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Readers' Sad Songs: No.15
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We launched our 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World on a lonely Friday night ... and then the crying really began. Not just from the weepy ballads we cued up for you, but from the ones we left off ("No Gilbert O'Sullivan?!?").
To show you, our cherished readers, that this is not a one-way pity party, we've tallied up your comments and assembled a list of your top 15 write-ins. Warning: You guys are way sappier than we are.
'Tell Laura I Love Her'
Ray Peterson (1960)
Tommy raced his car at the track to get the $1,000 prize to buy Laura a wedding ring. Only he died on the track:
"As they pulled him from the twisted wreck/On his dying breath they heard him say/'Tell Laura I love her/Tell Laura I need her/Tell Laura not to cry/My love for her will never die."
I cry every time I hear this song. --Trisha Pritchard, Lancaster, PA
To show you, our cherished readers, that this is not a one-way pity party, we've tallied up your comments and assembled a list of your top 15 write-ins. Warning: You guys are way sappier than we are.
'Tell Laura I Love Her'
Ray Peterson (1960)
Tommy raced his car at the track to get the $1,000 prize to buy Laura a wedding ring. Only he died on the track:
"As they pulled him from the twisted wreck/On his dying breath they heard him say/'Tell Laura I love her/Tell Laura I need her/Tell Laura not to cry/My love for her will never die."
I cry every time I hear this song. --Trisha Pritchard, Lancaster, PA
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How about Leader Of The Pack, Teen Angel or Last Kiss. What was it about the 50s/early 60s and kids dying??
April 14 2013 at 6:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Helen
For this practical kid, going back for a ring wasn't sad; it was stupid. I often listen to old songs because in our neighborhood we had a singing group. We sang a lot, and I was always looking for different lyrics or sounds. No Regrets was my favorite. One last kiss, hug, and sigh, no regrets as we whisper good-by. Life still goes on...even tho love is gone. But for sheer aloneness, it's hard to beat Yesterday. What lyrics! Orbison's Crying. Vincent. There are some good ones. Are you Lonesome Tonight by Elvis.
March 28 2013 at 11:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
sullylv
How can you possible leave Clapton's Tears in Heaven off this list?
March 26 2013 at 3:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
B.Iteme
Elvis Costello' s 'She Handed Me A Mirror' Aching tale of rejection and unrequited love. Actually, the whole album Secret,Profane ,and Sugarcane is wonderfully sad.
March 17 2013 at 5:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHands down! The saddest song in the world is sung by Billy Joel titled And So It Goes.
December 01 2012 at 4:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"Hurt" by Christina Aguilera can bring me to tears some times. A child with haunting regret for a lost parent and lost opportunities... so sad...
Oh, I'm sorry for blaming you
For everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself by hurting you
"Never is a Promise" by Ms Fiona Apple
September 20 2012 at 12:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLimousine- Brand New.
A girl killed in a car accident by a drunk driver
Saddest moment:
"I saw our sad Messiah.
He was bored and tired of my laments.
Said, "I died for you one time, but never again'"
"Terrible Things" by Mayday Parade.
March 21 2012 at 11:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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