Depressing songs

[dynamicbaddog]

At Seventeen - Janis Ian

 

[N_igma]

Anything by Radiohead or the Smiths.

 

[YouSir]

Hurt - Johnny Cash
Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash
Ramblin' Man - Hank Williams

&

Almost every Blues song ever made, with the obvious exception of 'I'm So Glad' by Skip James.

 

[LDR]

Johnny Cash's version of Hurt and stacks and stacks of Country songs.

Kenny Rodgers' "Ruby, don't take your love to town" has a really depressing narrative for example.

 

[electrogirl]

Strange Fruit by Billie Holliday

 

[YouSir]

Johnny Cash's version of Hurt and stacks and stacks of Country songs.

Kenny Rodgers' "Ruby, don't take your love to town" has a really depressing narrative for example.

Hmmh, good taste that fella.

 

[longdog]

Soho Square by Kirsty McColl is a right choker made particularly poignant by her early death.

Love will tear us apart obviously.

For a friend by The Communards brings a lump to my throat.

 

[chooch]

Townes van Zandt wrote some bleak numbers, but nothin' is probably the pretty fucking bleakest of all.

 

[oryx]

bright eyes - something vague

depressing but very fucking good!

When I first read your post I thought for a second you meant the Art Garfunkel song about the rabbits - you know, 'Watership Down - You've Read The Book, You've Seen The Film, Now Eat The Pie........"

I always find 'The Drugs Don't Work' by The Verve a real downer, myself. I actually have a cassette tape of 'Urban Hymns' with that track deliberately missed off it.

 

[blairsh]

Recent tunes that i remember being depressing/upsetting

Immortal Technique - You Never Know
Placebo.....and i can't remember the name of the track
Dire strates - Brothers in arms

 

[cathal marcs]

Asleep- the smiths beautiful,the ballad of Joe McDonnell is heart breaking also.

 

[lizzieloo]

St Swithin's Day by Billy Bragg never fails to make me cry

The Smiths - 'Asleep'

......is another

 

[rorymac]

ooops!

Edited .. misread the topic .. sorry .

 

[electrogirl]

When I first read your post I thought for a second you meant the Art Garfunkel song about the rabbits - you know, 'Watership Down - You've Read The Book, You've Seen The Film, Now Eat The Pie........"

Now that song is depressing!

 

[AverageJoe]

Solitaire - The Carpenters

 

[nick1181]

I always find 'The Drugs Don't Work' by The Verve a real downer, myself. I actually have a cassette tape of 'Urban Hymns' with that track deliberately missed off it.

I think that whole album is fairly downward to be honest. Don't know why - for me the whole thing seems to be undercut by this really black despair. Some of the songs I really like as well - and theoretically they should be quite "up".

Probably just me - looking back, that period was the period of the sell-out, when I really started to make a lot of money, and the space left by innocence and passion was replaced by drink drink drink. The undertow does feel entirely alcoholic - and The Verve just happened to be playing in the background.

 

[The Groke]

About the only song to really consistantly make me well-up, is Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah"


*sniff*

Oh - Billy Braggs "Man in The Iron Mask" comes pretty close too.

 

[silentNate]

nine million rainy days
have swept across my eyes
thinking of you
and this room becomes a shrine
thinking of you
and the way you are
sends the shivers to my head
you're going to fall
you're going to fall down dead
as far as i can tell
i'm being dragged from here to hell
and all my time in hell
is spent with you

 

[Flashman]

Linden Arden Stole The Highlights - Van Morrison

 

[longdog]

Oh - Billy Braggs "Man in The Iron Mask" comes pretty close too.

How could I have forgotten that one?

 

[Mech]

anything by coldplay very dull and VERY deperessing music

 

[lizzieloo]

I've got into a self indulgent sad song afternoon cos of this thread.....

Just listened to The Myth of Trust by Billy Bragg



And This Womens' Work by Kate Bush. Bloody love that tune

 

[nightbreed]

Another Day by Roy Harper
Song to the Siren by Tim Buckley/This Mortal Coil
New Dawn Fades by Joy Division
Always Crashing in the Same Car by David Bowie
Dum Dum Boys by Iggy Pop

 

[lizzieloo]

Song to the Siren by Tim Buckley/This Mortal Coil

You just gave me my next tune to listen to........

 

[slowth]

Broken Heart-Spiritualized

 

[punkyfish]

It's too late - Carole King

 

[Dubversion]

Just listening to Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me and it occured to me that it is one of the most depressing songs ever. I love it, very downbeat..especially the scary intro.

You should hear the Low version. Makes the Smiths sound like the bloody Go! Team

 

[foamy]

Broken Heart-Spiritualized

seconded, especially the 'live at the royal albert hall' version, the timpany drums are beautiful but sad.

 

[BassJunkie]

seconded, especially the 'live at the royal albert hall' version, the timpany drums are beautiful but sad.

thirded, i were there, surely 99% of the great songs are sad songs, don't get me wrong, i'm a happy soul, but maaan, the sad songs are the best...

Lord, Can You Hear Me? - Spacemen 3
On The Beach (album) - Neil Young
Tonight's The Night (album) - Neil Young
Strange Fruit - Nina Simone
Adagio For Strings - Samuel Barber
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
Laughing - David Crosby

 

[montevideo]

all you happy-go-lucky sunshine people!

anyhow's for never having to leave your bed again you have:
codeine - barely real
american psycho slowed down to a dull shiver
(they also do a spellbinding cover of joy division's atmosphere)
emily - boxing day blues
the sound of someone's pulse turning into concrete. If you listen hard enough you can just about hear it crack.
depeche mode - blasphemous rumours
stories to tell your children when they're old enough to blame you for everything.