Saddest rock-n-roll song of all time

[Wyatt earp]

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

If you ever go down south they play it still all the time on the radio

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Wayne Coyne wrote it about the death of his father.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sendin' all my love
Along the wire
They say that the road
Ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line
It's been you and me
And lovin' a music man
Ain't always what it's supposed to be
Oh girl you stand by me
I'm forever yours, faithfully
Circus life
Under the big top world
We all need the clowns
To make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Wondering where I am
Lost without you
And being apart ain't easy…

 

[ClaireH]

 

[Alan Stallion]

This Woman's Work - Kate Bush


Gets me every time...

 

[dblack]

This isn't a rock song, but it's pretty amazing:

 

[Yarddog]

maybe not the saddest song, but probably one of the most inspired. Chris Cornell wrote it for his friend and roommate Andy Wood, who O.D'd when he was only about 20 or so... he had been the lead singer for Mother Love Bone. Cornell in the song, advises Wood's girlfriend she needs to move on...

 

[skye]

 

[konradv]

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…

My college radio station was barred from playing the song during exam week, very popular at the time, since the movie had just come out.

 

[Wyatt earp]

How could I forget this song by my legend Johnny Cash?





I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I'm still right here
What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

 

[Wyatt earp]

Killer Skye ..
Thank you love!!!

 

[skye]

Killer Skye ..
Thank you love!!!

Thank you kindly, bear513!

 

[Yarddog]

aaawwwwwwwww

 

[Wyatt earp]

Killer Skye ..
Thank you love!!!

Thank you kindly, bear513!

I loved playing that song in my 71 grand prix after another girl dumped me ..lol

 

[Harry Dresden]

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.

i seen that movie when it came out.....it was pulled shortly afterwards....

 

[Yarddog]

I heard that song too many times bussing tables on my first job when I was a kid,
that song always takes me back to the steak house and 3.35 an hour LOL

 

[Yarddog]

Not sad at all but I just threw it in here to lighten things up

 

[LuckyDuck]

Gordon Lightfoot: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
and
Mark Dinning: Teen Angel.

 

[lantern2814]

MTV played this constantly when it came out. I have a friend who cries whenever he hears Bob Seger’s “Main Street”.

 

[Godboy]

maybe not the saddest song, but probably one of the most inspired. Chris Cornell wrote it for his friend and roommate Andy Wood, who O.D'd when he was only about 20 or so... he had been the lead singer for Mother Love Bone. Cornell in the song, advises Wood's girlfriend she needs to move on...

I got to see Mother Love Bone a couple times at shows in Seattle back in the day. I met Chris Cornell once too. Awesome song!