Most depressing song ever?

I would vote for Decades by Joy Division and pretty much everything else and virtualy everything done by The Smiths, This Charming Man, Misserable Lie, Cemetry Gates, Suffer Little Children.

I bought Joy Division's Closer ablum yesterday and I was really quite impressed with it, however the lyrics are so depressing it kind of makes you feel depressed.

Why do mancs make such depressing music? Oasis, The Verve, Smiths, Morrisey, Joy Division are all known to be depressing stuff but I Manchester certainly dosn't have a problem with depression.

 

Every villege, town and city in the UK probably has a problem with depression.

 

'Harry's circumcision' on Lou Reed's Magic and Loss. The song is about cutting your own dick off. The album is about chainsmoking junkie friends of Lou Reed [a chainsmoking junkie] dying of cancer. And it's fairly average, like most of Lou Reed's stuff.

 

Any song by Leonard Cohen

 

Lyrically, yeah, most of the Smiths' stuff is depressing, but musically, a lot of it has uplifting sounds, so I'd say they're disqualified from this, although "How soon is now" is pretty dirgey (that's one of the reasons why I like it!).

I reckon Auld Lang Sign (spelling?) has to be the most depressing song around - it's dull, dirgey and boring.

Oh no, hang on, scratch that. How about our GODAWFUL national anthem. More like National Grind. Total cack.

 

No no no !!

You need to look through the superficial aspect to reveal the inner beauty... and worryingly....... i'm serious

 

Blimey.... the only Smiths song I like !!!

 

Yeah I meant more than average.

 

Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" was very upsetting the frist, second, third... (etc) time I listened to it - especially in conjunction with the video... has made many grown men cry like babies apparently. However, I suppose "depressing" might be the wrong classification - it's just so damn sad - will it qualify for this thread?

 

pyramid song : radiohead .. song about suicide anyone!
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I believe that Lancaster has the highest sicide rate of anywhere in the country.
AT I rather think that you are following the sterotypical view of Mancunians.
What about the Inspirals, the Stone Roses, The happy mondays, the birth of Rave culture, all uplifting.
Stop moaning AT or everyone else will think Manchester is a dull grey place where it always rains.

 

Guilty as charged your honour. In mitigation, he'd been a hero of mine for nigh-on 35 years, and it was distressing to see such a powerful and charismatic figure looking so frail and ill, but also tremendously moving to realise he was still smart enough to know how to make a song entirely his own.

-- Ian

 

Er ... but the Smiths didn't do depressing songs, just funny ones.

 

I personally don't think AT is old enough to hae grasped irony yet

 

everything S Club ever did - it was all very depressing.

 

metallica's one or fade to black. one's about a guy with no senses except his inner monologue and fade to black's your standard metal suicide song. personally i find the idea that i could be left conscious but unable to interact with the outside world (or even be sure it';s there) terrifying - i just hope it's not the definition of hell.
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julian

 

No, that's the definition of the internet.

-- Ian

 

Isn't it the definition for Guantanemo Bay?

My own 'most depressing song', or at least the first one that's sprung to mind now, would be 'The last time I saw Richard' by Joni Mitchell. See http://www.jmdl.com/lyrics/TheLastTimeISawRichard.cfm if you're interested. One of many great lyrical treats that Joni has to offer.

 

Agreed....very melancholy song IMHO.

 

i don't find sad songs depressing. generally it.'s crap music that I find depressing.