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jmbrown jmbrown
 
M$1 January 07, 2009 06:35 AM

What are some sad rock songs?

This might seem like a strange question, but I'm looking for sad rock songs. Bonus points for YouTube videos or audio links. Make sure you list the song title and the band/singer. Thanks!
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eatthatpop... eatthatpop...
 
January 07, 2009 06:38 AM
Possibly my favorite song of all time....
Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls
Very emotional

Another great version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LrDnWc4UNI


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jamesabels jamesabels
 
January 07, 2009 06:42 AM
You might want to check into some Motion City Soundtrack, not so much sad as kinda negative and apathetic.

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Hold_Me_Down/7287443

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chn-cs-htg chn-cs-htg
 
January 07, 2009 06:47 AM
AND THE SHADOW OF THE DAY.....

It's a great song by Linkin Park, check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_bVIHT0AT0


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seyonwerdn... seyonwerdn...
 
January 07, 2009 07:13 AM
The saddest rock song I know of is How To Disappear Completely by Radiohead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq9t2FFh6LA


That there
That's not me
I go
Where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

In a little while
I'll be gone
The moment's already passed
Yeah it's gone
And I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

Strobe lights and blown speakers
Fireworks and hurricanes
I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I'm not here

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morriss003 morriss003
 
January 07, 2009 09:21 AM
Didn't they also do something called I'm a Creep? I think I heard it on the show Rock Star Supernova.

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jasoncalac... jasoncalac...
 
January 07, 2009 07:42 AM
November Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBoLc9vxac


Tears in Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRsJlAJvOSM


Wish you were Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic


Standing outside a broken phone booth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1piLRStP7xE


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lon lon
 
January 07, 2009 08:01 AM
Beck can write a really mournful, contemplative ballad when he wants to. This is "Lost Cause," from then generally downbeat "Sea Change" album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8S0r6Jz8o


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brian ladn... brian ladn...
 
January 07, 2009 08:46 AM
i have to agree on the answer above--beck's "lost cause" and much of that album is pretty downbeat...

not to be obvious, but "sad song" by lou reed comes to mind...


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morriss003 morriss003
 
January 07, 2009 09:24 AM
Hey, won't you play another somebody done somebody wrong song. And make me feel at home while I miss my baby. Neil Diamond?

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techfrog techfrog
 
January 07, 2009 09:34 AM
Alone Again (naturally) Gilbert O' Sullivan


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oregonkat oregonkat
 
January 07, 2009 09:39 AM
Found this one, Motley Crue: Home Sweet Home

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a child of the 80's what can i say : )


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oregonkat oregonkat
 
January 07, 2009 09:53 AM
shoot, can we submit more than one song...thought of another:

Aerosmith, Don't wanna miss a thing... here's the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sbQ0hqH9ZU


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oregonkat oregonkat
 
January 07, 2009 09:57 AM
ooh.. i'm on a roll, here's another great one

Queen: who wants to live forever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgK_keIJq-4


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jamrock jamrock
 
January 07, 2009 09:42 AM
How Soon Is now? - The Smiths
Ailve - Pearl Jam.
Hurt - Nine Inch Nails,
Fade To Black - Metallica
Source(s):
Itunes


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netzoo netzoo
 
January 07, 2009 09:43 AM
"Everytime you Go Away" by Paul Young. Just looking at his mullet makes me want to cry.


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timkl timkl
 
January 07, 2009 09:54 AM
Morphine - The Saddest Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJH4hXWuV_I


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mehoeld mehoeld
 
January 07, 2009 10:12 AM
The Offspring - Gone Away


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mrbarringt... mrbarringt...
 
January 07, 2009 10:20 AM
Miss Misery by Elliott Smith and Aimee Mann's Wise Up... Plus here are 13 album's worth of tracks fitting that bill:
http://hearcanal.blogspot.com/2008/12/dozen-years-of-quiet.html

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http://hearcanal.blogspot.com
http://youtube.com


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tullius061... tullius061...
 
January 07, 2009 11:37 AM
Lot's of potential answers here depending on how you define "rock" - possibly the saddest of all time, and it's been credited with a number of suicides, is "Gloomy Sunday" - the version I know of has been performed by Bjork but there are quite a few others on Youtube:

http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=gloomy+sunday&search_type=&aq=f

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littlepea littlepea
 
January 07, 2009 12:57 PM
Depending on what you call sad, here is a little selection:
- Something in the way (Nirvana)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg-yYi8saZY

- Yesterday (Paul MacCartney)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COLbULs08EQ

- Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXF5lVpN1ys

- U-Turn (Lili) (AaRON)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJRh0PlWB6g


and some French songs:
- Saint-Petersbourg (Damien Saez)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_SgM-8tBAA

- Mistral Gagnant (Renaud)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYb_aYgmGP4


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shemplabs shemplabs
 
January 07, 2009 02:40 PM
Ben Folds Five - Brick


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krystyne20 krystyne20
 
January 16, 2009 06:06 AM
This is a good one!

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gkibler gkibler
 
January 07, 2009 04:07 PM
I'm surprised no one has answered this yet with Trent Reznor's (NIN) "Hurt". It's the swan song of his masterpiece of despair "The Downward Spiral" It perfectly captures that last internal monologue you'd have with yourself on the bathroom floor holding a gun against your temple. Fun stuff, kids.

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youtube.com


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tackyted tackyted
 
January 07, 2009 04:23 PM
Don McLean’s American Pie
http://www.don-mclean.com/?p=68

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keith455 keith455
 
January 07, 2009 04:31 PM
Beth by Kiss sung by Peter Criss
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbtO_Ayjw0M


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drmatt drmatt
 
January 07, 2009 04:32 PM
Come Sail Away by Styx

A song demonstrating a waste of rock talent. Now THAT's sad...

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


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davmorgan davmorgan
 
January 07, 2009 04:32 PM
"Nine While Nine" by The Sisters of Mercy


And it's passing strange
And I'm waiting for the train
Caught up on this line again
And it's passing slowly
I'm killing time but it's
Better than living in what will come and
I've still got some of your letters with me and
I thought sometimes or I read too much
And I think you know
Let's drink to the dead lying under the water and the
Cost of the blood on the driven snow and the
Lipstick on my cigarettes
Frost upon the window pane
Nine while nine and I'm waiting
For the train ...

She said do you remember a time when angels
Do you remember a time when fear
In the days when I was stronger
In the days when you were here, she said
When days had no beginning
While days had no end
When shadows grew no longer
I knew no other friend
But you were wild
You were wild

Frost upon these cigarettes
Lipstick on the window pane
And I've lost all sense of the world outside
but I can't forget so I call your name
And I'm looking for a life for me
And I'm looking for a life for you
And I'm talking to myself again and it's
So damn cold it's just not true and I'm
Walking through the rain
Trying to hold on, waiting for the train and I'm
Only looking for what you want but it's
Lonely here and I think you knew and I'm
And I'm waiting
And I wait in vain
Nine while nine and I'm waiting
For the train ...

Source(s):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T6z-tWARzg

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Nine-While-Nine-lyrics-The-Sisters-O...


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offthedome offthedome
 
January 07, 2009 05:15 PM
Sorry for posting a country song, but there's Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss in Whiskey Lullaby. I don't listen to country music, but I still like that song.

There's also Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

And one of my very top favorites:
3 Doors Down - Here Without You


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randulo randulo
 
January 07, 2009 05:32 PM
here's one: Woman In White lyrics and page to listen below.
Source(s):
http://tr.im/32s1


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mamacita mamacita
 
January 07, 2009 06:01 PM
Love Hurts - Nazareth
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Waiting For My Real Life To Begin - Colin Hay (Even sadder: sung by Jill Tracy and the cast of Scrubs)
If You Go Away - sung by everybody, but best by Emilianna Torrini
Gollum's Song - also by Emilianna Torrini

I've got tons - sad songs are my specialty.
Source(s):
Sites? Um, my head?


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nativenerd nativenerd
 
January 07, 2009 06:16 PM
Hinder - Better Than Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr4VEbt4zSw


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tweetmywed... tweetmywed...
 
January 07, 2009 08:51 PM
“Who wants to live forever” by Queen
Source(s):
My record collection is my source!


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cherisa cherisa
 
January 07, 2009 09:27 PM
The River by Springsteen. One of the saddest lines in all of rock and roll is: "Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?"
Source(s):
N/A


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pageman pageman
 
January 07, 2009 09:37 PM
most covers of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Will_Tear_Us_Apart


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steepdecli... steepdecli...
 
January 07, 2009 09:44 PM
Of all the songs to choose from.. I think special consideration has to go to Johnny Cash's version of NIN's Hurt..

Lyrically and melodically it is without a doubt the saddest rock song ever, however, Johnny Cash's vocal performance is just heart breaking.

It's worth knowing that Johnny did this record knowing he only had a little time left to live.


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andy andy
 
January 07, 2009 11:32 PM
Runaway Train by Soul Asylum is pretty sad:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/502856/soul_asylum_runaway_train/

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robcw robcw
 
January 07, 2009 11:38 PM
easily the saddest christmas rock song ever this aussie song making gravy by paul kelly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPaCUidUkQ&feature=related

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krystyne20 krystyne20
 
January 08, 2009 05:24 AM
Here's my list of sad songs:

Running Away by Midnight Hour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVDkiq6c49s


The Flame by Cheap Trick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4U7Vw5Hvtg


Far Behind by Candlebox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSp-cSJNGdQ


I Remember You by Skid Row
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STndm_atZTE


I'll Be Over You by Toto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGYzVCUvDLw


Look Away by Chicago
http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=4397&vid=33453

Foolish Games by Jewel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeDUyreZgpk


My Immortal by Evanescence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxQrPXPSVhQ


When You're Gone by Avril Lavigne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPW70sgrHiY


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carriep carriep
 
January 08, 2009 01:49 PM
Ben Folds (Five) has some good, sad songs. There's the overplayed but good "Brick" of course:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axpuVLQ_m4w


But there's also "Carrying Cathy" which has a more upbeat tempo but is still super-sad.

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


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ozark ozark
 
January 10, 2009 04:31 AM
Killing the blues by Jurisha & Pile I don't think this version is available anywhere but on the internet.

Vincent Black Lightning A biker/teenage tragedy song by Richard Thompson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7bXBOfgvJ4

A better place to be By Harry Chapin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y0dcizOTI0

Creep by Radio Head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxpblnsJEWM

Hurt Covered by John Cash

In the months after Jim Henson's tragic death on May 16, 1990 Kermit fell into a deep depression and did a cover of Hurt shortly before his suicide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgZ2GJOeQKA

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http:// Youtube.com
and a misspent youth


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tko tko
 
January 10, 2009 04:31 AM
By far my top vote would be for Silent Lucidity, by Queensryche:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC444i8tcyc

I have to make mention of Aerosmith's Janie's Got a Gun though. That one is on a similar level of awesome:

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

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