saddest songs
saddest songs
theatrebabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/22/05
#0saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:27pmsorry guys,I know this has been asked a lot but I really want to make a cd of all the saddest songs I can think of.All the songs that just make you break down and cry.If anyone has any suggestions,I'd really appreiciate it.
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-cheezedoodle
#1re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:34pm
"the song remembers when" as sung by kristin chenoweth.
"it only hurts when i breathe" by idina menzel, but unfortunately it is unpublished, as is her song "rise up" which is also sad.
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yipper
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/05
#3re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:34pm"In Buddy's Eyes" from FOLLIES, a fantasy life sung by a devistated, delusional woman trying to convice herself that she hasn't wasted her life. Heartbreaking.
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JoMarch
Featured Actor Joined: 9/22/04
#4re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:39pm
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables always gets to me.
Dear One from Spiderwoman is another one.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
One Song Glory
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/12/05
#6re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:40pm'I'll Cover You (Reprise)' from RENT.
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#7re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:42pm
"Ill Cover You" reprise from RENT
"Where is Love?" from OLIVER!
"John 19:41" from JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Doesn't have to have lyrics to be sad)
"Please" from MISS SAIGON
"A Little Fall of Rain" from LES MISERABLES
"My Friend" from "The Life"
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
YankeesFan175
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/05
#8re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 2:44pm
Concrete Angel and God's Will by Martina McBride
Everybody Hurts by REM
I know these arent from musicals or anything, but they get me every time!
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grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#9re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 2:53pm
"Send In The Clowns" from A Little Night Music
"Memory" from Cats
"Mama, Look Sharp" from 1776
"Where Is Love?" from Oliver
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera
"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#10re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:03pm
Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I could never rescue you from TL5Y always gets to me.
I don't know if you wanted musical or not...
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yipper
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/05
#11re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:48pmJoMarch - yes... I forgot how powerful "Dear One" from Spiderwoman is. Kander and Ebb are great at "lieing to yourself to mask the true pain" songs. "Dear One" especially so.
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#12re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:57pm
Lorenz Hart wrote some of the best (aka saddest and bittersweet) ballad lyrics ever...
Check out "Glad to be Unhappy" from On Your Toes, among others.
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TheatreManiac
Understudy Joined: 3/12/05
#13re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 4:10pm
Written In The Stars... Aida... Heather would just break your heart with the first line, "I am here to tell you, we can never meet again".
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elphieisperky
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/05
#14re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 4:48pm
"Little Fall of Rain" and "Om My Own"-Les Miz
"For Good"-Wicked
"I'll Cover You (Reprise)" and "Your Eyes"-Rent
And this one's not from a musical, but that Martina McBride song (sorry YankeesFan, I saw your post, and it reminded me of this), "In My Daughter's Eyes". My mom and I always cry when listening to this.
YankeesFan175
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/05
#15re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 4:51pmelphie, no problem, i forgot about that one.
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arykahmarye
Stand-by Joined: 1/27/05
#17re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 4:58pm
"Bring Him Home" from Les Mis
That song succeeds in choking me up everytime i listen to it, and produces serious weeping with every performance i've seen. It just is such a heartfelt prayer of goodness, i can't help but let it touch my soul.
I also cry every so often when i hear "For Good", just because it is a reflection of that one friendship that touches you more than anythin else.
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boytobroadway
Broadway Star Joined: 8/28/05
#18re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:03pm
The finale in Miss Saigon when Kim kills herself. I balled my eyes out with my mom in the theatre. So sad.
B2B
Creative Lunatic
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/05
#19re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:18pm
My list is pretty ecclectic, but these never fail to get to me for a variety of reasons.
I'm Telling You I'm Not Leaving--Dream Girls
What I Did For love---Chorus Line
If Ever I Would Leave You--Camelot
You'll Never Walk Alone-Carousel
The I Love You Song-Spelling Bee
Hank
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#21re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:30pm
Broadway songs that always get me:
The I Love You Song- Spelling Bee
I'll Cover You: Reprise- Rent
A Little Fall of Rain- Les Miserables
Non-Broadway songs:
Brick- Ben Folds Five
Landed- Ben Folds
#22re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:43pmalmost every song in Les Mis
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bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#24re: saddest songs
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:51pmi also have it only hurts when i breathe and rise up, but its not a professional recording or course.
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