ITT list music that you really like, but find depressing (and therefore perhaps partake of only in moderation.)

Radiohead is the main one for me. Also, the song "The Gambler."

3/10/2015 6:55:03 PM

For me, any traditional sad country songs. I love that shit.

3/10/2015 7:12:06 PM

hurt (cash cover)

whiskey lullaby

freshmen

yesterday

the entire les miserables soundtrack basically

3/10/2015 7:48:46 PM

James King - Echo Mountain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGnPj-Ty2Ew

3/10/2015 8:07:20 PM

Elliott smith


Ibt gary jules

[Edited on March 10, 2015 at 8:12 PM. Reason : M]

3/10/2015 8:10:05 PM

Most Local H

3/11/2015 7:08:17 AM

High-Fiving MF is such a depressing song.

I'll bet you even named your grand prize monster truck

3/11/2015 7:12:58 AM

Quote :

"For me, any traditional sad country songs. I love that shit."

Also, anything with existential or nihilistic themes, e.g.

The Snake The Cross The Crown - On The Threshold Of Eternity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XewTFoIJQUU

Markus Schulz - Cause You Know (Is This The End)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLNp2UqdREI


And just for shits and gigs, some others:

Don McLean- Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM

Azure Ray - Displaced (all of their shit falls in this category)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kQp1uxz5a0

3/11/2015 9:46:38 AM

Recent albums that come to mind:

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Sun Kil Moon - Benji

Both very good albums. Both depressing.

[Edited on March 11, 2015 at 10:33 AM. Reason : ]

3/11/2015 10:33:27 AM

Ed Sheeran and Mikill Payne - Little Lady

Immortal Technique - Dance with the Devil

3/11/2015 2:41:02 PM

^ I feel as if you should post more. What can I do to ensure that this happens?

3/11/2015 2:44:32 PM

MAZZY STAR

3/11/2015 2:45:55 PM

Me? I'm quite a dedicated lurker I admit.

3/11/2015 2:46:56 PM

Yes, you. This is part of my evolving inclusion initiative.

3/11/2015 2:49:13 PM

Shrug. I'll consider it. Very old habits may be hard to break.

3/11/2015 2:50:13 PM

Most good music is depressing, imo.

3/11/2015 4:09:48 PM

^ If you think that, check out:

mike love (reggae, positive messages)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU7hZ3smj0g

rubblebucket (80's funk, synth and horns, happy girl singing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2-rJo5bdw

Blockhead (trip hop... instrumental)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF_FSF41aDI

tons of others but anyway, to answer the original topic question my list is:

Modest Mouse
Aesop Rock
Radiohead (as mentioned)

That's about all I can think of off hand... Been in a happy music mood recently.


edit: just for fun my high school list

System of a Down
Stabbing Westward
NIN
Linkin Park

lololol

[Edited on March 11, 2015 at 5:28 PM. Reason : for shits and giggles]

3/11/2015 5:26:03 PM

That kind of music is about half my main Pandora station tbqh
also IMO the track "Insomniac Olympics" from the album in that link just above me is saddening (the album is Music by Cavelight from 2004)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFmobGBjFzY

now on with the show...

"Heat" from Balligomingo - Under the Surface (2002)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edWd_Qnd6Fo

"After All" from Delerium - Chimera (2003)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gMxKBLftq4

"The Radio" from Ayria - Debris (2003)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wNfa-lN2CY

OceanLab - "Satellite" (2004)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MZmPoPvJYE

"Pale" from Within Temptation - The Silent Force (2004)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5KpSOkG8iI

"The Chill of October" from Client - City (2004)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Edkg5f_86E

"Just Say It" from Sleepthief - The Dawnseeker (2006)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWC1t_YzDsI

"So Long" from Sissy - All Under (2006)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2gmd6DJ0Zc

"Barbara Henry" from Una - One (2007)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljwgIRi3PY4

"All the World" from Fauxliage - Fauxliage (2007)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6A-KH7m2sg

"Recluse" from Alu - Lobotomy Sessions (2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DKZSfusKOA

"Miss You Paradise" from Emma Hewitt - Burn the Sky Down (2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfj8d36qrk8

(I guess 12 examples should be enough.)

Some of the artists aren't that well known for sad songs, like most of what I've heard from Emma Hewitt, Within Temptation, and Ayria is not like the songs I linked to ITT.

[Edited on March 12, 2015 at 12:48 AM. Reason : ^I wish Stabbing Westward was still together; I guess it couldn't even save itself

3/12/2015 12:48:12 AM

all rascal flatts

3/12/2015 12:53:47 AM

Truffle Butter by Nicki Minaj

3/12/2015 7:18:13 AM

PORTISHEAD

3/12/2015 11:50:05 AM

3/12/2015 12:34:08 PM

This clip of 2Pac getting all the feels from listening to Vicente Fernandez for the first time is relevant ITT: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=928833650480274&permPage=1

Also this story, which sounds similar to something I recently heard on NPR (but not in NH), is relevant ITT: http://nhpr.org/post/why-we-love-sad-music-and-other-musical-mysteries-explained-brain-science

3/12/2015 1:46:21 PM

^^Tears for Fears version is better

3/12/2015 2:19:08 PM

Mountain Goats - Dance Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEUvA9gnVcc

3/12/2015 3:46:38 PM