Saddest rock-n-roll song of all time

[ClaireH]

Thanks

I had missed this one the first time around but luckily saw you’d already beat me to it before I was about to post it i’ve had this tune in my head for the past couple of days ever since this thread started… so well done and targets the heart strings.

 

[Desperado]

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

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.

have you ever seen the original movie?

 

[Mac-7]

 

[the other mike]

Anyone post this yet ?
I'm on my phone and it's a pain in the ass to scroll back searching for stuff.

 

[ClaireH]

Anyone post this yet ?
I'm on my phone and it's a pain in the ass to scroll back searching for stuff.

Nope, you’re the first Angelo and good choice.

 

[ClaireH]

Wow… that one to me was even below sadness it was so dark and I guess kind of the word that comes to my mind is macabre- as in macabre on steroids!

 

[Flash]

How about this one?

 

[Flash]

 

[Slade3200]

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

You know that’s a Nine Inch Nails song that Johnny remade right? Great tune

 

[Godboy]

have you ever seen the original movie?

Yes, long ago when i was a kid.

 

[Slade3200]

Dang I was just about to post Cats in the Cradle, song has always pulled at the heart strings even since I was a kid… and the post came from Flash?!?! WTH!!

 

[ClaireH]

You know that’s a Nine Inch Nails song that Johnny remade right? Great tune

One of the saddest songs ever, sung by a great artist who reportedly dealt with depression most of his life making the song much more sad.

 

[Slade3200]

Great thread and many great posts. At least music is still a unifier that transcends the partisan political war that’s going on! Cheers to the OP and contributors

Cats in the Cradle was my number one but Flash stole my idea… so here is a runner up.




Everything I Own
Song by B.R.E.A.D



You sheltered me from harm
Kept me warm, kept me warm
You gave my life to me
Set me free, set me free
The finest years I ever knew
Were all the years I had with you
And I would give anything I own
I'd give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again
You taught me how to love
What it's of, what it's of
You never said too much
But still you showed the way
And I knew from watching you
Nobody else could ever know
The part of me that can't let go
And I would give anything I own
I'd give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again
Is there someone you know
Your loving them so
But taking them all for granted?
You may lose them one day
Someone takes them away
And they don't hear the words you long to say
I would give anything I own
I'd give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again
Just to touch you once again

 

[Slade3200]

And for the tenderonis out there…




I Can’t Make You Love Me
Song by Bonnie Raitt

Turn down the lights
Turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me
Tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize
Don't patronize me
'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't
I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight
'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't

 

[Ringo]

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Morning After - Maureen McGovern

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

One Tin Soldier - Coven

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Mandy - Barry Manilow

 

[Ringo]