In your opinion what is the saddest song ever written?
For me it's probably "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables. There's a hopeless quality to it that makes me tear up every time I hear it. Lol. I've been tearing up a lot lately since the movie is coming out Christmas day and that's the song they play in every ad for it!
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What is the saddest song?
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Re: What is the saddest song?
"Strange Fruit"
The images it provokes are horrific and it is sung with dispair but it has a haunting beauty to it. Makes me cry everytime I hear it.
The images it provokes are horrific and it is sung with dispair but it has a haunting beauty to it. Makes me cry everytime I hear it.
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Re: What is the saddest song?
"Strange fruit", I agree, definitely.
Also, I would add the song "Undenied" by Portishead, painfully sad. You can listen to it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnzkcsgdisQ
Also, I would add the song "Undenied" by Portishead, painfully sad. You can listen to it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnzkcsgdisQ
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Re: What is the saddest song?
youkrst and tom those are great songs! Thanks for posting them.
I have to add another sad song. This is a big of a cliche but "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" always makes me tear up.
I have to add another sad song. This is a big of a cliche but "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" always makes me tear up.
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Re: What is the saddest song?
Olivia, you're welcome.Olivia22 wrote:youkrst and tom those are great songs! Thanks for posting them.
I have to add another sad song. This is a big of a cliche but "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" always makes me tear up.
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And, since you mentioned tom and great songs, it reminded me of the song "Tom the Model", performed by Beth Gibbons.
I think her way of singing and her color of voice determines, or defines the sadness in her songs.
She is a great performer.
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Re: What is the saddest song?
Leonard Cohen, Joan of Arc ~ or any of his other songs except for Jazz Police.
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I'd like to see a stage presentation of Les Miserables. I was unsure about the book, but ended up liking it quite a bit. I was dreading the drawn out Waterloo analysis but enjoyed that too.
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Re: What is the saddest song?
For me it's Enclosure, it's a soundtrack from a game called Metal Gear Solid, but due to the entire scene depicted that played while that song played it's one of those songs that really makes me sad.
I also used that song as background music in a game I programmed, for a memorial scene that I created for one of the players that passed away. So yeah, that song has a special meaning to me. You can listen to the song on Youtube.
I also used that song as background music in a game I programmed, for a memorial scene that I created for one of the players that passed away. So yeah, that song has a special meaning to me. You can listen to the song on Youtube.