Happiest Song/Saddest Song?

[return to the red]

pumped up song Firestarter - prodigy & stereo - The Watchmen

Sad songs Colorblind - counting crows, Amazing Grace, Don't take the girl - Tim McGraw

[Flamesguy_SJ]

pumped song: "Praise" by Sevendust or "Iindonga Za Jericho" by the Chicago Children's Choir

sad song: "Two Tear Drops" by Steve Wariner or "It Was Your Song" by Garth Brooks

[skins]

happiest song ever (aptly named): "Walkin on Sunshine" - Katrina and the Waves

saddest song: "Time of your life" - Green Day

[troutman]

Sad songs:

The River, Bruce Springsteen

Then I got Mary pregnant
And, man, that was all she wrote
And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress

Brick, Ben Folds

They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And sell some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

[Jayems]

Goin up the country (?) - Canned Heat

[bluejays]

Happiest Song - don't know...there are a ton of upbeat stuff out there.
Sad Song - Time of Your Life by Greenday, and IMO, Thief by Our Lady Peace

[fanforever1986]

happy songs:

most all things by jack johnson
dust on the bottle
life is a highway

sad-er side of things...

cannonball by damien Rice

are you sad - OLP

[nieuwy-89]

Originally Posted by troutman

Brick, Ben Folds

That is a beautiful song but very hard to listen to...

It's always hard for me to pick just one "best this, or worst that", but here goes:

Saddest:

Rites of Man by Spirit of the West - Based on an acquaitance of the band who lost his wife and baby during childbirth

I found my coat
Had trouble with the sleeves
We lifted your box
And bent at the knees
Know what tears the most?
It's the disregard for your holy ghost
You left the world, the world kept going

Now I'm alone
I'm alone
And I don't fit in here in our home
Where nothing tastes the same
With the tip of my tongue
Holding on to your name

Happiest:

Saturday Morning by Eels - a great pop tune re-living the joys of being a kid.

Saturday Morning
And who’s gonna play with me?
Six in the morning, baby
I got a long, long day ahead of me

The parents are sleeping soundly
The neighbors are dead as wood
I’m getting up and coming over
We gotta rock the neighborhood

Nothing’s ever gonna happen ‘round here
If we don’t make it happen
Sleep away the day if you want to
But I got something that I gotta do

[Displaced Flames fan]

Too many happy songs....

Saddest songs...

"That's My Job" by Conway Twitty

I challenge any male who doesn't hate his father to listen to the recording of this song without tearing up.

THAT'S MY JOB
Recorded by Conway Twitty
Writer: Hap Hall?

I woke up cryin' late at night - when I was very young
I had dreamed my father - had passed away and gone
My world revolved around him - I couldn't lie there anymore
So I made my way down the mirrowed hall and tapped upon his door.

And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid!
How would I go on, with you gone that way?
Don't wanna cry anymore
So may I stay with you?"

And he said,
"That's my job, that's what I do
Everything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me ...
That's my job, you see."

Later we barely got along - this teenage boy and he
Most of the fights it seems - were over different dreams
We each held for me ...
He wanted knowledge and learning - I wanted to fly out west
"Said I could make it out there - if I just had the fare
I got half, will you loan me the rest?"

And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid
Theres no guarentee in the plans I've made
And if I should fail, who will pay my way back home?"

And he said,
"That's my job, that's what I do
Ev'rything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me ...
That's my job, you see."

Every person carves his spot - and fills the hole with life
And I pray someday I might - light as bright as he.

Woke up early one bright fall day - read the tragic news
After all my travels, I settled down - within a mile or two
I make my livin' with words and rhymes - and all the tragedies
Should go into my head and out instead - as bits of poetry.

But I say, "Daddy I'm so afraid
How will I go on - with you gone this way
How can I come up - with a song to say, "I love you."

"That's my job, that's what I do
Ev'rything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me ...
That's my job, you see."

"Ev'rything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me."

Down In a Hole by Alice in Chains

Layne Staley left his pain on so many songs, but this one really comes through.

[Hanna Sniper]

Happy
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Sad
Gloomy Sunday - Sinéad O'Connor

[Hanna Sniper]

Originally Posted by socalwingfan

Circus by Eric Clapton is one of the saddest songs on all time

Too bad MTV cut this song out of the UnPlugged cd/dvd. One of the best performances of the night by EC. Sad song indeed

[Azure]

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton is also a sad song.

[MolsonInBothHands]

Happy
Paul Simon - The Obvious Child
Van Halen - Best of Both Worlds

Sad
Beth Nielsen Chapman - Sand and Water (Funeral related.)
Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle

[GeoffSK]

Sad - Wish You were here - Pink Floyd
Happy - Not sure.

[OilersBaby]

Sad Songs - Stan (Eminem), I Will Remember You (Sarah McLaughlan)

Happiest Songs - 80s music..or Nemo by Nightwish.

[SpitFire40]

Both at once, Times Like These (Acoustic) - Foo Fighters

[YziesGirl]

Happy Song: Wind It Up - Gwen Stefani
Sad Song: Hate Me by Blue October

[feartheflames]

dance with my father again, peformed by Tamyra grey, cried like a baby

[rockstar]

Originally Posted by feartheflames

happiest: secret hideaway... tennesse chin

Originally Posted by feartheflames

saddest: mad world gary roberts

Hockey on the mind? I thought it was by Gary Jules, not Roberts.

Trout, I agree, Brick is a fantastic tune but very sad. "Evaporated," the last song on that CD, is another sad one, as is "Smoke"...on the other side of the coin are "Kate," "Steven's Last Night in Town," both very jolly tunes. BFF were good for touching all emotions in their songs.

Another really great song that can be the happiest song in the world at one time, and the saddest another, is "Viðrar Vel Til Loftarasa" by Sigur Ros, probably my favourite song in the world for the last two years.

[Iggy Snipe]

Anytime I hear the Song "ring of fire" by Johnny Cash, it puts a smile on my face.

I guess it could be because they play it at the Flames games all the time, while were winning.