Sad / Soulful Songs

[muggle not]

List your favorite  sad / soulful (for want of a better word) song. A song that conveys sadness or soulfulness. One of my favorite soulful songs is the Hank Williams song....I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. There are many sad/soulful songs that I can think of but IMHO, there is none better.

 

 

http://youtu.be/WkztDzpTHKA

 

The first version is better but if it doesn't load, try this version

 

Edited September 2, 2013 by muggle not

[Talisman]

Stevie Wonder -

 

Otis Redding -

 

and best of all

 

Aretha Franklin -

[poppyshake]

Al Green -

 which is almost unbearably sad and Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U   

[steinbecks ghost]

tell it like it is by aaron neville is as soulful as they come,too close to heaven by the waterboys an epic sad/soulful song and johnny cash's version of hurt they don't come sadder than that imo

[muggle not]

tell it like it is by aaron neville is as soulful as they come,too close to heaven by the waterboys an epic sad/soulful song and johnny cash's version of hurt they don't come sadder than that imo

Both are great songs. This though is my second favorite after the Hank Williams song of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. There are many versions of The Long Black Veil but I like the original by Lefty Frizzell the best. It makes the hair on my arms stand on end.

 

Edited September 2, 2013 by muggle not

[itsmeagain]

Daniel and Sad song by Elton John.

[poppy]

 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U   

 

This is one of the ones I'd choose too Poppyshake

 

Daniel and Sad song by Elton John.

 

Ticking is another very sad song of Elton's

 

 

 

Otis Redding -

 

Love this one too, Talisman.

Edited September 2, 2013 by poppy

[poppy]

This would be my pick of the saddest, most moving song. Annie Lennox is singing this for the children orphaned by AIDS in Africa. Annie has such a huge heart.

 

http://youtu.be/nN-jNmzSTok

[Drislane]

Damien Rice's The Blowers Daughter comes to mind on first thought. Raw, naked and powerful.  

[muggle not]

IMHO this is arguably the best soulful song, Old Man River sung by Paul Robeson.

Kylie, what do you think?

 

Edited September 4, 2013 by muggle not

[Wipples]

Anathema-Forgotten Hopes

 

 

 

[Chrissy]

 A great selection, really varied.

 

One that always makes my heart ache is David Bowie's

. So much feeling written into a simple love song of sorts. Edited September 4, 2013 by Chrissy

[Eleonora]

I think Mad World is a very sad song.. but only Gary Jules version, the original Tears for Fears has not the same atmosphere.

[itsmeagain]

I think Mad World is a very sad song.. but only Gary Jules version, the original Tears for Fears has not the same atmosphere.

I agree with that eleonora , mad world is very good whoever sings it though.

[gardengirl]

I think that Everybody's Talkin' At Me [theme from Midnight Cowboy] sung by Kriss Kristophersson? is a very soulful song. so is Sittin' In The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Reading.

[poppyshake]

I think that Everybody's Talkin' At Me [theme from Midnight Cowboy] sung by Kriss Kristophersson? is a very soulful song

Me too .. it's beautiful but it's Harry Nilsson isn't it? .. or does Kris do a cover?

Harry's Without You is also very sad and soulful but I don't like Mariah's cover .. it's better sung simply, imo.

Sittin' In The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Reading.

Brilliant song .. and you can brush up on your whistling at the same time

[poppyshake]

I like Eric Carmen's All By Myself (though not when sung by Celine) but, thanks to Bridget, you can't help thinking of it in conjunction with dying alone and being eaten by alsatians  

[frankie]

Anathema-Forgotten Hopes

 

 

 

 

 

^That song is great

 

 

Edited October 4, 2013 by frankie

[Marie H]

Oh dear, I'm not sure that I should mention that my sad song is How Soon is Now? by The Smiths. It's so sad to listen the lyrics, but the music is so beautiful. The whole listening experience is wonderfully bittersweet. I am suddenly back to teenage angst....

[poppyshake]

Oh dear, I'm not sure that I should mention that my sad song is How Soon is Now? by The Smiths. It's so sad to listen the lyrics, but the music is so beautiful. The whole listening experience is wonderfully bittersweet. I am suddenly back to teenage angst....

All views are welcome here and that's a very good song Listening to The Smiths is always bittersweet .. the other day I heard Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me  

[Marie H]

All views are welcome here and that's a very good song Listening to The Smiths is always bittersweet .. the other day I heard Last Night I

Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me  

 

Thanks, poppyshake   I am not alone! 

 

I have another soulful song thought - Northern Sky by Nick Drake. Now that is a song that halts me in my tracks. 

[poppy]

Anything by Leonard Cohen is sad and soulful

 

http://youtu.be/7pA5UhNaYw0

[Marie H]

Anything by Leonard Cohen is sad and soulful

 

http://youtu.be/7pA5UhNaYw0

 

poppy, I agree with you about Leonard Cohen,  , but strangely I prefer  the Jeff Buckley version of Hallelujah   

[poppy]

poppy, I agree with you about Leonard Cohen,  , but strangely I prefer  the Jeff Buckley version of Hallelujah   

 

I absolutely love this version by kd lang, it's my favourite

 

[muggle not]

I absolutely love this version by kd lang, it's my favourite

 

LOL, and who wouldn't like that version.

 

btw, I listened to the whole song by Leonard Cohen and yes, it was sad.