The 15 saddest songs of the last 30 years
It happens to everyone, several times in the course of life, to have a "no" day. In some cases, there is an explanation for that feeling of sadness that we feel and that does not seem to want to leave: a love disappointment, an argument with a loved one or even a bereavement.
In others, however, our malaise seems to arise suddenly and all we perceive is a constant melancholy of which we cannot understand the reason or that sense of boredom and boredom, defined spleen by Baudelaire, who makes us see everything gray and gloomy.
Anyone who saw us from the outside would think that all we need is a person or something that will lift our spirits and make us feel good. In reality, this is not always true: there are times when being sad it is a necessary, albeit painful, phase. In those hours we do not perceive the urgent need for happiness, but that of wanting to live and process our phase of negativity. Only in this way, once we have overcome the initial discouragement and bitterness, can we return to smile sincerely, from the heart.
Music has always been a faithful companion in episodes of this type: listening to the song or the playlist right, an authentic episode of catharsis, of liberation and purification from pain can be enacted. This song cannot be the hit of the summer, cheerful and with a rather banal text, but one with a deep meaning, with a tormented text and with notes able to touch the strings of our soul. It must be a song that seems to read inside and to help us bring out our sadness.
We have compiled the ranking of the 15 saddest songs of the last 30 years, with which you can vent all your pain, anguish and anxiety during those "no" days, well known to each of us. Ideal for a dinner alone - perhaps avoiding candlelight - in front of a tub of ice cream and stocked with a good supply of handkerchiefs. Do not forget that crying and living your emotions to the full are not synonymous with weakness or pure fragility, but with courage and the desire to get up.
15. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Here, the matter is complicated: for years, Hallelujah, composed by Leonard Cohen and brought to world success with the cover of Jeff Buckley, is one of the songs that never fails in playlist "sad songs". In reality, it is only her sweet notes, her delicate guitar and voice ballad aspect that give her this "idea: the original prayer is, instead, an" ode to life and love, even in the form of her sexual act. .
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14. Vasco Rossi - Sally
Vasco Rossi's famous song became a classic of his repertoire right from the start. Behind the name of Sally hides the figure of Vasco himself - as the singer-songwriter had declared in an "interview -, who reflects on his life, initially thinking he lived it the wrong way, giving in during difficult moments, but of which he sees a turning point:
"Maybe life wasn't all lost
Maybe something is saved
Maybe it really wasn't all wrong. "
13. Enrique Iglesias - Hero
This piece by Enrique Iglesias undoubtedly falls into the category of "sad songs", but this does not mean that it is not suitable for a young couple at the beginning of their love. He, timidly, wants to conquer her, despite the fear of seeing her flee. He does not ask her her love directly asks her if she can become her hero A romantic and hopeful ballad.
Loading ...12. Radiohead - Creep
At first listen, the text of this piece may seem "romantic", but it hides a deeper meaning behind it. He does not feel equal to her, her angel. It is nothing compared, he will never be able to have her. The rock band of the nineties combines, in a "sad song", the classic theme of love with the non-acceptance of self.
Loading ...11. Rihanna - Stay
There are moments, during a relationship, when certainties begin to waver, even more at the beginning of a young love. One of the two lovers is more insecure and, perhaps, even more fragile. In this song, Rihanna asks a loud voice to his "him" to remain, in a sweet and delicate plea, which manages to touch the deepest strings of the heart.
Loading ...10. Coldplay - The Scientist
A soft and sweet melody with a text that speaks of the end of a love, whose dynamics seem more complex than a scientific problem. So Coldplay want to tell the end of a romantic relationship, with the only desire to be able to start over, erase every mistake and take a blank sheet in order to write a different ending.
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9. Birdy - Skinny love
Young Birdy relaunched Bon Yver's song in 2011, with a tearful and melancholy version. Skinny, literally, it means "thin", but here it refers to a love, now thin and fragile. Like so many love stories, that of this couple has also come to an end. The two know it, they are aware of it and the pain they feel has increased since salt - quoted in the second verse -, thrown on their wounds in an attempt to heal them.
Loading ...8. Tiziano Ferro - Dark nights
There is not the slightest trace of candlelit dinners in this piece by Tiziano Ferro, the symbol par excellence of all broken heart. Nostalgia for someone or something strikes us almost mainly after sunset, as if the absence of light led our thoughts to mingle with more arrogance. This feeling, combined with sadness for a finished love, is at the origin of one of the songs. inevitable in ours playlist of sad hearts.
Loading ...7. Avril Lavigne - I "m with you
If it's raining outside and what you're experiencing is anything but a romantic evening, the song by a barely eighteen-year-old Avril Lavigne is ideal. With her song, the American artist puts the feeling of loneliness into music and words. try when you feel alone even with other people around; when, even if someone extends his hand towards you, you don't know immediately whether to accept it.
Loading ...6. Passenger - Let her go
A sad song par excellence of the last few years that, with melancholy, reveals all the regret of having ruined an important relationship and having understood it only when it is over.
"You only know you've been high when you're feeling low
You only hate the street when you miss home
You only know you love her when you let her go
And let her go. "
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5. Giorgia - Drops of memory
Do you know those songs that, despite having heard them countless times, touch your soul exactly like the first listen? Drops of memory di Giorgia is one of them. Heartbreaking in its delicacy, the song is about the painful loss of someone you loved. In his case, he refers to the tragic death of "former partner Alex Baroni:"and tell me how I can do to reach you now'.
Loading ...4. A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera - Say Something
The song Say Something, by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera, is a piano and voice ballad capable of exorcising pain from the first listen. The theme? The traditional and poignant end of a love, the one you don't want to give up, but that you feel you have to let go. However, the delicacy of the opening part of the song, which builds tension in the middle to release it at the end, makes everything more exciting. There will be handkerchiefs, but it will be worth it.
Loading ...3. Adele - Someone like you
The queen of sad songs for finished loves. Listening to it just once, Someone like you Adele paints the scene like a picture: she sees her ex-partner after a while, she knows that he has fallen in love with "another woman. Not only that, he is married. However, she has never stopped thinking about him and loving him." but she feels no resentment or envy, she wishes him the best for this new life of his, she just begs him not to forget it, because she would never be able to do it towards him.
Loading ...2. Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love
It is not among the most famous Ed Sheeran songs in Italy, but it is probably one of the most touching. At the end of an important love story, the singer seeks the comfort of another woman, even though he knows he will fail, because she will never be his "her". A poignant plea and a painful cry for help, affection and love that find their crescendo in the final part of the song.
Loading ...1. James Blunt - Goodbye my lover
In this sweet and delicate ballad voice and piano, James Blunt greets his partner for the last time, after the end of their love story. There is no anger or resentment, only regret and pain for all that might have been for her in the years to come and what she must now say goodbye to forever.
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