# Depressed people, what's your depression anthem? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090 "2013-06-15T20:18:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/1 "2013-06-15T20:18:06Z")
Mine’s “ **Fell On Black Days** ” by Soundgarden. It captures the way I feel when I’m down. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/2 "2013-06-15T20:25:37Z")
Pink Floyd _Brain Damage/Eclipse_ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/3 "2013-06-15T20:35:21Z")
The theme song from the movie MASH works nicely when played 3 or 9 times in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/4 "2013-06-15T20:36:29Z")
Regina Spektor - Firewood _The piano is not firewood yet, but the cold does get cold so it still may be that… Don’t judge so harsh, you don’t know, you’re only spying…_ ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/5 "2013-06-15T21:14:25Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/6 "2013-06-15T21:24:35Z")
Neil Young’s **After the Gold Rush**. It was my go-to album when I needed a cry, but also needed a trigger to get started. "Only Love Can break Your Heart’ was especially good. [http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOl01vKXv6I](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOl01vKXv6I) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/7 "2013-06-15T21:26:16Z")
Having “battled” depression for most of my life, I have several go-to anthems for wallowing in sadness: Dennis Yost: “Traces” Brian Wilson- “Caroline, No” Linda Ronstadt “Keep Me From Blowing Away” Beatles- “For No One” Boz Scaggs “Now You’re Gone” Dimitri Shostakovitch: Symphony #5, “Largo” ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/8 "2013-06-15T21:44:34Z")
“Something Vague” by Bright Eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/9 "2013-06-15T22:01:16Z")
The Broadway cast recording of “Les Miserables.” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/10 "2013-06-15T22:08:31Z")
I just found a new one, [Blue Sunny Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNuTEUUUZ4k). It sounds so happy and upbeat. (but it’s not) ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/11 "2013-06-15T22:11:47Z")
“The First Cut Is the Deepest” I have a strange sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/12 "2013-06-15T22:22:31Z")
Or this one. [Big Bad World One](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VZub4Ci1D8) ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/13 "2013-06-15T22:27:46Z")
I don’t have an anthem. I’m still working on designing my logo. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/14 "2013-06-15T22:32:48Z")
Soundgarden has another song that fits the bill. “ **The Day I tried To Live** ”. I’m not sure what it’s about but it also resonates with me when I’m depressed. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/15 "2013-06-15T22:38:10Z")
“Yesterday” by the Beatles pretty much sums it up. For a real wallow, I like “Mad World”, by…well, any version. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/16 "2013-06-15T22:44:00Z")
Johnny Cash’s version of Hurt. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/17 "2013-06-15T22:44:39Z")
AFI [“The Leaving Song”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIWHIvaK7DA) Walked away, heard them say “Poison hearts will never change, walk away again” Turned away in disgrace Felt the chill upon my face cooling from within Or AFI [“Silver And Cold”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BguZZ3rGKe0) I… I came here by day, but I left here in darkness And found you, found you on the way And now, it is silver and silent, it is silver and cold You, in somber resplendence, I hold ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/18 "2013-06-15T22:45:43Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Johnny Cash’s version of Hurt. Love both versions, the NIN and Cash, but Cash’s rendition is so painful it’s beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/19 "2013-06-16T00:18:22Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Johnny Cash’s version of Hurt. +1000000 Also, Adele’s \*Someone Like You \*invariably puts tears in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/20 "2013-06-16T03:36:02Z")
Grateful Dead’s Wharf Rat wallows in the depths of depression. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090.md?page=2)