By sad, I mean somber music, depressing lyrics, tales of heartache, something that brings the pain or makes you think "this poor motherfucker." Maybe a song that makes you feel bad and you can't listen to it.
I generally don't find Prince songs to be all that sad, maybe a little lovelorn but not all out gloomy and miserable. What you got?

I'm thinking...


Purple Rain - sad lyrics, heartrending melody and a knee weakening falsetto at the end


Another Lonely Christmas - Somebody died right? Not so much sad as dull


Reflections - a sad song that perhaps wasn't meant to be sad?


17 Days - Funky and sad and depressing all at the same time.

Another Lonely Christmas, while sad, is pure fiction, which negates a bit of the imposed emotion in it.

Purple Rain isn't sad, so much as it's reflective, regretful, hopeful, and apologetic.

What's sad is the message in "Strange Relationship", or "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man", "I Love U But I Don't Trust You Anymore", "Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do", "Sometimes It Snows In April", "There is Lonely"...

ernestsewell said:

omg your siggy...but some asses are truly great.




anyway...strange relationship is definitely sad in that I think its one of few Prince songs that are really a confession and reflection into his disfunctionality (did I make a new word?). It's makes one sad for him.

DesireeNevermind said:

It was something I said in some thread, and Squirrelgrease thought I should add it, so I did. Might've been about Prince's assless pants or bikini days.

ernestsewell said:

I Hate U is quite sad too.

Little Red Corvette, Condition Of The Heart, Nothing Compares 2 U, The Dance, Money Don't Matter 2night, When You Were Mine, The Love We Make, Dolphin, Shhh, Miss You, A Million Days, It's Gonna Be Lonely, The Beautiful Ones, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Do Yourself A Favor, ...


But the saddest of all probably has to be Sometimes It Snows In April.

Listening to it right now, Venus De Milo is also very sad.

Dave1992 said:

I forgot about those. Condition Of The Heart, The Dance, I Hate U, If I Was Your Girlfriend ... definitely

Anything on Newpowersoul as it marked the beginning of the end

I guess it depends where you are in life - Sonetimes It Snows In and April will be an obvious one but for me Arms of Orion and TMBGITW are far more sadd on a personal level because of where I was in life at the time.

Arms of Orion - my Gf had just left for uni and I was at a party without her when this came on.

TMBGITW - I had a mad crush on a girl who didn't know I wad alive, she eventually got interested around this time and the one of her friends told her something untrue about me and she cooled off to just about friends
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How aboout WHY U WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD???/ That kinda sad considering???

rgsince81 said:

Comeback - in the context of what it is (allegedly) about, very sad

MrMul said:

What album is that on?

purpledoveuk said:

The Truth

Sometimes it snows in April
Condition of the heart
White Mansion

So long have I gazed into your eyes
Wondering what they'd look like on a new born child....

Let's Have A Baby from Emancipation. This line kills me when I think about what happened. He was in such an exciting place in his life.

soulyacolia said:

Of course it is....I knew it rang a bell.

What's it allegedly about then...I meN I know it's obviously about death etcbutus it specificly about someone (his son?)

Dave1992 said:

That's probably his most beautiful tune..it's happy and both sad at the time. Pure beauty. Btw, who is credited for playing those instruments? I don't remember if it's in the Parade booklet..

Im surprised know one said Wasted Kisses or Old Friends 4 sale or GOODBYE.

dance4me3121 said:

I'm probably the only one who hate Wasted Kisses..

Oh..and Empty Room is VERY SAD. Lyrics makes me cry everytime I hear that song and the music itself is full of emotions..

hands down the saddest song has to be 'sex in summer' apparently that heartbeat thats on it is the heartbeat of his unborn son before he died

Zinzi said:

that's the only sad part of the song. If we didn't know that was the sonogram of his baby's heart beating, it'd be a pretty sweet song overall.

when you look at the lyrics of LRC, it's kind of sad too. He's basically singing about getting played.

DesireeNevermind said:

also "something in the water"

purpledoveuk said:

It has been suggested that it is about his son. But I think its sad whoever it is about.

nyse said:

oh hell yeah...that's one of the saddest.


Must be something in the water they drink
It's been the same with every girl I've had
Must be something in the water U drink
Why else would a woman wanna treat a man so bad?

I'd do anything 4 U, anything (Must be something in the water U drink)
Why don't U talk 2 me? (Must be something in the water U drink)
Tell me who u r (Must be something in the water U drink)
don't do this 2 me (Must be something in the water U drink)
please don't do this (Must be something in the water U drink)

So Blue. One of my favorites from the old days. ya Desiree!

^

"I love u but I don't trust u anymore"

Maybe the saddest love song ever by any artist.