Originally Posted by CABLEDUDE:
“The winner is here, Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho
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“The winner is here, Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho
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This........
The Most Depressing Song Ever
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Decades by Joy Division.
I used to find I Know It's Over by The Smiths hard to listen to but now think it's a bit camp and OTT
See Red by Eyeless In Gaza is very very sad.
I used to find I Know It's Over by The Smiths hard to listen to but now think it's a bit camp and OTT
See Red by Eyeless In Gaza is very very sad.
Some great choices already, cannae beat a bit o' misery
The Intense Humming of Evil - Manics
The Same Deep Water As You - The Cure
Careering - PiL
I Remember Nothing - Joy Division
and pretty much anything Nico recorded after Chelsea Girl.
The Intense Humming of Evil - Manics
The Same Deep Water As You - The Cure
Careering - PiL
I Remember Nothing - Joy Division
and pretty much anything Nico recorded after Chelsea Girl.
Down Came the Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD3PeYji9Ew
And I Loves You, Porgy - Nina Simone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq5A0YadWKs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD3PeYji9Ew
And I Loves You, Porgy - Nina Simone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq5A0YadWKs
Originally Posted by qwerty282:
“I've always found Perfect Day by Lou Reed to be an extremely depressing song. I think I'm the only one though!
Agree with Luka. It is deceptive at first, but it really is a depressing song, once you focus on the lyrics.”
“I've always found Perfect Day by Lou Reed to be an extremely depressing song. I think I'm the only one though!
Agree with Luka. It is deceptive at first, but it really is a depressing song, once you focus on the lyrics.”
You're not the only one. Most people complete fail to see the irony of it.
IMO, Lou Reed is the master of misery and 'The Kids off the album Berlin trumps all others with the opening lyrics:
'They're taking her children away, becuase they said she was not a good mother...'
oh, and the children crying and screaming 'muuuuum' as they are takne off into care.
There is a song by Damien Rice called 'Blower's daughter' that featured in the film Closer. It is awful and extremely self indulgent.
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Zyu...eature=related
Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N77mtFkWQM0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Zyu...eature=related
Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N77mtFkWQM0
Anthony & The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b5HHRT8xvw
Bat For Lashes - Sad Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrP2BdFZiGU
Both depressing in a very beautiful way I might add
Quote:
“Hope there's someone who'll take care of me when I die, will I go.
Hope there's someone who'll set my heart free, nice to hold, when I'm tired.”
“Hope there's someone who'll take care of me when I die, will I go.
Hope there's someone who'll set my heart free, nice to hold, when I'm tired.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b5HHRT8xvw
Bat For Lashes - Sad Eyes
Quote:
“When you smile those sad eyes look sadder and sadder still.”
“When you smile those sad eyes look sadder and sadder still.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrP2BdFZiGU
Both depressing in a very beautiful way I might add
Cripes so many to mention.
Goodbye by Billy Bragg is pretty damm downbeat as is Needle in the Hay by Elliot Smith. I could go on all day with stuff like this as I think there is little better in life than depressing music and red wine, and perhaps one of Keat's more fatalistic verses.
Its oddly cathartic.
There however nothing more truly depressing than the Black Eyed Pea's song, "I've got a feeling", which more than anything by Radiohead, Bright Eyes, or Joy Division truly makes me want to end it all.
Goodbye by Billy Bragg is pretty damm downbeat as is Needle in the Hay by Elliot Smith. I could go on all day with stuff like this as I think there is little better in life than depressing music and red wine, and perhaps one of Keat's more fatalistic verses.
Its oddly cathartic.
There however nothing more truly depressing than the Black Eyed Pea's song, "I've got a feeling", which more than anything by Radiohead, Bright Eyes, or Joy Division truly makes me want to end it all.
Originally Posted by spearmint:
“Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Zyu...eature=related
Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N77mtFkWQM0”
“Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Zyu...eature=related
Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N77mtFkWQM0”
I was going to say Billie Holidays 'Gloomy Sunday'. Im a big Billie Holiday fan and love sad, melancholy music.. But theres just something about 'Gloomy Sunday'. I can't listen to it. It's soo depressing.
Having said that though, I just managed to get through a listen of it. I can't listen to it when im feeling too down though.
Is gloomy sunday not the famous "hungarian suicide song" of urban myth fame.
So depressing so the myth goes that it was banned from the BBC for years incase it caused a lemming like mass march to the the white cliffs of dover to end it all.
It is a truly wonderfull, moving song though and the real story of its composer is far more tragic than the slightly cartoonish "suicide song" stories you can find on the net.
So depressing so the myth goes that it was banned from the BBC for years incase it caused a lemming like mass march to the the white cliffs of dover to end it all.
It is a truly wonderfull, moving song though and the real story of its composer is far more tragic than the slightly cartoonish "suicide song" stories you can find on the net.
Originally Posted by mb@2day:
“Decades by Joy Division.
I used to find I Know It's Over by The Smiths hard to listen to but now think it's a bit camp and OTT
See Red by Eyeless In Gaza is very very sad.”
“Decades by Joy Division.
I used to find I Know It's Over by The Smiths hard to listen to but now think it's a bit camp and OTT
See Red by Eyeless In Gaza is very very sad.
”
Deffo agree with Decades by Joy Division, superb song, but does make you wanna slit your wrists
Also The Same Deep Water As You by The Cure. beautiful track, but depressing as Hell
Originally Posted by d3nium:
“Level 42 - It's Over
Always gets me.”
“Level 42 - It's Over
Always gets me.”
Leaving Me Now is the one of theirs that gets me. I remember seeing them in concert in Liverpool and that song put me on a downer for the rest of the night.
Originally Posted by bingoman:
“I think Everybody Hurts by REM has to be the most depressing song i think i have heard
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“I think Everybody Hurts by REM has to be the most depressing song i think i have heard
”
I agree, and quite ironic considering the lyrics are clearly written to have the exact opposite effect and sway people away from suicide. It's still a really good song but no way would I ever let a suicidal person listen to that.
Originally Posted by rfonzo:
“I would have thought that a list of The Smiths tracks would dominate this forum.”
“I would have thought that a list of The Smiths tracks would dominate this forum.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK8H7Qn3ifA
The Smiths songs are IMHO a thing of great beauty and, despite the lyrics, are uplifting.
A sad song but beauiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nze8B39OB0k
the most depressing sonf i have heard in terms of lyrics is the carpenters - goodbye to love. really sad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeaGeYp8h-Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeaGeYp8h-Q
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