Most Depressing Songs...

[bladeboss]

Not much more depressing than being possessed and giving up on life
[video=youtube;WiEJOzAVAXc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiEJOzAVAXc[/video]
[video=youtube;fPVUa29kHu8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPVUa29kHu8[/video]

 

[555]

[video=youtube;G-MXWa9puPQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-MXWa9puPQ[/video]

 

[Zidfeldts]

My all time favorite song: "I Wish It Would Rain" by the Temptations. The story behind the song is even more depressing.

 

[Russ Andrews]

"Day for Decision"...Johnny Sea (60s)
"So Lonesome I Could Cry"...Hank Williams (40s)

 

[dttomcat]

The Eagles "Wasted Time".

 

[Rupestris]

My all time favorite song: "I Wish It Would Rain" by the Temptations. The story behind the song is even more depressing.

An all time favorite here too. :thumbup:

Saddest song ever:

[video=youtube;HWjB1X-cqsM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWjB1X-cqsM[/video]

 

[Shann]

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot is a good one. Also, "If you could read my mind"

Righteous Brothers "Lost that loving feeling"

 

[Ken44]

Anything Taylor Swift

Well, this one sure is. She wrote if for the Standup2cancer show after reading the mothers blog about her son.

[video=youtube_share;tvN7BOAQn9I]http://youtu.be/tvN7BOAQn9I[/video]

[video=youtube_share;wRHyM9hcRIs]http://youtu.be/wRHyM9hcRIs[/video]



My daughters dog got killed when she was 7, and she's 17 now and still won't listen to this song. If it came on the radio she would make me turn it fast.

[video=youtube_share;WM7-PYtXtJM]http://youtu.be/WM7-PYtXtJM[/video]

 

[bld522]

I doubt you'll find anything more depressing than this:

[video=youtube;h4ZyuULy9zs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs[/video]

FYI: The song has been covered by artists, as well as inspiring novels, other poems and other creative works. In 1978 Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit

 

[Ken44]

[video=youtube_share;Q8z4SEbsqbw]http://youtu.be/Q8z4SEbsqbw[/video]

 

[555]

[video=youtube;kjq4wYuwgxs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjq4wYuwgxs[/video]

 

[555]

[video=youtube;soDZBW-1P04]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soDZBW-1P04[/video]

 

[dougcov]

George Jones : He Stopped ing Her Today

 

[DB731]

"Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen

 

[Knifenutty]

Hurt by Johnny Cash

 

[bobo383]

Another vote for Hurt, Johnny Cash version. Close runner up would be:
[video=youtube_share;ug8vrxMekAU]http://youtu.be/ug8vrxMekAU[/video]

 

[Ken44]

[video=youtube_share;k9Itt02QOO0]http://youtu.be/k9Itt02QOO0[/video]

 

[Bob W]

I Nominate Harry Chapin "Cat's in the Cradle"

Darn-near uplifting compared to Taxi, which someone promptly listed.

Take your pick from nearly any Leonard Cohen.

The Stranger Song, as used here in the film, McCabe and Mrs. Miller. I can't watch this film without an extra blanket, even in the summer.

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[DB731]

"ain't it fun" by the Dead Boys

 

[Bufford]

Billy Thorpe 21st Century Man. The entire album, with its emotional overtones of guitar and synthesizers.