Saddest/most emotional song ever?

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  • 1fab1fab Posts: 20,022
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    Sooo many songs make me cry - sometimes it's just nostalgia. Just recently I've had Then Jerico's The Motive going through my mind. It just triggers some poignant feelings for me.
  • LaVieEnRoseLaVieEnRose Posts: 12,836
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    The (beyond) Bad -

    Season in the Sun - Terry Jacks

    "Goodbye my friend it hard to die, when all the birds are singing in the sky."

    The former is evocative and uplifting, the latter just bloody depressing. When Kate Bush is on my radio, I turn it up, when Terry Jacks is played, I change channel.

    Yes.

    Do listen to the original version of this song, by Jacques Brel. It is edgier and very different from the sickly sentimental American translation sung by TJ.

    Play Jacques not Jacks! :D
  • barbelerbarbeler Posts: 23,827
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    How about Strange Fruit by Billie Holliday?
  • highking1014highking1014 Posts: 1,189
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    Evanescence are the masters of sad songs, e.g. Like you, Hello, Understanding, Breath No More.
  • djfunnymandjfunnyman Posts: 12,510
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    Elton John- Candle in the Wind
    U2- One
  • ashtray88ashtray88 Posts: 1,531
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    Evanescence are the masters of sad songs, e.g. Like you, Hello, Understanding, Breath No More.

    My Immortal, Lost in Paradise, Lithium....
  • cashloot147cashloot147 Posts: 609
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    Britney Spears - Everytime
    Luther Vandross - Dance With My Father
    Miranda Lambert - Over You
    Bellefire - Can't Cry Hard Enough
    Westlife - I'll See You Again
    Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me
    Darius Campbell - Live Twice

    Caledonia - I reckon only Scottish people will get how emotional this song is.
  • SweetHeartHollySweetHeartHolly Posts: 1,555
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    "Dam* Right"-my most favorite singer James Otto :):):)

    God bless you and him always!!! :):):)

    Holly

    P.S. To me, his live performance of this song is where it is all at. :):):)
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Everytime - Britney Spears
    Everyday - Britney Spears (unreleased ballad)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 432
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    Patty Griffin - Nobody's Crying

    This is on the shortlist for songs I want played at my funeral.
  • StubeStube Posts: 16,780
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    Leona Lewis - How Everything You Are
    Leona Lewis - Come Alive (acoustic)
  • RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    Luka by Suzanne Vega
    Clouds Across The Moon by Rah Band
    Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime by The Korgis

    Can't listen to any of these without welling up big time.

    One that never fails to have me bawling is
    Summer (The First Time) by Bobby Goldsboro, it came on Radio Two on Tuesday morning and I had to turn it off before the tears came, I still welled up though!

    All absolutely beautiful songs but I just can't listen to them without bawling!

    Also 'In This Life' by Madonna from her Erotica album, she sings it so beautifully and puts her heart and soul into it.
  • The_ChiefThe_Chief Posts: 46
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    Try 'Strong' by London Grammar and watch the video on Youtube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6drfp_3823I&feature=kp

    i heard it at Glasto on Sunday and looked them up BAM!! instant emotional response!!
  • rachelgatarachelgata Posts: 835
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    This Woman's Work by Kate Bush :(
  • RoseAnneRoseAnne Posts: 3,200
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    Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan

    Beautiful melody, simply sung. with such a heartbreaking lyric which always stops me in my tracks.
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    Nearly everything by Jimmy Ruffin
    Farewell is a lonely sound and my favourite album Sunrise.
  • mattlambmattlamb Posts: 4,471
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    Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles has sad lyrics
  • amanda daisyamanda daisy Posts: 416
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    Gary Barlow - Dying Inside
  • djfunnymandjfunnyman Posts: 12,510
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    Queen - These are the days of our lives
  • RoseAnneRoseAnne Posts: 3,200
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    I've already posted Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert o'Sullivan as my number one saddest song but others are

    Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen
    The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics
    Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles
    Nobody Wins by Elton John
  • ThorneyThorney Posts: 3,361
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    Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

    Definitely in a similar vein I would add the less well known

    Amanda Marshall -Dark Horse
  • cliffy91cliffy91 Posts: 1,462
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    Miss You Nights by Cliff Richard is a beautiful song that gets me all the time
  • Squealer_MahonySquealer_Mahony Posts: 6,483
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    No one but you - Queen
    Heaven for everyone - Queen, I can't listen to it because for some warped reason when it was released it really brought home to me that Freddie was dead and never coming back - even tho there was new music!

    Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton, goes with out saying.

    Ronan - Taylor Swift. Just devastating

    Fly Away - Celine Dion. Written about her little niece that died.

    When Love and Hate Collide - Def Leppard. "if you would only change your mind" :(
  • Sebastian1992Sebastian1992 Posts: 774
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    Lionel Richie- Three times a lady: It was my Nan's favourite song. I can never make it through the song.

    Luther Vandross- Dance with my father : Anyone who's been through bereavement can probably understand this one.

    Celine Dion- Dance with my father : Just to make things better, after Luther died, Celine covered this on an album dedicated to him..I was a huge fan of his, and I have only ever listened to this version once.

    There was that DJ Sammy song, heaven maybe? They did a 9/11 version with a little girl that always leaves me in floods.

    There's quite a few Carrie Underwood tracks I find difficult, including starts with goodbye.

    Thanks to the previous poster for the Taylor Swift one, Ronan, don't think I can listen to that again:cry:.
  • Squealer_MahonySquealer_Mahony Posts: 6,483
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    ^ sorry :( I'm the same though I only heard it the once and couldn't again :(
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