Sad Songs/Pieces of Music

Kintarō Hattori

Myself and the missus were lying back and relaxing the other day having a natter as you do. I had a random assortment of mellow music playing in the background and at one point noticed she was crying. I asked her what was wrong and she told me she thought the piece of music was very sad. It was a piece from Amelie. I was a little surprised as I thought it was somewhat optimistic myself.

So good peeps. What songs/pieces of music do you find sad (in the emotional sense smartypants :pac:) She found the following very sad:

Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi
Adagio for Strings (I can understand this one!)

Karl Hungus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YkHJJi-tc

gustavo

I like the music used in this section of the Simpsons its fairly moving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA2wYg_fomE

stovelid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ot9INo7Zvw

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpgyTl8yqbw

cormie

I'm in no way a Final Fantasy person at all, never even played it, but I found this piece in some "related video" link ages ago and it's very beautiful and quite sad. The video works really well with it too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSnR80kY0m0

Karl Hungus

cormie wrote: »

I'm in no way a Final Fantasy person at all, never even played it, but I found this piece in some "related video" link ages ago and it's very beautiful and quite sad.

Nobuo Uematsu is an absolutely incredible composer, he's written some absolutely remarkable music, and you don't need to be a fan of the games at all to appreciate it. Here's one incredible piece of his orchestrated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYecLvwOiVA

Beautiful.

Latchy

I have a love of popular classics / instrumentals and just like OP's choice , find Raymond Lefevre's Soul coaxing to be quite uplifting but depending on ones mood ,could also make one sad .

Soul Coaxing

cormie

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Nobuo Uematsu is an absolutely incredible composer, he's written some absolutely remarkable music, and you don't need to be a fan of the games at all to appreciate it. Here's one incredible piece of his orchestrated:

Beautiful.

As far as I can gather, it's not actually Nobuo's piece that I linked to and the song isn't actually part of FF at all. It's from an album called "Thảo Nguyên Xanh" is all I know so far. Very nice though and does sound quite like Nubuo.

Karl Hungus

cormie wrote: »

As far as I can gather, it's not actually Nobuo's piece that I linked to and the song isn't actually part of FF at all. It's from an album called "Thảo Nguyên Xanh" is all I know so far. Very nice though and does sound quite like Nubuo.

Ah right, well Nobuo still rocks.

Borneo Fnctn

The song by Moby from the final scene in the movie Heat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doyix3dRGb8&feature=related

Kold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8IFIBbO5wM

Always strikes a cord.


I always think that No Surprises is terribly sad too. Not so much the composition, which is why it's so sad. It's a theme that strikes home with a lot I'd imagine. The point where one just gets so very fed up with constant hurt that you pray to be numb. The lyrics are so tragic yet the music is throwing up the facade of comfort. It's a really sad song pretending to be a lullabye.


@OP If you like that song I suggest checking out Yann Tiersen - L'Absente. It's another beautiful composition by Yann Tiersen. Ludovico Einaudi is also a fantastic piano composer and player.

Moonlight Sonata has always mesmerised me since I ever discovered music even if it has been cliche'd to death.

loyatemu

Grandaddy - "Underneath the weeping willow"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYeNZkqCWHw

and of course

Spinal Tap "Lick my love pump"

its in D minor - the saddest of all keys...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5dnVlbKgoM

LegacyUser

have a look at this, some very sad stuff on it.

myspace.com/patrickleydon

razorblunt

Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

Rigsby

By far the saddest song I know is...... "Old Shep" by Elvis.

I cry rivers any time I hear it.

HalloweenJack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZTkqNiVfTc

Scubadevils

I've mentioned this track on other threads for other reasons but it fits here perfectly. One of the most amazing and sad pieces of music I have ever heard...

Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgQyIMX_XU

sedohre

May be sad for some and up lifting for others.

Beautiful song either way.

Kevster

Nothing is quite as sad and piercing as Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Air' on the G String. Another good one is Stanley Myers' Cavatina.

Fanny Cradock

Anything form Gorecki's Symphony No.3: Sorrowful Songs.


But especially this one:

humberklog

Janis Ian's- At 17. This clips from The Old Grey Whistle Test and comes with a little intro.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHOIT1ROk8

Kintarō Hattori

gustavo wrote: »

I like the music used in this section of the Simpsons its fairly moving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA2wYg_fomE

Wow that's really lovely, does anyone know what it is?

cormie wrote: »

I'm in no way a Final Fantasy person at all, never even played it, but I found this piece in some "related video" link ages ago and it's very beautiful and quite sad. The video works really well with it too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSnR80kY0m0

Excellent piece of music there cormie.

latchyco wrote: »

I have a love of popular classics / instrumentals and just like OP's choice , find Raymond Lefevre's Soul coaxing to be quite uplifting but depending on ones mood ,could also make one sad .

Soul Coaxing

Hmnn not one I found particuarly sad or moving but what a great piece of music, thanks for helping me discover it. I think I'll have to check out some of Raymond Lefevre's other work as a result.

Kold wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8IFIBbO5wM

Always strikes a cord.


I always think that No Surprises is terribly sad too. Not so much the composition, which is why it's so sad. It's a theme that strikes home with a lot I'd imagine. The point where one just gets so very fed up with constant hurt that you pray to be numb. The lyrics are so tragic yet the music is throwing up the facade of comfort. It's a really sad song pretending to be a lullabye.


@OP If you like that song I suggest checking out Yann Tiersen - L'Absente. It's another beautiful composition by Yann Tiersen. Ludovico Einaudi is also a fantastic piano composer and player.

Moonlight Sonata has always mesmerised me since I ever discovered music even if it has been cliche'd to death.

Ahh Moonlight Sonata, so obvious it almost shouldn't be allowed, a great piece of music.

Felixdhc wrote: »

I've mentioned this track on other threads for other reasons but it fits here perfectly. One of the most amazing and sad pieces of music I have ever heard...

Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgQyIMX_XU

I'd forgotten about that. Excellent.

sedohre wrote: »

May be sad for some and up lifting for others.

Beautiful song either way.

It's a lovely song alright. I guess it can go either way depending on your mood.

Kintarō Hattori

Simply because when it's performed well it's stunningly beautiful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stCKjZniMsQ

It might not be an obvious one but when I'm out walking or travelling somewhere and have this coming through the headphones it strikes a chord with me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFPMPLELTZU

This is far too short, I really wish it were longer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-AthwabOLI

cson

Two for me;

Moby - Porcelain
Snow Patrol - You Could Be Happy

Nailz

"Atmosphere" by Joy Division, sad circumstancually anyway.

Latchy

cormie wrote: »

I'm in no way a Final Fantasy person at all, never even played it, but I found this piece in some "related video" link ages ago and it's very beautiful and quite sad. The video works really well with it too

As above, very much in the same vien as this one from secret garden - Nocturne

Some pleasent selections in the thread all round

WindSock

I wish my baby was born by Tim Erikson on the Cold Mountain soundtrack.

ccosgrave

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Wow that's really lovely, does anyone know what it is?

That piece of music from the Simpsons is called Everyday by Carly Commando. I think it can be downloaded for free from here: http://www.last.fm/music/Carly+Commando

The video is a reference to this YouTube video where it first became popular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo

It's an excellent piece of music though.

It reminds me of "Before Dawn" by Isaac Shepherd, as was used in this game: http://www.isaacshepard.com/music/swept-away/music-catch/

RAFC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPGztcSCznw&feature=related

Calling All Angels from the film Pay it Forward

Kold

Another one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDfktCwyeyA

Aphex Twin - Kesson Dalef

jill_valentine

No Surprises and Adagio are good ones. One of the saddest songs I've ever heard is Arcade Fire's In The Backseat, though. It's not everybody's cup of tea, the way they use her voice is definitely an acquired taste and all, but I mean -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTKLIv3SiRk

-is really damn sad. Plus:

Regine Chassagne wrote:

"In the backseat" is about how I behave in a car. And how I wish my Dad taught me how to drive. And how I woke up one morning and had to take a cab to find out that my mom was dead.

I mean, unless you actually strangled a bunch of kittens midsong, it doesn't really get sadder than that.

Failing that, Feist's Intuition is apparently impossible to find a decent recording of on Youtube, but always gets me. Anything Thom Yorke touches turns to sad. Smashing Pumpkins used to be a good bet, too, Blank Page is desperately sad, I think.

Pighead

Pigheads no girl but truth be told, first time this was heard there was almost a couple of glassy eyes in the house. Sad lyrics, sad voice and even the instruments sound like they're heartbroken (check out the weeping violins circa the four minute mark.

Though I have a broken heart
Im too busy to be heartbroken
Theres a lot of things that need to be done
Lord I have a broken heart

Though I have a broken dream
Im too busy to be dreaming of you
Theres a lot of things that I gotta do
Lord I have a broken dream

And Im wasted all the time
Ive gotta drink you right off of my mind
Ive been told that this will heal given time
Lord I have a broken heart

And Im crying all the time
I have to keep it covered up with a smile
And Ill keep on moving on for a while
Lord I have a broken heart

jill_valentine

Bloody hell. Never heard Spiritualized before. So that's what all the fuss is about.

Zangetsu

Acoustic version of guitar gently weeps with the violins, dammit george you cut me deep

MoominPapa

Always get me:
Song to the Siren - Tim Buckley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h89AKTkGyeM

tech77

Nick Cave- People just ain't no good or
Into My Arms.

Nightwish

Dead can Dance - Summoning of the Muse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbkhe8-cvYI

Shryke

Elliott Smith was a genius with this soft sad melodic stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHDbCC0Ongs

An obvious choice by Mogwai:

Edit to add these two...

Nine Inch Nails, Ghosts, Track 28:

Biffy:

Roxanne

Some beautiful pieces of music posted here, some I have never heard before so thanks all for sharing. In particular to the OP for the particular link to Samuel Barber - the poem accompanying the music is just beautiful and so meaningful.

And now for my own contributions:):

Hard to beat this one imo!

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s

This is a beautiful song, brings a tear to my eye every time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtiqJCzgHs

shane86

Brilliant use of Cats in the Cradle in line with the plot of this ad from the Troubles.

Of course, being 7 or 8 at the time I thought the ad was the height of coolness mainly because it shows people getting shot :rolleyes:

Town I Loved so Well is another one.

DenMan

Claudia's Allegro Agitato - Interview With The Vampire Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RrBCABllRo

Stench Blossoms

Sia - Breathe Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6PGrub3jUc

joulter

new order/joy division 'ceremony'

album version is better...something about the chords and i suppose the history of the song aswell...

tech77

The Smiths- Asleep.
Beautiful but bleak tune.

gustavo

tech77 wrote: »

Nick Cave-
Into My Arms.

I don't find that sad at all , just incredibly joyous

MoominPapa

Should have thought of this one before
Anthony & the Johnsons Hope there's someone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMIFDm7rS8

Beautiful and terrifying

biko

Honey - Bobby Goldsboro

Ballad - New Model Army
When they look back at us and they write down their history
What will they say about our generation?
We're the ones who knew everything still we did nothing
Harvested everything, planted nothing
........
Well I stand on these hills and I watch Her at night
A thousand square miles, a million orange lights
Wounded and scared, She lies silent in pain
Raped and betrayed in the cold acid rain
And I wish and I wish
We could start over again
Yes I wish and I wish
We could win back Her love once again...

Whipping Boy

It was already mentioned but 'Moonlight Sonata' gets me everytime!

Elliott Smith has a fair few sad songs but this is my favourite: Twilight

Resi12

Christina Aguleria - Hurt..

jill_valentine

MoominPapa wrote: »

Should have thought of this one before
Anthony & the Johnsons Hope there's someone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMIFDm7rS8

Beautiful and terrifying

Holy Moses, I'd completely forgotten about this song. Everybody go and listen to this album again, urgently.

Mark2229

This song may not be sad but trust me listen to it after you get dumped...i miss you by blink 182... Another 1 is im lost without you by blink 182.