saddest song

[kolby182]

so i think these songs are sad as hell and when i play them for people that aren't familiar with the band they say "what the fuck is wrong with you? why dont you go cut your wrists now"

[Bloodsucker II]

i love me some Limousine. Its got a freaken sad story behind it.

[11:11]

i love me some Limousine. Its got a freaken sad story behind it.
What's the story?

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

bright eyes - lime tree

[Bloodsucker II]

What's the story?

It's a true story about a little flower girl who got in a car accident with a drunk driver after the wedding and was instantly killed.

Heres the story: http://www.1010wins.com/pages/109772.php?contentType=4&contentId=224973

[11:11]

It's a true story about a little flower girl who got in a car accident with a drunk driver after the wedding and was instantly killed.

Heres the story: http://www.1010wins.com/pages/109772.php?contentType=4&contentId=224973
Wow. That song just took on a whole new meaning for me.

[Bloodsucker II]

^^^ Yeah, I know dude. That story is crazy.

Another really awesome/sad song is Timothy by As Cities Burn

[ihatecayte]

other: brick- ben folds five.
gives me chills every single time.

limousine is a close second, however.

[kazuma_ootaro28]

"Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton

Out of the four choices, I'd say "Limousine", but I don't really know the story behind the other three songs.

[jay_klinkhammer]

Sleeper 1972

[kolby182]

"Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton

Out of the four choices, I'd say "Limousine", but I don't really know the story behind the other three songs.

well the story adds to it completely but the lyrics just make my fucking heart hurt (on all of them). "I can feel a hot one" andy hull said he had been on tour for so long and missed his wife entirely so he wrote it about the saddest situation possible, which was losing her (i.e. the song is alledgedly about her dying in a car accident while pregnant with his daughter). "Sleeper 1972" is about a dream Andy Hull had about his dad dying. "I was a cage" is the final song on "The Eventually Home" by Andy Hull's side project Right Away, Great Captain which is a concept trilogy concerning a sailor who is away at sea for 3 years(ish) and just before he leaves he catches his wife sleeping with his brother. "I was a cage" is him "coming home and seeing them together in bed before he kills her" (quoted from andy at a record store performance in cincinnati before he played it)......the main reason this song kills me is because it came out THE DAY after i found out my girlfriend of 3 years slept with someone else and was moving out. she then said "i fell out of love with you last month" (first sentence of the song "It must have been a month since you last loved me") this is why i worship music and im sure the reason most of us on this site do.


*sorry for gramatical errors or any incorrect information...just letting it be know from what i've read online.

[Misstamara]

My Heroine By Silverstien!!!!!!!!
And Saosin-your Not Alone
<3

[kazuma_ootaro28]

well the story adds to it completely but the lyrics just make my fucking heart hurt (on all of them). "I can feel a hot one" andy hull said he had been on tour for so long and missed his wife entirely so he wrote it about the saddest situation possible, which was losing her (i.e. the song is alledgedly about her dying in a car accident while pregnant with his daughter). "Sleeper 1972" is about a dream Andy Hull had about his dad dying. "I was a cage" is the final song on "The Eventually Home" by Andy Hull's side project Right Away, Great Captain which is a concept trilogy concerning a sailor who is away at sea for 3 years(ish) and just before he leaves he catches his wife sleeping with his brother. "I was a cage" is him "coming home and seeing them together in bed before he kills her" (quoted from andy at a record store performance in cincinnati before he played it)......the main reason this song kills me is because it came out THE DAY after i found out my girlfriend of 3 years slept with someone else and was moving out. she then said "i fell out of love with you last month" (first sentence of the song "It must have been a month since you last loved me") this is why i worship music and im sure the reason most of us on this site do.


*sorry for gramatical errors or any incorrect information...just letting it be know from what i've read online.

Seems like the story behind "I Can Feel A Hot One" and "Sleeper 1972" are as sad as the one behind "Limousine". The story behind "I Was A Cage" sounds disturbing (unless it's some sort of metaphor), but I could see how it connects with the listener (maybe except for that "he kills her" part). Thanks for the explanation though.

[kolby182]

Seems like the story behind "I Can Feel A Hot One" and "Sleeper 1972" are as sad as the one behind "Limousine". The story behind "I Was A Cage" sounds disturbing (unless it's some sort of metaphor), but I could see how it connects with the listener (maybe except for that "he kills her" part). Thanks for the explanation though.

"I was a cage" is a fictional story from what i've gathered.

p.s. i killed my ex


p.s.s. kidding

[domotime2]

other isnt winning? hahaha

ill say any song by Elliot Smith...specifically twilight.

[kazuma_ootaro28]

"I was a cage" is a fictional story from what i've gathered.

Yeah, I know it was, but the story still sounded kind of, I guess, disturbingly sad in a way. I still have to listen to this band's music though.

[Neo Cassady]

The Spill Canvas - "The Tide"
and as already mentioned, "Brick"

[kolby182]

Yeah, I know it was, but the story still sounded kind of, I guess, disturbingly sad in a way. I still have to listen to this band's music though.

get at it....promise it is worth it

[etheritcher]

"Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton

Out of the four choices, I'd say "Limousine", but I don't really know the story behind the other three songs.

Tears In Heaven is probably one of the saddest songs ever. I tear up when I hear it.

[NEP633]

converge- the saddest day

[Alex DiVincenzo]

Saddest song for me is probably "Winter" by Bayside for obvious reasons

[just.Starla.]

other isnt winning? hahaha

ill say any song by Elliot Smith...specifically twilight.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Either that or No Lies, Just Love by Bright Eyes.

[Piss]

adams song

[TheZeroKid]

Your New Twin Sized Bed and Cath... off of Narrow Stairs by Death Cab is a pretty sad song, though it's hidden in upbeat melodies. Also, if anybody gets the chance, take the time to listen to Wrapped In Piano Strings by Radical Face. It's off the album Ghost, and that song, as well as every song on there isn't just sad, it's haunting.

[briewer]

"Butterfly" by Weezer. I tear up every time I hear it.

[danjonesdj]

2.45am- Elliott Smith. 'Looking for the man that attacked me, while everybody was laughing at me'
Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead. 'If I could be who you wanted, all the time'
Poison Oak- Bright Eyes. 'The sound of lonliness makes me happier'
Horn- Nick Drake. No lyrics, it just makes me cry from start to finish.
Anything by Bemis Pre In Defense of The Genre
Any Sigur Ros song

[showyourteeth]

sleeper 1972 is damn sad
but for me the winner would be
"lua" by bright eyes

[1021]

"sleeper 1972" totally takes the cake. even if you don't know the story - with the "everywheeeeere" part near the end.. damn.

other very sad songs:

"personal" by stars.
"what sarah said" by death cab for cutie [has amazing lyrics].
"i can feel your pain" by manchester orchestra [surprised this wasn't here instead of "i can feel a hot one"].
"videotape" by radiohead.
"streets of philadelphia" by bruce sprinsteen.

and, i have to include "not as we" by alanis morrissette. it really is very sad.

edit: and let's not forget "mad world"!

[ManchesterOrch8]

Wow. That song just took on a whole new meaning for me.


Yeah, either the last time I saw Brand New, or the time before last, Jesse said, "This is a song called Limosine"

and I was on the rail, right in front of Derick, and I just screamed "YEAHHHH!" like an immature fan boy,


and I instantly just realized...oh, this is a really sad song...fuck.


lol

[ManchesterOrch8]

"sleeper 1972" totally takes the cake. even if you don't know the story - with the "everywheeeeere" part near the end.. damn.



There is no story, it's a dream Andy had, not a real occurrence.

[batmannj]

^^^ Yeah, I know dude. That story is crazy.

Another really awesome/sad song is Timothy by As Cities Burn

I agree. Timothy is a great song, but it is so sad what happened to him.

[Yellowcard2006]

Either Jesus Christ -Brand New or Weatherman +44

[xJesusFreakx]

I didn't feel like picking "other," so I picked "Limousine." However, the saddest song, at least for me, is "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" by Radiohead. I don't even know most of that song's lyrics, but no other song affects me quite like it does. There's just something about the vocals, instruments, and production that's so unnaturally depressing.

[xsinkshipsx]

I'd say that "milestone" is the saddest when it comes to brand new songs....

[Un'Aria Ancora]

Everything's Too Cold...
The Early November.

[tommy's ghost]

Limousine is one of my favorite songs ever. I always say that it's Brand New's Stairway. Haha.

[1021]

There is no story, it's a dream Andy had, not a real occurrence.

ok.. and since when does a story have to be about a real occurence? i'm pretty sure the chronicles of narnia isn't a real occurence, but that's a story. there's a story behind "sleeper 1972", and even though it's about a dream, it's sad as hell. haha. simple as that.

[Elbozonic]

Untitled #1 by Sigur Ros. its just sad..

[notoaststereo]

hurt - nine inch nails

[kesto4]

FM Static - Tonight
Yellowcard - Empty Apartment
Simple Plan - Untitled
Evanescence (sp?) - My Immortal
Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me

Those are some very sad songs...especially those first 3. If you have never listened to the the first one, I'd reccomend it. It's a very good, heartfelt song about the singers brothers who died. I found out about this song after a girl in my high school died in a car crash and her boyfriend had just told her it should be "their song". Ironically, she died in a car crash just like in the song. My girlfriend was great friends with her and its still very tough on her and many many others. Anyways, listen to it: FM Static - Tonight

[unwritten_law9]

As Cities Burn - Timothy
Red Fox Grey Fox - Joshua
Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me
The Voice Of Sleep - True
Copeland - Testing The Strong Ones
Underoath - A Message for Adrienne

[billyboatkid]

It's a true story about a little flower girl who got in a car accident with a drunk driver after the wedding and was instantly killed.

Heres the story: http://www.1010wins.com/pages/109772.php?contentType=4&contentId=224973
Holy shit.

That's fucking terrible.

[billyboatkid]

Go Radio - Forever My Father

That's a pretty sad song too.

[thePenguin1955]

My Favorite Accident - Motion City Soundtrack

especially after hearing Motion City Soundtrack's story about writing that record...

[brokenhats]

edit the sad parts - modest mouse orrrrrr no lies, just love - bright eyes

[alltimecam]

Motion Picture Soundtrack-Radiohead
Why are three out of the four songs Hull songs?

[poppunkgrl23]

"Lullabies" by All Time Low....the lyrics are amazing and the story behind the song just adds to the effect, and every time I hear it I want to cry.

[Indoor Living]

The bridge in "I Can Feel A Hot One" is the most beautiful 16 bars in music, I believe (The "with my teeth ripping out of my head" part). It's ridiculous how much that song gets to me. Such a sad song, but still so beautiful.

[Zippedychick]

It's a true story about a little flower girl who got in a car accident with a drunk driver after the wedding and was instantly killed.

Heres the story: http://www.1010wins.com/pages/109772.php?contentType=4&contentId=224973

Wow I literally just saw a tv special on this the other day. Terrible.

[radxbandit]

The Verve Pipe - The Freshman

I can't think of anything sadder than an abortion followed by a suicide, even if it is partly fictional, it's pretty convincing.

[radxbandit]

adams song

Dude, Adam's Song has a happy ending.

[Zippedychick]

Those are great songs but here is my other:

Eileen by The Hush Sound
It's about a high school friend of Greta's who commited suicide...

[GamEin]

Haha this is crazy, just last night my friend and I were discussing sad songs and he said "Limousine" and I said "I Can Feel a Hot One".

[Timmerton120]

Haha this is crazy, just last night my friend and I were discussing sad songs and he said "Limousine" and I said "I Can Feel a Hot One".
That friend is I

[Piss]

Dude, Adam's Song has a happy ending.

so...?

[darkmartheight]

"what Sarah Said" - Deathcab

Thats just what popped into my head.

"My Reply" The Ataris thats pretty sad too.

[radxbandit]

so...?

I just don't see the logic.

[steveC]

Limousine, that's just horrific, especially the mother's experience. I honestly can't think of anything worse than that. Late by Ben Folds really gets to me these days, the tribute to Elliott Smith.

[sweepthenation]

Im listening to Limosuine right now after reading the story...it now has a whole new meaning for me

[mmmmmpoetry]

Kings Crossing

[MADSTA]

other isnt winning? hahaha

ill say any song by Elliot Smith...specifically twilight.
The Biggest Lie for me.

[mmmmmpoetry]

The Biggest Lie for me.

I forgot that song!

everything that you do makes me want to die, ohh I just told the biggest lieeeeee

[MADSTA]

I forgot that song!

everything that you do makes me want to die, ohh I just told the biggest lieeeeee
I also always associate it with this video, which makes it sadder to me.
fd-zwe1fWB0

[mmmmmpoetry]

I also always associate it with this video, which makes it sadder to me.
fd-zwe1fWB0

I've never seen that before, I like it.
I loved his wall though. I spent a whole day last summer there,
playing elliott covers and people were so nice.
I made three hundred effing dollars and
I gave it a way to this homeless guy we made friends with.
He bought us some booze though and we had a grand ol' time.
Ahhhh I want to live in Oregon so bad.

[PlusMinus]

The Airborne Toxic Event- Sometime Around Midnight

[MADSTA]

I've never seen that before, I like it.
I loved his wall though. I spent a whole day last summer there,
playing elliott covers and people were so nice.
I made three hundred effing dollars and
I gave it a way to this homeless guy we made friends with.
He bought us some booze though and we had a grand ol' time.
Ahhhh I want to live in Oregon so bad.
Wow I'm really jealous. I want to go there so badly. It sucks that people have put graffiti on it though.

[mmmmmpoetry]

Wow I'm really jealous. I want to go there so badly. It sucks that people have put graffiti on it though.


You should be!!!! It's an amazing sight.
Eh some of it is actually art, the other is punk ass kids.

[ship of fools]

Winter-Bayside

[drzafs]

Well, this might not be the saddest song ever. But It definitely tops my list cause I can relate.

On My Own - Ths Used (back when they were good.)

[fueledbyvictory]

FM Static - Tonight
Yellowcard - Empty Apartment
Simple Plan - Untitled
Evanescence (sp?) - My Immortal
Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me

Those are some very sad songs...especially those first 3. If you have never listened to the the first one, I'd reccomend it. It's a very good, heartfelt song about the singers brothers who died. I found out about this song after a girl in my high school died in a car crash and her boyfriend had just told her it should be "their song". Ironically, she died in a car crash just like in the song. My girlfriend was great friends with her and its still very tough on her and many many others. Anyways, listen to it: FM Static - Tonight

"Tonight" is really about a car crash? But yes, I agree with you for most of the songs. Although I think "View From Heaven" is really sad, even though it's so upbeat. I listened to it so much when my uncle died. And "Adam's Song" is really great.