The saddest song you've ever heard.
 

What's the saddest song you ever remember hearing?

I was thinking about in the other night and I came to the conclusion that it could be Sufjan Stevens' - "John Wayne Gacy jr."

I don't consider myself a weenie, but this song nearly always makes me cry.

Früchte des Zorns - Die Welt dreht in ihren Fugen

Teenage Riot- That song always makes me feel down. I always feel I am missing out in life.

Also "Shoe-in" by Ida.

God, that song is sad.

Outside the glass - the black heart procession is the first one that comes to my mind.

Japan's "Nightporter". It just sounds... hopeless.

EDIT- And New Order's "In A Lonely Place", the b-side of Ceremony.

Sunflower by Low

As you said Low, I remembered "Shame". That was a killer, too.

Joy Division - New Dawn Fades

"Oh, I've walked on water, run through fire,
Can't seem to feel it anymore"

Indifference to life shatteringly encapsulated in two lines.

Waiting Around To Die - Townes Van Zandt

At the moment, Les Ivrognes Amoreaux by Ghedalia Tazartes is about the saddest thing I can think of:

DivShare File - Les_Ivrognes_Amoureux.mp3

john lennon singing a song called my mum is dead. i nearly burst into tears when hearing that.

its strange because i can associate a happy song with a given mood, moment or person so it can become a sad song, if you get what i mean. that can also be the other way around.

'Dreamin' - Lou Reed.

'Hurt' as sung by Johnny Cash.
Love, death, joy, lonliness and pain have never been so well expressed

"Without You" by Badfinger. I remember hearing the Harry Nielsen cover on the radio in the late '70's, and thinking how unhappy it sounded. Kinda prefer the (original) Badfinger version. Can't stand that fucking Mariah Carey one though.

Off You by the Breeders is saddening
Suicidal Thoughts by Biggy is depressing. Is there a difference between depressing and saddening?

I am the same way jon boy.

THANK YOU. Nobody ever realizes that Badfinger wrote that song. I love Harry Nielsen's version though. Both versions are very sad indeed. Didn't two of the guys from Badfinger commit suicide? I think Mariah Carey's version is what killed Harry Nielsen. Now if someone covers it again, maybe it will kill her...

The KKK Took My Baby Away by the Ramones

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A lot of early Red House Painters songs which were based off a recent break up. You could really feel the lyrics and what Mark Kozelek was going through. What's that song on REM Green about the retarded kid that watches all the other kids play from the window but never joins end. That's pretty fucking sad.