what is the most depressing song?

[MrIzzz]

i know theres a lot of them out there, but right now 1 sticks out in my mind and i can't get it out of my head.

Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt"

[xNetworx]

That one that goes "All By Mysellllllllllf" that you hear playing in the grocery store late at night... makes me suicidal

[madawgz]

i guess um...Adams Song by blink 182

[stickyfingerz]

Originally Posted by pimpporn

That one that goes "All By Mysellllllllllf" that you hear playing in the grocery store late at night... makes me suicidal

You beat me to it lol. The non Celine Dion version that is... lol Though she does add some depression to it lol

[Amysworld]

Fade to black - Metallica

[Elli]

Steve Earle's "Billy Austin"

My name is Billy Austin
I'm Twenty-Nine years old
I was born in Oklahoma
Quarter Cherokee I'm told

Don't remember Oklahoma
Been so long since I left home
Seems like I've always been in prison
Like I've always been alone

Didn't mean to hurt nobody
Never thought I'd cross that line
I held up a filling station
Like I'd done a hundred times

The kid done like I told him
He lay face down on the floor
guess I'll never know what made me
Turn and walk back through that door

The shot rang out like thunder
My ears rang like a bell
No one came runnin'
So I called the cops myself

Took their time to get there
And I guess I could'a run
I knew I should be feeling something
But I never shed tear one

I didn't even make the papers
'Cause I only killed one man
but my trial was over quickly
And then the long hard wait began

Court appointed lawyer
Couldn't look me in the eye
He just stood up and closed his briefcase
When they sentenced me to die

Now my waitin's over
As the final hour drags by
I ain't about to tell you
That I don't deserve to die

But there's twenty-seven men here
Mostly black, brown and poor
Most of em are guilty
Who are you to say for sure?

So when the preacher comes to get me
And they shave off all my hair
Could you take that long walk with me
Knowing hell is waitin' there

Could you pull that switch yourself sir
With a sure and steady hand
Could you still tell youself
That you're better than I am

My name is Billy Austin
I'm twenty-nine years old
I was born in Oklahoma
Quarter Cherokee I'm told

[Rosie]

"Everybody Hurts" by REM

[BAKO]

Such a Lonely Day

System of a down

[MrIzzz]

Originally Posted by pimpporn

That one that goes "All By Mysellllllllllf" that you hear playing in the grocery store late at night... makes me suicidal

dude, thats gayyyyyyyyyy

lol, jokinggggggggg

[MrIzzz]

Originally Posted by Elli

Steve Earle's "Billy Austin"

My name is Billy Austin
I'm Twenty-Nine years old
I was born in Oklahoma
Quarter Cherokee I'm told

Don't remember Oklahoma
Been so long since I left home
Seems like I've always been in prison
Like I've always been alone

Didn't mean to hurt nobody
Never thought I'd cross that line
I held up a filling station
Like I'd done a hundred times

The kid done like I told him
He lay face down on the floor
guess I'll never know what made me
Turn and walk back through that door

The shot rang out like thunder
My ears rang like a bell
No one came runnin'
So I called the cops myself

Took their time to get there
And I guess I could'a run
I knew I should be feeling something
But I never shed tear one

I didn't even make the papers
'Cause I only killed one man
but my trial was over quickly
And then the long hard wait began

Court appointed lawyer
Couldn't look me in the eye
He just stood up and closed his briefcase
When they sentenced me to die

Now my waitin's over
As the final hour drags by
I ain't about to tell you
That I don't deserve to die

But there's twenty-seven men here
Mostly black, brown and poor
Most of em are guilty
Who are you to say for sure?

So when the preacher comes to get me
And they shave off all my hair
Could you take that long walk with me
Knowing hell is waitin' there

Could you pull that switch yourself sir
With a sure and steady hand
Could you still tell youself
That you're better than I am

My name is Billy Austin
I'm twenty-nine years old
I was born in Oklahoma
Quarter Cherokee I'm told

wow, i aint much into country but that is depressssssssing

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by Rosie

"Everybody Hurts" by REM

It is only depressing if you don't actually listen to the words. It is Pandora's box in song.

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by madawgz

i guess um...Adams Song by blink 182

!! Are you even legal of age to post on GFY??

[Juicy D. Links]

One more try by Timmy T

[notabook]

Aeris's Theme from Final Fantasy VII Disc 3 of 4. Saddest song you will ever hear.

[xpics]

desperado by the eagles

[jayeff]

The Green Fields of France (aka No Man's Land, originally by Eric Bogle)

How do you do young Willie McBride,
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside,
And rest for a while 'neath the warm Summer sun,
I've been walking all day and I'm nearly done
I see by your gravestone you were only 19
when you joined the great fall-in in 1916
I hope you died well and I hope you died clean
Or young Willie McBride was it slow and obscene.

CHORUS:
Did they beat the drum slowly did they play the fife lowly
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down
Did the band play the Last Post and Chorus
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest

Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined
Although you died back in 1916
In that faithful heart are you forever 19
Or are you a stranger without even a name
Enclosed then forever behind a glass frame
In an old photograph torn, battered and stained
And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame.

The sun now it shines on the green fields of France
There's a warm summer breeze makes the red poppies dance
And look how the sun shines from under the clouds
There's no gas, no barbwire, there's no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
the countless white crosses stand mute in the sand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
To a whole generation that were butchered and damned.

Now young Willie McBride I can't help wonder why
Do those who lie here know why did they die
Did they believe when they answered the call
Did they really believe that this war would end wars
Well the sorrow, the suffering, the glory, the pain
The killing and the dying were all done in vain
For young Willie McBride it all happened again,
And again and again and again and again

[Relish XXX]

Prince - Traceys song. It is a track about one of Princes mates who commited sucide.

[MrIzzz]

Originally Posted by Juicy D. Links

One more try by Timmy T

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[Amysworld]

Originally Posted by Juicy D. Links

One more try by Timmy T

OMGGGGG You are showing your age..

Love that song tho.

[Honez]

Originally Posted by MrIzzz

i know theres a lot of them out there, but right now 1 sticks out in my mind and i can't get it out of my head.

Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt"

Wow. When I saw the thread title I clicked on it to post that Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is the most depressing song out there. Get out of my head!

[Ayla_SquareTurtle]

Roads- Portishead

and yet I still listen to it all the time...

[american pervert]

"Suicide is Painless" (by Johnny Mandel),

(the theme from M*A*S*H)

[BoyAlley]

Originally Posted by MrIzzz

Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt"

God I hate that damn song. He sounds like he's in the process of fucking dying while he's singing it. I think I can hear a death rattle at the end.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by BoyAlley

God I hate that damn song. He sounds like he's in the process of fucking dying while he's singing it. I think I can hear a death rattle at the end.

he pretty much was..the video is so powerful I can't watch it again

[Scott McD]

The Streets - Never Went To Church

[aico]

"Because I got high" - Afroman

[viki]

Gloomy Sunday sung by Billie Holiday. When it first came out, it was banned from the radio stations for being too depressing. It's also known as the suicide song and the version you find today is a nicer version of the original lyrics.

Sunday is gloomy,
My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with are numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coaches
Sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thoughts
Of ever returning you
Wouldnt they be angry
If I thought of joining you?

Gloomy sunday

Gloomy is sunday,
With shadows I spend it all
My heart and i
Have decided to end it all
Soon therell be candles
And prayers that are said I know
But let them not weep
Let them know that Im glad to go
Death is no dream
For in death Im caressin you
With the last breath of my soul
Ill be blessin you

Gloomy sunday

Dreaming, I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you asleep
In the deep of my heart here
Darling I hope
That my dream never haunted you
My heart is tellin you
How much I wanted you
Gloomy sunday

[cn0124]

Ben's Song - Sarah McLachlan. It's about a boy who is dying from brain cancer.

[SteveLightspeed]

"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks

Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along.

Goodbye Papa its hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little children everywhere
When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

Goodbye Michelle my little one
You gave me love and helped me find the sun
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground.

Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone

All our lives we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun


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"Cats in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin

My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you dad
You know I'm gonna be like you"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home dad?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play
Can you teach me to throw", I said "Not today
I got a lot to do", he said, "That's ok"
And he walked away but his smile never dimmed
And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him"

[escorpio]

"Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton

[SilentKnight]

"Don't Close Your Eyes" - Keith Whitley

Although its a depressing song on its own - its even more depressing knowing he recorded it just shortly before his death by alcohol poisoning.

[SilentKnight]

"Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan

In a little while from now,
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promised myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower,
And climbing to the top,
Will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it's like when your shattered
Left standing in the lurch, at a church
where people saying,
"My God that's tough, she stood him up!
No point in us remaining.
May as well go home."
As I did on my own,
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday,
I was cheerful, bright and gay,
Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do,
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down,
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch,
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt,
All about God and His mercy
For if He really does exist
Why did He desert me
In my hour of need?
I truly am indeed,
Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that
There are more hearts
Broken in the world
That can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do?

(instrumental break)

Now looking back over the years,
And what ever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old,
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn't understand, why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart
So badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

[potter]

Lou Reed - Perfect Day

[SilentKnight]

"In the Living Years" - Mike & the Mechanics

[aico]

"Goodbye to Romance" Ozzy

[High Plains Drifter]

Cats in the Cradle - Cat Stevens

Johnny has a message for ya's.



Haha. It is a really depressing song, but for some reason I really like it. Also like his remake of Rusty Cage. I don't know why, I hate pretty much all country music except for Johnny.

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by High Plains Drifter

Cats in the Cradle - Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens never recorded 'Cats in the Cradle' to my knowledge.

It was Harry Chapin (and later covered by Ugly Kid Joe).

Cat Stevens was too busy endorsing the islamic death sentence imposed on author Solomon Rushdie for his 'Satanic Verses' novel.

[J. Falcon]

Perfect Day - Lou Reed

[Choppa]

Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

It is only depressing if you don't actually listen to the words. It is Pandora's box in song.

I have heard this song played at several australian funerals, and it brings a tear to the eye everytime

[Babagirls]

"mandy" lol :P

[Juicy D. Links]

Originally Posted by Amysworld

OMGGGGG You are showing your age..

Love that song tho.

shhhhhhhhhhh i just turned 21

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by Choppa

I have heard this song played at several australian funerals, and it brings a tear to the eye everytime

It is the song I want played at mine as the ceremony starts. When I was a moody depressed teenager I put it on one night (love REM) and actually listened to the words and it stopped me from doing something very stupid.

I want Fish Heads played as the ending song btw.

[fallenmuffin]

Originally Posted by MrIzzz

i know theres a lot of them out there, but right now 1 sticks out in my mind and i can't get it out of my head.

Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt"

God damn. That song is so depressing. I'm slightly manic myself but I always think "Hey, atleast when I turn 50 I won't be depressed." Then Johnny comes along to burst my bubble.

Walk The Line Quote:
Wife (referering to a meeting with music producers):You look like you're going to funeral!
Johnny: Maybe I am.


Johnny Cash is the pivotal of smug coolness in my book

[Monique Niccole]

Sam Cooke -- A Change is Gonna Come

Love the song but it makes me want to slit my wrists

[Mr. Jim]

She Bang! She Bang!

[JenUncut]

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton

[Malicious Biz]

anything by a any british rapper.


it makes me lose all faith in humanity

[stickyfingerz]

Originally Posted by viki

Gloomy Sunday sung by Billie Holiday. When it first came out, it was banned from the radio stations for being too depressing. It's also known as the suicide song and the version you find today is a nicer version of the original lyrics.

Sunday is gloomy,
My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with are numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coaches
Sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thoughts
Of ever returning you
Wouldnt they be angry
If I thought of joining you?

Gloomy sunday

Gloomy is sunday,
With shadows I spend it all
My heart and i
Have decided to end it all
Soon therell be candles
And prayers that are said I know
But let them not weep
Let them know that Im glad to go
Death is no dream
For in death Im caressin you
With the last breath of my soul
Ill be blessin you

Gloomy sunday

Dreaming, I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you asleep
In the deep of my heart here
Darling I hope
That my dream never haunted you
My heart is tellin you
How much I wanted you
Gloomy sunday

Viki goes all old school an shit.

[stickyfingerz]

Originally Posted by Babagirls

"mandy" lol :P

I bet only about 20% on this board know what song you are talking about.