# Songs about losers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272 "2005-10-21T16:15:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/61 "2005-11-06T03:58:59Z")
> [@Dominic Mulligan](#): > > The Smiths - “How Soon is Now?” Ah, The Smiths’ canon is chock full of losers. Virtually every song is about a loser. Here are a few faves: 1. “These Things Take Time” - “I know that I’m the most inept that ever stepped.” 2. “The Headmaster Ritual” 3. “Nowhere Fast” 4. “Unloveable” - “I don’t have much in my life, but take it, it’s yours.” Morrissey’s solo work also prominently features losers… I’ll leave that to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/62 "2005-11-06T04:44:44Z")
_Oh, What a Lonely Boy_, Andrew Gold _Coward of the County_, Kenny Rogers ---
**Author:** ![maudro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@maudro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maudro)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/63 "2012-01-02T13:30:38Z")
“Losers” by JJ Cale of course !!! And the song “Loser like me” from Glee (TV) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/64 "2012-01-02T13:40:15Z")
[She’s Not There.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5IRI4oHKNU) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/65 "2012-01-02T13:49:32Z")
Pearl Jam’s [Evenflow](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pearljam/evenflow.html) is Aqualung-esque. “Freezin’, rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again…” ---
**Author:** ![UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/46a35a/32.png) [@UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UFC_Is_Sux)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/66 "2012-01-02T14:10:52Z")
The \*Air Supply \*discography? ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/67 "2012-01-02T14:19:17Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > _Coward of the County_, Kenny Rogers I never saw Tommy as a loser per se, just a boy trying to honor his dead father’s wishes to “walk away from trouble when you can”. He sure taught those Gatlin boys they were wrong about him. Speaking of country songs about “losers”, I really liked Nick Cave’s music from _The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford._ Cave has a cameo near the end when he sings [_The Ballad of Jesse James_](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/j/jessejamesballadof.shtml). Ford (Casey Affleck) is in the room and, yeah, it gets a little awkward after a few verses. _Now, the people held their breath when they heard of Jesse’s death They wondered how he came to die It was one of his own gang called little Robert Ford An’ he shot Jesse James on the sly_ This song was written circa 1882 and has been covered by many artists. It even shows up in 1949’s _I shot Jesse James_. It’s neat to compare Cave’s and Robin Short’s different portrayals of “the wandering troubador” who each sing the same song in the movies. I can’t link to YouTube right now, but those clips are out there. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/68 "2012-01-02T15:54:16Z")
[Early Morning Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OCnHNk2Hac), by Gordon Lightfoot (gorgeous Peter, Paul & Mary version) \*…I’m stuck here on the ground, cold and drunk as I might be You can’t jump a jet plane like you can a freight train So I’d best be on my way in the early morning rain \* [Creeps Like Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2KUssJIAaU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLABC996AE1C33A8F9), Lyle Lovett \*Look around And you will see This world is full of creeps like me You look surprised You shouldn’t be This world is full of creeps like me \* [Lose Again](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUGAP4AKcj8), Karla Bonoff ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/69 "2012-01-03T00:41:14Z")
How about [Adventures in Failure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWwQsdHMT7Y) by MC 900ft. Jesus? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/70 "2012-01-03T07:04:42Z")
Alice Cooper’s “You and Me,” part of which goes: …you and me ain’t movie stars; What we are is what we are. We share a bed, some lovin’, and t.v.–yeah. That’s enough for a workin’ man. What I am is what I am, And I tell you, babe, Well, that’s enough for me. seems to me to be one of those songs (“Okie from Muskogee” is another) that’s written to mock a particular demographic that doesn’t see through the ridicule and embraces it. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/71 "2012-01-03T07:39:40Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Loads of Springsteen songs do. “Born in the USA” and “Johnny 99,” among others. My first thought was Springsteen’s “Meeting Across The River”. I’ll also throw in “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/72 "2012-01-03T12:42:58Z")
[Pitiful](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVGoOBTmDA8) by Weird Al. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272/73 "2012-01-03T14:20:49Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [She’s Not There.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5IRI4oHKNU) > > 😉 By The Zombies. How Clever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-losers/327272.md?page=3)