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I will vote for "Broken Heart" by Spiritualized

― quat, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Dallience" - The Wedding Present
That Streets song about the girl ("All I could see was her elegance...")
"Foolin'" - Def Leppard
"Life's a Bitch" - Nas ("Life's a bitch and then you die/ that's why we get high/ 'cause you never know when you gonna go" - shit man, that line is so simple but so fucking dark)

― Clarke B., Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

all songs from Dream City Film Club are so sad

― May, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Black Heart Procession: Gently Off The Edge

― nono, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There is this thread: Music to slit your wrists to.
My two candidates are still Holocaust by Big Star and Katy Song by the Red House Painters. And Nick Drake's Know.

― alex in mainhattan, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

For the life of me, how come no one has mentioned Nico's Solo records?

Marble Index anyone????

― mt, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ben harper ¡V Another lonely day

― fisherman, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Red House Painters - katy song

joy division - isolation

― i123, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

mt is right but I'd rather mention desertshore. music from hell.

― francesco, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

my bf told me that Nico already passed away, is it true?

― kit, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

She fell off a bike in Ibiza and died.

― Dom Passantino, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, and try this for some feelgood lyrical action:

Laying on the bathroom floor
Kitty licks my cheek once more
And I could try
But waking up is harder
when you wanna die

Walter`s on the telephone
Tell him I`m not at home
`Cause I think I am going
To a place where I`m always high

My name`s Elizabeth
My life is shit and piss

― Dom Passantino, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

every song off uncle tupelo's "still feel gone" lp. you ain't going nowhere

― christopher, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

anything by the redhouse painters.

― Chris, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't Cry Out Loud" by Melissa Manchester!!!!

― Old Fart!!!, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Mambo Number 5, though I guess it's depressing for a different reason.

― Nick A., Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"24 Hours" by Joy Division

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"I'm So Lonesone I Could Cry" Hank Williams Sr.

"Far From Me" John Prine

"Long Black Veil" trad.

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Sometimes It Snows In April" - Prince and the Revolution

― Dan Perry, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Caroline, No" -- the Beach Boys

― Colin Meeder, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

most depressing song in a major key --> "Please Release Me". If you heard the Ray Price version and you didn't know English you'd think he was singing about ice cream and horse racing or something but it's "Please release me, let me go / I don't love you anymore / To live together is a sin / Release me, and let me love again // I have found a new love, dear / And I always want her near / Her lips are warm while yours are cold / Release me, darling let me go" SHUDDER

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I remember reading that Billie Holiday's version of "Gloomy Monday" (I think that's the name) drove people to commit suicide when it was made. Almost certainly not true, but still, that's gotta earn it a mention.

― nickn, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's Gloomy Sunday.
I'm not sure how to approach this idea of depressing - people understand different things by "depressed", or at least I get confused by it as a desciption of an emotional/mental state - but I will tentatively suggest the Trace EP by Demarnia Lloyd ("abandon all pretence of anything/ a;; hesitation is replaces by pointed lines/ and solitude is spreading me wide")

― haloist, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I find a distinction between "depressing" and "sad" - a sad song may make you feel weepy, but a depressing song makes you go "Oh Jesus, kill me now."

This Mortal Coil's _It'll End in Tears_ has two of the most depressing songs I've heard, a cover of the forementioned Big Star track, "Holocaust" (covered better by Rainy Day, both covers are still inferior to the original), and a cover of "Fond Affections" by Rema-Rema (I haven't heard the original). The latter has these memorable lyrics:
There's no light at the end of it all
Let's all sit down and cry

― Kate Spiren, Sunday, 9 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Its really cool to be thinking "Big Star's "Holocaust"" in your mind, and then scroll down and see that several other people have alreday noted it.

American Music Club also had some quite depressing tunes.

Skip James has some incredibly sad songs. He sings like a ghost. Billie Holiday has one song where she talks about how 'she used to be', and gives you the sense that her fate is palpable at this point. That she has to say goodbye and fulfill the myth that she has created around herself. Damned if I can recall the title at the moment though.

― Ryan McKay, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

stina nordenstam - "soon after christmas"

― trez starling, Wednesday, 10 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

If This Mortal Coil has been invoked, I'll nominate "A Single Wish," which ends the album. Not so much depressing as perfectly, elegantly melancholic -- go Gordon Sharp go.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...

something corporate - konstantine

― Nathan, Saturday, 23 November 2002 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack

― man, Saturday, 23 November 2002 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Smashing Pumpkins - Soma

― Curtis Stephens, Saturday, 23 November 2002 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat

― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 23 November 2002 23:53 (twenty-two years ago)

rev gary davis - I wish I could see again

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Saturday, 23 November 2002 23:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I think that most anything in the top 40 is pretty depressing right now, but the all time most depressing song of all has got to be "Disco Duck". Who the fuck greenlighted that one?

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Sunday, 24 November 2002 07:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"Starless" - King Crimson

― Joe (Joe), Monday, 25 November 2002 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

John Cale - Damn Life

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 25 November 2002 05:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - George Jones

After all, the reason he stopped loving her is because he died. That is goth as fuk for a country song.

― earlnash, Monday, 25 November 2002 06:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Besides Elvis Costello's "almost blue", I'll also nominate "keep coming back" by the afghan whigs (although I think it's actually a cover). that song seems to capture the essence of hopeless, repetitive relationships.

I also second spiritualized and leonard cohen, infra.

― webcrack (music=crack), Monday, 25 November 2002 06:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Mogwai - CODY

― Leee (Leee), Monday, 25 November 2002 06:45 (twenty-two years ago)

The saddest thing.

I don't normally listen to anything sad or depressing if I can help it. I think one of the most nihilistic tunes I've ever heard is 'Opium' by Cristoph De Babylon. Listening to that really makes me feel like I'm astronaut with a broken radio who's just lost his tether, is irretrievable, and still has eight hours of oxygen left.

The secret track at the end of Rjd2's album is pretty fucking sad. Anybody know the source for that vocal?

― Tom Millar (Millar), Monday, 25 November 2002 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

jenny from the block

― bob zemko (bob), Monday, 25 November 2002 14:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I dunno... but possibly Runnin' Out Of Fools by Neko Case. Though it's not so much depressing - the depressing bit usually happens before I listen to it, the song kind of numbs that...

― Mr Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 25 November 2002 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

Randy Newman, "Old Man":

Won't be no God to comfort you, you told me not to believe that lie
You don't need anybody, nobody needs you
Goodbye old man, goodbye

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 3 January 2003 05:27 (twenty-two years ago)

lick my love pump

― ron (ron), Friday, 3 January 2003 05:34 (twenty-two years ago)

six years pass...

deacon blues

― Matt P, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago)

so funny it's sad and so sad it's funny

― Matt P, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 00:11 (fifteen years ago)

four years pass...

"i think it's time for me to get out of here" by randy rice quite literally makes me consider blowing my brains out

― a cheese has occurred (electricsound), Saturday, 6 September 2014 17:01 (ten years ago)

Hello In There--John Prine

― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 6 September 2014 17:19 (ten years ago)

1000 Dollar Wedding by Gram Parsons: "Supposed to be a funeral/It's been a bad bad day."

― banjoboy, Saturday, 6 September 2014 21:17 (ten years ago)

Hello in There otm

― Immediate Follower (NA), Saturday, 6 September 2014 22:52 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWOtL-PZiE

― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 6 September 2014 23:06 (ten years ago)

not many songs make me question my place on this planet but the the's 'out of the blue (into the fire)' kinda does

― imago, Sunday, 7 September 2014 00:09 (ten years ago)

'Jolene' is absolutely devastating if you listen properly.

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Sunday, 7 September 2014 02:40 (ten years ago)

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again, Naturally

― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Sunday, 7 September 2014 03:35 (ten years ago)

"Long Nights" by Crack The Sky will forever bring me to tears....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1o5skeXvY

― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Sunday, 7 September 2014 04:02 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K0yU1VzwII

― Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 7 September 2014 04:15 (ten years ago)

a fond farewell - elliott smith

― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 7 September 2014 04:34 (ten years ago)

Jason Molina owns this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkmU4zcA0i0

Something must have happened to both of us
Something must have happened
Something always does
Something must have told you burn the bridges then the mast
Something always told you to do it
I lived low enough so the moon wouldn't waste it's light on me
What's left in this life that would do the same for me
Something must have only loved one of us
To say get out, get out, get out
Get out, while there's still something left of us
Get out, get out, get out
Get out, get out, get out

― Stop the tape I got spittle all over my moustache. (Talcum Mucker), Sunday, 7 September 2014 09:57 (ten years ago)

I lived low enough so the moon wouldn't waste it's light on me

^
Probably the most depressing lyric I've ever heard.

― Stop the tape I got spittle all over my moustache. (Talcum Mucker), Sunday, 7 September 2014 09:57 (ten years ago)

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