Sad piano songs

Rhino

Anyone know any very extremely ultra-super sad [primarily] piano songs? Sadder then hungry kittens getting kick in the rain at the night... just utterly and truly sad. Bonus points for youtube or free [and legal!] mp3 links!

thanks!

EDIT: so far I have these:

Linkin Park: Numb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_mFnwOmaPc&mode=related&search=

Aldo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert#Media

Most romanticists make depressing music, but IIRC Schubert wins the prize.

Unless you mean "sad" as in "really really really bad".

Blake T

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

I'm not sure if this is the original clip however but the music still works.

romanqwerty

The scientist by coldplay.

DynamiteKid

The Fray - How To Save A Life
Nick Cave - Into My Arms, Black Hair, There Is A Kingdom...more or less anything off The Boatman's Call

setrajonas

Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" symphony is very depressing for me to listen to.

Also, Mahler's 9th. When a piece recesses from D major to Db major, heh.

Gigaton

The main track from the movie "The Piano" by Michael Nyman. It's called "The Heart Asks Pleasure First". Great piece. You might be able to find it on iTunes. It's a very short track only about a minute and a half.

Magus`

Mad World is kind of sad.

CangoFett

Magus` wrote: »

Mad World makes me cry.

Be careful of your typos

reddog

Billy Joel - And So It Goes
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eELB6NxrZ7A

Javen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x9rLGz73g0&mode=related&search=

Ignore the weird video, but it was the best music sample I could find.

Rhino

Javen wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x9rLGz73g0&mode=related&search=

Ignore the weird video, but it was the best music sample I could find.

That weirdo is our future incredible hulk!

Hamju

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is a real classic.

nexuscrawler

SAD WALKING AWAY MUSIC FROM THE INCREDIBLE HULK

Pinch-a-Loaf

These are mainly links to youtube videos that I found but didn't watch/listen to because I'm at work. The songs themselves, though, are off the top of my head and are all good sad piano songs.

The Guest Room - Honest

Ben Folds - The Luckiest

Something Corporate - Konstantine
Something Corporate - Walking By
Something Corporate - Globes and Maps
Something Corporate - Cavanaugh Park

Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me

Death Cab For Cutie - Tiny Vessels
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism

The Format - At the Wake

Thursday - This Song Brought to You By a Falling Bomb

Jet - Look What You've Done

Augustana - Boston

Cartel - Save Us

Damien Rice - Accidental Babies (this one is backed up with some Battlestar Galactica, if you're a fan)
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes

Jason Mraz - Plane
The Starting Line - Hold On (The Piano Song)
Copeland - Love Affair

Hamju

Debussy - Des Pas Sur La Neige is also good.

DrFrylock

Tom Waits - Lonely
Tom Waits - Take it with Me

cooljammer00

forever rachel?

D.T.

Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise

Counting Crows - Colorblind

SuperSockNinja

Chopin's nocturne in F-sharp minor.

and most of the other nocturnes as well

Xenocide Geek

Ben Folds - The Luckiest isn't too sad, mostly because of the production value.

if you want depressing Ben Folds, go for:

Ben Folds - Brick

and

Ben Folds - Evaporated

Evaporated always gets me in a mood, so maybe it'll work for ya.

Brick is depressing no matter when you listen to it.

Cyclone

Something I Can Never Have by Nine Inch Nails. Not totally piano, but still pretty sad/emo.

cooljammer00

didnt Trent Reznor make some sort of all acoustic album? I'm sure there's good piano music on there.

And he did some With Teeth covers in Piano, I think.

Demerdar

At the drive in - non-zero possibility.

AWinnerIsYou

Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise is a great tune, the only instrumentals being piano and string quartet.

There's a Chopin piece that's awesome as well, I think it's one of his Nocturnes. Someone mentioned the f# minor, that may be the one I'm thinking of.

Seattle Thread

DynamiteKid wrote: »

Nick Cave - Into My Arms, Black Hair, There Is A Kingdom...more or less anything off The Boatman's Call

Absolutely yes

DrFrylock wrote: »

Tom Waits - Lonely
Tom Waits - Take it with Me

Also "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)"

Hybrid

cooljammer00 wrote: »

didnt Trent Reznor make some sort of all acoustic album? I'm sure there's good piano music on there.

Yes he did, he did an album called Still (available on the nin.com website) where he redid a few of his songs in piano (the highlights of these being "something I can never have", and "the fragile") and a few new, insturmental pieces (such as "GOne, still", "the persitance of loss", and "leaving hope")

"Something I can never have" and "leaving hope" are my favourites, and never fail to affect me.

Cantide

Yume no Sukima, from End of Evangelion, is a very simple but effective sad piano piece.

mystic_knight

Since Ben Folds - Brick has already been mentioned, I'll mention Carrying Cathy by him, too.

trixtah

setrajonas wrote: »

Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" symphony is very depressing for me to listen to.

Also, Mahler's 9th. When a piece recesses from D major to Db major, heh.

pathetique...so depressing (I'm talking about Beethoven Sonata no. 8 movement 2, though)

and am I the only one who finds Greensleeves depressing as well?

TechBoy

Tong Hua

Not sure if this is what you're looking for since the lyrics/music video are what make it sad rather than the actual music. Sadness may also depend on how much of teenage girl you are.

Being a burly masculine man, this song doesn't affect me.

I cry every time

EDIT: YouTube also has piano only versions, which upon review sound a lot more haunting than I had expected.

Gafoto

Yann Tiersen - Comptine D'un Autre Ete-L'Apre

This is somebodies youtube version, so you'll have to get the piece of music itself.

Dublo7

Amsterdam by Coldplay.

Oh, Pathetique is incredible. I remember I once had that on loop for about 3 hours.

Screampunk

Aeris's Theme from the FFVII OST

Dublo7

Sigur Ros - Untitled 1

I guess you could call it a piano song. It's definitely sad.

Mim

I second Coldplay " The Scientist" and Damien Rice "9 Crimes". I also suggest "Kuroi Namida (deep sadness version)" by Anna Tsuchiya. Its all in Japanese but the lyrics translated makes it one damn depressing song. And the guitar enters at the right moment so its not COMPLETELY piano all the way around, but neither is "The Scientist".

Andrew_Jay

Hamju wrote: »

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is a real classic.

:^:

Doo do do, doo do do, Doo do do, doo do do . . . :whistle:

Tarantio

Ben Folds: Fred Jones Part 2

Damn, seems like Ben Folds writes a lot of sad songs. I think this one might be my favorite of the sad ones though.

"He's forgotten, but not yet gone..."

Rook

Tori Amos: Losing my Religion cover

Elendil

The last movement of Beethoven's 31st sonata.

Jacobkosh

nexuscrawler wrote: »

SAD WALKING AWAY MUSIC FROM THE INCREDIBLE HULK

Also: Elvis Costello's North. Click for samples. All piano songs about his divorce (except the last four, which are about meeting his new wife).