What's the saddest song you know?

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  • _beachgirl_
    _beachgirl_ Posts: 3,865 Member
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    Remember When by Alan Jackson

    What Hurts the Most by Danny Gokey, he blows away whoever originally did that song

    On what planet???

    Danny Gokey blowing away Rascal Flatts? :sick: :noway:

    Totally, he took a mediocre country song and made it better!

    Forgot all your other message board mischief, this is the post that should get you banned! :grumble:

    Please do not defend country to me! This could be grounds for deletion!

    I enjoy multiple genres of music, including country. In any genre, Rascal Flatts is better than Gokey.

    If it wasn't for American Idol putting so much air time into his sad story, he would have never made it to the top 10. Yes, I went there!

    Your opinion? Not mine.
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,344 Member
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    Tears for Fears but I like the version from Gary Jules it's on the Donnie Darko soundtrack

    "Mad World"

    All around me are familiar faces
    Worn out places, worn out faces
    Bright and early for their daily races
    Going nowhere, going nowhere
    And their tears are filling up their glasses
    No expression, no expression
    Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
    No tomorrow, no tomorrow
    And I find it kind of funny
    I find it kind of sad
    The dreams in which I'm dying
    Are the best I've ever had
    I find it hard to tell you
    'Cos I find it hard to take
    When people run in circles
    It's a very, very
    Mad World
    Children waiting for the day they feel good
    Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
    Made to feel the way that every child should
    Sit and listen, sit and listen
    Went to school and I was very nervous
    No one knew me, no one knew me
    Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
    Look right through me, look right through me

    kinda surprised this one wasn't up here yet,

    Oh and that remake by Pearl Jam- Where O Where can my baby be
  • JStarnes
    JStarnes Posts: 5,576 Member
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    Rascal Flatts vs. Gokey -- does it matter? :huh: its the message in the song that makes it sad, so the props should be given to the writer, not the singer(s)
  • Tree72
    Tree72 Posts: 942 Member
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    Well, I grew up listening to country music, so...

    "Love isn't Free" by Dolly Parton
    "Down in the Ghetto" either Dolly or Elvis version

    I also tear up to:
    "Brick" by Ben Folds Five
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
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    NIN - "And All That Could Have Been"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwc-amI7AmE


    The Frames - "Suffer in Silence"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw6Ps1NaO3o


    and this




    Diana Krall - "A Case of You" (Joni Mitchell cover)
    Makes my heart ache every single time I listen to it

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwFYUZn-g6Y
  • allie_girl
    allie_girl Posts: 66
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    'the funeral' -band of horses

    I love band of horses - amazing song right there.
  • Silchi24
    Silchi24 Posts: 51
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    Like You'll Never See Me Again by Alicia Keys

    This song was release the same year my husband passed away and it just kills me to hear it everytime! :-(
  • JStarnes
    JStarnes Posts: 5,576 Member
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    What would you do (idk if that's the right title or not?) - City High.
  • staceyb_2003
    staceyb_2003 Posts: 396 Member
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    arms of the angels
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
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    Brad Paisly "Whiskey lullaby"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZbN_nmxAGk&ob=av2e
  • _beachgirl_
    _beachgirl_ Posts: 3,865 Member
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    Tears for Fears but I like the version from Gary Jules

    "Mad World"

    All around me are familiar faces
    Worn out places, worn out faces
    Bright and early for their daily races
    Going nowhere, going nowhere
    And their tears are filling up their glasses
    No expression, no expression
    Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
    No tomorrow, no tomorrow
    And I find it kind of funny
    I find it kind of sad
    The dreams in which I'm dying
    Are the best I've ever had
    I find it hard to tell you
    'Cos I find it hard to take
    When people run in circles
    It's a very, very
    Mad World
    Children waiting for the day they feel good
    Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
    Made to feel the way that every child should
    Sit and listen, sit and listen
    Went to school and I was very nervous
    No one knew me, no one knew me
    Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
    Look right through me, look right through me

    Love the Gary Jules version! Sometimes the person covering the song does a better job!
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,720 Member
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    Kim Richey - A Place Called Home

    Someday I'll go
    Where there ain't no rain or snow
    'Till then
    I travel alone
    And I make my bed
    With the stars above my head
    And dream of a place called home

    Used to sing this as a lullabye to my daughter. They played it on Angel after Fred died.
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
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    Remember When by Alan Jackson

    What Hurts the Most by Danny Gokey, he blows away whoever originally did that song

    On what planet???

    Danny Gokey blowing away Rascal Flatts? :sick: :noway:

    i need to go check out this Gokey kids version now.. becaue I love the Rascal Flatts one!

    http://youtu.be/o6Vokh2mkr8

    I checked it out.. it sounds similar... but for me since I heard the Rascal Flatts version first.. it just sounds better to me. Still a great song tho!
  • unmitigatedbadassery
    unmitigatedbadassery Posts: 653 Member
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    Miricles by Stone Sour.

    While it is obviously about someone falling out of love the chorus reminds me of how I was feeling in the final days before my mom passed. My family would talk about having faith and praying as my mom was a devout Christian. As hard as I tried I just couldn't get behind that. Miracles don't happen here.

    This acoustic version makes me tear up still a year later - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syXJvzQ2reI
  • Scoobiesnax
    Scoobiesnax Posts: 148 Member
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    Did anyone hear Justin Bieber on Dancing With The Stars last night ??? THAT was as sad as it gets, On so many levels...
  • Scoobiesnax
    Scoobiesnax Posts: 148 Member
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    "All I Want Is You" - U2. What a great video.

    And a couple of oldies...
    "When I Stop Dreaming" - The Louvin Brothers
    "He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones

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  • striderb
    striderb Posts: 5,845 Member
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    The Hamster Dance Song

    Oops - wrong topic
  • AlwaysWanderer
    AlwaysWanderer Posts: 641 Member
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    Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton
    Candle in the wind by Elton John
  • nkswans
    nkswans Posts: 469 Member
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    Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley
    Don't Take the Girl by Tim McGraw
  • philsy1
    philsy1 Posts: 104 Member
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    I know it's corny, but "Patches" by Johnny Cash always gets to me. Also, "Operator", by Jim Croce.

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