Favorite sad songs?

A great song I like a lot. After Karen passed away it took me months to listen to it. I was deeply saddened by her passing so for some strange reason the line "There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine" would always bring me to tears.

 

Tom Robinson - War Baby
Prefab Sprout - When Love breaks down
Martyn Joseph - Dolphins make me cry
Beach Boys - Caroline No

 

It was one of my immediate favorites too, mainly because growing up my entire Carpenters collection consisted of used copies (purchased from garage sales) of following the albums Offering/Ticket To Ride, A Song For You, and Now & Then, along with a few singles. It wasn't until the early 1980s that I was able to get more of their albums. "Goodbye To Love" was my favorite Carpenters song, until I heard "I Need To Be In Love."

Now that I think about it, right below "I Need To Be In Love" are the following songs that compete as my second favorite Carpenters song:

• Trying To Get The Feeling Again
• Goodbye To Love
• Love Me For What I Am

 

"My Heart's Symphony" by Gary Lewis & The Playboys

 

Because Lake passed, this is a sad song:

 

Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood

 

Alice In Chains - Nutshell belongs to this thread.

 

Here's another from Damien.

 

A very sombre Lilac Time doing Gone for a Burton, a phrase being a euphemism for being missing in wartime, particularly aviators:

 

"I Wish It Would It Rain" by the Temps. The only aspect that keeps it from being unbearably sad is those bird sounds.

 

Doesn't get much sadder.

 

Kathleen Edwards - Copied Keys

 

Made a whole tape called "melancholia" in 1988---here's some of what I remember, at the time my favorite of the sad:
"Hardly Getting Over It"--Husker Du
"Straight to Hell"--Clash
"That's the Way"--Culture Club
"As Must Have"--Died Pretty
"Only Women Bleed"--Alice Cooper
"Seven Year Ache"--Rosanne Cash

 

Dylans - "If you see her, say hello.".............haven't all guys been there at least once? Heart wrenching.

 

for anyone done over in love
jack ladder

 

and again

 

another Australian band
country rock n roll

 

the best ever Australian country music record
i think

 

the best ever Australian band
The Triffids
I'm the only person who thinks that of course
from Born Sandy Devotional

 

and

 

I saw Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore do an acoustic show Friday night where they swapped songs (more than half were covers) and shot the bull. It was a wonderful show. One of the highlights was the two of them swapping verses on Woody Guthrie's 'Deportee (Plan Wreck at Los Gatos)'. It was perhaps the most poignant moment in a pretty fun evening.

 

The Beach Boys - "Angel Come Home"