dZzXEFDznoA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dZzXEFDznoA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Elton John - "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982)
BellaRisa
Verified
- Joined
- Aug 9, 2001
- Messages
- 5,974
- Points
- 38
Slient Night, Rehh Dog style
This song always breaks my heart anyway, but now...damn
:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z2hzw2-5qbc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z2hzw2-5qbc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
This song always breaks my heart anyway, but now...damn
:<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z2hzw2-5qbc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z2hzw2-5qbc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Ah yes. Have you seen Eric Clapton's live acoustic version of "Tears in Heaven?" He wrote it after the death of his young son, and it's simply heartbreaking.
Speaking of "Silent Night," have you heard "7 o'clock Evening News" by Simon and Garfunkel?
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HcGBcJKalrQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HcGBcJKalrQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
featherfingers
1st Level Green Feather
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2004
- Messages
- 4,121
- Points
- 0
I remember the first time I heard that song. It must have been dusty in the room because I was sure wiping my eyes a lot. Great song born out of very sad circumstances.
InspectorJapp
TMF Master
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2005
- Messages
- 619
- Points
- 16
Charlie Louvin - Ira
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lIT0Xe1qaoI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lIT0Xe1qaoI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
This tugs on my heartstrings, at least.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lIT0Xe1qaoI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lIT0Xe1qaoI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
This tugs on my heartstrings, at least.
featherfingers
1st Level Green Feather
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2004
- Messages
- 4,121
- Points
- 0
This one will get you if none of the other songs did (maybe):
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D_P-v1BVQn8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D_P-v1BVQn8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Alone Again (Naturally)" (1972)
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D_P-v1BVQn8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D_P-v1BVQn8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Alone Again (Naturally)" (1972)
Bride of Dracula
TMF Regular
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2002
- Messages
- 188
- Points
- 0
I can out-date ya.....
Photographs and Memories - Jim Croce
A Better Place to Be - Harry Chapin
Elton John.Candle In The Wind.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CuVkpsXUzhE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CuVkpsXUzhE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Jim Croce.Operator.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2iS8XctJKo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2iS8XctJKo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CuVkpsXUzhE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CuVkpsXUzhE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Jim Croce.Operator.
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2iS8XctJKo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2iS8XctJKo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Last edited:
