Yeah- the ones that make y'wanna cry.
Maybe it's just something in the melody or the voice singing it or an old memory attached to it...


I really like Burt Bachrach's stuff. I feel close to 'The Look of Love'. (slower version) Special memory attached to that one. It's beautiful. But Dionne Warwick doing "Walk On By" almost brings me to tears everytime.

I really like "Wedding Bell Blues" by The 5th Dimension & it has nearly the same effect on me because I think of my mother when she was young during the 60s & I just imagine her thinking the lyrics to my dad.

I love Bobby Darin's "If I Were a Carpenter". It's kinda sad to hear knowing Darin died young & very ill.

Jermaine Jackson's version of Daddy's Home made me cry when I was like, 5 or 6.

Also the Leftbanke's Walk Away Renee. Gorgeous.

Yesterday used to really shake me up because ages ago I could swear I have a oooold childhood memory of seeing a made for tv movie about an alcoholic father who left his family & I remember them using that song as the theme music. Why do I wanna say Dick Van Dyke played the dad??

I'm sure there's more....

Faithfully - Journey

Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King

Anyone who had a heart - Dionne Warwick

Superstar - Carpenters

Ain't No Way- Aretha Franklin

Georgia - Ray Charles

Sweet and Simple - Journey

One Less Bell To Answer - 5th Dimension

Any Love - Luther Vandross

Missing You - Steve Perry

Why Can't This Night Go On Forever - Journey

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In My Life- The Beatles:(

There's SO many. Here's some that I can think of off the top of my head:

The Wind- Mariah
Petals- Mariah
Reflections- Mariah
Never Too Far- Mariah
Twister- Mariah
Concrete Angel- Martina
Goodbye- Martina
That's Me- Martina
God's Will- Martina
How Can I Help You Say Goodbye- Patty Loveless
For My Broken Heart- Reba
If I Had Only Known- Reba
And Still- Reba
Room With A View- Carolyn Dawn Johnson
I'm Still Waiting- Jamie O'Neal
Letting Go- Suzy Bogguss
Saying Goodbye To A Friend- Suzy Bogguss
I Can't Do That Anymore- Faith Hill

I know there's a lot more, but that's all I can think of right now.

Originally posted by HuntingtonM15
There's SO many. Here's some that I can think of off the top of my head:

The Wind- Mariah
Petals- Mariah
Reflections- Mariah
Never Too Far- Mariah
Twister- Mariah



:nod: :D
"Sunflowers for Alfred Roy" Mariah

Also "All of my love" Led Zeppelin

"Midnight Lamp" Jimi Hendrix

I Get So Lonely ~ Janet Jackson
Nobody Knows ~ Tony Rich Project
At Seventeen ~ Janis Ian

I cant think of anymore

i'm ok- christina aguilera

The Beatles - "Yesterday" (1965)
Everyone knows this song, but you really need to hear the mono mix to get the full, goosbump-inflicting extent of Paul's voice.

John Lennon - "Mother" (1970)
John knew his mother, but he never had the relationship with her that he needed.

Led Zeppelin - "All My Love" (1979)
Robert Plant wrote this song as a tribute to his five-year-old son who passed away two years earlier.

Paul McCartney - "Here Today" (1982)
Paul's touching tribute to John Lennon.

Queen - "The Show Must Go On" (1991)
Freddie Mercury knew that he was dying, but the public didn't. The final track from Queen's 1991 album, Innuendo, fans found out what the song really meant eight months after the album's release, when Freddie succumbed to AIDS.

R.E.M. - "Everybody Hurts" (1992)
Indeed.

Warren Zevon - "Keep Me In Your Heart" (2003)
Staring death right in the face, the usually whimsical Warren wrote a very serious and touching song addressing friends and family which told them not to forget him (as if they ever could).

Originally posted by AKA
The Beatles - "Yesterday" (1965)
Everyone knows this song, but you really need to hear the mono mix to get the full, goosbump-inflicting extent of Paul's voice.

Led Zeppelin - "All My Love" (1979)
Robert Plant wrote this song as a tribute to his five-year-old son who passed away two years earlier.



yes very touching songs... also

"Imagine" John Lennon

"One Sweet Day"- Mariah Carey
"Turntable"- TLC
"I'm OK"- Christina Aguilera
"What It's Like"- Everlast
"Pobre Juan"- Mana
"Coat of Many Colors"- Dolly Parton

Any "song" by Avril Lavigne. They don't make me want to cry, but they do make me want to find a faster way to kill myself.

Adam's Song by Blink-182.... I hate them... but I swear that song makes me cry.

There's also a list of tear-jerkers for me... but I'm weird, some of these aren't even sad songs..

Every Breath You Take- The Police
My Immortal- Evanescence
There You'll Be- Faith Hill
I'll Stand By You- The Pretenders
You'll Be In My Heart- Phiil Collins
The Way You Look Tonight- Elton John

"The Dance" by Garth Brooks

Originally posted by Rickenbacker
I love Bobby Darin's "If I Were a Carpenter". It's kinda sad to hear knowing Darin died young & very ill.

I love that song too. Bobby Darin was such a great performer - he was only 37 :(

One of my sad songs are:

1. "I Just Can't Walk Away" - The Four Tops
2. "Kiss and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans
3. "Neither One of Us" - Gladys Knight & the Pips
4. "Break Up to Make Up" - The Stylistics
5. "Please Don't Go Girl" - New Kids on the Block
6. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" - Whitney Houston

Originally posted by Rickenbacker
I really like Burt Bachrach's stuff. I feel close to 'The Look of Love'. (slower version) Special memory attached to that one. It's beautiful. But Dionne Warwick doing "Walk On By" almost brings me to tears everytime.

I love Bobby Darin's "If I Were a Carpenter". It's kinda sad to hear knowing Darin died young & very ill.

Jermaine Jackson's version of Daddy's Home made me cry when I was like, 5 or 6.

Also the Leftbanke's Walk Away Renee. Gorgeous.

I have different versions of that same songs includes:

1. "The Look of Love" and "Walk On By" both by Issac Hayes
2. "If I Were a Carpenter" and "Walk Away Renee" both by the Four Tops
3. "Daddy's Home" by the Heartbeats (I believe that was the original version back in the 50's)

Alone Again (Naturally)- Gilbert O'Sullivan- 1972

Over The Rainbow- Judy Garland- 1939

Pretend- Nat King Cole- 1953

Originally posted by Fleet
Over The Rainbow- Judy Garland- 1939

:eek: Can't believe I left that one out! Thank u :)

Originally posted by Fleet
Alone Again (Naturally)- Gilbert O'Sullivan- 1972





Oh man- that *is* a sad one! What depressing lyrics.

Originally posted by Rickenbacker
Also the Leftbanke's Walk Away Renee. Gorgeous. Same for me, except the Four Tops version.

Clay - Solitaire. It was his Neil Sedeka performance on AI way back in April, but I still find it to be moving!!

Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes


Others...

Everybody Hurts - REM

Yesterday
Hey Jude
In My Life - Beatles

Originally posted by Fleet

Over The Rainbow- Judy Garland- 1939


Oh my goodness... that song brings back so many memories... :crying:

Also, Tomorrow from the musical Annie.

In the Ghetto- Elvis Presley

There are others but thats all i feel like naming.

Originally posted by Fleet
Alone Again (Naturally)- Gilbert O'Sullivan- 1972

I love that song. I listen to it even when I'm not depressed.

The End Of The World- Skeeter Davis.............So sad!:(

Also (going way back to the 50's) 'Tragedy" by The Fleetwoods

Originally posted by Penny Lane
The End Of The World- Skeeter Davis.............So sad!:(

Also Downtown by Petula Clark is sad to me :(

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Also Downtown by Petula Clark is sad to me :(

Downtown? Why?:confused:

Let not forget the song "My Whole World Ended" by David Ruffin.

Originally posted by Penny Lane
The End Of The World- Skeeter Davis.............So sad!:(

I love that song too. I like all the depressing songs. Everyone already mentioned the ones I like though.

I'm Ok ~ Christina Aguilera
Alone Again (Naturally) ~ Gilbert O'Sullivan
End Of the World ~ Skeeter Davis
Downtown ~ Petula Clark
Rainy Days and Mondays ~ The Carpenters
So Far Away ~ Carole King
Run To Me ~ The Bee Gees

Let Be - Beatles
Jealous Guy - John Lennon
Woman - John Lennon
Betcha By Golly Wow - Stylistics
Nature Boy - Nat King Cole
Another New Years Eve - Barry Manilow
Good Morning Heartache - Diana Ross
This Bitter Earth - Dinah Washington
This Christmas - Donnie Hathaway
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Sung by anyone
Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters
Everything is everything - Lauren Hill
Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
the entire Peanuts Christmas album - Vince Guaraldi
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
The Rose - Bette Midler
I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
Angel - Jimi Hendrix
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
Fire and Rain - JT
Have I told you lately - both version by Rod Stewart and Van Morrison

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
I love that song. I listen to it even when I'm not depressed.
It was a big hit- #1 for 6 weeks.

Originally posted by Liza
:eek: Can't believe I left that one out! Thank u :)
It was one of the first ones I thought of. ;)

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

I almost put that one in my list, I guess I should have; it is a sad song. (Also #1 for 3 weeks in late 1958.)

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
Betcha By Golly Wow - Stylistics
I forgot that one!! And You Are Everything.

"Imagine" - John Lennon

"The Dance" - Garth Brooks

"What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong

"Hard To Say I'm Sorry" - Chicago

"Fire and Rain" - James Taylor

"Always On My Mind" - Willie Nelson

"I Will Always Love You" - Dolly Parton

"One Vision" - Queen

"Sad Eyes" - Robert John

"No Matter How High" - Oakridge Boys

Originally posted by little insomniac



"What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong

This one's sad for my mom.



"Fire and Rain" - James Taylor

Oh god, yeah. Very sad. Esp. knowing the inspiration behind the lyrics.


"One Vision" - Queen

Really? I love that song, but it's so upbeat, loud & rockin.

Originally posted by Rickenbacker
"One Vision" - Queen

Really? I love that song, but it's so upbeat, loud & rockin.

Wrong one! That should be "The Miracle."

"What A Wonderful World," and "No Matter How High" aren't sad songs so much as two that've always touched me, and they make me cry. I wanted to add Neil Diamond's "America," for that same reason, but left it out.

"I miss you" - Incubus

"hear you me" by jimmy eat world
"gravedigger" by dave mathews band
"angel" by sarah mcgulaghlan
"give unto me" by evanescence
"a brilliant dance" by dashboard confessional
"butterfly" by weezer
"konstantine" by something corperate
"obvious" by christina aguilera
"remember to breath" by dashboard confessional
"and i" by box car racer
"there is" by box car racer
"table for glasses" by jimmy eat world
"hello" by evanescence
"us" by celine dion
"only in dreams" by weezer


i think thats it?

"I Only Wanted" - Mariah Carey (Charmbracelet)

Hey You- Pink Floyd
Keep Talkin- Pink Floyd
Place In This World- Michael W Smith
One Good Woman- Peter Cetera
Ordinary World- Duran Duran
Come Undone- Duran Duran
Blurry- Puddle Of Mudd
Fast Car- Tracy Chapman
Talkin Bout A Revolution- Tracy Chapman
Unwell- Matchbox 20
Jackson Browne- The Pretender
Where You Lead- Carole King
Hold On- Wilson Phillips
Man In The Mirror- Michael Jackson
In The Ghetto- Elvis Presley
Forever Young- Rod Stewart
Another Day In Paradise- Phil Collins

There are tons more, but that's all I can think of right now.

Here's a *really* sad one- Forever Young by Alphaville. An 80s new wave band. I knew nothing about them until someone made me a mix several years ago & put this song on it. Man! You in a crying mood? This song'll do it. I avoid listening to it because I *know* I'm gonna well up!

The lyrics- I can't tell if they're a celebration of youth or about death. Almost like a song for someone who'd died young ...

:(

"No Me Queda Mas"

"Como La Flor"

Selena :crying:

I miss her so much....

Originally posted by MonarC

"Sunflowers for Alfred Roy" Mariah

Oh, I forgot that one! Also "Masterpiece" by Carolyn Dawn Johnson.

Originally posted by HuntingtonM15
Oh, I forgot that one! Also "Masterpiece" by Carolyn Dawn Johnson.

I played that song for my guitar recital. I :heart: it.

Does anyone have a copy of Christine Lavin's CD "Please Don't Make Me too Happy?" If so, I nominate Jane as the saddest song of the 1990's. By comparison, the next song Jagged Hearts is a pick-me up. Fortunatley, you've got her usually humorous tunes like Waiting for the B-Train, or as she calls it "Help! There's a puppy on the tracks!"

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Downtown? Why?:confused:
oh Marlene, I have no clue :lol:

Originally posted by Miss Karly
oh Marlene, I have no clue :lol:

Ok Karly:crazy:

Everything I'm listening to right now! I have in the Les Miserables CD!!! :crying:

~Lauren

:sheep

"positive negative"- by Modest Mouse, you have to hear this song.

That song is so powerful. It is nerve-gripping. I always feel so swept away when I hear this song-:) Swept away Whoosh!(Sound of wind carrying me away).:)