What's your saddest song ever.

[HarveyCanal]

I am a loyal slave to this song...

 

[Possum Slim]

I can't think of many songs bleaker than Transmission by Joy Divison.

 

[Possum Slim]

DOR said:Bon Vivant said:




For a smiths song I would think I know it's over





"Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head


And as I climb into an empty bed


Oh well. Enough said.


I know it's over - still I cling


I don't know where else I can go


Oh ..."





"If you're so funny Then why are you on your own tonight ?


And if you're so clever Then why are you on your own tonight ?


If you're so very entertaining Then why are you on your own tonight ?


If you're so very good-looking Why do you sleep alone tonight ?


I know ... 'Cause tonight is just like every other night That's why you're on your own tonight


With your triumphs and your charms While they're in each other's arms..."

I was a big fan of the band at the time but with the benefit of retrospect it feels to me that Morrissey tried a bit too hard at being miserable whilst someone like Curtis was genuinely disturbed.

 

[DB_Cooper]

SP 1200 said: I was a big fan of the band at the time but with the benefit of retrospect it feels to me that Morrissey tried a bit too hard at being miserable whilst someone like Curtis was genuinely disturbed.

Morrissey always has been and always will be a whiny, maudlin, navel-gazing asshole trying way too hard to come off as deep and tragic. Dude gets the bozack.

 

[bassie]

Absolutely devastating.

From the Soul Power doc - totally caught me off-guard. Was happily watching the insanity of putting together the Zaire 74 concert and then this came and punched me in the stomach. I was bawling in my seat.

 

[Otis_Funkmeyer]

Nina Simone - My Man's Gone Now

Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band - Martin's Funeral

 

[vintageinfants]

bassie said:Absolutely devastating.
From the Soul Power doc - totally caught me off-guard. Was happily watching the insanity of putting together the Zaire 74 concert and then this came and punched me in the stomach. I was bawling in my seat.

 

[Possum Slim]

bassie said:Absolutely devastating.
From the Soul Power doc - totally caught me off-guard. Was happily watching the insanity of putting together the Zaire 74 concert and then this came and punched me in the stomach. I was bawling in my seat.

Agreed. The live version at Carnegie Hall is hard to beat.

 

[LaserWolf]

vintageinfants said:bassie said:Absolutely devastating.

From the Soul Power doc - totally caught me off-guard. Was happily watching the insanity of putting together the Zaire 74 concert and then this came and punched me in the stomach. I was bawling in my seat.

That movie changed the way I thought of Bill Withers singing.

 

[DOR]

SP 1200 said:DOR said: I was a big fan of the band at the time but with the benefit of retrospect it feels to me that Morrissey tried a bit too hard at being miserable whilst someone like Curtis was genuinely disturbed.

Personally I don't thing Moz was ever "trying". He's a miserable sod. I was just meaning of picking sad Smiths songs, that's the one that comes to my mind.

And I will always ride for Smiths. I can't handle Moz on his own. But with Marr... Yes!

 

[innersource]

it's the strings that get me.

 

[EL CHAMACO]

One of my favorite LP's of all time is Carmen McRae's Live at the Great American Music Hall.


She has this amazing version of A Song For You on it. The version below is a different version


but equally killing.. LOVE this thread!

 

[EL CHAMACO]

This cover too... oh man, so many memories..

 

[EL CHAMACO]

I could do this all night...

Kathy McCord - I'll Never Be Alone Again

 

[mrboogieman88]

Not my saddest song, but one that definitely takes me back a bit. Reppin' home too.

 

[Heddy]

 

[Juan Cocktolstoy]

Me and the Mrs. went back and forth about a few more tunes:

- "Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan (my pick)
- "Promise" - Tracy Chapman (her pick)
- "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd (her pick)
- "George Jackson" - Bob Dylan (my pick)

 

[calkuta]

 

[Sunfade]

 

[sir galumphalot]

Justine Baby Washington. It'll Never be over for me