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What is the saddest song?

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In your opinion what is the saddest song ever written?

For me it's probably "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables. There's a hopeless quality to it that makes me tear up every time I hear it. Lol. I've been tearing up a lot lately since the movie is coming out Christmas day and that's the song they play in every ad for it!
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Re: What is the saddest song?

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"Strange Fruit"
The images it provokes are horrific and it is sung with dispair but it has a haunting beauty to it. Makes me cry everytime I hear it.
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Are you referring to "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday? Is so then yes that is a very sad song. It's definitely in my top 10 list of sad songs.
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parallel lines by todd rundgren.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-28Gg9I2dJk

although || could be )(
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"Strange fruit", I agree, definitely.
Also, I would add the song "Undenied" by Portishead, painfully sad. You can listen to it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnzkcsgdisQ
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youkrst and tom those are great songs! Thanks for posting them.

I have to add another sad song. This is a big of a cliche but "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" always makes me tear up.
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Olivia22 wrote:youkrst and tom those are great songs! Thanks for posting them.

I have to add another sad song. This is a big of a cliche but "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" always makes me tear up.
Olivia, you're welcome. :)

And, since you mentioned tom and great songs, it reminded me of the song "Tom the Model", performed by Beth Gibbons.
I think her way of singing and her color of voice determines, or defines the sadness in her songs.
She is a great performer. :)
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Leonard Cohen, Joan of Arc ~ or any of his other songs except for Jazz Police.

I'd like to see a stage presentation of Les Miserables. I was unsure about the book, but ended up liking it quite a bit. I was dreading the drawn out Waterloo analysis but enjoyed that too.
The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? - Jeremy Bentham
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Kevin- I've seen Les Miserables on stage many times and it never gets old. It's my favorite musical. I hope that you get to see it one day.
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For me it's Enclosure, it's a soundtrack from a game called Metal Gear Solid, but due to the entire scene depicted that played while that song played it's one of those songs that really makes me sad.

I also used that song as background music in a game I programmed, for a memorial scene that I created for one of the players that passed away. So yeah, that song has a special meaning to me. You can listen to the song on Youtube.
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