What is the saddest/most beautiful song you've heard?

[thefiznut]

i agree, there's loads of crap ambient out there. i figure the problem is ambient is a tough thing to make, perhaps only because it's too easy to make poorly. anyone can throw some pad drones together, toss in some spacey shit, etc. perhaps that's what i find so addicting about it though, when an artist does ambient right, it can move you in a way most music can not.

there's always the risk of crossing into new-age territory too.

to relate ambient back to the topic, some of the most saddening pieces of music i've known were beatless and wordless.

 

[Iron Kat]

Got some Torchwood music for you now.

To start off with there's this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd-j_S1Rd6I&feature=related
This track is called

Spoiler

The Death of Dr. Owen Harper

. (The title's in spoiler tags because any Torchwood fan on here who has not seen Reset will get the ending spoiled for them).

I Believe In Him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIYxobYB2HY&feature=related
I don't know which episode this is from but it's a nice piece of music.

Goodbyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMWxXQxjo1k&feature=related
Played near the end of Exit Wounds, definitely the saddest Torchwood episode.

(Track name's in spoiler tags)

Spoiler

Death of Toshiko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQegY85hzk8&feature=related
Another track taken from Exit Wounds. The track title would ruin the ending for people who haven't seen Exit Wounds.

The End Is Where We Start From:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8eVum8GwJ4&feature=related
Played right at the end of Exit Wounds. IMO a beautiful piece to round off the series.

 

[elkaebee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7TIEmEbbWw

 

[Shakermaker]

History by The Verve always rips through my soul basically.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-X_rMJzlro

 

[Krynn72]

This one always gets to me. Its got some personal significance to me too, because Ive lived away from my family for awhile now, and I cant imagine what it would be like to never be able to go back, and to only ever hear from them by letters once every few months.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOA-5H_L2g



Easily the saddest song out of the whole thread. Thats why it was posted in the "Sad thread" in the video forum.

 

[Iron Kat]

Ah yes, I remember that. I thought was really sad too. Certainly got the tears welling up.

 

[Absinthe]

VLetrmx21*

(Goz Quarter?)

<3

Goz Quarter really tugs at me in a way I can't quite understand. The beat is pretty standard Autechre circa 1997, and the melody isn't particularly extravagant. But it's still so... sad. The synths at the end sound like they're wailing.

 

[Dalamari]

Lou Reed - Perfect Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEC4TZsy-Y

 

[Kula Meenur]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGqwgIX1pPs





Ratty - Sunrise (Here I Am)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC5-T3Igug0


D.C & C.S. pres. Miss Jane - It's A Fine Day (ATB Edit)

 

[JBails]

November Rain

 

[Mellish]

Keane - Bedshaped

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LYnb27C62nU

 

[McGooTheWise]

Pearl Jam - Tribute to Layne Staley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB_9GB3G86A&feature=related

 

[Iron Kat]

Keane - Bedshaped

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LYnb27C62nU

I was waiting for someone to post that! I heard that song being played on one of those Children In Need or Comic Relief videos, you know, where they show you what your money does to help, and the video was so emotional I was holding back tears. Ever since then whenever I hear that song my eyes well up.

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

watched the movie into the wild a while ago and it has some pretty good Eddie vedder songs in it:

Long nights

Society

the wolf

you should check them out.

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

also the eels thread reminded me: eels- need some sleep.

 

[staticprimer]

Silver Mt. Zion - Could've Moved Mountains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqvGupwS2c&feature=related

 

[Iron Kat]

I can't believe no one's posted this video yet!

Joseph Arthur - In The Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E1Aa0K0Tp0

I think this is one of the best songs ever written and I MUST GET IT!!! I wish I could download it but I can't find anywhere to get it from. Play.com doesn't do it.

 

[Kula Meenur]

The Panics - Don't Fight It

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=t_cK_cIydHY

 

[kazsymonds]

Athlete - Wires

Not for me, wires is about the birth of his daughter - new life, the fathers paternal instinct etc.

Saddest for me -

Johnny cash - Hurt

 

[StardogChampion]

Dying Slowly:

[youtube]icC4O5mq_-4[/youtube]

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

The entirety of "Enjoy Eternal Bliss" from Yndi Halda.

The entire album is pretty damn moving.

(The album is along the lines of Godspeed/A Silver Mt. Zion)

 

[MJ12]

Rock N Roll Santa by Jan Terri.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcAVheZAxDU&feature=related

 

[McGooTheWise]

Metallica - Damage, Inc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjUS4m_mF3s&feature=related

Hell yeah, ****ing beautiful song.

 

[Kamikazie]

Hate Me by Blue October has been growing on me the past few days. I don't know which category it would fall under, but it's in one of them for me.

 

[MJ12]

I know it's 80's cheese, but the song is passionate and reminds me of someone very close to me.

The Promise- When in Rome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOyyrB1wj04

 

[MattyDienhoff]

It's hard to say, but 'High Hopes' by Pink Floyd is a definite candidate - it's one of the most beautiful songs I've heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ioavsW0tgl

 

[Parky]

The Dead Flag Blues - Godspeed you Black Emperor

 

[Dynasty]

Dire Straits - Local Hero

This solo just makes me actually want to cry.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K9iicVzR-y8

 

[MattyDienhoff]

The Dead Flag Blues - Godspeed you Black Emperor

Scores well on sad, but I think Moya and Sleep are more beautiful.

 

[knut]

I think overall I find A Silver Mt. Zion the sadder band, but not by much.

 

[Iron Kat]

Anthony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Nq9fUX2WE

Heard this in the Torchwood episode Random Shoes after Eugene's death. (No need for spiler tags there because the whole story is about him being dead.)

 

[mortiz-Redux]

Deep Purple - Soldier of Fortune

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHbzP96WWA

 

[Vigilante]

The Drapery Falls by Opeth. Seriously, it's pretty sad sounding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvLn8j4c5l4

 

[99.vikram]

Radiohead - Creep

Because I can relate to it.. Also:

Radiohead - How to disappear completely

 

[dfc05]

Sigur Ros - Gitarjamm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGaA6OS1bN0

I've had the DVD since March but just today realized that I watched the performances on Disc Two without ever watching the documentary on Disc One. Turns out the performances are a lot less random in the context of the documentary.....

 

[Vegeta897]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Jw8lXdtg8

 

[kineaesth]

isto esta ele aqui.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-oDrrtsJgs

 

[Iron Kat]

Radiohead - Videotape. I thought that was pretty sad.

 

[Xoldier]

This song always gets me. Compass by Okay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk5Uh6t73tA

 

[Iron Kat]

Sigur Ros - Gitarjamm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGaA6OS1bN0

I've had the DVD since March but just today realized that I watched the performances on Disc Two without ever watching the documentary on Disc One. Turns out the performances are a lot less random in the context of the documentary.....

Which album is that from?