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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Thu 13 Dec, 2007 10:59 AM |
| i can think of several Radiohead songs that would fit the bill. But at the same time if find something beautiful about them. So i dont suppose they really count. |
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Ursina Posted Thu 13 Dec, 2007 1:56 PM |
haz wrote:
"famous blue raincoat" -- leonard cohen.
i LOVE this song, the lyrics are beautiful but by Christ this isn't what you'd want to have playing in your ear when you're on hold waiting for a Samaritans volunteer.
och Leonard Cohen songs are all suicidal ! I used to hate them because they would drag me down. Only recently started to realise how beautiful they are. |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 13 Dec, 2007 2:01 PM |
| "Through the barricades" - Spandau Ballet |
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Dori Posted Thu 13 Dec, 2007 2:46 PM |
Mad World by Gary Jules (not Tears for Fears version!)
it kills me... |
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Hanne Posted Thu 13 Dec, 2007 2:54 PM |
Elbow tend to write depressing lyrics
(quotes: "you burn too bright, you live too fast, this can't go on too long, you're a tragedy starting to happen" or "I'll be the corpse in your bathtub, useless") |
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Liz_77 Posted Thu 13 Dec, 2007 9:51 PM |
Here's a variety of depression (in my opinion):
Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt
Into the Ocean - Blue October
One Hundred Years - The Cure
Sullen Girl - Fiona Apple
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash
Plus, I should add Sigur Ros to this list - though many of their songs lack interpretation, much of their music sounds quite depressing in a beautiful sort of way. I LOVE it...
There are so many depressing songs to name! But sometimes I just like to hear depressing songs, hehe.
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Nikki Posted Thu 13 Dec, 2007 10:56 PM |
Dori wrote: Mad World by Gary Jules (not Tears for Fears version!)
it kills me...
What a sad, yet beautiful song. Great video too. |
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Yulia Nox Posted Fri 14 Dec, 2007 12:12 AM |
Dori wrote: Mad World by Gary Jules (not Tears for Fears version!)
yeah, it's mesmerizingly depressing |
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heyjude Posted Fri 14 Dec, 2007 12:29 AM |
Yulia Nox wrote: Dori wrote: Mad World by Gary Jules (not Tears for Fears version!)
yeah, it's mesmerizingly depressing
but beautiful LIVE! i saw gary jules sing this with just a classical (acoustic) guitar. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Fri 14 Dec, 2007 12:35 AM |
The Dunes - Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart
Ronnie Drew (the Dubliners and all round Irish Folk Legend) reads a bit of poetry about "The Great Hunger" (the potato famine in Ireland) over Jah Wobble's haunting melody. Unfortunately this shit is too real, Shane McGowan also mentions finding skeletons in the sand dunes in Co.Sligo when he was a young lad, basically when you're starving to death every bit of strength counts and it's easier to bury a body in sand than in earth/peat.
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heyjude Posted Fri 14 Dec, 2007 1:00 AM |
Scottish Dubliner wrote: The Dunes - Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart
Ronnie Drew (the Dubliners and all round Irish Folk Legend) reads a bit of poetry about "The Great Hunger" (the potato famine in Ireland) over Jah Wobble's haunting melody. Unfortunately this shit is too real, Shane McGowan also mentions finding skeletons in the sand dunes in Co.Sligo when he was a young lad, basically when you're starving to death every bit of strength counts and it's easier to bury a body in sand than in earth/peat.
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Dubz
i just listened, that was very poignant. thanks, dubz. |
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jesusaremus Posted Sat 15 Dec, 2007 7:44 AM |
Nikki wrote: Dori wrote: Mad World by Gary Jules (not Tears for Fears version!)
it kills me...
What a sad, yet beautiful song. Great video too.
Ohh yes, when i hear this song on Donnie Darko this song helped for the depressing feeling on the movie, really great |
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Dori Posted Sat 15 Dec, 2007 10:49 AM |
jesusaremus wrote: Nikki wrote: Dori wrote: Mad World by Gary Jules (not Tears for Fears version!)
it kills me...
What a sad, yet beautiful song. Great video too.
Ohh yes, when i hear this song on Donnie Darko this song helped for the depressing feeling on the movie, really great
I heard it first in Donnie Darko, too. it's perfect to that movie. |
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megg_inc Posted Sat 15 Dec, 2007 11:03 AM |
Nikki wrote: Dori wrote: Mad World by Gary Jules (not Tears for Fears version!)
it kills me...
What a sad, yet beautiful song. Great video too.
I second that! One of my favourites, very sad though. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Sat 15 Dec, 2007 2:21 PM |
Hallelujah - John Cale
agin (as Gladders said about Radiohead... there is also something painfully beautiful about this)
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