Mine is Muse - Blackout. When i was depressed, i always imagined myself dying whilst listening to it.
Melancholy Man by Moody Blues "Melancholy Man" I'm a melancholy man, that's what I am, All the world surrounds me, and my feet are on the ground. I'm a very lonely man, doing what I can, All the world astounds me and I think I understand That we're going to keep growing, wait and see. When all the stars are falling down Into the sea and on the ground, And angry voices carry on the wind, A beam of light will fill your head And you'll remember what's been said By all the good men this world's ever known. Another man is what you'll see, Who looks like you and looks like me, And yet somehow he will not feel the same, His life caught up in misery, he doesn't think like you and me, 'Cause he can't see what you and I can see. http://youtube.com/watch?v=-WiLsB-SOUY
THE SHANGRI-LAS lyrics - The Leader Of The Pack [Spoken:] Is she really going out with him? Well, there she is. Let's ask her. Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing? Mm-hmm Gee, it must be great riding with him Is he picking you up after school today? Uh-uh By the way, where'd you meet him? I met him at the candy store He turned around and smiled at me You get the picture? (yes, we see) That's when I fell for (the leader of the pack) My folks were always putting him down (down, down) They said he came from the wrong side of town (whatcha mean when ya say that he came from the wrong side of town?) They told me he was bad But I knew he was sad That's why I fell for (the leader of the pack) One day my dad said, "Find someone new" I had to tell my Jimmy we're through (whatcha mean when ya say that ya better go find somebody new?) He stood there and asked me why But all I could do was cry I'm sorry I hurt you (the leader of the pack) [Spoken:] He sort of smiled and kissed me goodbye The tears were beginning to show As he drove away on that rainy night I begged him to go slow But whether he heard, I'll never know Look out! Look out! Look out! Look out! I felt so helpless, what could I do? Remembering all the things we'd been through In school they all stop and stare I can't hide the tears, but I don't care I'll never forget him (the leader of the pack) The leader of the pack - now he's gone The leader of the pack - now he's gone The leader of the pack - now he's gone The leader of the pack - now he's gone [Fade]
leonard cohen - suzanne Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer That you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said "All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them" But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mind. Now Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river She is wearing rags and feathers From Salvation Army counters And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning They are leaning out for love And they will lean that way forever While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that you can trust her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.
Great choice.. ..although I've never really seen the point of listening to songs that are depressing because surely music at its best should be uplifting. Which is why I can only listen to Joy Division is short bursts. I bumped into Ian Curtis a few times and saw his first gig and he was the real deal. Not a millionaire singing depressing songs for the sake of it.
wake me up when september ends: Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends Like my fathers come to pass Seven years has gone so fast Wake me up when September ends Here comes the rain again Falling from the stars Drenched in my pain again Becoming who we are As my memory rests But never forgets what I lost Wake me up when September ends Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends Ring out the bells again Like we did when spring began Wake me up when September ends Here comes the rain again Falling from the stars Drenched in my pain again Becoming who we are As my memory rests But never forgets what I lost Wake me up when September ends Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends Like my fathers come to pass Twenty years has gone so fast Wake me up when September ends Wake me up when September ends Wake me up when September ends
evervesence ..... going under bring me to life everybodies fool james blunt your beautiful 3 wise men fahey/stewart/levi stay 1990's all saints never ever puscifier the undertaker percy sledge when a man loves a woman cranberries zombie bob dylan knockin on heavens door cindy lauper time after time disturbed shout 2000 savage garden truly madly deeply do
billie joe armstrong didnt write time of your life to depress people! i think its a brilliant song, and its just lovely and its what i want played at my funeral
Bohemian Rhapsody Katie Melua - (any) - she is one pure sad bitch 24-7... then, Katy Winehouse... another drunkard and depressed woman.
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Country music has some of the saddest songs around and Hank Williams was the king of sad and melancholy country songs. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy Tonight my head is bowed in sorrow I can't keep the tears from my eyes My son calls another man daddy the right to his love I've been denied My son calls another man daddy he'll never know my name nor my face God only knows how it hurts me for another to be in my place Each night I lay there in prison I pictured a future so bright For he was the one ray of sunshine that shone through the darkness of night Today his mother shares a new love she just couldn't stand my disgrace My son calls another man daddy and longs for a love he can't replace My son calls another man daddy... Long Gone, Lonesome Blues I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by; But I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die..., Oh Lord! And then I jumped in the river, but the doggone river was dry.She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue. I had me a woman who couldn't be true. She made me for my money and she made me blue. A man needs a woman that he can lean on, But my leanin' post is done left and gone. She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue. I'm gonna find me a river, one that's cold as ice. And when I find me that river, Lord I'm gonna pay the price, Oh Lord! I'm goin' down in it three times, but Lord I'm only comin up twice. She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue. She told me on Sunday she was checkin' me out; Long about Monday she was nowhere about. And here it is Tuesday, ain't had no news. I got them gone but not forgotten blues. She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue. Alone and Forsaken We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold The pastures were green and the meadows were [am] gold Our love was in flower as summer grew on Her love like the leaves now has withered and [am] gone. The roses have faded, there's frost at my door The birds in the morning don't sing any-[am] more The grass in the valley is starting to die And out in the darkness the whippoorwills [am] cry. Alone and forsaken by fate and by man Oh, lord, if you hear me please hold to my hand Oh, please under-[am] stand. Oh, where has she gone to, oh, where can she be She may have forsaken some other like me She promised to honor, to love and obey Each vow was a plaything that she threw away. The darkness is falling, the sky has turned gray A hound in the distance is starting to "bay" I wonder, I wonder - what she's thinking of Forsaken, forgotten - without any love. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hear that lonesome whippoorwill, He sounds too blue to fly. The midnight train is whining low, I'm so lonesome I could cry. I've never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by. The moon just went behind a cloud To hide its face and cry. Did you ever see a robin weep, When leaves began to die? That means he's lost the will to live, I'm so lonesome I could cry. The silence of a falling star Lights up a purple sky. And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome I could cry.
On My Own... of course... the one that goes: ''All by myself.... don't wanna be, all by my... self....'' Gee that one is pretty depressing.
I can't believe I haven't already posted this on this thread. Somewhere near Salinas, I let her slip away, Looking for the home I hope she'll find. But I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday, Holding Bobby's body next to mine. "Me and Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson That song, for a while the most-recorded song of its era, was an epitaph for "the 60's." Those first two lines explained why the 60's had to end: Our women grew up. Us guys? We'd still be out there ridin' motorcycles, gettin' high, sleepin' in crash pads, turnin' out a few leather belts when we needed money. But women have to grow up; biology forces it on them and most of them muster up the maturity from somewhere to accept it. Behave like a reasonably responsible adult or you'll get pregnant and then you'll have to behave like a reasonably responsible adult. Not to mention, forty years ago it wasn't as easy for a girl, even with a prescription for birth-control pills, to drift around without a job and a home, as it was for a boy. To get away with it she'd have to be so strong that she'd already be acting like an adult anyway. The Sixties didn't really end as a cultural era until about 1975, when disco replaced acid rock. And even then the youngest Baby Boomers still had a few years of shenanigans left in them. But Kris saw it coming. The Sixties were a celebration, by the first postwar generation, of their youth. And we could not stay little boys, because the girls could not stay little girls.
Come on, I'm looking for wrist slitters here..... Man, there's a lot of songs on here that really aren't all that depressing. I'm always looking for new ones, and frankly, I just haven't been that inspired (or depressed...) by what I've seen so far. Hmm... I have some decent ones, but only a few really good 'paint the wall with the back of my head' songs. Here's a few, and yes, I do agree with some that have been mentioned already as well. Phil Collins-In The Air Tonight Slipknot-Danger -Keep Away Stone Temple Pilots-Creep Tool-Several, but most are too hard to have the quality of depression, but rather incite enough anger or some other emotion to pull you out of your sadness. H. and 10,000 days are probably the saddest as well as their cover of Peach's You Lied (greatest band in existence, by the by) A Perfect Circle-The Noose, Weak and Powerless, Blue, 3 Libras, The Outsider, and their Imagine cover. There are others as well, but the most intensely dour are probably The Noose and Imagine. System Of A Down-Spiders Stone Sour-Bother, Through Glass Del Amitri-Tell Her Rhett Miller-Come Around Blink 182-I Miss You, Adam's Song The Offspring-Gone Away Goo Goo Dolls-Iris R.E.M.-Losing My Religion Red Hot Chili Peppers-Under The Bridge, Slow Cheetah Eddie Vedder-Long Nights, Society from the Into The Wild soundtrack. These are particularly potent for those of us who suffer from wanderlust and societal displacement, like Chris McCandless (though I'm not sure I can call it suffering...I think it's probably all of you that are suffering...). Colin Hay-Waiting For My Real Life To Begin Bush-Glycerine And some real solid crybaby favorites... Johnny Cash-Hurt, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Hung My Head. I'm suprised I haven't seen these other two listed, but I'd argue that Hung My Head is as depressing as Hurt. Damien Rice-9 Crimes. An Exceptionaly maudlin tune with creeping pianos and hushed, dispairing, male and female vocals. Truly a cold one. Gary Jules-Mad World. Needs no introduction in this forum. A thoroughly creepy, introspective, and empiristic tale of woe that is in fact a Tears For Fears cover. Love it or hate it, you can't argue that it is a bit tingly to the senses. Nine Inch Nails-Trent Reznor and all nine inches of his nails have brought us several, but we can namely note Zero Sum, Right Where it Belongs, Something I Can Never Have, and the infamous apocolyptic Hurt, also further immortalized by the original man in black, Johnny Cash. The Verve Pipe-Freshmen. Another that I'm surprised I haven't seen on this thread. A '90s sorrowful tale of regret which I believe is in reference to the singers' ex-girlfriends' abortion. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are several explications of this work floating about, though I believe the songwriter himself stated this for the meaning. And the prestigious please let me die I can't take it any more, you all know her, you all love her, Sarah McLaughlin-Adia, Building A Mystery (not that bad), and probably the most maudlin yet one of the more beautiful song of all time, Angel. A song about suicide and the hope for a quiet release from one's sufferings, this is truly the King/Queen of I don't wanna live musical composition. Yes, Kurt Cobain did produce some incredible music, but I feel that most of his songs posess just enough angst to allow them to escape this list, though if you're curious, just look through this forum thread...his tribute has been paid. This list is a start, but I'm sure I'll scrounge more from the depths of my own inner tumult. Trust me, I only consider them if they truly hit a nerve. If you download any, let them be from this list, specifically those final few. Enjoy folks. -KAIN
Tool=Greatest band of all time. Not Peach. I don't know them that well. Just so there's no confusion. We wouldn't want that.
Nine Inch Nails - Right where it belongs Nine Inch Nails - Leaving Hope Marilyn Manson - Lamb of God when I think of depressing I think of those three mostly
