Songs too sad to even listen to

[Jon Chorba]

"Man of the Hour" from Water on the Road. The first time I heard this version, I had to actually stop the DVD and leave the room for a while I was crying so hard.

That is a fantastic, gut wrenching, version.

[EmBleve]

Angel, Sarah Mclachlan--I will never be able to hear or listen to that song again since it has been associated with those animal abuse infomercials.

[EmBleve]

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A

LOVE that song...or anything Lightfoot.

[peacefrompaul]

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A

LOVE that song...or anything Lightfoot.

GREAT song

[SocialDistorter]

Immortality. It's something about the way Eddie sings it, like how his voice cracks in parts. There's always a bit of tears on that one.

[Jamie_The_CFH]

Since New Year 2009, my girlfriend and I seem to have an unspoken rule against putting on Last Kiss...It was a song ................

if Last Kiss was a Pearl Jam song, but its a remake of an old sappy 50s number.

Yep...I know it's a cover...not of any real significance to what I was saying

[Eraserhead]

"Famous Blue Raincoat" - Leonard Cohen

[Smoke In A Tree]

The obvious one is Black, especially the live versions where Eddie tags the end, some of those tags are gut wrenching. For personal reasons I have to also add Untitled

[Aki Tendo]

A not so obvious one perhaps is "Porch" - but that may have more to do with how I placed it in the play I'm working on. In that play it is sung by a mother when she finds out her son has killed himself. In that context the end of the song "not ever touch you, Hold you, Feel you, Ever hold, Never again..." takes on a new dimension and devastating power. The last time my play work group did a cold read of the thing that's when most of them couldn't take it anymore and the waterworks turned on. The writing of that scene was also one of the few times I've teared up while writing something because of what I was writing.

[tem721]

My old, old "breakup" song was Staind's Excess Baggage.. Yeah, Yeah, I know it's "Staind" but back in the 2001 it was good, lol. and perfect for a horrible break up when you want to be lower than you already are..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_BexzBEwX4

[sven82]

Angel, Sarah Mclachlan--I will never be able to hear or listen to that song again since it has been associated with those animal abuse infomercials.

Similar to Natalie Merchants My Skin

[Brain of Dave]

There was a time, late 2009, when they were still new, "Just Breathe" and "The End" were right on par with what was going on with me and they made me break down a few times.

Back when I saw the Body of War documentary, every time I'd play "Long Nights" and "No More" would bring me back to when I was crying by myself watching it on a rainy day in a rundown Berkeley theatre.

More recently, watching "Pearl Jam Twenty" and they're all talking about Andy Wood's death and Chris Cornell's "Seasons" is playing in the background. Also, the Roskilde tragedy with "Inside Job."

"Black Gives Way to Blue" by Alice In Chains

[NothingBetterThanLeatherman]

Hero of war- rise against
Nutshell- Alice in chains
Adam's song- blink182
The boy who Blocked his own shot- brand new
Fix you- Coldplay
Something in the way- nirvana

That's all I can think of right now. A guy I work with and I are really into music and we just had a discussion about the most depressing music we could think of. These were on the list

[jamesaldridgemusic]

It's a tie between:
Don't Say You Love Me - Free
Jetlag - Frank Turner
Grace - Jeff Buckley

If it's a PJ song though, it has to be "The End", I just sat there stunned after the first time heard it, so full of honesty and pain. Really hard to get through, but so worth it if you do.

[wishlisa76]

Indifference...