Most Depressing Song?

[lodo_bear]

I've heard "Gloomy Sunday" by Billie holiday has been labeled the most depressing song in the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48cTUnUtzx4

just the tag line of the "Hungerian suicide song" hints at how depressing it is.

Anything by Billie Holiday is ridiculously depressing. That woman was the queen of the blues.

 

[Dopi]

Hmm.. Slipknot - Snuff
Definetly.

 

[Zeldadudes]

Anything Coldplay.

 

[Frequen-Z]

Songs don't make me feel emotion strong enough to make me qualify as happy or sad.
But ones that have come close to sad are
dredg - Cartoon Showroom
Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise
Nickelback - If Everyone Cared

 

[Shadowfaze]

the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby. Now that really is a depresso-fest.

 

[omega 616]

Isn't the official "most depressing song ever" Gloomy Sundays (can't remember the singer) or something?

I've heard "Gloomy Sunday" by Billie holiday has been labeled the most depressing song in the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48cTUnUtzx4

just the tag line of the "Hungerian suicide song" hints at how depressing it is.

Anything by Billie Holiday is ridiculously depressing. That woman was the queen of the blues.

I only know 'cos it ws on a tv program, it said a homeless person was once whistling the song when a business man walked past, the man gave all his things to the homeless man and jumped off the bridge! If that doesn't make it it the most depressing song ever I don't know what will!

 

[Chronarch]

Probably the Gary Jules version of the song "Mad World" or maybe "Cat's in the Cradle".

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

"Hurt" Johnny Cash

 

[HardRockSamurai]

Hardrock, thanx. I have been trying to figure out who sings the Hallelujah song forever!

Actually, Jeff Buckley is one of the many people who's covered the song. The original composer of "Hallelujah" is Leonard Cohen. Just thought you oughta know

 

[MercurySteam]

[small]First of all, let me save you guys some trouble:[/small]

THIS THREAD HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE!!! USE THE SEARCH BAR!!! IT'S YOUR FRIEND!!!

[small]OK, now that's out of our system, on with the thread![/small][hr]

Well I was the person who made the last thread like this so I have the obvious ones.

Siege of Madrigal by Martin O'Donnel


Mad World by Gary Jules

 

[CopperBoom]

"Waiting For Superman" by The Flaming Lips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY_L1AzSmhU

Depressing, but not in a my-gal-dumped-me-sort-of-way or a mum-died-sort-of-way but in a universal futility of life sort of way.

Lyrics...
http://lyrics.wikia.com/The_Flaming_Lips:Waitin%27_For_A_Superman

 

[kannibus]

I can see how that video would cause thoughts of suicide.

Oh thanks, now my wife is playing this incessantly. You inhuman monster.

 

[technoted]

this caused hundreds of suicides so i'd say this wins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48cTUnUtzx4

and a quick cheer up or 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vFd_jfiVRY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BVSvjOY4g4

 

[Jared]

Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode. For some reason it always brings a tear to my eye. Even more so if I am watching the video with it

 

[Giddi]

Hardrock, thanx. I have been trying to figure out who sings the Hallelujah song forever!!!

Leonard Cohen actually released the original in 1984, his version was on the Watchmen soundtrack.

I prefer Jeff Buckley's though )

EDIT: I agree with Hurt - NIN, add Sober by Tool and Fade to Black by Metallica (also a suicide song I believe).

Actually, Jeff Buckley is one of the many people who's covered the song. The original composer of "Hallelujah" is Leonard Cohen. Just thought you oughta know

Damn, you beat me to it P

 

[Giddi]

I'm having trouble seeing how hallelujah is sad, maybe I just don't get it, could someone explain it to me?

you saw her bathing on the roof
her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you

he falls in love with a girl...


I've seen your flag on the marble arch

...worships her...


but remember when i moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah


...filled with the rapture of love...

but now you never show that to me do you

...but she no longer feels the same...


well, maybe there's a god above
but all i've ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
it's not a cry that you hear at night
it's not somebody who's seen the light
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah


...and now he feels completely dis-illusioned by the concept of feeling and love.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I can see how that video would cause thoughts of suicide.

Oh thanks, now my wife is playing this incessantly. You inhuman monster.

I do what I can.

 

[magnuslion]

Hardrock, thanx. I have been trying to figure out who sings the Hallelujah song forever!!!

Leonard Cohen actually released the original in 1984, his version was on the Watchmen soundtrack.

I prefer Jeff Buckley's though )

EDIT: I agree with Hurt - NIN, add Sober by Tool and Fade to Black by Metallica (also a suicide song I believe).

Actually, Jeff Buckley is one of the many people who's covered the song. The original composer of "Hallelujah" is Leonard Cohen. Just thought you oughta know

Damn, you beat me to it P

listened to Leonard's version, its pretty good too, but I like Jeff Buckley's. you can hear raw pain in is voice when he is singing. are there any other good versions of this song?

 

[Aztek463]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_tIUyvsRc

Room of Angel from Silent Hill 4...always brings my mood down.

 

[Blanket]

This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYufv3Q_N08]. I baww'd like a baby to the show it was on.