# Most Cynical Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657 "2001-01-06T00:05:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/1 "2001-01-06T00:05:52Z")
I gotta go with “Dear God” by XTC. It is just dripping with irony, sarcasm, and cynicism. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/2 "2001-01-06T00:24:30Z")
**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. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/3 "2001-01-06T00:30:33Z")
John Lennon’s “Nobody Loves You When You’re Down and Out.” ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/4 "2001-01-06T07:30:56Z")
“Kiss Off” by the Violent Femmes ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/5 "2001-01-06T07:58:45Z")
“I Hope You’re Happy Now” by Elvis Costello. Not quite as cynical as “Dear God”, though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/6 "2001-01-06T08:04:15Z")
“Blashemous Rumours” by Depeche Mode ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/7 "2001-01-06T09:14:50Z")
“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. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/8 "2001-01-06T09:28:38Z")
“Terrible Lie” - NIN or “Head Like a Hole” or “Down In It” or… hell anything by Mr. Reznor ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/9 "2001-01-06T09:57:47Z")
“Paradise by the Dashboard lights” by Meatloaf ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/10 "2001-01-06T10:39:24Z")
“You’re The One For Me, Fatty” by Morrissey – a strange mix of romantic intent and pure meanness. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/11 "2001-01-06T11:51:03Z")
Peekaboo by Siouxsie and the Banshees. A wonderfully cynical song about being attractive and partying. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/12 "2001-01-06T13:36:34Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/13 "2001-01-06T13:44:48Z")
“Jesus, Mary and the Holy Ghost” by Dio. I can’t listen to the entire “Angry Machines” album anymore. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/14 "2001-01-06T17:46:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by woodstockbirdybird \* > \*\*“I Hope You’re Happy Now” by Elvis Costello. Not quite as cynical as “Dear God”, though. \*\* I second this. In fact, I’d say just about any Elvis Costello song. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/15 "2001-01-06T17:50:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/16 "2001-01-06T21:24:52Z")
“Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)” Green Day “Go Your Own Way” Fleetwood Mac ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/17 "2001-01-06T22:04:36Z")
I Want You by Elvis Costello Working Class Hero by John Lennon ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/18 "2001-01-07T04:31:25Z")
‘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. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/19 "2001-01-07T05:42:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657/20 "2001-01-07T07:23:10Z")
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) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-cynical-song/48657.md?page=2)