Saddest Song in all Genres of Music?

iris dement - our town

john prine - angel from montgomery

tvz - tecumseh valley, waitin round to die

bob - don't think twice

Evaporated by Ben Folds is pretty sad.

Strange Fruit by Billy Holiday?

konstantine

"i know it's over" and "never had no one ever" are two of the saddest songs ever, and they appear back-to-back on tha same album (the smiths, "the queen is dead")...

super sappy but sad nonetheless was " Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro

Jesus

Five Finger wrote:

Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails and the associated video is pretty sad. He recorded it after his wife died and right before he died.

That was a hell of a job they did in the video. They made it look like June was really there in the room with John...alive!

Please Call Home - Allman Bros.

For No One - Beatles

She Loves the Jerk - John Hiatt

Since I Fell For You - Bonnie Raitt version (Lenny Welsh)

This House is Empty Now - Elvis Costello

Same Piece of Air - John Wesley Harding

You're a Big Girl Now - Bob Dylan

She's Out of My Life - Michael Jackson

the sound of silence is a good one, but mad world may take the cake.

Forgot about Tecumseh Valley. That's on the list too.

"In the Ghetto" by Elvis Presley

anything off beck's album "sea change" is pretty damn sad

he wrote that after his girlfriend of many years broke up with him, and other factors in his life threw him into depression

brick is also a good selection

steve earle- billy austin

Not the saddest but up there: Ethiopia/Joni Mitchell.

Let us not forget Mad World is a cover of Tears for Fears 1982 hit, which is a much better song.

trailrunner63 wrote:

super sappy but sad nonetheless was " Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro

I was going to say Honey but you beat me to it.

How about Puff the Magic Dragon ;-)...........

Live - Lightning Crashes

My personal choices:

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac (the live version)

Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Hurt - Johnny Cash