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[union9]

Originally posted by NastyJoan
For me one of the most depressinng song is from Anathema's Alternatice 4 album, and it's called Lost Control

Just the entering words......."Life has betrayed me once again......."

How that cannot be depressing??????

Right on dude.How did i forget that one.

 

[Buzz Fledderjon]

Originally posted by union9
For me.
Don't know the name of the song but it was done by Mazy Star.
Hurt-NINE INCH NAILS
Touched-VAST
The song Water Ship Down by someone who escapes me now.
Solitude performed by CATHEDRAL
And,as cheesy as it sounds,Suicide Note Part 1-PANTERA

Wild Horse origionally recorded by The Rolling Stones???

 

[Draxx]

Originally posted by maidensweden
what is the sadest most depressingly beutiful song ever written

I don't give a shit what anyone says about this but Iced Earth's cover of hallowed be thy name made me cry tonight as I was writing a new poem....

 

[CONCLAVE OBSCURUM]

ehhh.. holly shit..

Dream Theatre - Space Dye Vest
and everything by katatonia

 

[Fractured]

Originally posted by Board
We did a kind of similar thread not so long ago. I tried searching for it, but it was probably before the "facelift" of this page, so I think it's gone.
Anyway, then a guy asked for depressing songs and I posted some I usually call beautiful and sad songs. All non-metal songs. Since then a similar subject was brought up at Roadrunner's "In the pit" and I went through my entire record collection, found all the songs that categorized and put them in order. The higher the position the song have, the better I think it is. I saved my post on my computer, so I can give it to you here:
The stuff I will post is something that affects me as it "touches my feelings" if I can sound that corny and wuzzy. It's hard to explain this feeling, but it's something that's very sad, but at the same time extremely beautiful. Energy and agression and all that shit can be good, superb and shit, but for me it can never really reach the same heights as sad and beautiful music.
For me, music is kind of the same as films. An action movie can be compared to metal or funk, which I also listen to, as it also has energy and all that stuff, but for me it can never reach the heights movies like Breaking the Waves, Schindler's List, The Green mile and Awakenings does! It's hard to explain as a picture says more than 1000 words as you say, but it's like it sends chills down your spine. Metal doesn't do this to me. The closest I have come to this in metal is probably
Opeth "Dirge for Novembre" (the lead guitar riff when the distorted guitar comes in and the ending of the song!)
Opeth “Demon of the fall” (the riff where he sings “Runaway, runaway”)
The 3rd and the Mortal's "Why so lonely"
Theatre of Tragedy's "...a distance there is..." (Which only consists of piano, vocals, timpanies & cello) & "On whom the moon doth shine",
The Gathering "Leaves"
Type O Negative "World coming down" (the quiet part where he sings "How quickly pass the days..." and it just gets better when those gregorian chants comes on top.)
Type O Negative "Bloody kisses (a death in the family)" (in the end where he sings "Don't die...on me")
Dark Tranquility “Lethe” (The acoustic intro & outro)
Metallica “To live is to die” (approx. in the middle of the song, where there’s a riff that sounds like it’s being played through a telefone.)
Living Colour “This is the life”
Living Colour “Nothingness"
Danzig "Let it be captured"
Soundgarden “4th of July”
Iron Maiden "Rime of the ancient mariner" (after the narration and that "The curse it lives on in their eyes…" part)
Joe Satriani "The forgotten part II"
Joe Satriani "War"
Joe Satriani "Down, down, down"
And a song by The Abyss which I don't know the name of.

Type O Negative is my favourite band, but they don’t give me this feeling except very faint in the two songs mentioned. They give me this sombre mood, which I haven’t really heard in any other music, except Mozart’s “Requiem” and John Barry’s soundtracks to “The lion in winter” and “The last valley”.
As I said I also have loads of funk records from the 70’s. It’s kind of the same with that as with metal. I listen to funk for the energy and the groove, but it can’t really be more than that. The only songs in funk(related) things I’ve found that comes close to give me this feeling are:
Minnie Riperton: “Reasons” (partly because of her amazing voice)
Graham Central Station: “Forever” (more of a soul track from a funk band)
Graham Central Station: “People” (more of a soul track from a funk band)
Graham Central Station: “Have faith in me” (more of a soul track from a funk band)
And I don’t really think there’s more of that.
Okay, I'll start on the list and see if I can find all the stuff I find emotional in my record collection. I went through my entire record collection (1122 records!), so it took me a while to write all this shit. They are ordered, so that the best are listed first and the "least good" are listed last. The last songs I wouldn't categorize as superb and they only give me a little of this feeling.

Ray Connif & his Orchestra and chorus: ”Summertime”
Bill Withers: “Ain’t no sunshine”
Teddy Wilson: “’Round Midnight”
Virgil Warner & Suzi Jane Hokom: “Lady Bird” (written by Lee Hazlewood)
Virgil Warner & Suzi Jane Hokom: “Summer wine” (written by Lee Hazlewood)
Marvin Gaye: “Mercy mercy me (the Ecology)”
Geoff Love: “Theme from the Persuaders”
Ernest Gold “Theme of Exodus”
Marvin Gaye: “What’s going on”
Procul Harum: “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
Oscar Peterson: “Wheatland”
Dusty Springfield: “Summer is over”
Stevie Wonder: “Golden Lady”
The Animals: “House of the rising sun”
Marvin Gaye: “Life is for learning”
Bob Tracy und seine grosses orchester: “Summertime”
Stevie Wonder: “They won’t go when I go”
Jimi Hendrix: “Little Wing”
Dusty Springfield: “You don’t own me”
Sam Wyatt 1000 Strings Symphony: “Summertime”
Oscar Peterson: “Hymn to Freedom”
Lee Hazlewood: “Wait and see”
Lee Hazlewood: ”Forget Marie”
The Moody Blues: “When you’re a free man”
John Barry: “Midnight Cowboy”
John Barry: “He catches her” (from "Until September)
Lee Hazlewood: “The night before”
Lee Hazlewood: “What’s more I don’t need her”
John Barry: “Have you got a story for me?” (from "Out of Africa")
Sam Cooke: "A change is gonna come"
Gabor Szabo: “Sealed with a kiss”
Dick van Dyke & Julie Andrews: “Chim chim cheree”
John Barry: “End title – Petulia” (from "Petulia)
Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann: “Dansevise” (a Danish song - winner of the eurovision song contest in 1963)
Procul Harum: “A salty dog”
Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield: “A love is born”
Sissel Kyrkjebø: “Summertime”
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Paris Summer"
Beatles: "While my guitar gently weeps"
The Strings of the Philidelphia Orchestra “Fantasia on Greensleeves”
Shocking Blue: “California here I come”
Procul Harum: “In held twas in I: a) Glimpses of Nirvana”
Randy Edelmann: “Promentory” (from "The last of the mohicans")
Sam Clayton & His Orchestra: "Yesterdays" (not the Beatles song)
Love: "Everybody wants to live"
Grethe Ingmann: "Sagt med et kys" (Danish version of “Sealed with a kiss”)
Lee Hazlewood: "Bye Babe"
Rassan Roland Kirk: "Ain't no sunshine"
Lee Hazlewood: "My autumn's done come"
Lee Hazlewood: "I am, you are"
Lee Hazlewood: "For one moment"
Pee Wee Russell: "Angel eyes"
Lee Hazlewood: "Your sweet love"
Stevie Wonder: "Sixteen tons"
Toni Harper: "'Round midnight"
Maurice Jarre: "Main title" (from "Doctor Schiwago")
Paul Mauriat: "Over the rainbow"
Lee Hazlewood: "Come on home to me"
Judy Garland: "Over the rainbow" (she played Dorothy in "The wizard of Oz" and sang this song)
Alzo: "Some people"
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Summer wine"
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Lady bird"
Gene & Debbe: “Anyway you want me”
Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom: “Summer wine”
James Brown: “It’s a man’s man’s man’s world”
Crowded House: "Don't dream it's over"
Chambers Brothers: "Blues get off my shoulder"
Cris Williamson: "Last sweet hour"
Henry Mancini: "A day in the life of a fool"
Tom Jones: "Ain't no sunshine"
Nelson Riddle: "Daisy (What'll I do)"
Nelson Riddle: "What'll I do/Ain't we got fun (medley)" (only the "What'll I do" part)
Lee Hazlewood: "Paris Bells"
Michael Jackson: "Ain't no sunshine"
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Some velvet morning" (although Nancy sings terribly out of tune!)
Billy Vaughn and his orchestra: "Summertime"
Lee Hazlewood: "Friday's Child"
Erroll Garner: "My funny valentine"
Frank Valdor: "Summertime"
Frank Valdor: "Chim-chim-cherie"
Robert Mandell and his orchestra: "Chim-chim-cherie"
Marty Robbins: "Summertime"
Sidney Bechet: ”Summertime”
Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble: ”Mahk Jchi”
John Barry: "Candlelight" (from "Until September")
John Barry: "The real thing" (from "Until September" – sounds pretty similar to "Candlelight")
John Barry: "Foreplay" (from "Until September" - sounds pretty similar to "Candlelight")
Shirley Bassey: "What are you doing the rest of your life?"
Mozart: “Requiem” (from “Requiem”)
Horst Jankowski: "Clair de lune"
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald: ”Summertime”
Donovan: "Donna Donna"
Sissel Kyrkjebø: "Vårvise"
John Barry: “Follow follow” (fra “Follow me”)
New Symphony Ochestra of London: "Summertime"
John Barry: "The girl with the sun in her hair"
Thelonious Monk: "'Round midnight"
Miles Davis: "Summertime"
Jackie Gleason: “My funny valentine”
Nick De Caro: "Caroline, No"
Cream: “World of Pain”
The Moody Blues: “Candle of life”
Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom: "Sand"
Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra: "Sand"
Lionel Hampton: "Summertime"
The Moody Blues: "The land of make-believe"
Natalie Cole: "Nothing stronger than love"
The Moody Blues: “Nights in white satin”
Birgitte Grimstad: "Noget om helte" (a danish song)
New Symphony Orchestra of London: "Greensleeves"
Nancy Sinatra: "Long time woman"
Peter Cofield: "People everywhere"
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre: "Når skyggerne bliver lange" (a danish song)
Sam Cooke: "Summertime"
Lee Hazlewood: “The old man and his guitar”
Henry Mancini: "Love theme from Romeo and Juliet" (the 60's film)
Detroit Emeralds: “Love has come to me”
Johnny Mathis: "No love (but your love)"
Richard Clayderman: "Summertime"
Johnny Mathis: "Come to me"
Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra: "Sundown, sundown"
Beatles: "Girl"
Maffitt/Davies: "Forest lawn"
Billy Vaughn: "It's a lonesome old town"
Tim Buckley: “Pleasant street”
John Barry: “The Dove (Main title)”
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Arkansas Coal (Suite)"
Billie Holiday: "Summertime"
Beatles: "And I love her"
Billy Vaughn: "Moon over Miami"
The Four Tops: "Simple game"
Julian Lennon: “Saltwater”
Pop-Tops: “Mamy blue”
Patrice Rushen: "(She will) Take you down to love"
Patrice Rushen: "Where there is love"
U2: “One”
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue: “Where the wild roses grow”
Benny Andersen & Povl Dissing: "Svantes Svanesang" (a danish song)
John Barry: “A Christmas song” (from “The last valley” soundtrack)
Gene & Debbe: “Let it be me”
Dusty Springfield: “The corrupt ones”
Gasolin: “Masser af success” (A Danish song)
Dusty Springfield: "Anyone who ever had a heart"
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Congratulations”
John Barry: “How beautiful you make me” (fra “The lion in winter”)
Yes: “Mood for a day”
Nancy Sinatra (John Barry): “You only live twice”
Nelson Riddle: “Time and space”
Isley Brothers: "Lover's eve"
Chris Isaak: “Wicked game”
Nelson Riddle: “Rachel”
The Corrs: “Radio” (mostly the verse+bridge)
The Corrs: “Closer” (mostly the piano riff)
The John Barry Seven: “The human Jungle” (horn)
Benny Andersen & Povl Dissing: "Svantes Forårssang" (a danish song)
Lee Hazlewood: "Rosacoke street"
Elton John: “Goodbye yellow brick road”
(Elton John: “Sorry seems to be the hardest word”)

If someone comes up to me and asks me to recommend some good music, I'd recommend these songs over metal at ANY time (maybe except for the last 5-10 songs)!!! I think there's so much more in this sort of stuff than in metal. It's like Elton John said "Sad songs say so much" (althought that's a crappy song!).
It's maybe a little stupid that "Summertime" is mentioned that many times, as it's my favorite track of all time! It's not especially Ray Conniff's version so much that I adore, although it’s the absolute best track I’ve ever heard, but more George Gershwin's composition as such that I find divine!
We also discussed this on www.ultimatemetal.com not so long ago. Here's a link to that discussion: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35030

 

[xenophobe]

I'd have to second these:

Anything by:

Anathema
My Dying Bride
Lilitu

 

[union9]

Originally posted by Buzz Fledderjon
Wild Horse origionally recorded by The Rolling Stones???

I think that's the one. Wild Horse by Mazy Star. Didn't know it was a Rolling Stones song. Mazy Star's version is haunting. I love it.

And I'll add Type O Negative's October Rust album to my list.

 

[Dead Winter]

Wow, so many!

For starters, Anathema is about as good as it gets for doom metal, along with My Dying Bride. I haven't heard a band evoke so much pain before...UNTIL I CAME ACROSS NOVEMBERS DOOM. Download the song "Awaken", WOW! It's all instrumental, but the guitar harmonies bleed sadness and pain like nothing I've heard yet. The closing line, "I will die someday; until that day, I embrace the knowing." hits me every time.

My list, in no certain order, is for both beautiful and depressing:

Novembers Doom -- Awaken
My Dying Bride -- For My Fallen Angel
Metallica -- Orion
Mazzy Star -- Fade into You
Lacuna Coil -- just about everything they play
Foo Fighters -- Floaty
Opeth -- A Fair Judgement, Harvest, The Drapery Falls, and When
Better Than Ezra -- Porcelain
Alice in Chains -- Nutshell, Rotten Apple, Would?, and Dirt
Anathema -- Fragile Dreams, Regret (the AHHHHH AHHHHHHAAAAHHHHHH harmony kills me every time), One Last Goodbye, Anyone, Anywhere, A Dying Wish, and Temporary Peace
Toadies -- Tyler
Acid Bath -- Bones of Baby Dolls
Toto -- Africa
Anthrax -- Black Lodge, and the hidden track on The Threat is Real...wow, one of the saddest songs EVER
Soundgarden -- Like Suicide, and I have to agree about 4th of July...great tune
The Police -- Every Breath You Take, and King of Pain
Phil Collins -- Take Me Home
Celestial Season -- Solar Lovers (the first album, it rocks)
Porcupine Tree -- everything they have ever released...they are truly amazing
Radiohead -- everything from The Bends
Crowded House -- Don't Dream It's Over
Doves -- Caught By the River
Bruce Dickinson -- Tears of the Dragon
Antimatter -- the entire new album
Agents of Oblivion -- Hangman's Daughter, and Endsmouth

I could go on and on, but I think these are good enough for starters.


For classical, check out Samuel Barber...ESPECIALLY "Adagio for Strings"...it's exactly what you're looking for when you think depressing classical.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Opeth - Credence

 

[Board]

Originally posted by Fractured

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

 

[plfffffft]

I'm adding Opeth's Still Day Beneath the Sun and A Fair Judgement to my list

 

[GONETribalchemy]

fy f***, allright, is it the most depressing songs or books topic ?
(no panic, I read it all though ...)

I'd anyway say, right now,
Shining III
Helvintr - Journey into Frigid Enclave
Xasthur - Nocturnal Poisoning
(get the albums to check the track list eh!)