Sad Songs

I recently saw a list of the Top 25 Sad Songs on an Internet website and it was a very lame list that did not include many classics.  I'll bet CC members can compile a better list. 

I'll start:

Say Goodbye to Love - Carpenters

Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

Fast Train - Tracey...can't remember her full name.

Seasons in the sun   -Terry Jacks

Brenda I was going to say
Funeral for a friend -- Elton John

This list is already better than the one I saw on the Internet, great job everyone!

How about...?

Ain't Nothing but a Heartache  - Pat Benatar

Afternoon Delight -- Starland Vocal Band

Sunshine on My Shoulders -- John Denver

Everybody Have Fun Tonight -- Wang Chung

Smile Happy -- War

Don't Worry, Be Happy -- Bobby McFerrin

...and the list goes on. :D

Personally, I think the best entry is "There's a Tear in My Beer" -- lol

Well....might come up with more but here's a few off the top of my head

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Conner
Lover You Should Have Come Over - Jeff Buckley
Everybody Hurts - REM
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

dnrothx - there's one in every crowd...

primeaton is still waiting to be solved, there's no "l" in it, BTW

Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

9/11 Tribute "Tears" - A remix of Sarah McLachlin's "Arms of an Angel". 

that's a good one undertherainbow, many of Sarah McLachlin's songs would fit here!

Uninvited -- Alanis Morissette

Mr. Crowley -- Ozzy Osborne

brendakh -- there is too an "l" in primeaton; you're just not looking in the right place.

I need to correct my earlier post.  It's not Fast Train, it's

Fast Car -Tracey Chapman

Last Kiss - Pearl Jam - very sad

hungryallweighs - that's a good one

Here are mine:

Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle
The Greatest Man I Never Knew - Reba Mcentire

I absolutely LOVES butterfly kisses! 

I thought about mentioning that one but the 9/11 tribute (remixes) are the ones that really bring tears to me eyes. 

Who here knows the lyrics to Third Eye Blind's 'How's It Gonna Be?'

I think thats the saddest song I've ever heard. It gives me goosebumps.  In fact, here it is:

I'm only pretty sure that I can't take anymore
Before you take a swing
I wonder
What are we fighting for?
When I say out loud
I want to get out of this
I wonder
Is there anything I'm going to miss?

I wonder
How it's gonna be
When you don't know me
How's it gonna be
When you're sure I'm not there
How's it gonna be
When there's no one there to talk to
Between you and me
'Cause I don't care
How's it gonna be 

Where we used to laugh
There's a shouting match
Sharp as a thumbnail scratch
A silence I can't ignore
Like the hammock by the doorway
We spent time in
Swings empty, I don't see lightning
Like last fall, when it was always about to hit me
I wonder
How's it gonna be
When it goes down
How's it gonna be
When you're not around
How's it gonna be
When you found out there was nothing
Between you and me
'Cause I don't care
How's it gonna be

How's it gonna be
When you don't know me anymore
How's it gonna be

Want to get myself back in again
The soft dive of oblivion
I wanna taste the salt of your skin
The soft dive of oblivion, oblivion
How's it gonna be
When you don't me anymore
How's it gonna be

In This River- Black label Society

Zach wrote this for "dimebag"

My daughter has a tatoo that says butterfly kisses I wonder if its from that song or just her love of butterflies

Wish you were here -- Pink Floyd

Forever Autumn -- Moody Blues

Spirit of Man -- From the rock opera "WAr of the World's" by Jeff Wayne ( Forever Autumn was also from that album originally)

One Tin Soldier - from the 1970s

a ballad by Loreena McKennit, can't think of the title right now, anyone?

Dust in the Wind