Songs that Make You Sad Every Time you Hear Them

[Bevo Incognito]

For personal reasons, "Dancing Queen" by Abba makes me sad and/or wistful every time I hear it. And, yes, it has to do with a woman.


Also "The Girl Who Got Away" by Sinatra.

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[ctrl+alt+del]

Hands down, Clapton's "Tears in Heaven." It didn't really affect me as a freshman in '91-'92 when it came out even though I knew it was about the death of his son. Once I had children of my own, it was a lot different.

 

[TxStHorn]

These Little Things (Remind Me of You) - Ella Fitzgerald

It's Too Late - Carol King

Memories of You - Benny Goodman

 

[badexcuse]

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I'll Be True To You
The Dance
anything from Townes
most anything from Ryan Adams

 

[That's Right]

I agree with the above poster on The Dance, yet I still LOVE that song.

 

[NatChampUT]

"When she loved me"- Sarah McLaughlin
"Somewhere over the rainbow" sung by Eva Cassidy

 

[kbrown]

"On Saturday Afternoons in 1963" Ricki Lee Jones

 

[Orange&White]

"This is the Last Day of Our Acquaintance" - Sinead O'Conner

 

[atxbaby]

"Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
"Desperado" - Eagles
"Hurt" - Johnny Cash

 

[UT Spring Branch]

Seasons In the Sun by Terry Jackswww.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q1KXAVTZyY

 

[ADMIRALSTOCKDALE]

wish you were here - pink floyd
tell lorrie i love her - keith whitley

 

[jmatt]

Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle"
Mary-Chapin Carpenter's "Halley Came To Jackson"

 

[bevo barry]

"Oh, Girl" by the Chi-Lites.

 

[schnarkle]

Do You Realize - Flaming Lips

 

[breakfast_taco]

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[Endust]

"The Dance".

...and, yeah, i'm embarrassed to admit that.

 

[BornOrange]

"Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton
"Yesterday" - The Beatles
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - George Jones

 

[HornGrandioso]

Rex's Blues - Townes Van Zandt

A few months back I started a thread called "I am making a cd of heartbreaking songs." It may still be search-able. It had some great stuff.

 

[washparkhorn]

Bonnie Raitt - "I can't make you love me."

Steven Curtis Chapman's song "Cinderella" is terribly sad to listen to with the tragic death of his youngest daughter.

 

[El_Oso]

Whenever I hear any SRV a little part of me is sad because his talent and genius will never be heard live again.

 

[I_Dont_Exist]

Unless you're of a certain age or a big Marianne Faithfull fan you may have never heard this one. As the original poster said this one has personal reasons for me.

The Ballad of Lucy Jordan

 

[MaceHorn]

Is It Already Time by George Strait
He Stopped Loving Her Today

 

[Uncle Rico]

amazing grace

 

[buffsoldier]

I'll further the above just a hair:

Amazing Grace on the bagpipes.

Life by the Drop
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day

 

[1990txgirl]

Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg
The Christmas Shoes by Newsong

 

[MezesMan]

"My City of Ruins" - Bruce Springsteen

"What A Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong

 

[Left Hand Black]

"That's my job"---Conway Twitty
I cry like a ***** every time.

"There goes my life"--Kenny Chesney
makes me think about my daughters, and i do get misty.

 

[The Eyes of Texas]

The Gary Jules cover of "Mad World"
David Geddes "The Blind Man in the Bleachers" this is from '75, so most of you probably don't know it.
For some reason Bob Seger's "You're Still the Same" always puts me in a melancholy mood.

 

[Basketball Jones]

"Boomer Sooner"

 

[pecos blingsly]

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