# Don't Bring Me Down **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064 "2000-08-20T17:09:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/1 "2000-08-20T17:09:50Z")
What is the most absolutely depressing song you’ve ever heard? You know-The one that could bring you into a total blue funk in the middle of the greatest day you’ve ever had in your life. The one where you have to hide all the sharp objects in your house before you can even _think_ about it. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/2 "2000-08-20T17:17:55Z")
“Love Hurts” by Nazereth ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/3 "2000-08-20T18:25:37Z")
Wow, Slythe… I don’t know any songs that kick me in the privates THAT hard. But “Let it Be” has a tendency to make me leak around the eyes for some reason. It always has and I’m not too clear on why… P.S. Have a nice day, Slythe! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/4 "2000-08-20T19:08:58Z")
The Sounds of Silence. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/5 "2000-08-20T19:18:22Z")
I Am A Rock Auld Lang Sine ---
**Author:** ![magpie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magpie)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/6 "2000-08-20T20:23:57Z")
the Cowboy Junkies’ version of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” (originally written by hank williams, but something about margot timmins’ voice just makes me weep.) ===== Hear the lonesome whippoorwill His song’s too blue to fly The midnight train is a-winding low I’m so lonesome I could cry I’ve never seen a night so long When time keeps crawling by The moon is gone behind the clouds To hide his face and cry Have you ever seen a robin weep When leaves have turned to brown? Like me he’s lost his will to live I’m so lonesome I could cry # The silence of a falling star Lights up a purple haze and as I wonder where you are I’m so lonesome I could cry ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/7 "2000-08-21T14:00:56Z")
The Needle and the Damage Done, by Neil Young. Sad song… ---
**Author:** ![Lnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Lnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lnix)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/8 "2000-08-21T14:04:03Z")
‘Would you know my name’(I think that’s the title) by Eric Clapton That song came out around the time my grandfather died. Deee-pressing. ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/9 "2000-08-21T14:11:10Z")
Lnix, that would be “Tears in Heaven” I believe. That one always gets me, too because I learned that he worte it for his little 4 year old son who died falling from a 12th story window. I keep thinking about Mr. Clapton seeing the boy fall, hearing him scream. ::shiver:: As a parent, it just mortifies me. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/10 "2000-08-21T15:05:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > \*\*I Am A Rock > Auld Lang Sine \*\* Exactly what I was gonna say, except I would pick Same Auld Lang Sine instead of Auld Lang Sine (the “met my old lover in a grocery store” one) and I would add “Taxi” and “The Living Years” ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/11 "2000-08-21T16:07:30Z")
Man, I thought this thread was going to be about David Bowie albums that really suck. . . . However, my vote for depressing songs go to “Piano Man” by Billy Joel, “Mess” by Ben Folds Five, and “The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkle. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/12 "2000-08-21T16:07:32Z")
“What do I have to do” by Stabbing Westward > [@](#): > > … > I know exactly what you’re thinking but I swear this time I will not let you down > I’m not as selfish as I used to be, that was a part of me that never made me proud > and now I think I would try anything, anything at all to keep you satisfied > and god I hope you see what losing you would do to me > all I want is one more chance > tell me… > what do I have to do to make you want me > what do I have to do to make you understand > what do I have to do to make you love me > but if I can’t make you love me, what do I have to do > to forget about you “How will I laugh tomorrow when I can’t even smile today” by Suicidal Tendencies > [@](#): > > here I sit and watch my world come crumbling down, I cry for help no one’s around > silently screaming as I bang my head against the wall, seems like no one cares at all > … > I search for personality and I look for things that I cannot see > love and peace flash through my mind, pain and hate is all I find > find no hope in nothing new and I’ve never had a dream come true > lies and hate and agony, through my eyes that’s all I see > \<…\> “Perfect Day” by Lou Reed on this one it’s not the words at all that get me down, but the tone of the song. I think the reason it affects me is that they play it in Trainspotting when Renton overdoses, and it just recalls the mood of that scene for me. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/13 "2000-08-21T16:23:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by three bunny mama \* > \*\*Lnix, that would be “Tears in Heaven” I believe. That one always gets me, too because I learned that he worte it for his little 4 year old son who died falling from a 12th story window. > I keep thinking about Mr. Clapton seeing the boy fall, hearing him scream. ::shiver:: As a parent, it just mortifies me. \*\* His 3 year old son fell from a 53rd story window onto the roof of a nearby building when the nanny left the room for a moment. Very sad. “Wreck on the Highway” by Springsteen is chilling, but not depressing so much. Buffy Saint Marie has some angry despairing stuff that gets you. ---
**Author:** ![Rock-n-Rolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@Rock-n-Rolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock-n-Rolga)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/14 "2000-08-21T16:24:18Z")
“Elegy” by the excellent Finnish band Amorphis. It’s taken from a poem in the _Kanteletar_, which is a compendium of poems detailing everyday life in Finland hundreds of years ago. “Elegy” is about a man whose wife dies and he’s reciting all the sweet little things he’ll miss about her. It’s a beautiful song, but just the thought of it always tears me out of my frame. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/15 "2000-08-21T18:03:45Z")
Mine is Bridge over Troubled Waters. A good friend of mine died when we were in high school, and this was one of her favorite songs, so it was sung at the funeral by another friend of ours. Makes me cry, hearing it. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bring-me-down/30064/16 "2000-08-21T19:56:27Z")
“A Short Time” by Weddings Parties Anything, an Australian band. The story goes that the band was playing at a bar in Canada. An Australian girl who was living nearby came to see them. She introduced herself, did a little reminiscing with them, laughed a bunch, drank some beers, took some pictures, then left to go back to where she was staying. She was killed in a car accident on the way home. A friend of hers sent them a picture that the girl took of the band while with them that was obviously on the film in her camera and how excited she had been to go see this band from home while she was so far away from her family & friends. The song questions what exactly is a short time: an hour, a few minutes, the time spent getting to know someone, a lifetime “with a daughter held so dear”, etc. I don’t know if the story is true or not, but it just makes me cry every time I hear it. In fact, just thinking about it as I’m writing this is making me tear up. I’m so pathetic!