What songs do you find especially sad or moving?

[TheLobsterClub]

Interested to hear thoughts…

For me there are two that are very personal:

• U2: with or without you - we played it at my dads funeral, I was 13 and he was 41, it has a lot of significance outside of being a sad song generally
• Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart - similar to the above, and made more sad with the fact the lead singer hung aged 23

special mention to Queen - No One But You. A friend sang it in an am dram production recently and I’d never noticed how heartbreaking it was

just interested as could do with a good cry!

Puff the magic dragon.

I'm not even joking. Makes me cry every single time. Poor, poor lonely Puff.

I just looked up the lyrics, I am more depressed than I’ve ever been in my life 😩

I'm so sorry! I literally cannot get through it without tears in my eyes as a minimum.

I know you were probably looking for more serious songs than Puff, but it's so sad!

You have been loved - George Michael. His voice is exquisite and its such a sad and beautiful tribute to his lost love.

The Sound of Silence, especially the Disturbed version.

’Hurt’ by Christina Aguilera

A Different Corner by the irreplaceable George Michael.

I'm not in love by 10cc
Bridge over troubled water

The theme from Bright Eyes and the one about 'someone left the cake out in the rain'.

Honestly its like grief. Not sure why.

Time in a bottle (Muppets version 🥹)

hi ren - ren… an exceptional piece of writing by a relatively lesser known artist. Very deep and moving

demons - imagine dragons…. Love love the lyrics

iris - the goo goo dolls
and Michael Jackson’s they don’t care about us, particularly hit different now.

I can’t bear to listen to it, it makes me cry as well, it’s so sad. There are two other songs which make me weep because I relate them to the loss of my darling dog, Stay by East 17 and You are my Sunshine 😢

My immortal by Evanescence

Definitely Puff the Magic Dragon, and Seasons in the Sun - both are proper sob-along songs.

Cancer - My Chemical Romance
Say Something - Pentatonix

I loved the 10cc song until the whispered ‘boys don’t cry’ version freaked me out

I agree with a lot of these but would add “struggle” by the Lathums as a modern one.

I have no idea if it is about a parent or lover or friend but it makes me think of my (mostly absent) dad

Every grain of sand, Bob Dylan

Squeeze - Up the Junction

Saturn by Sleeping at Last.

It's the music at the start, it's just so beautiful.

I can't make you love me - Bonnie raitt.

Both sides now - joni Mitchell

Younger You by Miley Cyrus kills me - makes me cry every time!

Van Morrison have I told you lately that I love you gets me every time.

The Rod Stewart version gets me too.

OMD - Souvenir
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire