I gotta go with “Dear God” by XTC. It is just dripping with irony, sarcasm, and cynicism.
Any others?
Jesus by Frank Discussion & the Feederz. Probably the most obscene and blasphemous song in human history.
The chorus goes:
“Jesus entering from the reeeeear,
fucking you in the AAAAAAASSSSSS!
Just another faggot
with another rectal rash…”
The rest is too horrible to repeat. (Just kidding. Can’t remember the rest.) It’s about people being duped by religion. :rolleyes: I guess.
I heard this song on a punk compilation titled “Let Them Eat Jellybeans.” The copy I have on cassette is too fuzzy to listen any more. If anyone knows where I might find a copy of Let Them Eat Jellybeans, please let me know.
John Lennon’s “Nobody Loves You When You’re Down and Out.”
“Kiss Off” by the Violent Femmes
“I Hope You’re Happy Now” by Elvis Costello. Not quite as cynical as “Dear God”, though.
“Blashemous Rumours” by Depeche Mode
“Everybody Loves Me, Baby” by Don McLean.
“She Got the Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft” by some country-western singer whose name I am too lazy to look up at the moment.
“Terrible Lie” - NIN
or “Head Like a Hole” or “Down In It” or… hell anything by Mr. Reznor
“Paradise by the Dashboard lights” by Meatloaf
“You’re The One For Me, Fatty” by Morrissey – a strange mix of romantic intent and pure meanness.
Peekaboo by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
A wonderfully cynical song about being attractive and partying.
Aenema by Tool would qualify, I think. Or is that anger, rather than cynicism?
In the same vein, and because my computer just started playing it: Californication by RHCP.
How about Fairytale of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty Maccoll?
Life’s gonna suck, by Denis Leary!
“Jesus, Mary and the Holy Ghost” by Dio.
I can’t listen to the entire “Angry Machines” album anymore.
I second this. In fact, I’d say just about any Elvis Costello song.
Alice Cooper’s Brutal Planet. Wonderful, uplifting songs of despair, cynicism, and anger.
Oh, and that’s Jerry Reid, who did “She got the coal mine, I got the shaft.” Wonderful song.
“Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)” Green Day
“Go Your Own Way” Fleetwood Mac
I Want You by Elvis Costello
Working Class Hero by John Lennon
‘The Decline’ By NOFX. Hands down. It’s 19 minutes of despair with an ending that kinda grabs you by the heart and twists. I’d post the lyrics but im not sure if im allowed to (?). Great song though, check it out.
Suicide is Painless, aka the M.A.S.H. theme, singer unknown to me.
Amusing cynicsm: Isotope Soap, a punk thrash, also by an unknown group.
Saves the day- Rock Tonic Juice Magik(emo cynicism)
NON aka Boyd Rice- Let’s hear for Violence Against Women( the title says it all…absolutely insane, scathing, abbrasive, cynical lyrics i’ve ever freakin heard)
Genesis P. Oridge and Cevin Key- Beauty is The Enemy(same as above song…but less abbrasive)