Saddest rock-n-roll song of all time

[dblack]

Here's my vote:

 

[Godboy]

Metallica "One" is the saddest song of all time. Its about a guy in WW1 who gets his arms and legs blown off, and he loses his sight and hearing. The doctors think he went mad because he would just bang his head on his pillow all day. After some time an army friend of his visits him and realizes his banging on the pillow was Morse Code for SOS "Help". Later he only says "kill me", over and over again. He was trapped inside his own mind, with no concept of time and he had no companionship, always in pain.

The song itself is a true masterpiece. I dont use that word lightly. Listen to the end and you will be rewarded.

 

[Wyatt earp]

The mash theme song



Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger... watch it grin
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be…

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

The Original-

 

[Esdraelon]

 

[dblack]

The mash theme song



Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger... watch it grin
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be…

Gawd yes. I'd heard that song, virtually as background noise since I was a kid. But in my thirties I finally heard it with the lyrics and it just floored me.


And I just love this tidbit (from wikipedia):

Director Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for Mandel: it had to be called "Suicide Is Painless" and it had to be the "stupidest song ever written".[4] Altman attempted to write the lyric himself, but, upon finding it too difficult for his 45-year-old brain to write "stupid enough",[5] he gave the task to his 14-year-old-son Michael, who wrote the lyric in five minutes.

I'm not sure I buy that, but the irony is wonderful.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

found another makes ya cry

 

[Gracie]

Not rock and roll, but ANY country western song.

Lost the dog.
Wife left him.
Truck broke down.

 

[White 6]

Neil Young- The Needle and the Damage Done

 

[Wyatt earp]

The mash theme song



Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger... watch it grin
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be…

Gawd yes. I'd heard that song, virtually as background noise since I was a kid. But in my thirties I finally heard it with the lyrics and it just floored me.


And I just love this tidbit (from wikipedia):

Director Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for Mandel: it had to be called "Suicide Is Painless" and it had to be the "stupidest song ever written".[4] Altman attempted to write the lyric himself, but, upon finding it too difficult for his 45-year-old brain to write "stupid enough",[5] he gave the task to his 14-year-old-son Michael, who wrote the lyric in five minutes.

I'm not sure I buy that, but the irony is wonderful.

I seen the movie and they played the lyrics at the drive inn when it came out and to this day I am still pissed they never played the lyrics at the last episode

 

[Wyatt earp]

Not rock and roll, but ANY country western song.

Lost the dog.
Wife left him.
Truck broke down.

Play it backward , I killed Paul
My dog lived
My wife came back ...

 

[Indeependent]

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+living+years+mike+and+the+mechanics

 

[Likkmee]

 

[Care4all]

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Harry Chapin Lyrics​

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"Taxi"

It was raining hard in 'Frisco
I needed one more fare to make my night
A lady up ahead waved to flag me down
She got in at the light

Oh, where you going to, my lady blue
It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain
She just looked out the window
She said, Sixteen Parkside Lane

Something about her was familiar
I could swear I'd seen her face before
But she said, I'm sure you're mistaken
And she didn't say anything more

It took a while, but she looked in the mirror
And she glanced at the license for my name
A smile seemed to come to her slowly
It was a sad smile, just the same

And she said, How are you Harry
I said, How are you Sue
Through the too many miles
And the too little smiles
I still remember you

It was somewhere in a fairy tale
I used to take her home in my car
We learned about love in the back of a Dodge
The lesson hadn't gone too far

You see, she was gonna be an actress
And I was gonna learn to fly
She took off to find the footlights
And I took off to find the sky

Oh, I've got something inside me
To drive a princess blind
There's a wild man, wizard
He's hiding in me, illuminating my mind
Oh, I've got something inside me
Not what my life's about
'Cause I've been letting my outside tide me
Over 'til my time, runs out

(Baby's so high that she's skying)
(Yes, she's flying, afraid to fall)
(I'll tell you why baby's crying)
('Cause she's dying, aren't we all)

There was not much more for us to talk about
Whatever we had once was gone
So I turned my cab into the driveway
Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns

And she said, we must get together
But I knew it'd never be arranged
And she handed me twenty dollars
For a two fifty fare
She said, Harry, keep the change

Well, another man might have been angry
And another man might have been hurt
But another man never would've let her go
I stashed the bill in my shirt

And she walked away in silence
It's strange, how you never know
But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for
Such a long, long time ago

You see, she was gonna be an actress
And I was gonna learn to fly
She took off to find the footlights
And I took off for the sky

And here, she's acting happy
Inside her handsome home
And me, I'm flying in my taxi
Taking tips, and getting stoned
I go flying so high, when I'm stoned

 

[Wyatt earp]

 

[skye]

 

[Wyatt earp]

Well, you can tell everyone I'm a down disgrace
Drag my name all over the place
I don't care anymore
You can tell everybody about state I'm in
You won't catch me cryin' 'cause I just can't win
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore, Jesus
I don't care what you say
I don't play the same games, you play
'Cause I've been talking to the people that you call your friends
And it seems to me there's a means to an end
They don't care anymore
And as for me, I can sit here and bide my time
I got nothing to lose if I speak my mind
I don't care anymore
I don't care no more
I don't care what you say
We never played by the same rules anyway
I won't be there anymore
Get out of my way, let me by
I got better things to do with my time
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore…

 

[Yarddog]

Maybe not the saddest lyrics, but the music itself hits it.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

 

[White 6]