NO-one will agree with me on these but since the thread asked whts the saddest song so I thought I would include some Finnish tunes also:
This tells about my fathers little cousin, a single guy living in island with no luck on women and his only friend is this seal (No strage thoughts, please)
Alice In Chains-Nutshell
Leonard Cohen-Dress Rehearsal Rag
Blue Rodeo-Dark Angel
Wilco-Jesus Etc.
The Smashing Pumpkins have a few along the lines of 33 or Disarm, but I can't think of them at the moment.
Desperado - Eagles
Ryan's Song - Phil Keaggy (written for his son, who died 3 days after being born)
And as mentioned, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, while not the saddest song I've heard, definitely the most chilling. The damn song sounds eerie, if you close your eyes you'd swear you were on a boat. Damn creepy.
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Saddest song ever for me has to be "Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure" by the Weakerthans. One of the very, very few songs that had me tearing up. Crazy.
Hurt - Johnny Cash
When Angels Fly Away - Cold (this is more because of what I associate the song with than because of the song itself, but I can barely bring myself to listen to it.)
Saddest song ever for me has to be "Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure" by the Weakerthans. One of the very, very few songs that had me tearing up. Crazy.
A bit "poppish" but Howard Jones - No One is To Blame:
You can look at the menu but you just cant eat
You can feel the cushions but you cant have a seat
You can dip your foot in the pool but you cant have a swim
You can feel the punishment but you cant commit the sin
And you want her and she wants you
We want everyone
And you want her and she wants you
No one, no one, no one ever is to blame
You can build a mansion but you just cant live in it
Youre the fastest runner but youre not allowed to win
Some break the rules
And live to count the cost
The insecurity is the thing that wont get lost
And you want her and she wants you
We want everyone
And you want her and she wants you
No one, no one, no one ever is to blame
You can see the summit but you cant reach it
Its the last piece of the puzzle but you just cant make it fit
Doctor says youre cured but you still feel the pain
Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain
And you want her and she wants you
We want everyone
And you want her and she wants you
No one, no one, no one ever is to blame
No one ever is to blame
No one ever is to blame
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