The search for the most depressing song ever

Ulukai on 27/6/2010 at 16:23

Quote Posted by Risquit

How can anything be more depressing than a public suicide note? I'm speaking of Ian Curtis, and among the dark gems of Joy Division's catalog, nothing is more despairing than "24 Hours"

Ironically, you could argue it got worse after he died as his headstone was subsequently nicked from my local cemetery.

Jusal on 27/6/2010 at 23:50

I'd say (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Ag4B4m0Cs) Khanate and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bldWs5rEauM) Nortt are somewhere in the right direction, though with different approaches. I can't say anything about Nortt's lyrics though, and I wouldn't be surprised if you already knew both the bands. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIsh1J4FbKU) Merzbow might have something to give also if you dig deep enough, though it tends to be more disturbing than anything.

Good call with Swans, Thor. In this context I think it would also be worth mentioning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfS8OvnAQiE) No Cure for the Lonely and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQO5C4jXsVk&feature=related) God Damn the Sun.

As an upstanding member of the society I am always ready to share some fine depressing music.

BEAR on 28/6/2010 at 00:44

I feel like I probably have 100 better songs but I've never really sat down and marked them so I've forgotten what they are.

First half-assed idea is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLHPcPb2SAM) Frogs. This was always my end-of-a-long-day-drive-home song. Long, kind of droning.

Well, while I'm on alice in chains, I guess (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPFGsGlHeos) love hate love is ok too for a depressing song. I guess actually a lost of AIC is like that when I think of it.

june gloom on 28/6/2010 at 00:44

You get so many points for Khanate, Jusal, though I don't really consider them (or that song) depressing so much as so intense they drain you.

Xorak on 28/6/2010 at 05:41

I haven't heard anything in this thread that gives me shivers or makes me feel sad in any way, except the Leonard Cohen choice.
For me, the saddest series of songs I have ever listened to is this medley, especially the last part of it. I have broken-down watching this thing. It's something about the effect of turning happy songs into really bittersweat songs.

As the title says, it's the memorial after Jim Henson's death:

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EvaUnit02 on 28/6/2010 at 08:43

Split Enz - Under The Wheel

Sung and co-written by a convicted paedophile.

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old toro on 29/6/2010 at 20:50

If you want the most depressing movie, I would recommend "Grave of the Fireflies". The effect is the same.

Renault on 30/6/2010 at 01:29

Something I Can Never Have, by Nine Inch Nails. Incredibly depressing, yet somehow beautiful. Don't listen to this song if you've just broken up with somebody. Cool alternate studio version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEW8riKU_tE) here.

Turtle on 30/6/2010 at 03:51

Second best NIN song ever!

Haplo on 30/6/2010 at 04:27

Quote Posted by old toro

If you want the most depressing movie, I would recommend "Grave of the Fireflies". The effect is the same.

Seconded.