Saddest/most emotional song ever?

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  • beast1982beast1982 Posts: 5,350
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    It has to be You'll Never Walk Alone....not cos of the football..but because of what the song means to people esp in Liverpool....never fails to make me,and many others cry!
  • shuddupfluffyshuddupfluffy Posts: 3,274
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    Stay on these Roads by A-ha, written after Pal Waaktaar's child was still-born!

    Very moving song!
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    Has to be 'Hope there's someone' by Antony & The Johnsons for me, actually most of their stuff is heartbreaking!!

    Also Damien Rice and 'Cold Water'.......very moving.
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    "Missing You"- Tina Turner.
    the best cover of this song by far, such raw,powerful emotion.
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    Although it is V cheesy - Ronan Keating - If tomorrow never comes. I like his version better then the original.

    Holding back the years - Simply Red. Especially when I watch the episode of OFAH where Rodney gets married & Del has been beat up. Del is left on his own in the reception hall as this song is playing. :o:cry:

    One of the last times I saw my friends dad alive ( He had cancer), we were watching celebrity stars in their eyes (again :o ) and the girl who played Chloe in Emmerdale sang 'Time to say goodbye'. We all sat there & wept quietly as we knew nothing could be done for him. Still chokes me when I hear it now. :(:cry:
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    spendleb wrote:
    Has to be 'Hope there's someone' by Antony & The Johnsons for me, actually most of their stuff is heartbreaking!!

    Also Damien Rice and 'Cold Water'.......very moving.

    youve got excellent choice in music spendleb, both these artists are my personal faves.
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    Into My Arms - Nick Cave
  • SloopySloopy Posts: 65,209
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    Save Me a Place by Fleetwood Mac :cry:
  • shandygirl1211shandygirl1211 Posts: 2,667
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    Cancer - My Chemical Romance everytime I hear it


    Hear you Me - Jimmy Eat World
    Hurt - Nine Inch Nails (and Johnny Cash)
    Unintended - Muse
    Drugs Don't Work - Verve
    Will you - Hazel O'Connor
    Dear God - XTC
    Wake me up when September Ends - Green Day
    Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (much more moving than Rufus IMO)
    How to save a Life - The Fray
    and I am sure many more I will think of later
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    No More Drama MARY J BLIGE
  • PANNAL1PANNAL1 Posts: 8,905
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    Jennifer Hudsons version of I Am Telling You im not going is emotional

    also..Nilsson Without You
    Roy Orbison..Crying

    Diana Ross..Touch Me In The Morning

    Elton John..Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
  • MilhouseVHMilhouseVH Posts: 636
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    Israel Kamakawiwo Ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=2A2Jt4WOxN8

    Not really the best video for this track but it's the song that counts... probably good for a funeral. :)
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    There are many...but the first that comes to mind for me would be The Cranberries "No Need To Argue".

    Id always thought this was a very sad song...but i saw a film a few years ago and this song was played at the end at a very emotional and tragic part of the film which made it even more sad :(
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    I'd go with 'Cancer' absolutely.

    And Muse - Muscle Museum makes me cry.
  • pburke90pburke90 Posts: 14,753
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    In Shrek, it doesn't sound like Rufus's version that was used. The voice sounds totally different. Any idea who's version was actually used?

    EDIT - Never mind, after some searching, I found that it was actually John Cale who performed it in the film, but Rufus' version was put on the soundtrack.

    Paddy :D
  • skazzaskazza Posts: 4,983
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    I prefer Leonard Cohen's original 'Hallelujah.'

    'Wish You Were Here' (Pink Floyd) gets me, as does 'Song to the Siren' by Tim Buckley. I also shed a tear to 'New Dawn Fades' by Joy Division, and 'Crowds' by Bauhaus, and about a million other songs...
  • MilhouseVHMilhouseVH Posts: 636
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    Kate Bush - This Womans Work

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hm901CXujEg

    Also, a third rate cover by someone called Maxwell, who really should consider giving up the day job based on this effort. The Maxwell cover seems to be getting a fair bit of airplay in US dramas, God knows why... the original is 100 times better. The blokes got a truly annoying voice - could probably shatter glass. :)

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=qMiF9j15pgs
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    Natalie Merchant - My Skin ( link below )

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXprAYLOh9A

    And Also "My Immortal" - Evanescence
  • smile371smile371 Posts: 10,202
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    aerosmith - i don't wanna miss a thing
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    Pearl Jam - Black
    Nine Inch Nails - Hurt

    xx
  • PANNAL1PANNAL1 Posts: 8,905
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    Stereophonics..Local Boy In The Photograph from their great first album

    Manic Street Preachers..The Everlasting

    Whitney Houston..I Have nothing
  • The SwampsterThe Swampster Posts: 8,384
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    Drugs Don't Work always makes me cry ever since somebody told me it was about Richard Ashcroft's father. Actually, I think lots of Ashcroft's songs have a very beautiful and melancholic quality.
    Karen Carpenter's is the most sad-sounding vocal I've ever heard - even when she's singing quite cheesy songs.
    I'd also nominate Hurt by Johnny Cash.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 267
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    Does anyone know or remember The Deal by Pat Campbell? Not really a 'song' as the lyrics were spoken but certainly emotional.
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    Heaven - Bryan Adams

    and the cover versions are sad too


    She's Gone - Hall and Oates
    (also done by Tavares)

    I compiled a list of sad songs when Diana Spencer died, they played a fair few on the radio at that time.
  • I_AM_IRONIC_MANI_AM_IRONIC_MAN Posts: 113
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    Without You - Nilsson

    This may seem like a cheesy choice, but two of the writers of this song commited suicide. :eek:

    Makes it a lot more meaningful and poignant.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_You
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