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He Stopped Loving Her Today, George Jones is considered sad.

These come to mind:

Old Violin, Johnny Paycheck
Chiseled In Stone, Vern Gosdin

I love sad songs, too.

"The Gift" by me. Some people say they've cried listening to it. on my soundclick page.

"I Can't Make You Love Me If You Don't"

Anything by no-talent *singers* like Ashley Simpson. The thought that someone like that can get a deal in lieu of some of the true talent I hear around these boards makes me very, very sad.
Tis why I don't listen to *music* radio anymore.

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dance with my father - luther vandross

"Dont Take The Girl"

Whiskey Lulaby

TOM DOOLEY
KNOXVILLE GIRL
THEY'RE HANGING ME TONIGHT

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It's a Country song I have heard recently.
but I don't know what it's called or who sings it.

It's about a little girl getting adopted.

The lyrics are about a girl hiding behind a couch.. and her father takes her mother's life and then his own.

She then gets put in Foster care and then adopted by a loving family.

Does anyone know who sings this??

Every time I hear it on the radio, They never say who it was..

DAvid


[This message has been edited by DavidW (edited 03-02-2005).]

You talking about that John Michael Montgomery song?

"Little Girl"
(Harley Allen)

Her parents never took the young girl to church,
Never spoke of His name,
Never read her His word.
Two non-believers walking lost in this world,
Took their baby with them,
What a sad little girl.

Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs.
Never wanted to play,
Or give kisses and hugs.
She'd watch the TV and sit there on the couch,
While her mom fell asleep,
And her daddy went out.

And the drinking and the fighting,
Just got worse every night.
Behind their couch, she'd be hiding:
Oh, what a sad little life.

And like it always does, the bad just got worse,
With every slap,
And every curse.
Until her daddy, in a drunk rage one night,
Used a gun on her mom,
And then took his life.

And some people from the city,
Took the girl far away.
To a new mom and dad:
Kisses and hugs everyday.

Her first day of Sunday school the teacher walked in,
And a small little girl,
Stared a picture of Him.
She said I know that man up there on that cross,
I don't know His name,
But I know He got off.

'Cause he was there in my old house
And held me close to His side.
As I hid there, behind our couch,
The night that my parents died.

Thanks Dukewill,

It's a real DECENT song.

DAvid

josie and the kid, by kristofferson always makes me sad. he stopped loving her today is one of my favorites. good topic..barn.

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"The greatest man I never knew" Reba McEntire song.
'walk Away Renee" - The Original Left Banke song

and my favorite is

"Boulder to Birmingham" - Emmylou Harris

Comments like this one always puzzle me. It's the word "anymore" that seems odd. Does this mean you used to listen to music radio? If so, why? How did you manage to ignore the hacks THEN? Did you listen at a time when only the most talented people were on radio? When gimmicky acts never made it? I'd sure like to know when that was.

When The Beatles were all over dial, so were Herman's Hermits. And Bobby Goldsboro.

I remember when "Wild Thing" was a big hit.

I remember when people--a LOT of them--spent good money to see Elvis movies.

I remember when people actually thought Metallica was a good band.

Did you know that when "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was #1, that the #4 song in the nation was "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen?

I remember when Barbara Mandrell ruled country radio AND had a TV show, for the love of Pete. She was country when country wasn't cool...except that she was neither country nor cool. Just rich and famous.

Please tell me when radio really meant only GOOD music.

After All This Time/Rodney Crowell
Teen Angel
Statue of A Fool/Ricky Van Shelton
Go Rest High On that Mountain/Vince Gill
Crying/Roy Orbison
Still/Bill Anderson...Reba and various


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Geez..."Crying" is a hell of a song.

"Where've You Been" by J. Vezner and D. Henry, sung by Kathy Mattea.

How could I forget?

Hurt, Johnny Cash (NIN cover)

i forgot "Patches" by Dckie Lee

I agree with Truman...Cryin' by Roy Orbison Or Ball & Chain by Janis Joplin

Calvin

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/calvinstewartmusic.htm

It's Over (Roy Orbison)
If I Could Reach You (5th Dimension)
Anyone Who Had A Heart (many)
God Give Me Stength (Costello/Bacharach)
I'm Not That Girl (from Wicked)

[This message has been edited by RobertK (edited 03-03-2005).]

That's a fair point, but...

I still recall with fondness when you could turn on a current "pop" station and hear, in any given order, the likes of The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, The Supremes, Mason Williams, Glen Campbell, Dean Martin, The Animals, The Stones, Jackie Shannon, The Byrds, Dion, The Four Tops, Marianne Faithful, The Kinks, Lulu, The 5th Dimension, The Ventures, Cream, Joan Baez, Iron Butterfly, Joni Mitchell, and (if you were very lucky) Freddy & The Dreamers, Richard Harris and Sgt. Barry Sadler

(well, okay, let's not go crazy now).

All of whom could put a record in the Top Ten... that's a pretty diverse variety of genres and sounds there.

Nowadays it seems there's little chance for a kid to broaden his listening horizons in such a manner by keeping the dial on his/her one favorite station. Or even trying several stations.

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Good thread. More memories. "Anyone Who Had a Heart" is a masterpiece.

Yeah, that remains my personal favorite... Dusty Springfield & Dionne Warwick tear your heart out with it, and even Wynonna did a nice job during that Bacharach tribute. Maureen McGovern does a very fine alternate arrangement on it too.

Although Bacharach himself usually cites 'Alfie' as his favorite, he often hesitates a bit and adds "... or Anyone Who Had A Heart."

On a lighter note.
Cecilia/Simon and Garfunkel

An old sad one.
Ode To Billie Joe/Bobbie Gentry

Joseph

This song is not thought of as sad but I swear, this song brings me to tears. It's one of the most incredible recordings I've ever heard.

Over The Rainbow, Eva Cassidy

When I first found this c.d. and listened to it, I had to pull over. What a sap. When I found out she is dead, it made it worse. What a loss.

It's the feel of this recording, it just sounds so incredibly sad to me, yet beautiful. I can't think of any other song that does me this way.

The other song that hits me hard is...

The Long And Winding Road, Beatles

This song came out in 1970, I guess, and it always reminds me of the breakup of the Beatles. I remember sitting in study hall with a radio on (what study hall) and man, it made me said. It being The End. I am such a huge Beatles fan.

I usually try not to focus on sad songs but I have some that surface from time to time...

Who can name this tune:

we were out on a date
in my daddys car...
we hadn't driven
very far...

The song goes on to describe a car crash that kills his girlfriend;

I couldn't stop
so I swerved to the right...
I will never forget
the sounds that night...
the cryin' tires...
the bustin' glass...

[chorus]
Where oh where
can my baby be?
the good Lord took
her away from me...
She's gone to heaven
So I got to be good...
So I can see my baby when
I leave this world...

If anyone thinks hard enough about it, that is sad as chit! I personally dedicate it to Karen 1962-1978 who lost her life in a car crash from some mental case at the wheel... I miss you Karen!

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whole change of thought

The Last Song - Edward Bear [original early 70s version]
this is the last song...
I'll ever write for you...


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[This message has been edited by Sharpe Lurker (edited 03-04-2005).]

This is a whole different genre, but...if you want to jump over to musical theater...

"Where Is Love?" from Oliver

A huge, dark stage, with a spotlight on a raggamuffin little boy, a crystal clear little soprano voice....that gets me. --Jean

Sharpe Lurker,

The name of the song was "Our Last Kiss" but I can't remember who did it originally, it was recently covered by an alternative band...maybe Soundgarden?

My favorite sad song is, "Danny Boy" as sung by Ray Price.

Mike

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Thanks Mike,

Now I'll have to do a quick search on the song, to check out the older and newer version.

I think the saddest song is
Amazing Grace played on the Bagpipes at a funeral.

Just got back from a search and destroy mission...

Noun name of the song is:
"Last Kiss"

1964 One hit wonder version - J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers

1990s release - Pearl Jam

Thanks to all interested persons.



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I find Harry Connick Jr.'s song "Drifting" to be very sad, but only if you can relate to a relationship going bad, and you're the one who gets dumped.

I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
Still Doin' Time - George Jones
Dear Chicago - Ryan Adams
Is It Over Yet - Wynonna Judd
Over Yonder - Steve Earle

Mike, I had forgotten about it, but "Danny Boy" is about as sad as a song gets, and Ray Price's recording of it is wonderful.

I probably heard "Danny Boy" 500 times before I really "got" what it is about.

Yikes!!!! heh
At least the 'gimmicky acts' were a bit more fun to listen to back then. I'm thinking 1973-74 wasn't too bad a year for radio. Back then you could hear:
Zeppelin - Dyer Maker
Rolling Stones - Angie
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Paul McCartney - Live & Let Die
Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock
John Lennon - Mind Games
Ringo - Photograph
Stevie Wonder - Livin In The City
Joni Mitchell - Help Me
Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
Chicago - Just You N Me
Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me
Bob Dylan - Knock Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Ramblin Man - Allman Bros.
The list goes on & on. Not bad stuff then. You can't tell me that whole list is crap. Certainly more palatable than what's being jammed at us now.

I was young & stoopid at the time when the Beatles were breaking up and they started hitting us with their solo works.
Elton John was just hitting the scene hard. I became a big fan. Still am 35 years later.
Radio was fun to listen to then. Call it a guilty pleasure, I guess! Now, it's talk radio & NPR for me. Just can't handle the over-sequenced, computer generated tunes. Bring back analogue! Please!!!

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For some reason, "I Hope You Dance", by Martina McBride..I think...Mists Me Up like no other song ever written.

"Auld Lang Sine", when enuf Booze is Around, prolly qualifies as Yet Another Sad One...

Off to grab a Hanky,
Stan

Well now, this is the crux of it. Radio is still fun to listen to...if you are 15!!!! You aren't a teenager anymore. They don't program radio for old farts; they program it for kids. Radio really hasn't changed all that much, but it looks like you have ;o)

BTW, a lot of the songs on your list are really crappy. My opinion, of course.

"I Hope You Dance" was Lee Ann Womack.

Keep me in your Heart - Warren Zevon - written when he was dying, and his voice is pretty weak on it, making it even more poignant.

Also:-

No Regrets - Walker Brothers
Tracks of my Tears - Smokey Robinson
Unchained Melody - I love the Elvis version
Crying - Roy Orbison

Old Violin is one of my faves. Have you heard the Johnny Paycheck tribute album that Robbie Fulks produced? Larry Cordle does a phenomenal version of Old Violin on it. Robbie's own songs are also superb. He's my favorite songwriter.

For those of you who don't knwo the song, it is a great one.

"Tonight I feel like an old violin.
Soon to be put away and never played again."

http://robbiefulks.com

http://robbiefulks.com/discography/albums/00008.html

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Written by Tia Sillers.
Got to meet her last October.

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Of course.

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There are three artists that each put out a couple of the saddest songs I've ever heard.

Julie Miller
Krezip
Priscilla Herman

I also think the one by Joan Osborn on 'Relish' called 'Crazy Baby'.

(It's funny- the song 'I Hope You Dance' really mists me up too)

Blake Shelton's "The Baby" chokes me up everytime. A couple of other songs that come to mind is Diamond Rio's "One More Day" and Faster Pussycat's "House Of Pain".

They played Diamond Rio's song at my best friend's funeral three years ago. I have to turn it off anytime I hear it. It's just too much for me to handle. Really sad.

Timing,,,,,,,The subject "sad" hits home with me right now for I just got done writing what to me is now the saddest song I know.

Long story. (I understand if it's too long to fully read). It's something that very few people knew or know about even now, or rather, up to now.

Well, ten years ago, I REGRETFULLY left my current darling, beautiful, caring, loving wife because of my selfishness, (as I then soon found out). Lets just say I wasn't getting my way in some areas with her, and was also depressed over what else, the music business trials and whatnot. I really hurt her with very mean words and conclusions about her. I even criticized her weight besides everything else. I was a major jerk that night and for several weeks before that. On the third night after leaving, Buddy, my best friend/cowriter refused to go out to the clubs with me, as he said he just didn't think it was what I needed. THAT shocked me, as I thought that's exactly what I needed.

He said a few things of his usual wisdom, and I said "yeah yeah, I know" but in a ho hum way. I went to sleep that night, but kept having dreams about my wife and I, then would wake up and remember all of it. That kept happening through that night, until the early morning when I woke up after the last dream about us, and COMPLETELY realized how I really hurt my wife, and how I needed to correct all that was said, (Somehow!) It was a life changing series of dreams. I knew I had changed through that night, to get back to the way I was in the past. I went back to our townhouse before she went to work, and asked her to take off that day, that I had to talk with her. After some time with me talking with smiles for a change, she must have seen the good old me again, and accepted my sincere regrets. She then laid out some changes I should think about doing, which I already knew what they were, and how to change them. WE had a plan to work things out together! I knew then, just as on our wedding day that I was married to someone so special, that I could never hurt her. But now, it's that I could never hurt her again. That's what inspired this song, and is what gets to me everytime I sing it, (the hurt she must have felt). It's the hurt I know she felt that makes this positive song the saddest of sad songs for me. It's called "Never Again".

Thanks for reading this most personal subject.

To add a related tip: Don't EVER hurt the one you loved, even if you think you don't love them anymore. You just might, more than you think.

John Daubert



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Rascal Flatts song "Skin" about a young lady with cancer and her 1st boyfriend who shaves his head to match her look at prom gets me every time. It's a beautiful song.

I also would rank "The Music of the Night" from Phantom up there in sadland.

And Reba's "She thinks His Name was John" , about a woman who sleeps with the wrong guy and gets AIDS

My Darling Clementine...Traditional
Miss Otis Regrets.......Cole Porter
Tecumseh Valley.........Townes Van Zant
Louise...................Paul Siebel


Midnite

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Poor Mans House - Patty Griffin
Making Pies - Patty Griffin
Goodbye - Steve Earle
Stolen Car - Bruuuuuuuce
World Without Tears - Lucinda Williams
Pontiac - Lyle Lovett
Good Night New York (moving) Nancy Griffith


just off the top of my head,
Liz

Had to chime in on the subject of "I Hope You Dance"... My interpretation was if someone were to run a thread on something like, "what {popular} songs communicate the power of positive thinking?" I would have to say the song "I Hope You Dance" would be a top contender...

Now another sad song that came to mind while checking this thread was Elvis singing about the kid being shot in the ghetto. Can anyone name that tune? Or the writer of that tune?



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