The Saddest Songs Ever (lyrics, great song, beatles, rolling stones, neil young)

lucifer_sam · 08-10-2008, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Blitzwing

I have to agree with most of the people that said Johnny Cash. A lot of his songs were so sad and depressing. The songs "I Hung My Head" and "Hurt" are so deeply emotional that it makes me want to cry when listening to him say the words.

I Hung My Head was written by Sting, not Johnny Cash. And Hurt was written by Trent Reznor. But his cover outperforms Reznor's by a highway mile.

I honestly prefer the American recordings to almost all of his earlier works. America V - A Hundred Highways was easily his best album ever, and Rick Rubin is scheduled to produce another two posthumous albums.

Blitzwing · 08-10-2008, 08:05 PM

I know they weren't written by Johnny Cash. It's just when he sings them...or talk sings them, it's very depressing. It's almost as if he knew what was coming.

ProggyMan · 08-11-2008, 01:09 AM

What does it matter, a dream of love
Or a dream of lies
We're all gonna be in the same place
When we die
Your spirit don't leave knowing
Your face or your name
And the wind through your bones
Is all that remains
And we're all gonna be
We're all gonna be
Just dirt in the ground

The quill from a buzzard
The blood writes the word
I want to know am I the sky
Or a bird
'Cause hell is boiling over
And heaven is full
We're chained to the world
And we all gotta pull
And we're all gonna be
Just dirt in the ground

Now the killer was smiling
With nerves made of stone
He climbed the stairs
And the gallows groaned
And the people's hearts were pounding
They were throbbing, they were red
As he swung out ofver the crowd
I heard the hangman said
We're all gonna be
Just dirt in the ground

Now Cain slew Abel
He killed him with a stone
The sky cracked open
And the thunder groaned
Along a river of flesh
Can these dry bones live?
Ask a king or a beggar
And the answer they'll give
Is we're all gonna be
Yea yeah
We're all gonna be just
Dirt in the ground

FireInCairo · 08-11-2008, 07:25 AM

love will tear us apart
and
shes lost control
- joy division

No surprises- radiohead

uknowwho90 · 08-11-2008, 08:48 AM

don't jump-tokio hotel
on the edge-tokio hotel
missing-Evanescence
valentines day-linkin park
in the end-linkin park
adam's song-blink182

Minstrel · 08-11-2008, 03:30 PM

"Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones is, in my opinion, the best song about grief ever made. The lyrics are powerful, evocative and poetic...no simple, generic sentimentality.

MysteryWhiteBoy · 08-11-2008, 11:18 PM

Yesterday- Beatles
Last Goodbye- Jeff Buckley
Lover, You Should Have Come Over- Jeff Buckley
Butterfly- Weezer
A Day in the Life- Beatles
Dust In the Wind- Kansas
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant- Billy Joel
The Great Below- Nine Inch Nails
Do Re Mi- Kurt Cobain
While My Guitar Gently Weeps- Beatles

Mr. Blue Sky, of course- ELO

AsherM · 08-12-2008, 11:54 AM

You Know You're Right- Nirvana (last song recorded before suicide)

Butterfly- Weezer

Heart of Gold- Whoever the hell it was...

I Would do Anything for Love- Meatloaf (I guess lyrically it ends on a positive note, but it still feels pretty somber when I hear it.)

Whatsitoosit · 08-12-2008, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Blitzwing

I know they weren't written by Johnny Cash. It's just when he sings them...or talk sings them, it's very depressing. It's almost as if he knew what was coming.

QFT. I forgot about this one... very sad.

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Originally Posted by AsherM

Heart of Gold- Whoever the hell it was...

Neil Young, awesome song.

MysteryWhiteBoy · 08-12-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by AsherM

You Know You're Right- Nirvana (last song recorded before suicide)

Well, it was the last studio recording he did, but "Do-Re-Mi" was recorded- I think- in his basement last. It's among my favorite Nirvana songs.

08-10-2008, 08:05 PM	#142 (permalink)
Blitzwing Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Posts: 18	I know they weren't written by Johnny Cash. It's just when he sings them...or talk sings them, it's very depressing. It's almost as if he knew what was coming.

08-11-2008, 01:09 AM	#143 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	What does it matter, a dream of love Or a dream of lies We're all gonna be in the same place When we die Your spirit don't leave knowing Your face or your name And the wind through your bones Is all that remains And we're all gonna be We're all gonna be Just dirt in the ground The quill from a buzzard The blood writes the word I want to know am I the sky Or a bird 'Cause hell is boiling over And heaven is full We're chained to the world And we all gotta pull And we're all gonna be Just dirt in the ground Now the killer was smiling With nerves made of stone He climbed the stairs And the gallows groaned And the people's hearts were pounding They were throbbing, they were red As he swung out ofver the crowd I heard the hangman said We're all gonna be Just dirt in the ground Now Cain slew Abel He killed him with a stone The sky cracked open And the thunder groaned Along a river of flesh Can these dry bones live? Ask a king or a beggar And the answer they'll give Is we're all gonna be Yea yeah We're all gonna be just Dirt in the ground

08-11-2008, 07:25 AM	#144 (permalink)
FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	love will tear us apart and shes lost control - joy division No surprises- radiohead

08-11-2008, 08:48 AM	#145 (permalink)
uknowwho90 Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2	don't jump-tokio hotel on the edge-tokio hotel missing-Evanescence valentines day-linkin park in the end-linkin park adam's song-blink182

08-11-2008, 03:30 PM	#146 (permalink)
Minstrel Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 436	"Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones is, in my opinion, the best song about grief ever made. The lyrics are powerful, evocative and poetic...no simple, generic sentimentality.

08-11-2008, 11:18 PM	#147 (permalink)
MysteryWhiteBoy Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9	Yesterday- Beatles Last Goodbye- Jeff Buckley Lover, You Should Have Come Over- Jeff Buckley Butterfly- Weezer A Day in the Life- Beatles Dust In the Wind- Kansas Scenes From an Italian Restaurant- Billy Joel The Great Below- Nine Inch Nails Do Re Mi- Kurt Cobain While My Guitar Gently Weeps- Beatles Mr. Blue Sky, of course- ELO

08-12-2008, 11:54 AM	#148 (permalink)
AsherM Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 53	You Know You're Right- Nirvana (last song recorded before suicide) Butterfly- Weezer Heart of Gold- Whoever the hell it was... I Would do Anything for Love- Meatloaf (I guess lyrically it ends on a positive note, but it still feels pretty somber when I hear it.)