Sad music.

Belruel

as people have said, johnny cash.

my favorite sad ones:
long black veil
give my love to rose
send a picture of mother

PorkChopSandwiches

Lepton wrote: »

I Miss My Homies -- Master P

Let it be -- The Beetles

Late -- Ben Folds

Evaporated -- Ben Folds Five

Landed -- Ben Folds

Piano Man -- Billy Joel

Blowin' in the Wind -- Bob Dylan

Yesterday -- The Beetles

Not all of these are very sad, but they're all mellow, and good to listen to.

Also Fred Jones Pt 2 by Ben Folds

Anything by Starsailor

The Lighthouse's Tale by Nickel Creek

Gavin

It isn't exactly what you described, but some songs by The Hush Sound have just the right stuff to make me feel AWWWW.

Lighthouse is one that is really great. Or the Intro to their album "GoodBye Blues"

Regina Fong

Travelin' Soldier


It's country, not blues but the two genres have the same origins so maybe if the fiddle doesn't bother you you'll like it. Pretty much the saddest song I've heard with the possible exception of taps.

Grundlterror

I'm sad no one has backed me up on Sigur Ros, look how depressing they are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bClxir4ElIg

That being said, their lyrics are in a made up language so you can interpret the song for yourself (or something)... so maybe I'm just emo ;p

GhostManOnThird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7nRlasjlW8

Ólafur Arnalds has some pretty sad songs.

Edit: And yeah, definitely agree with Sigur Ros. I'm sure if there was a 'Happy Music Thread' they'd be there too.

Raslin

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xfmLCOrFOF4

And moreso

http://zealous1.com/dc/collaboc1de/09%20Happy.mp3

Matt_S

Robert Johnson, definitely.

And I can't believe no one has mentioned Bessie Smith yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ7S2w6v2No

Not to mention Billie Holiday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUtPODn7cCc

Murago

I've always stressed SECRET MACHINES. For sadness, their second album, Ten Silver Drops.

first song has actually made me tear up on different occasions. I think its b/c i'm fully aware of where the band was at that point, and how shitty it must have been, and to think of my own personal conflicts at any given time.

Masked_Mullet

There's three songs in here, that i do think that you should give a listen to.

Spoiler:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kvWISeUsgw0

Black Label Society- Last Goodbye, it brings a friggin tear to me eye every time i hear it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LXakmEsxhE0

Unhappy-The Salads, it's just a good song. I don' know if it's what your looking for...but.

An One more.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=60GJJCkqn3Q

Ashes Divide- Too Late...

Dark_Side

Pretty much anything by Beach House

Spoiler:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gp2F2azWE3I

Spoiler:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DNQ97P0rQk8

Spoiler:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tnIq0X12i-8

Edit: Finally the videos should display properly.

Jaded

Blue Parade: Sarah Slean
Wheat Kings: Tragically Hip

romanqwerty

Guns N' Roses trilogy fits the bill if your into sad rock ballads.

Estranged, November Rain and Don't cry.