Most saddest songs- Page 2
Most saddest songs
WriteInNYC
Chorus Member Joined: 10/1/05
#25re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 2:17am
"No One Is Alone" from INTO THE WOODS
"Still Hurting" from THE LAST FIVE YEARS
"Sarah Brown Eyes" from RAGTIME
"Unlikely Lovers" from FALSETTOLAND
"Simple" from NINE
"Black and Blue" from AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
"Days of Plenty" from LITTLE WOMEN
"Our Time" from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
"This Nearly Was Mine" from SOUTH PACIFIC
"Tell Me Why" from A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
"The Music Still Plays On" from A NEW BRAIN
"With So Little to Be Sure Of" from ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
"Where Is The Warmth?" from THE BAKER'S WIFE
"A Breakfast Over Sugar" from IN TROUSERS
"Diary of a Homecoming Queen" from IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
"A Part of Us" from ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
"Next" from PACIFIC OVERTURES
Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#26re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 2:28am
"I Don't Care Much" - Cabaret
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
#27re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 11:25am
"Tomorrow"- Annie
"Cabaret"- Cabaret
I know that these two songs are unusual to be on this list, but I feel if you really listen to the lyrics/music and take into account the situation these characters are in they have always struck me as very sad.
That being said, I think that Andrea McArdle and Jill Hayworth are the only ones who o justice to these songs, respectively.
Traditional-
"Our Time" + "Good Thing Going"- Merrily...
"Happily Ever After"- cut from Company. Both sad and scary!
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#28re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 11:38am
"Love Look Away" - Flower Drum Song...I about die every time I hear Lea Salonga do it.
"Sally's Song" - Nightmare Before Christmas (I know it's a movie, but it's still a movie musical)
"Over the Rainbow - Reprise" - Wizard of Oz (Only on the OLC I think)
"Goodbye Until Tomorrow" - Last 5 Years....breaks my heart everytime.
#29re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 11:40am
"As Long As He Needs Me" from Oliver!
"Empty Chairs" from Les Miserables
#30re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 12:09pm
The saddest song for me in any musical is No-one but you from We Will Rock You. Although it was recorded by queen after Freddies death most people know it through the musical and it really is sad.
Others are -
Tell me its not true - Blood Brothers
All I ask of you (reprise) - Phantom
I'll cover you (reprise) - Rent
Ciaron McCarthy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#32re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 12:48pm"No One is Alone" and "Children and Art" are two of the few songs that with in the first few notes, I am overwhemled with emotions.
#33re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 12:51pm
"Nobody Needs to Know" -- The Last 5 Years
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#34re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 2:52pm
"Memory" - CATS
"I Dreamed A Dream" - LES MIS
"Till We Reach That Day" - RAGTIME
Isabella2
Broadway Star Joined: 10/6/05
#35re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 3:20pmi think glitter and be gay would be a good song to write about. Although with a silly exterior it really about a woman who's trying to make the best out of being constantly raped.
twogaab2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#36re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 4:13pm
THE MOST GREATESTEST STAR OF ALL!
Do they not teach grammer anymore?
theminutepast
Broadway Star Joined: 2/1/06
#37re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 4:48pmI don't think Empty Chairs or A Little Fall of Rain are all hope is lost songs. They're certainly sad, though.
#38re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 4:53pm
"My Child Will Forgive Me" -- Parade
"I'd Do Anything for Him" -- Kiss of the Spider Woman
"The Second Attack/Death of Gavroche" (now "Ten Little Bullets") -- Les Miserables
"President" -- Ragtime (I can't listen to it at all...upsets me too much)
"The I Love You Song" -- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
"A Boy Like That" -- West Side Story
"Marrried (Reprise)" -- Cabaret
I still think The Last 5 Years probably has some of the saddest music ever on it.
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
#39re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 4:58pm
"Around the World" from Grey Gardens is my new tearjerker. I get misty eyed EVERY time I hear that song.
Also, I know not a techincal "song", but the part of "The Firing of Jimmy" in Dreamgirls where Lorrell sings "And Lorrell loves Jimmy...". When it's not riffed (as Heather Hedley does like a mad woman in the concert recording) it's a terribly heartbreaking moment.
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#40re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 5:20pm
"Love don't need a reason" Boy from Oz
"The I love you song" Spelling Bee
"I'll cover you reprise" Rent
"Something just broke" Assassins
"There's a fine line" Avenue Q
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#41re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 5:24pm
"THE BEAUTY IS (reprise)" from THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
"I'LL COVER YOU (reprise)" from RENT
#42re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 5:29pm
My man- funny girl
the man that got away
Lizzya9
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/06
#44re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 5:51pmPippin-LOVE your avator. I can't wait for that movie.
ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#45re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 5:56pm
A little fall of rain-Les Miz
The finale form west side story
we do not belong together -SITPWG
HatBoy
Leading Actor Joined: 10/30/05
#46re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 6:14pm
I didn't read all the songs mentioned above, so sorry if these were already suggested.
"A Step Too Far" and "Written in the Stars" are both beautifully written songs, and in the proper context (ie. from the show) are genuinely saddening.
At least, I thought so. 
Edit: Whoops- both songs from Aida.
PaigeByPaige
Stand-by Joined: 10/26/05
#47re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 6:53pm"For Good" from Wicked and although it's not from a musical "Leavin' On A Jet Plane" the version performed by the amazing Liz Callaway!It send shivers down my spine everytime I hear it.
#48re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 7:23pm
"Lesson #8" (Sunday in the Park...)
"Simple" (Nine)
"Too Many Mornings" (Follies)
"Seeing Things" (The Happy Time)
"Dividing Day" and "The Beauty Is (reprise)" (Piazza)
Among others
#49re: Saddest songs
Posted: 11/2/06 at 7:25pm
I don't think it has been mentioned: Just A Housewife (Working)
I find the end just heart-wrenching.
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