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27. I'm crying now just having listened to it again - lol

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Tue May 19, 2015, 09:15 PM

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Saddest songs ever?....I'll start, [View all] clarice May 2015 OP

"Build me up, Buttercup." Everytime I hear it I cry ... Scuba May 2015 #1

JUST FOR YOU MY SWEET Skittles May 2015 #12

love this!! I have done this in our car. soooooooooooooooooooooo funny trueblue2007 May 2015 #31

Long, Long Time (Linda Rondstadt) ailsagirl May 2015 #2

I always think of Auld Lang Syne has a happy song mythology May 2015 #131

The only times I ever seem to hear it... ailsagirl May 2015 #139

"Alone Again", Gilbert O'Sullivan. Arkansas Granny May 2015 #3

Ditto. That song used to make me feel suicidal it was so sad. Lil Missy May 2015 #15

Ark Granny-- SCantiGOP Jun 2015 #150

'Have yourself a merry little Christmas. trof May 2015 #4

Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou Harris greendog May 2015 #5

ha! you already posted it. nt. hopemountain May 2015 #146

Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me"... Tom_Foolery May 2015 #6

The Host Of Seraphim seveneyes May 2015 #7

Love sad songs cemaphonic May 2015 #8

Dark Was the Night, Cold was the Ground is just sublime Tom Ripley May 2015 #17

I'll pick "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" CrawlingChaos May 2015 #9

Excellent choice n/t ailsagirl May 2015 #32

An excellent choice! n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #55

Back on the Chain Gang panader0 May 2015 #10

the formerly married Lulu and Maurice Gibb singing First of May Skittles May 2015 #11

Thought of a few more..... clarice May 2015 #13

okay, go listen to this one -- by the man who voiced Jiminy Cricket grasswire May 2015 #14

The Kids Tom Ripley May 2015 #16

Hello In There Tom Ripley May 2015 #18

Paradise bullsnarfle May 2015 #46

D.R.S.: "Gangsta Lean" Jamaal510 May 2015 #19

"Ave Maria." WinkyDink May 2015 #20

Which one? There are two very famous Ave Marias aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #105

Diary LoveMyCali May 2015 #21

ooooooooo....GREAT one. nt clarice May 2015 #48

See your Diary and raise you Aubrey malthaussen May 2015 #66

I'll see you both and add this: Everything I Own DebJ May 2015 #106

Wildfire & Tears In Heaven In_The_Wind May 2015 #22

Tears in Heaven is heartbreaking. Arkansas Granny May 2015 #23

We all miss loved ones who have gone before us. In_The_Wind May 2015 #117

I listened to that song a lot when my Jeanne was fighting her last fight with cancer! LongTomH May 2015 #137

The song from this Kodak camera TV commercial from the 60s I always found very, very sad aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #24

LOL -- Great minds think alike! femmocrat May 2015 #26

I'm crying now just having listened to it again - lol aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #27

"Turn Around" femmocrat May 2015 #25

American Anthem by Norah Jones LuckyLib May 2015 #28

American City Suite (Full Version)-Cashman & West (HQ) part 4 "A Friend Is Dying" Omaha Steve May 2015 #29

Heh, I posted that one in a "Songs About New York" thread. malthaussen May 2015 #65

Janis Ian: At 17 mucifer May 2015 #30

I thought of this as *jarring*. Not sad. Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #103

FYI I saw her in concert a few weeks ago with John Prine here in Chicago mucifer May 2015 #115

I have a few marym625 May 2015 #33

Your choices brought this one to mind discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #56

Great choice marym625 May 2015 #58

Thanks and thanks for your additions as well discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #85

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Wharf Rat -- The Grateful Dead The Second Stone May 2015 #34

Incredible! And with Pete Townshend too! Enthusiast May 2015 #40

Mr. Bojangles Danmel May 2015 #35

"the dog up and died.....he up and died..after twenty years he still grieves" Skittles May 2015 #77

Mr. Bojangles ..... that one gets me every time. nt. polly7 May 2015 #144

Luba laundry_queen May 2015 #36

I love that song sharp_stick May 2015 #60

Here's an oldie that makes me cry every time HeiressofBickworth May 2015 #37

Another Bonnie Raitt classic DFW May 2015 #38

Baker Street, Diamonds and Rust, Brothers in Arms, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Daniel. n/t sarge43 May 2015 #39

Looking for space... Ron Obvious May 2015 #41

Denver had an incredible talent for writing plaintive melodies (Leaving On A Jet Plane... Tom Ripley May 2015 #45

I think I wor this album out... Gloria May 2015 #126

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #42

Wind on the Water (To the Last Whale) - Crosby / Nash Number9Dream May 2015 #43

speaking of George Jones... CanSocDem May 2015 #44

The King of "cryin in your beer" nt clarice May 2015 #49

That song is so, so sad. Much sadder than most mentioned here. Thx for posting nt okaawhatever May 2015 #134

any smooth jazz makes me cry...... a kennedy May 2015 #47

As someone who played the saxaphone -- Hell Hath No Fury May 2015 #50

"The Dutchman" always brings a tear. Probably no more than 20% of DUers even heard of it. Gidney N Cloyd May 2015 #51

I just posted this downthread! StarlightGold May 2015 #98

The Tears of a Clown lovemydog May 2015 #52

"Suicide is Painless" form M*A*S*H discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #53

Check out this version hifiguy May 2015 #64

Great, thanks discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #87

Oh and pretty much anything by Joy Division lovemydog May 2015 #54

Good call. [n/t] cdogzilla May 2015 #73

No kidding... Rhythm May 2015 #141

Cat's In The Cradle. cwydro May 2015 #57

ANd it was even sadder when Harry Chapin Gloria May 2015 #125

Yep. cwydro May 2015 #127

Elizabeth Cotten's granddaughter singing a haunting rendition of Shake Sugaree Brother Buzz May 2015 #59

Concrete Angel - Martina McBride sharp_stick May 2015 #61

Myfanwy geardaddy May 2015 #62

Learning How to Live - Lucinda Williams geardaddy May 2015 #63

For an aching sense of loss of times and friends now gone hifiguy May 2015 #67

Comin' Back to Me malthaussen May 2015 #68

Without You pokerfan May 2015 #69

You are my Sunshine. Always makes me cry. My Dad usd to sing this all the time to me. Paper Roses May 2015 #70

"Emma" by Hot Chocolate should be right up there ... cdogzilla May 2015 #71

"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" by the Jam cdogzilla May 2015 #72

Oh yes shenmue May 2015 #75

"I Know it's Over," the Smiths shenmue May 2015 #74

Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks n/t PasadenaTrudy May 2015 #76

Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart progressoid May 2015 #78

Veracruz also comes to mind n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #84

Without you - Harry Nilsson bobjacksonk2832 May 2015 #79

Dark Globe by Syd Barrett, but the REM Cover makes me cry Heddi May 2015 #80

More Prine...Sam Stone BeyondGeography May 2015 #81

Louise by Bonnie Raitt... TeeYiYi May 2015 #82

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #83

Bee Gees - I started a joke MH1 May 2015 #88

"Maybe" by Janis Joplin and lately for me, tears come when I hear LiberalLoner May 2015 #89

Ok. Ya got me. I'm googling. n/t Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #102

Seasons in the Sun Generic Brad May 2015 #90

Ray Charles singing the greatest version of the greatest song about unrequited love aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #91

Abraham, Martin, and John (and Bobby) Art_from_Ark May 2015 #92

Life Without You Bonobo May 2015 #93

"I'm Nobody's Child" Art_from_Ark May 2015 #94

"Friend in a bar" by Tina Dico (sometimes spelled "Dickow") SwissTony May 2015 #95

Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon pinboy3niner May 2015 #96

Maybe Already Mentioned, But Last Kiss ProfessorGAC May 2015 #97

"Innocent When You Dream", "Grace", and "Suzanne" Recursion May 2015 #99

Concrete Angel. Also, saddest video EVER. Martina McBride kairos12 May 2015 #100

You're all wrong. It's Joni Mitchell's The Arrangement. Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #101

The Drugs Don't Work - Verve Jade Fox May 2015 #104

Honey Bobby Goldsboro DebJ May 2015 #107

Holes in the Floor of Heaven Steve Wariner DebJ May 2015 #108

oh now I'm blubbering.........n/t DebJ May 2015 #109

"Seasons in the Sun," by Terry Jacks lastlib May 2015 #110

Girl From The North Country. Dylan/Cash amerikat May 2015 #111

Roads to Moscow Al Stewart amerikat May 2015 #112

Follow it up by reading... malthaussen May 2015 #114

Al Stewart could set history to music hifiguy May 2015 #123

The Boxer by Simon and Garfunckle. amerikat May 2015 #113

Mr. Tanner mike in raleigh May 2015 #116

When the Tigers Broke Free-Roger Waters ArnoldLayne May 2015 #118

Sarah McLachlan's In the Arms of the Angel... 3catwoman3 May 2015 #119

Wintersong is pretty sad too SwissTony May 2015 #135

Beloved by VNV Nation Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #120

Forever - Bruderschaft Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #121

Everything Is Cold - Lycia Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #122

"Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word", with "Desperado" thrown in for good measure... Gloria May 2015 #124

Blue - Joni Mitchell cbayer May 2015 #128

River - Joni Mitchell cbayer May 2015 #129

The Cat Carol Wolf Frankula May 2015 #130

How many People Posted a Song Made SINCE 2010 (which was, by the way, half a decade ago)? alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #132

Is it Real? - Yoko Kanno sakabatou May 2015 #133

I have two.... quickesst May 2015 #136

Some Fantastic Place by Squeeze TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #138

Such nice songs here. polly7 May 2015 #140

~Any version~ of "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" Rhythm May 2015 #142

"The Wrong Child" - R. E. M., for a start AwakeAtLast May 2015 #143

Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold Sancho May 2015 #145

Poor old Jimmy sits alone in the moonlight DFW May 2015 #147

Hasten down the wind Linda Ronstadt Va Lefty Jun 2015 #148

Not meant to be sad, perhaps, but ... Myrina Jun 2015 #149

Johnny Horton ~ Comanche (The Brave Horse) Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2015 #151

Last Kiss by The Cavaliers. kairos12 Jun 2015 #152