Post your favorite soul-crushing, depressing songs [Archive] - Message Board Basketball Forum

reppy

11-01-2013, 04:14 AM

I just wanna hear some music other people like. Right now I'm listening to a lot of slow, depressing sounding stuff. Probably the change of weather makes it more appealing.

Anyway, I'll kick this off by providing the metal perspective.

Warning - Footprints (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=774GvRN2yKk)

Woods of Ypres - Traveling Alone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUUL2MuwuN4)

Woods of Ypres - Silver (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_IHItcjNto)

Woods of Ypres - Alternate Ending (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgrmXIrPQeQ)

That last song is especially depressing, because the singer died in a car accident shortly before this, their break through album, came out. It almost seems like he's describing his death before it happened.

Swallow the Sun - The Giant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZY6nNNGQME)

Anaal Nathrakh - When the lion devours both dragon and child (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxCq8-vnvW0)

This is a little more aggressive. Okay, a lot more aggressive. This is one of the few bands I can only listen to in small spurts otherwise the onslaught of the music just starts to overwhelm me.

Bonus non-metal song Aesthetic Perfection - All Beauty Destroyed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptINdWHLtX4)

Alright, I wanna hear some of what you guys like now. Doesn't have to be metal.

fiddy

11-01-2013, 04:51 AM

I just wanna hear some music other people like. Right now I'm listening to a lot of slow, depressing sounding stuff. Probably the change of weather makes it more appealing.

Srsly get off that gay shit dude.

9erempiree

11-01-2013, 04:59 AM

We are trying to get hyped up in life.

Please none of that.

ace23

11-01-2013, 05:36 AM

rap music ftw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iewBu0JRyo

rufuspaul

11-01-2013, 09:07 AM

Can't do much better than The Smiths when it comes to mope rock.

I Know It's Over (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sQPZ9dD9v8)

Asleep (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CGIii_eTOk)

hateraid

11-01-2013, 12:11 PM

Elenor Rigby- The Beatles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaRNrDaoMqw)
This one was near and dear to my childhood. My dad had an 8-track machine and this was always on repeat

reppy

11-01-2013, 01:03 PM

Elenor Rigby- The Beatles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaRNrDaoMqw)
This one was near and dear to my childhood. My dad had an 8-track machine and this was always on repeat

That's a dang fine track. One of my personal favorites.

reppy

11-01-2013, 01:04 PM

We are trying to get hyped up in life.

Please none of that.

I don't post in your shitty threads, so don't post in my shitty threads. :lol

reppy

11-02-2013, 02:45 AM

rap music ftw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iewBu0JRyo

Thanks for the track, listening to it now. While listening to this, it reminded me of another great track . . Grave Diggaz - 1-800-SUICIDE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTXeg-Swq9w).

Can't do much better than The Smiths when it comes to mope rock.

I Know It's Over (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sQPZ9dD9v8)

Asleep (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CGIii_eTOk)

Good stuff. I'm digging the first track here. Their style really reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it. The bass in the background is really nice, too.

The Residents - My Window (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4s20EugVcQ)

Great song. I could totally listen to an entire album that sounded like this and just sort of zone out for awhile.

gigantes

11-02-2013, 03:33 AM

i'm not in to metal like OP, but i've always tended to like minor chord songs.

IMO music can be a powerful tool to express and articulate your feelings, and sad songs are no different. here's a couple of my faves by george harrison:

Give Me Love. somehow it's upbeat and sad at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KAvPbO8JY

Isn't it a Pity. i love how this song slowly builds in power until becoming a wall of sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuStBNkvwhE

iamgine

11-02-2013, 03:45 AM

Don't know if these counts but some of my faves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NJqUN9TClM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWcs5H-qgQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_FRluQgYpI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_n0zvoHlVk

reppy

11-02-2013, 03:48 AM

I love The Beatles. I think they're actually my all-time favorite band. I used to have this insane collection with over 100 hours of live performances, weird B-Sides, goof ups, variations of songs, etc, stuff like that.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps is a favorite of mine.

16 Horsepower - Harm's Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQo8pfbOm_Y)

This isn't metal. They're sort of a folk band, I guess. I don't know if this song is necessarily sad or depressing or what. But I get such a strange sensation when I listen to it. And it isn't a positive feeling I get.

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itTJhMSDe3U)

No metal either. An awesome folk band. This song literally gives me the chills. I was fortunate enough to have seen this band perform live a couple years back. They're great and deserve all the praise they get.

[i]And the mockingbird can sing
Like the crying of the dove
And I can

bdreason

11-02-2013, 04:42 AM

East_Stone_Ya

11-02-2013, 05:44 AM

Jedi Mind Tricks - Razorblade Salvation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_rdYY9CIWE

YOUNG BUCK - Lose My Mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsASbwCZtIU

The Game - Never Be Friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wI0G02aMTc

Joe Budden - When Thugs Cry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl7retn0Taw

DMX - Slippin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt4D6RIKbMM

Scarface - The Suicide Note

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3BsKOV4G1Y

Bushwick Bill - Ever So Clear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLnbQZnBeCw

Tech n9ne - Suicide Letters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJJdOQarD8s

Happy Birthday - Flipsyde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQG8v8kTGs

fiddy

11-02-2013, 05:56 AM

YOUNG BUCK - Lose My Mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsASbwCZtIU

Love the aggression

reppy

11-02-2013, 01:02 PM

Thursday - Full Collapse - Understanding in a Car Crash

The band wrote the song about a friend they lose in a car crash. I saw them perform it live back in 2005 (I think) and it was amazing. You can feel the emotion in the song and how much it means to them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ2ot19tAxA

Full Collapse is still one of my fav albums.

That's rough. The band I started off with, Woods of Ypres, had their singer die in a car accident and it ended the band. My friend that does a yearly metal festival out here in Portland, Oregon had them booked to play and everything. Then the singer died. Sucks. :(

Happy Birthday - Flipsyde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQG8v8kTGs

Man, that's pretty rough. Especially as I reach the age where I'm actually getting the really strong urge to have kids of my own.

Here's another song that I really dig. Pretty messed up lyrics, though.

Lupe Fiasco - Little Weapon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rKmdRdNO7s)

Evergrey - In Remembrance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPekddqz7Rs[/URL)

This one is pretty sad, too. Vocalist is great IMO.

Nevermore - The Heart Collector (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5T1L23q2k)

This is, in my opinion, one of the finest metal albums ever crafted. This song comes from the album "Dead Heart in a Dead World". I think it's a song even non-metal folks would enjoy (the vocals aren't harsh or anything and the guy has an awesome voice).

Nevermore to feel the pain
The heart collector sang
And I won't be feeling hollow for so long
Nevermore to feel the pain
The words fall out like fire
I'll believe when you can't believe anymore

That f***in' chorus, man. So damn good. Amazing guitar work, too.

Meticode

11-02-2013, 01:47 PM

HOGNI - Under Streelights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXfQkKAlY5c)

Meticode

11-02-2013, 02:04 PM

For anyone who doesn't totally hate Coldplay...

Coldplay - Gravity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcxdXQHiRwI)

reppy

11-02-2013, 04:42 PM

Oh man, how about this song?

Johnny Cash - Hurt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aF9AJm0RFc)

http://i.imgur.com/okdLyZ7.jpg

DuMa

11-02-2013, 04:50 PM

Radiohead - Let Down

travelingman

11-02-2013, 04:52 PM

Feel the Void - Jerry Cantrell :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-34uwAZIjIs

FatComputerNerd

11-02-2013, 04:56 PM

Joe Budden - "Broken Wings"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36IDQz1_Wx4

Joe Budden - "Whatever it takes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B8k_QHYQvw

Joe Budden - "Black Cloud"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXpkqQZfkHw

Slaughterhouse - "Raindrops"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoVMmUHPEAg

Slaughterhouse - "Goodbye"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vg8IaRDBcc

Pretty much any Joe Budden song actually.

FatComputerNerd

11-02-2013, 05:11 PM

And for a change of pace...

"The Ballad of Hollis Brown" by Bob Dylan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZszN4-jWWQ

The lyrics are seriously "soul-crushing".

"The Long Black Veil" By the Chieftains with Mick Jagger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYE-x0Yje98

Gets me every time. Such a sad song.

Qwyjibo

11-02-2013, 06:46 PM

Yeasayer - Madder Red
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n46Lp5_UZR0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh03i9Yl2KQ (Also, the official and VERY weird video with Kristen Bell)

John Lennon - Mother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEnc3RQE2lg

John Lennon - Working Class Hero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU

Manic Street Preachers - Little Baby Nothing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TRl92py07w
A song about the sexual exploitation of women. They even got Traci Lords to sing the chorus for the album version. A great song but with crushingly depressing lyrics.

Bano114

11-02-2013, 10:22 PM

Death Cab for Cutie- I Will Follow You Into The Dark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDHY1D0tKRA

Blink-182- Adams Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUsOK8Dlw7I

Nirvana- Where Did You Sleep Last Night (live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaCzydWesVA

Korn- Alone I Break

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWWSAOqqiwI

TylerOO

11-02-2013, 11:14 PM

rap music ftw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iewBu0JRyo

holy shit ive never heard that song. vince ****in kills it, i love it. repped

Jailblazers7

11-02-2013, 11:45 PM

The Antlers - Kettering

Beatlezz

11-02-2013, 11:45 PM

Brother Sparrow - Agnes Obel
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Angeles - Elliott Smith
Soup - Blind Melon
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Everybody Hurts- R.E.M
The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
Asleep - The Smiths
Mad World - Gary Jules

reppy

11-03-2013, 03:47 PM

Nirvana- Where Did You Sleep Last Night (live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaCzydWesVA

Damn, I haven't heard this song in ages.

reppy

11-09-2013, 05:09 AM

I was growing a little worried that people were becoming too happy on ISH. So now I have another set of tunes for ya'll.

Woods of Ypres - Finality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI9iRfCdiIQ)

Really, if you only listen to one song I make in this post.. this should be it. This song gives me the chills. I've probably listened to it like 50 times in the past 2 days.

When we have all gone, to the silence of eternity...
To first be forgotten, and lost in, the records of the earth
Could I still miss you, then, in the time and space after life
When no one is searching anymore, and where we are nowhere to be found

We didn't spend our life together
and I will miss you forever

The choice was mine, To long for a time, that will never come
Though we leave the world apart, I, still went peacefully, quietly,
with you, still, firmly... in my heart.

I will wait forever. I wait...

:(

Bonus: There are a couple cool covers of this song, here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw5U3AnwELc) and here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKnY2f_rpRA).

The Wounded - Smells Like Teen Spirit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSFoo7iAauA)

A very slow and heavy cover of Nirvana's track from a doom/goth metal band.

Primordial - Gallows Hymn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4pUaEQz_Aw)

Doom/black metal band that focuses mostly on historical events and times. Clean vocals make it a little easier to get into for people that dislike growls/screams/whatever.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx1532AMY04]Agalloch - Black Lake Ni

ROCSteady

11-12-2013, 06:20 AM

Seawolf- Middle Distance Runner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmJgdQwrG1Y

Okkervil River- Black Sheep Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX11N9YGk_U

Ed Sheeran- The A Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KlOodL9Gw4

Joe Budden- Runaway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSCGfj4joH0

bergs14

11-12-2013, 06:44 AM

Kate Miller-Heidke - Last day on earth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhQ5seprs6s) :cry:

ROCSteady

11-12-2013, 07:28 AM

Fleet Foxes- Montezuma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdN2bfov9JQ

Brand New- Jesus Christ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMJBH894MWc

Scarface ft. Kelly Price- What Can I do?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQhjOa4nTgo

Joni Mitchell- Both Sides Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I

Joni Mitchell- River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY

River by Joni Mitchell may be the poster child for a thread like this

Fallguy20

11-12-2013, 01:26 PM

Something I Can Never Have -NIN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEW8riKU_tE)

Don't Cry - GNR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DqTM6j7Iqs)

9 Crimes - Damien Rice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ydLQjVL9k)

I could go on, but these are worthy contributions.

JerrySteakhouse

11-12-2013, 01:43 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT_i-hhTQ8Q

hateraid

11-12-2013, 02:03 PM

riseagainst

11-12-2013, 05:31 PM

Teardrops on my Guitar - taylor swift

Jailblazers7

11-12-2013, 05:35 PM

Fleet Foxes- Montezuma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdN2bfov9JQ

Great song. I seem to listen to that song on repeat for a couple weeks at least once per year.

JerrySteakhouse

11-12-2013, 10:22 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RrVUAExfGU

TheReal Kendall

11-12-2013, 10:51 PM

Sam Cooke - A change gonna come

http://youtu.be/gbO2_077ixs

I love this song!

Smoke117

11-12-2013, 11:20 PM

Magnolia Electric Co - North Star (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ9yX5KJrB0)

Songs: Ohia - Almost was good enough (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkB6PKYWl9s)

Townes Van Zandt - Nothin' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcH2OOMV4A&list=FL7Ht4Q3q3mWnItqkdxIj8PA&index=9)

Hank Williams - Lost Highway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCgicPdsxxg&list=FL7Ht4Q3q3mWnItqkdxIj8PA&index=179)

Songs: Ohia - Blue Chicago Moon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2nyOLVwg8)

Magnolia Electric Co - The Dark Don't Hide It (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBEA-RvDyng)

reppy

11-13-2013, 12:22 AM

ROCSteady

11-13-2013, 10:26 AM

Great song. I seem to listen to that song on repeat for a couple weeks at least once per year.

Yea it's very applicable to my life. I'm certainly no failure or anything but I haven't created a family of my own and my life has been a little unconventional. I can relate. Overall, I'm blessed and been very happy in many areas but there have been periods where I had to ask myself, " What happened to my optimism and desire for the nuclear American ideal?"

Jailblazers7

11-13-2013, 10:54 AM

The Antlers - Kettering (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4DBi3fUYEQ)

The reason I posted that is because it is basically the saddest song I have ever heard. The album it is from is a semi-biographical documentation of the lead singer watching his girlfriend die in hospice care. The lyrics for Kettering are pretty devastating.

TheReturn

11-13-2013, 11:44 AM

I love depressing music. Not sure why because I'm not a particularly negative person or whatever, but I just do. :lol

Here are some of my favorites:
Gorillaz - El Manana (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4wkPoVILSQ) - Should really watch the video too, it's too depressing haha, but I love it.
Modest Mouse - The World At Large (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNxa9pFwimk)
Citizen Cope - Sideways (ft. Santana) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fpKncoeF3g) - Perfect rainy day song
The National - About Today (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffsh5dP8In4)

hateraid

11-13-2013, 01:18 PM

Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPj3GAYYZ0)

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtvqT_wMeY)

These songs were pretty big when I was in high school. I overlooked how heartbreaking these 2 songs were. Now as a parent these lyrics hit very deep

The back story behind the Eric Clapton song is his son had crawled off a hotel balcony and died at 4

Runaway Train is written about kids who runaway from home and have resorted to drugs. They look desperately for somebody to save them and bring them out but they've become too addicted that it leads to suicide.

I guess I never became aware of this until having my son which opened my eyes to these lyrics and feel the pain of losing a child. These sons were hits when I was a teen so I really looked at these tunes as yawners, never really looked at the meaning

Jailblazers7

11-13-2013, 01:22 PM

TheReturn - Good call on The National. The lead singer just has a voice made for those types of somber songs. I really like Cardinal Song.

The National - Cardinal Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K4kgIlzvlU)

reppy

11-14-2013, 02:14 AM

Ingrid michaelson - Ghost
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Sfc4Oht9c#

It's just sad. It's also quite close to how I've felt for a while now.

She has an amazing voice. Excellent song.

ace23

11-14-2013, 03:45 AM

ihoopallday

11-14-2013, 03:50 AM

These songs always get me all depressed and shit.

Flaw: Wait For Me
http://youtu.be/30C149lavMo

Goo Goo Dolls: Iris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMVnFSh6m1w&feature=youtube_gdata_player

LBJ 23

11-14-2013, 02:26 PM

Nirvana- Where Did You Sleep Last Night (live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaCzydWesVA

Haven't heard this amazing song for so long so I searched on youtube and came across this version. Goddamn look at 4:47 it's like he got possessed by the devil for a second

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXYz0gtJeM

Chuckbrook

11-14-2013, 10:40 PM

Thanks for all the posts. I try to listen to everything that gets posted.

To the people that have posted songs but offered no explanation, would you care to offer one? Why does the song come across as sad? Is it the lyrics? The voice? Perhaps the sound of the instruments? Do any of the lyrics stand out or strike you as having powerful emotions behind them? Does a song remind you of a situation or person?
First, I think this is a great thread. :cheers:

The song I would like to add to this thread is called "Ready for Love" by India Arie. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxkMlS2nuU8)

I recently fell in love with this song after watching the video. She sings it with so much emotion and it seems like she really means what she's singing. There's a part between 2:53 to 3:27 where she just seems so vulnerable and it makes me feel a certain way inside. I'm not even attracted to her, but the way she looks when she's speaking those words really gets to me. I just want to comfort her and give her what she wants.

I know most of the guys on here are unemotional "tough guys" but take the time to watch this video if you get the chance. It just shows how emotional women can be and how strong the feel about finding love and things like that. As a man, sometimes its good to try to see things from a woman's point of view.

-Brook

reppy

11-16-2013, 01:30 AM

First, I think this is a great thread. :cheers:

The song I would like to add to this thread is called "Ready for Love" by India Arie. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxkMlS2nuU8)

I recently fell in love with this song after watching the video. She sings it with so much emotion and it seems like she really means what she's singing. There's a part between 2:53 to 3:27 where she just seems so vulnerable and it makes me feel a certain way inside. I'm not even attracted to her, but the way she looks when she's speaking those words really gets to me. I just want to comfort her and give her what she wants.

I know most of the guys on here are unemotional "tough guys" but take the time to watch this video if you get the chance. It just shows how emotional women can be and how strong the feel about finding love and things like that. As a man, sometimes its good to try to see things from a woman's point of view.

-Brook

Thanks for the song. I think it's cool that she also plays an instrument. Seems in popular media today a lot of females in the music biz don't do that. I sort of consider them to be entertainers as opposed to actual musicians or artists.. but that's a rant for another day.

And, are you sure it's not just her voice but the combination of her voice and the look she's giving the camera during that time? :D

TheReturn

11-16-2013, 06:25 AM

rap music ftw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iewBu0JRyo
New favorite, thanks.

Chuckbrook

11-16-2013, 06:10 PM

Thanks for the song. I think it's cool that she also plays an instrument. Seems in popular media today a lot of females in the music biz don't do that. I sort of consider them to be entertainers as opposed to actual musicians or artists.. but that's a rant for another day.

And, are you sure it's not just her voice but the combination of her voice and the look she's giving the camera during that time? :D
It's definitely a combination of both.

-Brook