# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [July 2, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/81 "2013-07-02T22:30:48Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Simon And Garfunkel’s [_I Am A Rock_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKY-smJ6aBQ), > > \*… I am shielded in my armor, > Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. > … > I am a rock, > I am an island. > > And a rock feels no pain; > And an island never cries.\* > > CMC fnord! Ah…that was one of my early depression anthems! Still hits close to home. Hiding in my room, safe within my womb now comes with internet. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/82 "2013-07-02T23:24:21Z")
“I Am a Rock,” Simon & Garfunkel. ---
**Author:** ![ghostman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ghostman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/83 "2013-07-03T13:20:57Z")
[Built Then Burn (Hurrah! Hurrah!)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92F3bI51FxY) - Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/84 "2013-07-03T13:48:01Z")
Blind Willie Johnson: [Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852g). It has vocals, but no words. You can’t use words to express primal sorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/85 "2013-07-03T14:51:13Z")
If you’re depressed over a girl (or guy), i.e. lovelorn in general, nothing can beat [Concrete Blond’s ‘_Joey_’…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdpTcvSn8HQ) ---
**Author:** ![Sleeper\_Service](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sleeper\_Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeper_Service)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/86 "2013-07-03T18:27:15Z")
Two pages in and not a single mention of Aimee Mann?! Feeling inadequate? [“Guys Like Me”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOcDq_Dv6jI) Feeling hopeless? [“It’s Not”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w3m69yNglw) Feeling washed up? [“Columbus Avenue”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW9049th9F4) Feeling like an early life crisis? [“31 Today”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqOcADEZSxI) Feeling like you just don’t give a crap? [“Looking for Nothing”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jdUEhF3EYk) And the gold standard, Oscar-certified: [“Save Me”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNbTC6xLVg0) [“Wise Up”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_goEernujW8) In short, Aimee really knows how to make melancholy her bitch. ---
**Author:** ![watergallop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3bc359/32.png) [@watergallop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watergallop)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/87 "2013-07-04T08:03:12Z")
Buckets of Rain, Neko Case, live in Austin. “Life is sad, life is a bust All you can do is do what you must You do what you must do and you do it well” I love that. LIFE IS SAD, LIFE IS A BUST, OH WELL, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. It cheers me up. I think that often what is at the root of depression is thwarted expectations. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/88 "2013-07-05T03:55:07Z")
[Worse Things Happen at Sea](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJODzuHjHXI) by Frank Turner - listening to him escalate to hopelessness by the end of it. Also [Anymore](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQIcFNg4qIk) by Frank Turner as well. Really depends on my current obsessions, because my brain only really lets me like one artist at a time. Rush’s The Pass is a good one (Christ what have you done?) Johnny Cash’s Hurt, Bonnie Raitt’s I Can’t Make You Love Me, Dropkick Murphy’s Upstarts and Broken Hearts, Fleetwood Mac’s Silver Springs, Linda Rhonstadt’s Long, Long Time. Anything off Springsteen’s The River album. U2’s Stuck in a Moment. Queen’s Show Must Go On. (That is a seriously weird list). ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/89 "2013-07-05T13:21:54Z")
> [@coffeecat](#): > > “The First Cut Is the Deepest” > > I have a strange sense of humor. I’ll second this, but please make it Rod’s version (not sure about the strange sense of humor part, though). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/90 "2013-07-10T00:59:29Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Having “battled” depression for most of my life, I have several go-to anthems for wallowing… Ah, I too am “battling” depression **(but I’m effing KICKING its ass!)**. When I’m done enjoying Tom Waits or Morrissey’s pain, I have some hopeful “anthems”: Almost anything by **Neil Finn** (/Crowded House), esp. _“ **Weather With You** ”_. The whole _Woodface_ album got me through a horrible week back in the day. **Jeb Loy Nichols** (also his old band Fellow Travelers). While [_ **“As The Rain”** _](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbZKw3m0qY0) is a good wallow-y tune, just try to listen to [\*“ **Heaven Right Here** ”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP3LTmG_HAs) or [“ **Days Are Mighty** ”\*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM30A3OEqo0) and not feeling Hope. The entire albums\* Just What Time It Is\* or _Things And Time_ are full of Hopeful Shit. Just caught The **Mowgli’s** at Summerfest. “Buncha buds jumpin round havin a singalong”. Okay, too positive… if you’re suicidal, it might push you over the line. But, being in recovery, they helped restore my beleaguered faith in _homo sapiens_. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/91 "2013-07-15T16:39:54Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Wow. I have a homemade tape of nothing but the theme to MASH over and over for that very reason. Ha! In college we had the vinyl LP and had to manually restart the song each time it ended. I used my electronics knowledge to convert it to a cassette, repeating it 9 times. We listened to it 3 times before each exam, and 9 times before each seriously heavy-duty final exam. Before the MCATs we discussed whether or not to listen to it 27 times, but settled on 9. ---
**Author:** ![retired-annuitant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@retired-annuitant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/retired-annuitant)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-whats-your-depression-anthem/661090/92 "2013-07-15T17:57:01Z")
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