What are the TOP TEN SADDEST songs of all time?

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   gmwilliamsposted 8 years ago

   What are the TOP TEN SADDEST songs of all time?
   
   

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   Besarienposted 8 years ago

   The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is right up there for me.

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   gmwilliamsposted 8 years ago

   
   
   (1) Cats in the Cradle-Harry Chaplin
   (2) Daniel-Elton John
   (3) Candles in the Wind-Elton John
   (4) I 'm Living in Shame-Diana Ross and the Supremes
   (5) Somewhere My Love-From Dr. Zhivago
   (6) This Used to be the Home of Johnnie Mae-Eddie Kendricks
   (7) The Way We Were- Barbra Streisand
   (8) MacArthur's Park-Richard Harris
   (9) Stormy Weather-Lena Horne
   (10) Strange Fruit-Billie Holiday

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   Billie Kelpinposted 8 years ago

   OK, Grace, you asked for it
   "Put My Little Shoes Away" Woody Guthrie is one of THE saddest songs I've ever heard. My crazy mother, rest her soul, sang to me every night on the Murphy bed in our living room while giving me a sip from her bottle of Schlitz while we shared a plate of summer sausage and crackers between us in the bed.  (I had a very eccentric mom).
   I would cry at the song and my mom would say, "Do you want to hear it again, Honey?" I'd nod yes because I was too choked up to answer, but I did want to hear it again and again.  It made me the crazy person I am today. Here it is from my memory:  Be careful what you sing to your children    
   "Come now mother bathe my forehead, for I'm growing very weak;
   Let one drop of water, Mother, fall upon my burning cheek
   Tell my ever-loving playmates that I never more shall play
   Give them all my toys, but Mother
   Put my little shoes away.
   
   Soon the baby will be larger and they'll fit his tiny feet
   Won't he look so handsome, Mother
   As he marches down the street?
   
   You will do this mother won't you?
   Put my little shoes away
   Give my toys to all my playmates
   But put my little shoes away.
   
   You're welcome - for my role in depressing the bunch of readers here.  At least I was able attach some meaning to this song and the  9/11 in a hub.

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      Besarienposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      You are going to be hard to beat. Thanks for sharing this experience. I can almost taste the combination of Schlitz, summer sausage, and tears.

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   dashingscorpioposted 8 years ago

   
   
   Nothing Compares 2U - Sinéad O Connor
   I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
   Can You Stop The Rain - Peabo Bryson
   Neither One of Us - Gladys Knight & The Pips
   There's No Easy Way - James Ingram
   Un-Break My Heart  - Toni Braxton
   Still - The Commodores
   Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin
   These Arms Of Mine  -Otis Redding
   Cry together - The O'Jays

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      dashingscorpioposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Extra Bonus - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

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      Billie Kelpinposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      dashingscorpio, I must say, I have a new view of you Given our diverse views per our comments about relationships, I'm a bit floored by your choice of songs. Much less the pragmatist than I assumed

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      dashingscorpioposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Billie it's good to know I can still surprise people from time to time! This "Tin Man" has a heart after all! LOL!

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   annasmomposted 8 years ago

   Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton.  I think this song is especially sad because it was inspired by the death of Clapton's two year old child.

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