The saddest song (or music) ever written

[goodbyeworkerbee]

This is a very sad song, heard this some many years ago, well written song..

https://youtu.be/ZQ_1trUB9x0?t=2029

@RodneyYouPlonker, I'm a fan of your work.

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We are the World is my choice.

[Horace Kramer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WKXdG1pi9Q

[cakelover4578]

congratulations

First: Thanks for the upload of that book, I'd never heard of it. Definitely on my to read list.

Rolling Stone had a poll where they asked readers essentially this question. The only one on there I really agreed with was Nine Inch Nails: Hurt, and only because it mentions the Johnny Cash cover. I liked his minor lyric change from "crown of shit" to "crown of thorns" - I recognize that it was a reference to Cash's faith, but I have no real issue with religious symbolism in music as long as it's still possible to infer another meaning. 

The entire story around the video is sad too, from the house they filmed it in burning down in 2007 (it was Cash's own house) to the visibly ailing appearance of Johnny himself, to the fact that his wife died three months after they completed the filming. The whole experience is very personal and bare, and when you take the context into consideration and really listen to the layers of music, it's a very emotional experience. The hindsight has only benefitted that, albeit in a bittersweet way.