Your favourite heartbreak song?

[A human Being]

Not that I'm currently heartbroken, I'll say right at the top (well, not any more so than usual ), but I heard mentioned on a game show just now a song that I remember from my adolescence in the mid-90s, and I was reminded of what a soulful, achingly sad song it is - 'Unbreak My Heart' by Toni Braxton.

Got me to thinking that there surely can't be too many songs more devastating - anyone care to try and top it?

[JosephineB]

https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI

One that makes me sob is Johnny cash's version of Hurt. The video of him and his wife June, dear me. See above, get your tissues! ^

[kundalinikid]

Originally Posted by A human Being

Not that I'm currently heartbroken, I'll say right at the top (well, not any more so than usual ), but I heard mentioned on a game show just now a song that I remember from my adolescence in the mid-90s, and I was reminded of what a soulful, achingly sad song it is - 'Unbreak My Heart' by Toni Braxton.

Got me to thinking that there surely can't be too many songs more devastating - anyone care to try and top it?

oooo, i like this one.

[kundalinikid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T8R_VDTOYQ

I'd say probably this...very simple and to the point.

All about failed desires....Buddha would slap Morissey lol.

[A human Being]

Originally Posted by JosephineBloggs

https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI

One that makes me sob is Johnny cash's version of Hurt. The video of him and his wife June, dear me. See above, get your tissues! ^

Oh wow, that's hauntingly beautiful

[A human Being]

Originally Posted by kundalinikid

oooo, i like this one.

Originally Posted by kundalinikid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T8R_VDTOYQ

I'd say probably this...very simple and to the point.

Ahhh man I loved The Smiths in my early '20s, that really takes me back

Originally Posted by kundalinikid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T8R_VDTOYQAll about failed desires....Buddha would slap Morissey lol.

(I often listen to songs/watch films etc. these days thinking that I'd probably end up delivering a boring non-dualist sermon to these people if I had the chance to talk to them )

[kundalinikid]

Originally Posted by A human Being

Ahhh man I loved The Smiths in my early '20s, that really takes me back



(I often listen to songs/watch films etc. these days thinking that I'd probably end up delivering a boring non-dualist sermon to these people if I had the chance to talk to them )

OMG, I know. I thought I'd never like another band as much my whole life in my early 20's. How short sighted we can be. Then I kind of grew out of it...I think probably I let them influence me too much in retrospect. Think I'd been better off listening to some nice piano music instead of this sad stuff, but that was how I was feeling at the time . I think I burned a blend of all of Morissey's ego and self loathing into the unconscious of my brain as well as a dose of Rush's libertarian views and some punk rock attitude from my early youth lol.

[A human Being]

Originally Posted by kundalinikid

OMG, I know. I thought I'd never like another band as much my whole life in my early 20's. How short sighted we can be. Then I kind of grew out of it...I think probably I let them influence me too much in retrospect. Think I'd been better off listening to some nice piano music instead of this sad stuff, but that was how I was feeling at the time . I think I burned a blend of all of Morissey's ego and self loathing into the unconscious of my brain as well as a dose of Rush's libertarian views and some punk rock attitude from my early youth lol.

Eesh, it probably had a similar effect on me, now that you mention it Though in fairness I always thought of Morrissey as something of a kindred spirit anyway (being a fellow Manuncian probably has a lot to do with it), I remember getting into his music after hearing him say in a documentary about his life that he prefered to communicate by fax, as that way he didn't have to talk to people (this was in 2003, mind) - I heard that and thought, 'D'you know what, I think I'll give his music a try!', because I could definitely relate to that, I was hardly a people person myself Thankfully, as you say, you tend to grow out of these things!

[dream jo]

http://youtu.be/Zr1rzSSMsac

[Gem]

"Empty Chairs" by Don McLean.