Anything by Bread.
One song in particular , the title now eludes me, “why can’t I have you...” or something to that effect. The ugly crying begins a few seconds in.
This Is The Beginning Of The End, sung by a young Frank Sinatra.
It reminds me of the time towards the end of my marriage.
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Fast Car by Tracy Chapman. When I was young I listened to it so many times and I thought it was a hopeful song but now that I'm older I find it just a terribly sad and depressing statement about the struggles of women in an unforgiving society.
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell, such a great melody but oh boy such depressing lyrics.
The cover of "Autumn leaves" by Eva Cassidy. Every time I hear her singing it gives me chills..
I also love many sad songs by Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen, and also "le poinçonneur des lilas" by Serge Gainsbourg.
wreck on the highway
racing in the street
he's kind of made a career out of writting sad songs
almost his entire new album Western stars is sooooo sad
stones
jack of all trades
devil's arcade
these are all my favourites
im drawn to the dark tracks
live is usually better
its really hard to stop but i could be bringing on eye rolling
Let's just kiss and say goodbye -The Manhattans
Missy....Joni, Joni, Joni
There's never a bad time to hear a Joni song.......
So many other beautiful sad songs mentioned so far....
This line always gets me...
IN the lonely light of morning, in the wound that would not heal, it's the bitter taste of losing everything that I've held so dear....
You are a true blue Bruce Springsteen fan. I admire your hardcore passion for him and his music.
Yes, both songs are favorites of mine as well though I haven't listened to them in a while. Now I have to go dig out some Yves Montand and Jacques Brel! Thanks for sharing them
One sad/nostalgic album that I like to listen to is Rose Kennedy by Benjamin Biolay, especially "Novembre toute l'année" but the whole album has that melancholic feeling.
Another few favorites of mine are Joy Division's "Love will tear us apart", Robbie William's "Angels" and Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt". I like a lot of sad music!
And this one is a masterpiece.
Ditto. I love everything by Bread. I don't know which specific song you are referring to-I did a search and there are many songs with similar phrasing but not those exact words that I could find. But I so agree that anything by Bread can make me cry. Love them. This song is a sad one.
Heartbreaking.