Most Depressing song?

[R MAN 77]

Simple, what is the most depressing song you have ever heard?
For me it would be Hurt by Johnny Cash

 

[gammazuma]

The Dress by Blonde Redhead

 

[DefunctTheory]

Simple, what is the most depressing song you have ever heard?
For me it would be Hurt by Johnny Cash

Original Post Victory makes for a boring thread.

 

[Vakz]

Adam's Song by Blink 182. Seriously, that song could probably make me go from "i just got married"-happy to crying.

 

[Aris Khandr]

 

[Dieter Meyer]

Bohemian Rapsody - Queen
or perhaps
Three Men Hanging - Murder By Death

find the songs yourselves!

/discuss

 

[emeraldrafael]

Hurt was already posted, though you should at least <url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF4JaSBu1cI>credit the original band with it, not the cover artist.

EDIT: I would actually say this is more depressing
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[bl4ckh4wk64]

Probably Winter by Joshua Radin mostly because of Ben. God, that episode broke me down...

 

[Scarecrow]

This:
This is true.

 

[Matthew Wilson]

Nostalgia by Emily Barker, it's the theme song for BBC's Wallander and it suits the show perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w098rz-rdiQ

I don't know how to embed so you'll have to listen to it on the link

 

[II2]

Doesn't really have a message w/o the video, mind. But it's a fairly realistic depiction of the sort of behavior that leaks out of 'beliveau' (spelling?) estate housing projects in the various parts of France.

Also, nobody's put these up yet:


All the above videos could be interpreted more as disturbing, unsettling or creepy, rather than "depressing", but it's all in how different people take things.

 

[LostAlone]

I think Chelsea Hotel No. 2 by Leonard Cohen is my favorite sad song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx11oNHPDrA

Also, Snuff by Slipknot (it's acoustic btw)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXEerT4TCk

Also stuff like Disarm by the Smashing pumpkins, This Time Imperfect by AFI and similar.

That's what I listen to when I need a bit of a cry.

Also, I disagree with calling any of the songs here 'depressing', because tbh I don't think we'd listen to stuff if all it did was bum us out. Melancholy or just sad... That's different. Sometimes its good to feel sad.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

*sniff*

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[The Diabolical Biz]

This one, combined with the video, always brings a little tear to my eye. There's not enough love for Elliott!

 

[Laser Priest]

Streetlight Manifesto is a great band that likes to make you feel bad with songs that seem upbeat.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Hurt was already posted, though you should at least

Johnny Cash's version is so much sadder though.

And that's why, every once in a while, when topics like this come up, it is inevitably the most posted response.

 

[LostAlone]

*sniff*

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I never really saw the attraction in that version of Mad World tbh. I generally don't like covers of stuff like this, just because I think it looses something to just be singing someone elses sentiments. Needs to be original to make the cut for me.

The johnny cash version of hurt is kinda different I guess, since he has a whole catalog of sad stuff.

 

[Vakz]

If you got married, you wouldn't be happy ever again.

Haha, well, I'm not actually married. I just used it as an example for what people in general consider something to be very happy about. Maybe I should have said "just won lifetime supply of bacon"-happy or something?