I know I am a newbie here. But I am still a songwriter. My challenge is this...who can write the saddest song. Of course it would be cool to use Band in a Box in the making. And I am talking about coming up with a song that will just leave you emotionally destroyed because it is that sad. A song that will stay in a persons mind for like forever. One that rips the fiber of your heart right out. A song that can make even the toughest guy on the block ball his head off. Even cry in front of his best friends.
Or not....C. Dan

Now this I can get behind! Sometimes about sad music was always inviting to me I've already heard some pretty sad tunes on the showcase, but I'm always eager to hear more.

"And I am talking about coming up with a song that will just leave you emotionally destroyed because it is that sad."



That could be said of most of my songs.



Regards,

Bob

I love sad breakup songs. My last album was comprised mostly of them. I'll have to see what I can come up with for this.

Does it have to be a brand new write or could it be an existing song created with BB at some past point of time?


That's mandatory around here.

Click on my songs link below and scroll down the list to Missing Me. It's been called a gut ripper.

That is a brilliant song from a brilliant singer do you do all your own producing/mixing etc.

I'm still going through your songs.

Top stuff some of them so far.

I love sad music! Is that weird to say? I'd love to hear all the sad songs people want to write.

Not Weird Ember just Sad!

Sad, mawkish, sentimental, heart string puller,tragedy recount? I'm not sure what I could offer other than sadly lacking.

Here is one that I wrote a few years ago when I was in Pumping Station Road:

https://soundcloud.com/pumping-station-road/god-took-my-angel

Yesss - all the sad songs, haha. If people start linking their sad tunes on here I will gladly listen

This is one from my CD that people say fits that criteria.

And not just because it's me singing it!!!

The One That Got Away

Not one of mine, but the flip side of Terry Jacks' 45 "Seasons In The Sun" hit (itself a sad song) is so sad that it's funny and awful:

Here's one more for you. This is called Do It All Again. I wrote this and put it on my CD, but then asked a guy named Bobby Lee who sings in a great local country band to do a version. He absolutely nailed it.

Here is one we did a couple of years back. Could use a remix as I listen to it now for the first time in ages.

The lyrics are about losing someone you really love.

GoodBye

These are both actually great - I personally think I gravitate more towards the former. Straight forward and very relatable lyrics, but the delivery really cuts through. A great hook to boot.

More, more!

Several video songs come to find...







BTW... All 3 were created in Biab and mixed in Power Tracks

I'm still waiting for the OP to answer the dang question.

Are old songs that meet the criteria OK or is this a challenge to write something new that qualifies as the saddest song ever?

I'm covered either way!! As long as women keep trampling on my heart (and bank account), I will have material!!

It's all cool old or new.....long as it is sad to the bone.

Here are a few...

Feeling Nothing At All

Still Drinking

Half

Bible On The Dresser - (a co-write with David Snyder)

Choking

Written (Janice on harmonies - of course...)

Hi My song is so sad 1503 people drowned in the making of it !SOS TITANIC !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUQoUJNPDKs

My song is so sad it's the first to have "Sad" in its title.....



My Sad Story


A few may notice this is a remix of the original that to add to the overall "sadness" of the song, was a finalist to a Taxi placement in a movie but was rejected due to some poor production decisions I made but have since corrected.

Here's one:


http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=268279&page=1



Regards,

Bob

Great subject for a song challenge.

+++ Lilly Cries +++ is not my song. However the song is co-written by and performed by a Band-in-a-Box user.

Well it made Me Cry:


Come Shining

http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=411964&page=1

And if you really want to shoot yourself...

Killing Time

https://soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel/killing-time

Killing Time

By David Snyder

V1

Well the hour glass says I’m running out
And the Holy Priest is full of doubt
And the warden won’t let me out
Until I’ve had my share
I been staring out
On the prison yard
And I see a guy who’s trying hard
To dig a hole
That will lead him to nowhere

PRE CH:

Yeah everything in the world has changed
But one thing remains the same

CH:

I will love you in the summer
And I will love you in the fall
I will love you in the winter
And when spring time comes to call
I will love you baby until they make me walk that line
I will love you ‘til that day
When they say
It’s killing time

V2

Well I am sorry for the killing I’ve done
Never wanted to hurt no one
But I know I’m not the only man
Who has ever sought revenge
Justice is mine
Saith the Lord
I wished I’d studied more on those words
Before I killed the man
who stole the life of my little girl

PRE CH:

Yeah everything in the world has changed
But one thing remains the same

CH:

I will love you in the summer
And I will love you in the fall
I will love you in the winter
And when spring time comes to call
I will love you baby until they make me walk that line
[And I will meet you in heaven on that day
When they say
It’s killing time x 2]
And Baby just so you know
Your Daddy’s feelin’ fine

Words and Music copyright 2017 by David Snyder
Produced and Engineered by David Snyder

Wow, Floyd, a bunch of great ones, ha ha!

man, I listened to Bible again and I need a drink!!!!!!! I'm so depressed I could shoot myself!!!

Josie,

I got so depressed listening to that I had to listen to this just to cheer myself up!!

!!!!!

https://soundcloud.com/josie-beck-songs/i-dont-wanna-think-about-you

Mario,

I can't go on man. This is too much sad music.

It's great though.

Eddie,

I am so sad I need to go eat five pizzas. You guys are killing me.

Well I have a good sad song. I have the lyrics and melody and chords...but I am having trouble getting it into the box. I played this song with my granddaughter and she started crying before we even got half way through the song. I titled it "Little Dog's Girl". I have been checking out the new Real Tracks like "Real Tracks 278", which is Ooohs And Aaahs. And man.. right now is when I could use some of those real tracks. Has any one on this forum used them in a composition yet?
If you have ever listened to "He stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones ...the Ooohs and aaahs along with the pedal steel and the harmonica alone make me feel like crying.
Anytime I cover this song around my Mom, she starts crying. Actually every time I do it she starts crying. I have to play "Boot Scoot Boogie" to get her to stop crying.
I know I seem like a meany for making them cry... but that is what a good sad song will do...but they love it and come back for more..
I would like to post my song but I haven't got it to fit "Band in a Box" yet. I may have to use a minimum of real tracks to get it to work.
And also I am digging the tunes that the rest you guys are posting.....really good songs coming in here.

Dave,

Do you have any Prozac you can send me? This one has pushed me over the edge.

I'm standing on the edge of a bridge.

Beer is always the answer

Thanks for giving it a listen, David

Here's a new sad one I just posted to the songwriter showcase. Link is to the showcase post.

How To Forget

Here is one I wrote a while ago. My wife Marg sings it.

The Corner Of Goodbye

My entry:

FOOTSTEPS IN THE HALL

Being haunted by someone who isn't there anymore.

Oh yeah I like this song...I got a tingle..This is the the best one I have heard on here in the "Sad Song" category so far. And there are some good ones. I could feel the lyrics..they spoke to a place I have been before. And the construction of instruments are well placed and timed just right to keep the feel alive. Good Job on this one. C. Dan

Yeah Herb, this is a really good song man.

Is it bad to say that I am really enjoying these sad songs so far and that I want to see more? I feel like that's a bad thing for me to want, especially because some of them seem pretty personal. But they're just so good.

Check out the song by Jeff Bates called "Watching His Son Going Down"... Another sad song..
If you like Conway Twitty type vocals...check out the song "Somebody's Falling" Sung by Sarah Darling and Jeff Bates.

Both good tunes...

C.Dan

I don’t know about a remix but I must say this song I like. I think this is one song I would describe as bloody brilliant but I am an Aussie.

Tony

Well Tony, it's a well known fact that Aussies have exceptionally good taste in music

Thanks for the listen and kind words, I appreciate it

I like this a lot. Was that real fiddle? It sounds almost like a guitar with an ebow. A lot of emotion in the vocals as well.

Eddie,

That is a guitar you are hearing. I ran it through an auto swell pedal that basically detects pick attacks and replaces them with a smooth volume swell. Makes it sound like a bowed instrument. Some guys can do it with a pinky on the volume knob, but I’m not that coordinated.

Re the vocal: She wrote the lyrics after losing a best friend to cancer, so yeah, she was feeling it when she did the recording.

Thanks for the listen and comment, I haven’t listened to yours yet but will do so soon.

https://soundcloud.com/countryjammer/cold-bricks-below
I haven't gotten the tune I wrote to put on here worked out yet...so here is this dark ballad I wrote about a cold winter day in Ft. Worth Texas.
Downtown Ft. Worth streets are made of bricks....
It Is called "Cold Bricks Below"

C. Dan
Bass-(midi)-34 finger Elec.
Piano-(midi)-acoustic
Drums-(midi)-drum patch #2
Guitar-372-Acoustic, hank sw 120
Fiddle-618-background, allis ev. 120
Guitar 2-522-acoustic finger picking ev. 120
Recorded thru line 6 spider jam amp onto sd card
Vocals me... chorus harmony..me with digitech harmonizer
And me playing acoustic guitar on line 6 variax acoustic position 1

A remix? It sounds brilliant to me... and this is a cool thread. Going out to pick up some kleenex and settle in to listen to the other songs here.
My two-hankie song; save one for Janice signing off with feeling...

Vacant Chair

Here is another sad song sample...
Composed in Biab using Blank2.sty with a Steel & Resonator Guitar Real Tracks added later

I've listened to most of the songs in this thread. This one gets to me! I remember it from when you first posted it. Hard not to like a brilliant write with Janice on vocals!

Thanks Dave,
I listened to most of the postings here too- as well as yours, Josie`s Missing Me, & Floyd`s Feeling Nothing At All got to me... and David`s Killing Time turned my insides to jello!

Robert

There's some true gems throughout this thread. Thanks for sharing guys Now we need another thread called "Uplifting Song Challenge" or something to balance it out!

So create it!