https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVetTbHiwjw
Cameron White4 months ago Nancy, You walked in and my life began again. Thank you for being here. I miss you. Rest In Peace my darling.
― unknown pleasure zone (uptown churl), Friday, 23 May 2014 04:28 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wq9B6KaIRQ&feature=kp
John d'Arke9 months ago I used to entertain ideas of suicide throughout my teens. Attempted it once and indulged in lots of reckless behaviour in the hope I might not survive.
Years later I lost my best friend to it. I was the one to find him, and cut him down from the ceiling then cradled him in my arms while crying like a baby for what seemed like an eternity (probably only ~5-10 minutes) for the ambulance to arrive.
Even writing these few words brings tears to my eyes...about 8 years later. I really am shattered by these events even now. I found out later he was having marital issues and struggling after the arrival of his first child. I didn't even know.
This event tore my life apart, and his wife and daughter's, and touched many more. It being suicide made it feel all the more tragic and pointless. Much more than any other friend I've lost to car & motorbike accidents and drugs and cancer etc. I'm still hesitant to make new friends to this day.
I don't know if it'll help to share, but I how it might help someone.
Take care and talk to someone you trust - friend family or counsellor if you feel this way.
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 May 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
i wonder about those
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the user name adds to the suspicion. This is a well-intention fiction. The opposite of trolling. Llorting.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 23 May 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
i feel like i have a pretty good smell test about these, and there are a lot of ones that play out like fantasy melodramas that im suspicious of
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 23 May 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
devilkyn13 months ago This song literally changed my life. When I was young I was afraid of coming out in the small town I lived in. After buying the Empire Records soundtrack I listened to this song over and over until I had the courage to move out on my own and start living my life. Happily things worked out fine, but like i said this song literally was my catalyst to change my life :)Reply ·
― just sayin, Sunday, 25 May 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
^ happy youtube
A friend sent me a link to this site a few months back, and I gotta say what's already been said: this is an amazing project. It's heartwarming to see people other than myself get all nostalgic over "I.G.Y.", one of my all-time faves
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Sunday, 25 May 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
you're right people kill but they don't get imediate death penalty! no i don't have kids i got tons of cousins and yes some already were atacked by dogs and as always the dogs are always killed , makes me wonder if one day there aren't enough dogs to kill!
― anvil, Sunday, 1 June 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
(post the youtube link too pls guys)
― NI, Monday, 2 June 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
A recent interview...
http://www.nosuchthingaswas.com/2014/11/how-we-talk-about-ourselves-and-music.html
...which just now led to a mention by Andrew Sullivan.
http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/11/22/the-little-stories-of-youtube/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 22 November 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
h/t man alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUtnwcv-quE
Trevor Ferguson6 days agoWhen this song was released. I was 9 years old(1997). It was the day of my grandfathers funeral. Heard this song just before the graveside serviceReply ·
― 龜, Thursday, 22 January 2015 04:06 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0AxrOUJ62E
1969pontiac13 weeks ago My wife passed away, she was no mistake. I miss her very much. Cherish the time you have with your loved one. We never know when it will be over. Happy New Year to all.Reply · 1Hide replies
Érica Ferreira Mazarini Kika2 weeks ago Leste goReply ·
Jader Loki1 week ago Very sorry for your loss. All we can do is think about the good times with those we lost that we loved and put in a little extra for those we have not lost yet... We may be next. Too many to count for meReply · 1
1969pontiac11 week ago +Jader LokiThanks for your kind words. I am sorry for your losses.. Take care, BillReply · 1
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 22 January 2015 04:17 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrOn6Am_opk
James Robo6 days ago Jim reminds so much of a man I called a friend, they looked so much alike. but my friend drank himself to death, i guess Jesus wasn't enough :(Reply ·
― Οὖτις, Friday, 23 January 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
wow @ "I guess Jesus wasn't enough"
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Friday, 23 January 2015 22:25 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAriDxTeed8&list=RDVSQWcQXPtmA&index=5Tdot heisenberg3 months ago Rip to my late friend Doug, I miss you buddy I wish I would have known how you were feeling, I wish I could have saved you man, goodbye brotherReply · 17
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Saturday, 14 February 2015 02:36 (nine years ago) link
so good:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-220-1.2957497/sad-youtube-music-and-memory-1.2957500
― gr8080, Saturday, 14 February 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link
Came here to post that. Heard it on the radio this weekend. Nice one, S1ocki!
― Brio2, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 14:47 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuz5TKzaJoE
― djh, Sunday, 8 March 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
needfulthingsTYify 4 years ago Why have I been early so late ... why have I not been there ... why do I have to carry on life knowing I will never see this magic with my own eyes ... life has become futile :-(
― There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Friday, 29 May 2015 12:55 (eight years ago) link
lol what was the video
― Ric Flairy (clouds), Friday, 29 May 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
Sisters of Mercy at Brixton Academy in 1983
― There was Bjork from Iceland and Alanis Morissette from Canada (onimo), Saturday, 30 May 2015 08:08 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8wDKEhQcv0
d3p3ch3mod3 7 years ago
this is so beautiful it makes me want to cry. i'm kind of glad i ruined 3 years of my life so that i could understand art like this
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Sunday, 31 May 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
A new thing going!
http://sadyoutube.com/post/120615087195/introducing-sad-youtube-books
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Vv7BkXf.png
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 12 June 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swnt7ndS6dA
spacehimself 1 year ago when this came out ,i was a teenage boy in a lonely place , detassling cornfields. i only looked forward to coming , going into garage and listening to this on a little panasonic portable cd player , with headphones where only one ear worked.
i watched ants in the garage running in lines building things fighting back tears
― five six and (man alive), Sunday, 19 July 2015 03:39 (eight years ago) link
:(
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 July 2015 03:40 (eight years ago) link
Though sad, also cool as shit to me that there was some random kid finding solace in cerberus shoal in between cornfield detasslings -- gives me faith in music.
― five six and (man alive), Sunday, 19 July 2015 04:03 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbNg5_Jtd8k
http://i.imgur.com/anDoloV.png
― stoomcursus rockisme (unregistered), Friday, 31 July 2015 05:23 (eight years ago) link
^the comment section is like 95% lonely meme dudes and 5% 'I enjoyed this song by the recording artist Tom Waits'. not sure if sad or lol.
― stoomcursus rockisme (unregistered), Friday, 31 July 2015 05:25 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ltkyqfMjCg
― stoomcursus rockisme (unregistered), Friday, 31 July 2015 05:27 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igNVdlXhKcI
Moped _26 2 weeks ago Did you know that Marvin Gaye's dad killes him
I cri evry tiem 😢 Reply · 114
― five six and (man alive), Monday, 10 August 2015 04:29 (eight years ago) link
hxxps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUwxKWT6m7U
I haven't heard this song in years, but this takes me back. I don't really know why I'm typing this whole wall of text, but here it goes. November of 2009, a guy I had a crush on asked me to be his gf, and I accepted. Let's call him J. I thought he was amazing, and for the first few months, he was. I was only 15, but I was convinced I was in love. And it was great until J graduated from high school in May of 2010. That was when his parents decided that a relationship with a high schooler was now inappropriate. He and I would find loopholes and see each other whenever we could. My parents found this new behavior sketchy, so he and I pretended to break up, but were still dating in secret, the only ones knowing being my best friend and his sister. September 2010, and he began college while I continued high school. Seeing him in the old church every Thursday night became the highlight of my week. Around the end of September, he made the bold move to come see a play I was performing in. After the play ended, he and I ran out into the alley behind the theater and kissed while it was raining, and I didn't even care who saw. It's unbelievably cliche, and probably something you'd see in a movie, but my adrenaline was surging. He was like a drug to me. After that night, things only got worse. A few people saw us, and word got back to both of our families. I was grounded for a month, and even after that I was rarely allowed to hang out with friends anywhere other than my house. I had to block and delete his number, and we didn't talk for almost two months. Fast forward to November 2010. I joined a local volunteer group and so did he. I could tell he was glad to see me, and we got back together again, this time, no one else but us knowing. But something was different about him. He had a hair-trigger temper now. He seemed way more stressed. But me, being ecstatic to even be around him again, I tolerated it. Late November, things started going south for me, too. I was getting migraines and my vision was worsening. I went to a doctor, they did an mri test, and found an abnormal lump in my brain, near my left optic nerve. December 3, 2010. I lied to my parents about going to study with friends and snuck out to see J, saying I had something important to tell him. I told J that I had a brain tumor and it might be cancerous. He broke up with me mere minutes after I said this. I was so angry, I couldn't even cry, and went home with a stoic expression. Thankfully it wasn't cancer, but I had to have surgery and spend about a month in the hospital. But then, in August of 2012, I got a phone call from a number I didn't know. I ignored it, but I was left a voicemail. It was J, apologizing for everything with so much detail, and then asking me if I'd be willing to come see him. I'd be lying if I said I didn't cry and even contemplate taking him back. But I called back, and said no. He left me during the most difficult time in my life. He hurt me so badly that I couldn't feel anything. I couldn't let him back in, because even after all of the happiness he brought into my life, it was dwarfed in comparison to how much pain and sadness he brought. We haven't spoken since. Now I'm starting to wonder how he's doing. I wonder if he still regrets what he did back in December. I wonder if he thinks of me every time he hears this song.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 00:34 (eight years ago) link
h o l y s h i t
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLdp4kiuT-U
Elizabeth Child 1 month agoThis and "Smiley's People" are like food and drink to me at this time in my life (age 70 and alone). They fill an empty place in my soul few, if any, movies could. A million thanks.
― anonanon, Monday, 24 August 2015 22:46 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuTEk2uqzTA
Susan Holm 1 year ago This was one of my sissys favorite songs. She was an awesome person but cancer took her way too soon. I miss her terribly and so do her children.
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 07:30 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvvRYYoGxg
Teamug96 6 months ago My Grandfather is in the late stages of dementia, he doesn't remember any of his family, barely anything; yet he sings this song and this song only over and over again, word for word. It's so lovely to hear, brings me to tears.
;_;
― poster marked "WHITE PPL" (onimo), Friday, 23 October 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mvz7I7Dp5c
Philippe Quinchard il y a 4 mois Cela me rappelle, lorsque mon fils m'aimait. il chantait cette chanson avec le conservatoire de Fontenay sous Bois
(This reminds me of when my son still loved me. He used to sing this song with the Fontenay sous Bois music school)
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 20 November 2015 13:11 (eight years ago) link
http://www.thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/peanuts2.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
K (~4 yrs old) will sometimes say to me when I have the guitar "I want you to play Freight Train because it makes me so sad." When I play it, she will then bawl. <3 :`(
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
http://sadyoutube.com/post/134867337470/sad-youtube-is-over-for-now
― gr8080, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
And what a lovely way to wrap up.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:58 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csG6MBYsmOU
TheRAFfc 2 weeks agoTHANK YOU FOR THIS MEMORY. I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE PICTURE HOUSE IN THE EARLY 30.S ,IN LONDON WITH MY SISTER. WHO WAS 16 YEARS OLDER THAN I SHE HAS LONG LEFT ME, REST HER LOVING HEART AND SOUL. "BY A WATERFALL" THE MELODY HAS ALWAYS ENTRANCED ME, SO WELL SUNG BY DICK POWELL THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN:):):)
― Tuomas, Saturday, 13 February 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/KWT5Ozg.png
― 龜, Thursday, 17 March 2016 12:57 (eight years ago) link
:'(
― niels, Thursday, 17 March 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
what song?
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 March 2016 15:38 (eight years ago) link
"A Boy Named Sue"
― pplains, Thursday, 17 March 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
Uploaded on Mar 24, 2011The first time I heard this song I was on a balcony while a typhoon was coming into town and a potted plant fell off and smashed in the courtyard four stories below my feet. I smoked a cigarette which lasted the exact length of this song, and as the rain came in I felt at peace with the weather.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 18:11 (eight years ago) link
Not surprisingly, much heartbreaking commentary here
20 years ago today we lost my dad to suicide. I was 21 when I had to get the police to break into his house and I had to identify his body. He always used to play this song every weekend when he took me and my sister to his local pub to play pool. Miss him still x
When I was 20yrs old just gave birth to my second son abandoned by my husband, there stood children service trying to sign away my baby for adoption, he was a beautiful baby, child service had a social worker who wanted him bad, my sister played this song knowing how much I listened to music, I gave her the paper back said I can raise my kids, now grown up, he is a wonderful Christian, good father, husband&son this song woke me up, i am so glad that my sister played this, I grew up that day
Last one on first page cracked me up though, perfect closer:
steve FromEngland vor 1 MonatI always hated this song because my brother was the biggest dick head you could ever meet, bollox to him
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
indeed
― niels, Thursday, 12 May 2016 11:55 (seven years ago) link