saddest songs

[theatrebabe]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:27pm

sorry 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.

[forget regret <3]

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"it only hurts when i breathe" by idina menzel, but unfortunately it is unpublished, as is her song "rise up" which is also sad.

[DefyingEDCT]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:34pm

"it only hurts when i breathe"

I have that song.

[yipper]

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.

[JoMarch]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:39pm

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables always gets to me.

Dear One from Spiderwoman is another one.

[Jon]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:40pm

"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Miz.

[One Song Glory]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:40pm

'I'll Cover You (Reprise)' from RENT.

[CastAlbumFan]

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"

[YankeesFan175]

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!

[grizzabella]

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

[ashley0139]

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...

[yipper]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:48pm

JoMarch - 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.

[best12bars]

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.

[TheatreManiac]

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".

[elphieisperky]

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]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 4:51pm

elphie, no problem, i forgot about that one.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 4:52pm

your daddy's son from ragtime

[arykahmarye]

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.

[boytobroadway]

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]

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]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:27pm

"Il Adore", Taboo.

[TheHumanTorch]

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

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:43pm

almost every song in Les Mis

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:44pm

ummm..
love to me (made me cry)
um, i dunno...

[forget regret <3]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:51pm

i also have it only hurts when i breathe and rise up, but its not a professional recording or course.