# Your Favorite Depressing Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421 "2009-05-23T21:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/61 "2009-05-26T15:23:52Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > “I Know It’s Over” by the Smiths. Also, “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” and “Sing Me to Sleep.”. let’s not forget “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” ([video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHQ5QdNj9U)) another gem is “I Got Id” by Pearl Jam ([video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMyToPVWH9c&feature=related)) ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/62 "2009-05-26T16:32:09Z")
_Spring_ by **The John Butler Trio** _The Persistence of Loss_, _Leaving Hope_ (both instrumental), and _Eraser_ by **Nine Inch Nails** _Guess I’m Doing Fine_ by **Beck** _Fade to Black_ by **Metallica** _Dream Song_ by **Ministry** Girl: “Do you believe in Angels?” Demon (or whatever): “No.” _Don’t Give Up_ by **Peter Gabriel** ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/63 "2009-05-26T17:37:17Z")
One of my favorites is **“My Youngest Son Came Home Today.”** A heart-wrenching anti-war song written by Eric Bogle, but best known as covered by **Billy Bragg**. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/64 "2009-05-26T17:44:30Z")
Dark On You Now by The Peanut Butter Conspiracy is the #1 most played song on my itunes/last.fm due to me listening to it OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER a couple months ago when my last relationship was deteriorating. It really fits the “wallowing in your misery” description perfectly. Ironically it was she who introduced me to the band. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/65 "2009-05-26T17:47:08Z")
Court & Spark - Joni Mitchell Lather - Jefferson Airplane Verdi Cries - 10,000 Maniacs the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - the Band Castles Made of Sand - the Jimi Hendrix Experience I Don’t Want to Wait In Vain - Bob Marley (later covered by Annie Lennox) Wharf Rat - the Grateful Dead the Needle & the Damage Done - Neil Young Untouchable Face - Ani Difranco Silent All These Years / Tear In Your Hand - Tori Amos Birdland - Patti Smith Edit: Almost forgot - White Bird - It’s a Beautiful Day ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/66 "2009-05-26T18:20:03Z")
_When Somebody Loved Me_, from Toy Story 2. It just breaks your heart. I always think of pets being left at the pound when I hear that song. StG ---
**Author:** ![Sudo\_Intellectual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sudo\_Intellectual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudo_Intellectual)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/67 "2009-05-26T18:50:04Z")
Pictures of You - the Cure ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/68 "2009-05-26T20:38:16Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > _When Somebody Loved Me_, from Toy Story 2. It just breaks your heart. Oh fuck! Ya know, something always starts to irritate my contact lenses when I watch that scene. Never fails. Maybe I should dust more often. 😛 I even hate Jessie, but watching that scene still just irritates my contacts somehow… damn it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/69 "2009-05-26T23:22:06Z")
I have two: “Southern Soldier Boy”. I learned that when I was 13. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TFFHMNBiYvM/hqdefault.jpg "The Southern Soldier Boy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFHMNBiYvM) “Aura Lee”. My dad taught me that. I sang it at a church youth show when I was 10. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrLSADgIQpk) Yeah, for my family the War never really ended. ☹ I blame it on my dad. Okay, now I need to think of happy stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/70 "2009-05-27T02:27:17Z")
“Heartworms” — **Coil** “There’s too much blood in my alcohol…” ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/71 "2009-05-27T04:22:46Z")
[**Goodbye**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pyZPDI54fI), Elton John and Bernie Taupin ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/72 "2009-05-27T06:05:32Z")
The Final Cut, the whole album, by Pink Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/73 "2009-05-27T10:12:34Z")
The Business of Things, The Beauty of the Rain and After All - Dar Williams Next Time, This Time and Lover’s Cross - Jim Croce Jokerman - Bob Dylan Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen I Don’t Want to be Your Friend - Cyndi Lauper Never Saw Blue Like That - Shawn Colvin Margo’s Waltz and What He Doesn’t Know - Lloyd Cole Dorothy - Alison Moyet ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/74 "2009-05-28T01:09:14Z")
Another song I managed to forget is “[Fallin On](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1FJA2RgpVg)” by Finger Eleven. It’s about unrequited (spelling?) love, as far as I can tell. Making it perfect for wallowing in misery as we all probably have a certain someone that “got away” or isn’t going to be ours and all we can do is pity ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/75 "2009-05-28T01:42:06Z")
_Nothing Else Matters_ is actually a happy song. It just sounds morose. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/76 "2009-05-28T01:46:22Z")
Which still qualifies it for this thread. Especially as it’s been mentioned at least three times. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/77 "2009-05-28T01:58:49Z")
Piece of my heat - Janis Joplin. I played it after every brokenhearted teenage break up Tracks of My Tears - was that Smoky Robinson? Bellbottom blues - Eric Clapton but the Cher version is sadder. Boy with the sad hands Jay Clarkson ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/78 "2009-05-28T02:18:43Z")
Ricki Don’t Lose That Number - Steely Dan Sara - Fleetwood Mac Still - Lionel Richie Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunkle After all these years, these songs still make me tear up ---
**Author:** ![Mapache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@Mapache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mapache)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/79 "2009-05-28T02:37:19Z")
How about the really old songs, like Joan Baez used to sing: The Trees they do Grow High, I Never Will Marry, The Silkie, Little Matty Groves, all full of untimely death and other unpleasantries. Just the thing for a rainy afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-depressing-songs/497421/80 "2009-05-28T13:34:16Z")
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