Saddest song you've ever heard?

[hortysir]

S'alright....I didn't click

 

[tinydancer]

Melancholy and haunting...

[ame=http://youtu.be/Txj9Y-OIia4]James Taylor - Fire and Rain - YouTube[/ame]

 

[JimBowie1958]

Lots of truly sad songs here but the ones that get me most are the ones about people who leave someone they love because of character flaws that the break up protects the loved one from.

This George Strait song is about a guy so obsessed with his profession, rodeo cowboy, that he loses his wife and the news is delivered in a way he seems to expect deep down because he knows he has put her through some lonesome times because of his obsession.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIkrnanfvZk]I Can Still Make Cheyenne (George Strait) with Lyrics - YouTube[/ame]


This Garth Brooks song is very similar

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCi4X0pa0ok]Beaches Of Cheyenne - YouTube[/ame]


This one by George Strait is a classic along those lines

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfIdqkATm2U]George Strait - Amarillo by Morning Lyrics - YouTube[/ame]

Its a cliche, but too often people spend so much time pursuing a proffession that destroys the family that they have thought they were doing it for but it was really all about themselves. And they realize it all too late to avoid the consequences.

Tim McGraw catches the feeling in a different way giving a fond farewell to someone he has hurt.



This one by the Dixie Chicks is a classic

 

[Dabs]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLntFKtR66g]Carrie Underwood - Just A Dream - YouTube[/ame]

 

[JimBowie1958]

OK, I feel the need to offer a counter-balancing most cheerful songs I know as well.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34A2Oy5snhI]I Could Kick Your Ass-Justin Moore lyrics - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLQnRFKHZR8]ZZ Top - I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4Hq2P9vR8]ZZ TOP- LA GRANGE - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uvbwuh0LyA]George Strait - Blue Clear Sky - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Synthaholic]

Well, this thread went to shit . . .

 

[Uncensored2008]

Well, this thread went to shit . . .

Once you showed up....

 

[Pop23]

Ok, a sad song about cannabolism...... RUN!!!!!!!!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaZkQelQCBI&feature=player_detailpage]The Buoys - 'Timothy' (1971) - YouTube[/ame]

Timothy - The Bouys

 

[Pop23]

Glen Campbell is suffering from alzheimer's. He is one of my favorite artists.

The other day I put one of his CD's in and listened to the lyrics of this song that I think he recorded in 2008? It's a cover of a Jackson Browne song, but seems so prophetic now. I wonder if he actually was feeling himself slipping away?

Glen Campbell - These Days

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fBexPuk-qK8]Glen Campbell - "These Days" Music Video from Meet Glen Campbell - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Billo_Really]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xm3qnh1sck]Rosie & the Originals - Angel Baby - YouTube[/ame]

 

[tinydancer]

Being Irish I can give you killer wannabe sad songs. We do death better than most. Okey dokey...what do you think guys?

 

[Billo_Really]

Being Irish I can give you killer wannabe sad songs. We do death better than most. Okey dokey...what do you think guys?

You got something against Rosie and the Originals?

 

[hortysir]

In Memorium



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R2F9f2Cl6Y]George Jones - LIVE "He Stopped Loving Her Today" - YouTube[/ame]