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Guest Lord of The Curry
Posted

So life is sucking right now and I've never been one to fight my feelings. My two best friends have quit the job where we worked, thus giving me no reason to go back to work and I'm in a rut w/ the ladies. Here's what's currently in heavy rotation......

 

"Katy's Song" - Red House Painters

"When it's cold I'd like to die"- Moby

"A season in hell"- Moby

"Cemetary gates"- The Smiths

"Mad World"- Gary Jules

 

No metal or heavy stuff, please.

Guest Dmann2000
Posted

"People Are Strange" is very meloncholy.

Guest JAxlMorrison
Posted

Hmmm, no metal or heavy stuff?

 

The Doors "The Soft Parade"

 

Guns N Roses "Estranged" and "Coma"

 

Jimi Hendrix "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp"

Guest IDrinkRatsMilk
Posted

Nick Cave's cover of "What a Wonderful World".

Yeah, not a very depressing song on it's own, but the way he sings it is so... ironic. It's a downer for sure.

Guest La Parka Es Mi Papa
Posted

Elvis Costello - Lipstick Vogue

Elvis Costello - I Want You

Bright Eyes - A Perfect Sonnet

Bright Eyes - It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends

Pearl Jam - Black

The Mr. T Experience - Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend

Posted

Heaven Beside You, Alice In Chains

Bent/Back To Good, Matchbox 20

Fire in the Sky, Ozzy Osbourne

Cryin, Joe Satriani

Too Late For Love, Def Leppard

Heaven Sent/Alone Again/Walk Away, Dokken

Drive, The Cars

I Don't Believe In Love, Queensryche

Guest Agent of Oblivion
Posted

King Crimson-"Trio"

 

It's a neat little progressive instrumental that just strikes me as sad for some reason.

Guest nl5xsk1
Posted

A lot of the Syd Barrett stuf is pretty depressing, especially knowing how bad he fell apart mentally.

- Opel

- She Took a Long Cold Look at Me

- Wouldn't You Miss Me

Guest Choken One
Posted

look on the 3rd page or something as there is a 5 page thread for this topic

 

"Heroin Dreams" LOA

Posted

Sigur Ros: Agaetis Bryjun (the song)

Craig Armstrong + Evan Dando: Wake Up In New York

Bruce Springsteen: Streets Of Philadelphia

Ooberman: Roll Me In Cotton + Open The Hatch + Flashing Light At Sunset

Martina Topley-Bird: Anything

The Smiths: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out and I Know It's Over

Aphex Twin: Avril 14th

Jeff Buckley: Morning Theft

Aimee Mann: Wise Up and Save Me. Especially once you've seen Magnolia

R.E.M: Nightswimming and Sweetness Follows

 

Any of those are stunning songs, perfect for being depressed to. Especially the Ooberman stuff...

Guest Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye
Posted

I've said it 10 thousand times before, and I'll probably say it 10 thousand more times.

 

Anathema - One Last Goodbye.

Guest Incandenza
Posted

The Delgados' "No Danger." There's a piano break at about the three-and-a-half minute mark that chokes me up every time. I nearly lost it when I saw them live a few months back and they performed this song.

Guest JangoFett4Hire
Posted

Saddest song I've ever heard:

Whiskeytown - Sit and Listen to the Rain.

 

Also REM'S Automatic for the People and Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey are downers...

Guest La Parka Es Mi Papa
Posted

The Cowboy Junkies cover of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. You can't go wrong with Hank's original, either.

 

Also get Exit Music by Radiohead, and Straight To Hell by The Clash.

Guest La Parka Es Mi Papa
Posted

Oh, and one more:

 

Tom Waits - Town With No Cheer

Guest Steve J. Rogers
Posted

A pickup truck load of classic country tunes

 

Hank Williams:

I'm So Lonsome I Could Cry, You're Cheatin' Heart, Cold Cold Heart, ect

 

Patsy Cline

Crazy, I Fall To Pieces

 

George Jones

He Stopped Loving Her Today, She Still Thinks I Care, Golden Rings, ect

 

Merle Haggard

Sing Me Back Home, Fugetive, Branded Man, If We Make It THrough December, The Bottle Let Me Down, Footlights, ect

 

Conway Twitty

Goodbye Time, Hello Darlin', After The Fire Is Gone, The Letter, The Telephone Song, Thats My Job

 

Slew of others I can't think of right now but there are plenty from "Am I Losing You" "Hello Walls" and more from the 50's till right around the late 80's.

 

Country has gotten way too positive over the last 15 or so years

 

Steve

Guest La Parka Es Mi Papa
Posted
George Jones

He Stopped Loving Her Today

 

Oh yes, get that one. Great song.

Guest Agent of Oblivion
Posted

So I just bought Nick Cave's Murder Ballads, and it's just about the most morbid non-metal thing I've ever heard. "O'Malley's Bar" is fantastic.

Guest Edwin MacPhisto
Posted
So I just bought Nick Cave's Murder Ballads, and it's just about the most morbid non-metal thing I've ever heard. "O'Malley's Bar" is fantastic.

Ain't it grand? 14 beautiful minutes of murder. I can't wait to see your take on the Kylie Minogue duet, though.

 

I'm definitely seconding chave's "Wake Up In New York" vote. That whole Armstrong album is just okay, but that's a great song. Another Tom Waits kill-yourself winner is "Time," and Jeff Buckley's even more depressing on "Last Goodbye," which is a real kicker after the bridge especially.

Posted
So I just bought Nick Cave's Murder Ballads, and it's just about the most morbid non-metal thing I've ever heard. "O'Malley's Bar" is fantastic.

Ain't it grand? 14 beautiful minutes of murder. I can't wait to see your take on the Kylie Minogue duet, though.

 

I'm definitely seconding chave's "Wake Up In New York" vote. That whole Armstrong album is just okay, but that's a great song. Another Tom Waits kill-yourself winner is "Time," and Jeff Buckley's even more depressing on "Last Goodbye," which is a real kicker after the bridge especially.

I though it was "14 murder ballads"

 

As for Buckley, the whole of Grace is stunning, particularly Lilac Wine, but "Morning Theft" just strikes a chord with me like no other song...

Guest godthedog
Posted

"satisfied mind" was the song played at jeff buckley's funeral. listening to it with that in mind is quite depressing.

Guest Edwin MacPhisto
Posted
So I just bought Nick Cave's Murder Ballads, and it's just about the most morbid non-metal thing I've ever heard. "O'Malley's Bar" is fantastic.

Ain't it grand? 14 beautiful minutes of murder. I can't wait to see your take on the Kylie Minogue duet, though.

 

I'm definitely seconding chave's "Wake Up In New York" vote. That whole Armstrong album is just okay, but that's a great song. Another Tom Waits kill-yourself winner is "Time," and Jeff Buckley's even more depressing on "Last Goodbye," which is a real kicker after the bridge especially.

I though it was "14 murder ballads"

 

As for Buckley, the whole of Grace is stunning, particularly Lilac Wine, but "Morning Theft" just strikes a chord with me like no other song...

The album is all songs about murder and death, but "O'Malley's Bar" is 14 minutes long. So we're both right. But I'm righter, because...

 

::runs away::

Guest godthedog
Posted

you're righter because "morning theft" isn't on 'grace'.

Guest justsoyouknow
Posted (edited)
Saddest song I've ever heard:

Whiskeytown - Sit and Listen to the Rain.

*MARKS THE FUCK OUT*

 

Whiskeytown is awesome. They just got back together and they're recording a new album. I can't wait.

 

anyway...

 

Ryan Adams:

When the Stars Go Blue

La Cienga Just Smiled

Touch, Feel & Lose

Come Pick Me Up

Oh My Sweet Carolina

Wonderwall (Oasis cover)

Call Me On Your Way Back Home

 

Whiskeytown:

Reasons To Lie

I Hope It Rains At My Funeral

Return of the Grevious Angel

 

Johnny Cash:

Hurt (NIN cover)

Bridge Over Troubled Water (cover)

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (cover)

 

NIN:

The Great Below

Hurt

Something I Could Never Have

 

Evanesence:

My Immortal

 

The Used:

On My Own

 

Perfect Circle:

3 Libras

 

Coldplay:

The Scientist

Edited by justsoyouknow
Guest justsoyouknow
Posted

Notice that there's only ONE song on there for both of them? There's a reason for that. Those would be the only good songs by either band. Unwarranted criticism not appreciated.

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