Songs So Sad They Made You Wanna Cry

[JimGinPA]

[Lunabell]

1. These Eyes

[Glorfindel]

2. Seasons in the Sun

[longship]

3. Faded Love -- the song that brought Patsy Cline to tears.

Right at the end, she can no longer hold it together. The recording engineers made it a take.

It's an awesome, iconic country song, all the more so because of Patsy's inability to not break down and cry at the crucial moment.

Hell, it brings tears to my eyes even now. A powerful recording.

Geeze! I listen to opera and classical music. I don't even like country music that much. But Patsy Cline is one of those people who make their own way and define an art.

[Docreed2003]

29. That was her life...

She was singing from experience and it was/is heartbreaking.... sadly, her husband, who tormented her in life, collected royalties and benefited from her fame until his death just a few years ago!

[longship]

31. Knowing its history; it's an extraordinary recording.

It was one of her last. That the recording engineers knew that her breakdown during the final bars was something to keep speaks volumes.

It never fails to move me. And Patsy Cline was very, very special.

[Docreed2003]

41. Do yourself a favor....

Go listen to "Crazy". Most people don't know and don't appreciate the fact that that song was sung from Cline's hospital bed. She had a devastating car wreck and she was in the hospital when the demo, from a young singer/ songwriter named Willie Nelson, was played for her. She was so scared that "Crazy" would be recorded by someone else that she insisted that it be cut from her hospital room. Her hospital room!! History was made and her legacy was cemented....:

[JimGinPA]

89. This Was One Of The First Songs I Taught Myself On Bass...

I must have listened to this a thousand times working it out. Never got tired of listening to it.

[GP6971]

4. Not to tears

but Dion's 1968 Abraham, Martin & John.

What a world we live in.

[woodsprite]

87. Definitely! I used to listen to that all the time. n/t

[TDale313]

5. I have always loved this song.

Beautiful, and heartbreaking at the same time. This video with Van Gogh's art is amazing.

[Docreed2003]

30. DAMN....love that song as well, heartbreaking

Especially when you consider that "The Starry Night" was the view from his "sanatorium".

[Iggo]

110. .

"And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night..."

[janterry]

6. Kilkelly Ireland

this is the saddest song I know............and most beautiful. For the Irish among us (and the Irish at heart) - it's a 'must listen to'. It's based on letters that were found in an attic.

[LisaM]

52. Yes, this one.

I can't even describe what it's about without tearing up.

[hlthe2b]

58. Wow... that encapsulates so much... wrenching longing and regret

[DFW]

115. Mick Moloney! There's a name I haven't heard in decades

He was hanging around my college in Philadelphia when I went there. He was older than I was, doing some kind of graduate level program. I haven't seen him since. I knew he was a musician, but never heard him perform.

[NanceGreggs]

7. This one.

Reminds me of a time I drove all night to NYC from Toronto, hoping the guy I'd dumped for my then-husband would "still be there".

He wasn't.

[JimGinPA]

10. Wow!

My niece (a middle school teacher) wrote on FB this week that she was listening to the Platters 'I only have eyes for you' in class & I told her my favorite version was by Art Garfunkel. When she said she hadn't heard it I dug out my cd I ripped this album onto a flash drive & sent it to her.

[NanceGreggs]

15. My fave version of that song, too!!!

"Breakaway" is definitely in my Top Ten LPs you'd want on a desert island.

Let me know what your niece thinks of it!

[Upthevibe]

20. I've always just loved this song. I remember the first time I heard it was on The Tonight Show

with Johnny Carson. Johnny Mathis was a guest that night - so many years ago. I liked the song the instant I heard it...

[NanceGreggs]

23. Mattis' version is also heartbreaking.

He captures the wistfulness of the song, along with the sense of desperation for a certain someone to "still be there".

(BIG Mathis fan here!) The first song I remember on the radio is "Chances Are". I remember that every time I was in the car with one of my parents, I would wait for that song to come up on the car radio.

[Docreed2003]

32. Beautiful Nance...Thanks for sharing your story!

[BeyondGeography]

8. Sam Stone

[Docreed2003]

33. Great one!

[Basic LA]

35. Great album!

So many of Prine's songs can choke me up.

[Ohiya]

105. Sam Stone and Hello in There...

...always get me

[GReedDiamond]

9. After the Gold Rush by Patti Smith...

...her cover of Neil's song, from the 2012 Banga album:

"Look at Mother Nature on the run, in the twenty-first century."

Also, this live version of "Helpless" by Neil Young & Crazy Horse with Patti Smith:

[shenmue]

11. I Know It's Over

[Docreed2003]

34. Great song..."The Smiths" could rip your heart out!

[missingthebigdog]

12. Another Lonely Christmas- Prince

'Cause baby, you promised me
Baby you promised me you'd never leave
Then you died on the twenty-fifth day of December
Oh, baby
Last night I spent another lonely, lonely Christmas

Tears every time.

[greyl]

19. Seriously love that one, especially the extended version.

Was Sometimes it Snows in April too obvious?

[JimGinPA]

13. Another One, Because...

I'm vintage.

[physioex]

14. Not necessarily cry, but pretty depressing....

[NotASurfer]

16. My Old Man

Song written by Steve Goodman, who also wrote "City of New Orleans". Prine's cover on ACL was the first time I heard it, always hear my own dad in the lyrics.

[Docreed2003]

36. Love that song...Prine's version is my favorite!

[Beaverhausen]

17. When I Was a Boy- Dar Williams

[Control-Z]

18. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro

I was only 7 when my mom died and I still believed we were on vacation while my dad stayed at home to work.

I always imagined that my father felt intense sadness when he heard the song play on the mornings that he had set his alarm to play music instead of news. And I would cry quietly in my bed for him, but honestly, mostly for me.

My mom had that kind of innocence - like in the song. She celebrated the joy of life and her love of nature in a way that was sung about "Honey".

Damn. I just found out that the song still makes me cry.

That's my mom in my sigline. I miss her every day. Still.

[Upthevibe]

21. I'm so sorry to hear about you loosing your mom at such a young age....

This song tore me up as a youngster too...In fact, I'm tearing up now. I lost my dad when I was 12. I'm like you...I miss him every day....

[Upthevibe]

22. I don't know how to post a link!

Many songs make me cry. I especially like I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt.

[JimGinPA]

28. Here...

[AwakeAtLast]

73. Yup, this is the one.

[OilemFirchen]

24. Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne"

[TDale313]

25. Gets me every time.

[PearliePoo2]

77. Definitely! Chills every time I hear it.

[JimGinPA]

26. This Is The Happiest Version Of One Of My Favorite Sad Songs

This is where a young Tal Wilkenfeld played her way into my heart

[defacto7]

27. The Righteous Brothers

You've lost that lovin feelin... original

Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues 1967

Phillip Glass - Violin Concerto

[longship]

37. Another: Philip Glass, Satyagraha.

The entire opera is poignant, incredible. Martin Luther King Jr. and Ghandi.

Here's an excerpt:

[Petrushka]

38. The Yard Went On Forever---and---That's The Way It Was

[Docreed2003]

39. Here's mine....bear with my multiple YouTube links

Willie singing an homage to his son who died of substance abuse:

And another from Willie, although Elvis sang it just as heartbreaking!

Here's one of the saddest songs I've ever heard from Towes Van Zandt...

And, arguably, the saddest country song ever:

And, one more, what I consider to be the saddest county song ever....shit I used to listen to this on LP again and again, with a healthy dose of Jack Daniels when I went through a divorce many years ago....thanks to the ultimate power in this universe that I found my wife and we made a beautiful family. But here's my vote for THE saddest country song:

[JimGinPA]

47. This Guy Had Some Sad Ones Too

[Docreed2003]

66. Yep.....love some Hag!!!

[cemaphonic]

74. Nobody could write (or sing) a tearjerker like Townes.

Waiting Around to Die:

[Docreed2003]

113. No doubt...

My best friend introduced me to Townes when I was going through a divorce at 25...I knew of him but didn’t know the depths of his music. Sounds strange, but Townes probably saved my life. I heard a voice that got my pain and expressed it perfectly....that’s Townes...

[Mike Nelson]

40. Dark Clouds Pass with Time...

[Mike Nelson]

42. Tears in Heaven...

[Mike Nelson]

43. Strange Things Happen in This World...

[Mike Nelson]

44. Goodbye Johnny...

[Mike Nelson]

45. Flying...

[TubbersUK]

60. Ah, yes

one of my favourites too.

[roscoeroscoe]

46. Phil Collins

The roof is leaking

[GreenPartyVoter]

48. This one gets me every time

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[NBachers]

49. The Band's "Whispering Pines" has never failed to stab my heart . . .

[JimGinPA]

50. The Mandolin Is Even Sad Here...

And I usually think of it as a happy instrument

[NBachers]

51. And of course - - -

[NBachers]

53. But this is the one that really does it to me

Aretha Franklin Brings President Obama To Tears Performing At Kennedy Center Honors

[John1956PA]

54. "Daisy a Day" by Jud Strunk. This 1973 clip is from the "Tonight Show."

[democratisphere]

55. Eric Clapton "Tears In Heaven"

[CTyankee]

98. By far the saddest song I have ever heard...

I can't listen to it. It brings me back to that horrible thing that happened to his little boy...

[democratisphere]

99. Every time I listen to this song, tears run down my face for the very reason you described.

It is so heart braking.

[Soxfan58]

56. Anything Disco

That shit is so painful it brings tears to my eyes

[justhanginon]

57. My favorite. No words but sometimes they are just not necessary.

Mariettas Lied. Nicola Benedetti.

[Alpeduez21]

59. At This Moment

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[babylonsister]

61. September Song

[watrwefitinfor]

62. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

Released soon after he died. Age 26. What a loss.

Also:

Billy Dee - Kris Kristofferson from the Silver Tongued Devil album

Queen of the Silver Dollar - Emmy Lou Harris

Carry Me, Carrie - Dr. Hook (live and raunchy but even the music tears me up)

Sad Cafe - Eagles

[Loge23]

63. Hands of Time, Margo Price

Also Garland Jeffery's brilliant "14 Steps to Harlem"

[Atman]

64. Nothing compares to "Lost In The Moment" by...

...Edie Brickell. It's a beautiful melody, some of Brickell's best vocals ever, and brings me to tears every time.

[CanSocDem]

65. Late at night....

...in the middle of nowhere and this comes on the radio:

[Phentex]

67. Million Years Ago

I know I'm not the only one
Who regrets the things they've done
Sometimes I just feel it's only me
Who never became who they thought they'd be
I wish I could live a little more
Look up to the sky not just the floor
I feel like my life is flashing by
And all I can do is watch and cry
I miss the air I miss my friends
I miss my mother I miss it when
Life was a party to be thrown
But that was a million years ago
A million years ago

[mucifer]

68. Janis Ian: At 17

[cyclonefence]

69. What'll I Do

All the more heart-breaking because we'll never hear her sing live again.

Judy Holliday, the comic actress, recorded this song on an album we had when I was a kid, and I think her version was even better.

[shenmue]

70. Fool in the Rain

[FrankfurtCat]

71. Have lots of favorites, here are a few...

Peter Gabriel "Here Comes the Flood"

Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb"

Julien Baker "Go Home"

Julien Baker "Whenever I'm Alone"
https://www.google.com/search?q=whenever+im+alone.+julien+baker&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

[DFW]

72. "Hearts that are broken and love that's untrue, these go with learning the game"

Leo Kottke's cover of the Buddy Holly song:

and, one of my all time favorite songs EVER:

[cemaphonic]

75. Skip James - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

To me, no other song gets to the roots of what the blues are all about.

Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

So sad they shot it into space

[Glorfindel]

76. "Albatross" by Judy Collins - achingly beautiful and heartbreaking

[Zorro]

80. It is indeed a masterpiece of songwriting

[Glorfindel]

81. As a young gay man when the album came out, that song was like an icicle to the heart

"Will there never be a prince who rides along the sea and the mountains
Scattering the sand and foam into amethyst fountains
Riding up the hills from the beach in the long summer grass
Holding the sun in his hands and shattering the isinglass?"

Alas, there never was, but it wasn't Judy's fault.

[easttexaslefty]

78. Danny Boy. This version

[Zorro]

79. Little Green

Joni Mitchell's song for the baby daughter she gave up for adoption, written decades before it became more widely known.

[Glorfindel]

83. Oh, man...I can't remember hearing that one before

[Old Vet]

82. I remember A Bobby Goldsboro song named Honey, Very sad.........

[DoBotherMe]

84. Theme from "Brokeback Mountain"

[HipChick]

85. One of these mornings...

[Alpeduez21]

86. Everybody Hurts REM

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[teezy]

88. Teddy Bear by Red Sovine.

And Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Elton John. I spent the summer with my dad when I was 10 and when he dropped me off back at my mom's, after the lengthy road trip, I was so down watching him pull out of the driveway. I watched him driving away and when he was out of sight, I went into my room and sobbed. I turned the radio on and that song came on. It has always been my song for my dad. Moves me to tears all the time.

[aka-chmeee]

90. "Louisiana 1927" Randy Newman nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

91. A little Puccini:

Senza Mamma from the opera Suor Angelica - A woman is sent to a convent for disgracing her aristocratic family; after years of waiting to see him she learns that her out-of-wedlock baby died. It always makes me cry because it's so sad and so beautiful. And godawful hard to sing well.

[Boomerproud]

92. Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)-Elton John

36 Years and it still gets to me.

[sakabatou]

93. Call Me, Call Me by Steve Conte

[WiffenPoof]

94. Hard to listen to....

... When you're in a certain mood.

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[Sanity Claws]

95. Band Played Waltzing Matilda

I don't know how to post you tube videos so here is a link, if you want to hear it.

The song makes me tearful and angry at the same time.

[WiffenPoof]

96. 4 and 20. Stephen Stills

Here's another one...

&sns=em

[Danmel]

97. Mr. Bojangles by the nitty gritty dirt band

So poignant and sad.

[UTUSN]

100. R#7 & K for, you're going to go *far* in DU/Lounge!1

[doc03]

101. Sunday Morning Coming down

by Johnny Cash

[sagesnow]

102. Fire and Rain Sweet Baby James....

[AJT]

103. Janis Ian "At Seventeen"

When I was 17.

[Ohiya]

104. Tenderness on the Block

by Warren Zevon

[sagesnow]

106. Auld Lang Syne Dan Fogelberg

[subterranean]

107. Already One - Neil Young

It made me cry at a certain point in my life and my relationship with my wife (who, I'm happy to say, is still with me!).

[catrose]

108. Leader of the Band

I was on the way home from orchestra rehearsal when I heard this the first time. I burst into tears and had to pull over.

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My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band.

RIP Ebby, of the Swampland Swing Band

[Iggo]

109. I Don't Know How To Love Him -- Yvonne Elliman

"I never thought I'd come to this.
What's it all about?"

Every time.

[left-of-center2012]

111. 5 Pounds of Possum (in my headlights tonight)

[robertpaulsen]

112. Alone Again by Gilbert O'Sullivan

[bluestarone]

114. after our son enlisted we listened to country more this ia a sad one (Riding with private malone)

[shenmue]

116. I Know It's Over, by the Smiths

[Turin_C3PO]

117. "Strawberry Fields Forever" for some reason.

I don't know why.