Everyone has a song in which they'll hear and they'll either shed a tear or stop and think at a major point that happened in their life - usually sad.

Mine is Sinead O Connor's - Nothing Compares To You.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lnzNSIY5Rw

What is your sad song - obviously you don't have to go in to personal reasons if you wish!

(Now there's a nice cheerful topic for you all) :rolleyes: :)

What a cheery topic for a Sunday evening!! hehe a good thread though :celb (23):

Mine has to be 'No Distance Left to Run' by Blur....it has to be the ULTIMATE break up/tear jerker for me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=safgyu5450I

Free four....Pink Floyd. :037:

Free four....Pink Floyd. :037:

:handclap::handclap: Quality mate, love it

Without You by Nilsson is way up there for me.

Without You by Nilsson is way up there for me.

completely Philip!!

Free four....Pink Floyd. :037:

Excellent Shy..Haven't heard that for a while mate..:handclap: :handclap: :handclap:

Pink Floyd..Free Four..

The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime.
You shuffle in gloom of the sickroom
And talk to yourself as you die.

Life is a short, warm moment
And death is a long cold rest.
You get your chance to try in the twinkling of an eye:
Eighty years, with luck, or even less.

So all aboard for the American tour,
And maybe you'll make it to the top.
And mind how you go, and I can tell you, 'cause I know
You may find it hard to get off.

You are the angel of death
And I am the dead man's son.
And he was buried like a mole in a fox hole.
And everyone is still on the run.

And who is the master of fox hounds?
And who says the hunt has begun?
And who calls the tune in the courtroom?
And who beats the funeral drum?

The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime.
You shuffle in gloom in the sickroom
And talk to yourself till you die.

I've been a Floyd fan since they started. Free four stands out because it is so different from their other stuff. When you get to my advanced age and suffer from the serious complaint of having a 68 year old body and a 19 year old brain you realise how meaningfull the words are. If you didn't listen to the words, the tune is a happy bouncy one, yet the words would be suited to a funeral dirge.
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That one that's not long been out by the Streets - he talks about his father and says something in the chorus like 'I hope I make you proud' - reminds me of my Dad - and I hope I make him proud - I'm crying now - look what you've done:tear:

Mine has to be "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum, it was mine and my late hubbies courting song.
Another one that I love is one from Riverdance called Caoineadh Cu Chulainn, its haunting but beautiful.

I played this for months and months after my old Man Died.
Sorry..Dont mean t' put yer all on a Downer..
Mike and The Mechanics..The Living Years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5wnhO8gkno

My Way

Played at my dads funeral. i never want to hear it again.

"Just when I needed you most" by Randy Van Warmer. When I broke up with someone and the words of the song are more or less what happened. Just when I needed him most. I was pregnant at the time. My beautiful baby daughter is now 24 years old, the youngest of my brood. Awwwwwwwwwwww! Boo Hoo!

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears !

Johnny Cash - Hurt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

Til Kingdom Come - Coldplay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVUa3H_Q7H4

I'd have to agree I can hardly get through Hurt by Johnny Cash's without my head spinning and eyes watering.

I'd also say 'Carry on now wayward son' by Kansas, can't say why but it gets me, not the worlds best band or greatest song but it has an effect on me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0

Local band Jewel Thief do a song called (something like) 'Love is a waste of time' and I found myself very much reacting to it (Ok getting bleary eyed)when i last saw them even though I was trying to lean on the bar and look disinterested! Odd how music the weirdest sources can catch you out at the strangest moments...

Will you - Hazel O'Connor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UbHXSsiUnE

Jackson Browne...In The Shape of a Heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BC_Iwm-92w

One of the saddests songs i've ever heard - Honey by Bobby Goldsboro.

Boo hooooooo!!!!

I always used to cry at that :tear: :tear:

One of the saddests songs i've ever heard - Honey by Bobby Goldsboro.

Boo hooooooo!!!!

It was because of listening to Honey in the Magic Clock in 1968 that made me come to Liverpool!

'My old friend the blues' by the Proclaimers. Does my nut in when Everton get beat. :disgust:

I was a wee naked lad at my grandad,s wake when they all hushed to hear a lone voice of one of his son,s singing,"Danny Boy" I have taken it on board myself as my sad song because I found out later in life that grandad sang that at his Irish father,s funeral, and it has been sung at all the family funerals that I,ve been to since.

Mines also got to be HONEY by Bobby Goldsborough ,
Then Five little fingers .
Nobody's child .



Love Karen xx

Fav song
This old heart of mine

The Old Rugged Cross.............always brings tears to my eyes !!

Jacky

Mine, To Frace, of Mike Oldfield.

"Home Thoughts From Abroad" by the late Clifford T. Ward. Everything stops when i hear the first few notes!!

Aaron Neville. The grand tour.

This song is as sad as it gets.


***SOB SOB***

(george richey, carmol taylor, norris wilson)

Step right up, come on in
If you'd like to take the grand tour
Of the lonely house that once was home sweet home
I have nothing here to sell you
Just some things that i will tell you
Some things i know will chill you to the bone

Over there, sits the chair
Where she'd bring the paper to me sit down on my knee and whisper
"oh, i love you"
But now she's gone forever
And this old house will never
Be the same without the love that we once knew

Straight ahead, that's the bed, where we'd lie in love together
And lord knows we had a good thing going here
See her picture on the table, don't it look like she'd be able
Just to touch me and say "good morning dear"
There's her ring, all her things, and her clothes are in the closet
Where she left them when she tore my world apart
As you leave you see the nursery, oh she left me without mercy
Taking nothing but our baby and my heart

Step right up, come on in, come on in

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every breath you take by the police, a mate of mines little boy 3 was hit by a car when it was out, he was 3 days in hospital before he died, it's always stuck with me and makes my lip curl

I don't like hearing the 'Lighthouse Family' for the same reason. It reminds me of the funeral of a young child.

In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel

I wouldn't reveal any songs which are sad to me because of a romantic connection :unibrow: .. there are a few but I'm not sayin' :unibrow:

I wouldn't reveal any songs which are sad to me because of a romantic connection :unibrow: .. there are a few but I'm not sayin' :unibrow:

How many's a few lindylou? (LOL)

my endless love (diana ross,lionel ritchie) very sad it reminds me off my nana and grandad, my nana died 2 years after my grandad of a broken heart. and i think that song came out then 1978/79

I don't know why I love you but I do,,,,,,,,,,,, by Clarence Frogman Henry,,,,, who later changed his name, no idea why ?

Honey, In The Living Years, Father and Son and Ode to Billyjo are all tear jearkers. But the song which is saddest to me is Changes by Kelly and Ozzie Ozbourne, my husbands sister died aged 27 and gave her dad a letter 5 months before with the cd (they were really close). She new she was dying and it was played at her funeral. :sad:

Yes this is a sad subject but then anything so powerful that it can stir up such emotions deserves mentioning, doesnt it? My Sister cant bear to hear "Stay with me" as we were nursing our deal old Dad (Johnny, the Fazakerley King) who passed away.

I hate football but cannot get through "You`ll never walk alone. Its not the Liverpool connection but the beautiful sentiment in the song.

Yes, "Hurt" by J Cash too but thats because of the weary and deeply felt way he sings it. Mind you, the 9 Inch Nails version is brill too.

How about "Brother can you spare a dime?". the most fantastic protest song about destitute men ever, and written so long ago.

I hate Neil Diamond but think "Solitaire" is a fantastic song, albeit a total wrist slitter, particularly for anyone recently chucked.

Happy Days are here again.............. I am off to put my head in a bucket

1.This was played at my dads funeral. My dad's favorite song, but it was also a reminder of his eldest grandson.
Luke Kelly - Scorn Not His Simplicity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBC7ckTWpo

2.This was nearly played at my funeral. One of my favorite songs from RT, When i saw him some years ago in Manchester he asked if there were any requests and i called out "the drunk" much to everyones amusement, but he played it. Strange thing was that i was sitting in the front row and centre isle and it felt like the entire audience were looking at me but i still cried at the sight of RT playing right in front of me.
Richard Thompson - God Loves A Drunk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p43idNrhvxE

'I Understand' by G-Clefs.

Bad times in my childhood. :shock:

My eye waterer is Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton.
written just after the death of his son 'Connor'

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven
Will it be the same
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong, and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven

Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven
I'll find my way, through night and day
Cause I know I just can't stay
Here in heaven

Time can bring you down
Time can bend your knee
Time can break your heart
Have you begging please
Begging please

(instrumental)

Beyond the door
There's peace I'm sure.
And I know there'll be no more...
Tears in heaven

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven
Will it be the same
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong, and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven

Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven

Even just reading the words brings a tear to my eyes.

It is a sad song, must have been hard for him to write it.

Mine is Uncahined Melody

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t-idDbIfGvw

I understand.

Mine is Uncahined Melody

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t-idDbIfGvw

This was also played at Terrys sisters funeral, as we walked in, Changes in middle and How Can I Live Without you at end, they are all sad memories. Her husband picke the first an d 3rd song, her dad the 2nd. Her husband died 5 months later. He was 28.

Every Breath you take - - - The Police

Instrumental by Jan Akkerman - Prima Donna.

Leaving of Nancy, Eric Bogle. about emigrating to Oz and leaving his mam at the station. I'm so Lonesome I could cry, Hank Williams :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

Another one that does it for me is "From Boulder to Birmingham" by Emmylou Harris about the late Gram Parsons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xX5XY49dSU&feature=related