Feel Depressed? Mozza Knows...

I remember when Sigur Ros's "( )" was released. I absolutely adore this record but I remember after having this on heavy rotation I became rather depressed. I had to stop listening to it. The fact that this music really affected me so much is quite astounding and I love these Icelandic fellows for having this ability.

It is a beautiful bittersweet record.

Miserytastic top yourself top ten

1. Motion picture soundtrack - Radiohead
2. Still life - Suede
3. Eyepennies - Sparklehorse
4. Blue Valentine - Tom Waits
5. A spindle, a fever and a darkness - Bright Eyes
6. Faith - The Cure
7. Famous blue raincoat - Leonard Cohen
8. Time Operator -Scott Walker
9. Slip away - David Bowie
10. Asleep - The Smiths

I totally agree with I Know Its Over... that song is the epitome of depression. God i can feel the soil falling over my head...

sorry forgive me for preaching but i think its really simplistic to say this is a sad song, this is a happy song. its very one dimensional. great example is radiohead's exit music - yeah on one hand its sad sounding, but its got its F you ending and thats a different emotion. Individual songs can inspire one emotion at one point in time and another at another time. Some songs have individual memories - Baha Men's Who Let The dogs Out reminds me of a sad time in my life so besides being cr*p it also makes me feel sad.

And listening to lightweight or bouncy music has its time and place (Listen to Oasis - I'm going to take on the world, yeahhhh). But sometimes if you're feeling a bit blue, there's a joy in listening to something with a melancholy edge, expressing that feeling so you can move on. I love the Tindersticks who are always portrayed as doom merchants but I find their music really uplifting. It's not about wallowing, its about rolling something beautiful between your eardrums, swooning at the beauty, thankful for the connection.

But I would challenge anyone to listen to these songs in an unhappy mood and not feel happy after :

Avalanches - Since I Left You
Camera Obscura - Eighties Fan
Grandaddy - So You'll Aim Towards The Sky
Oasis - Whatever
Blondie - Atomic

Number 2 is a worry.

Mine would be:

1. Morrissey- Every day is like Sunday
2. Bright Eyes- Haligh, A Lie
3. Easyworld- Drive
4. The Stills- Still In Love
5. Morrissey- Late Night Maudlin Street
6. Gene- London Can You Wait?

I give up! It's too depressing. ;-)

i'm not really a fan of 'iknow its over', i find that 'back to the old house' is the one i always play when im down.
Wonderous song. ;)

for smoking crack and dogging ugly girls to raise moral and self esteem, i propose the following soundtrack:

nick drake - cello song
[for the lyric - ''you would seem so frail in the cold of the night, when the armies of emotion come out to fight'']

spiritualized - let it flow.
[you can sleep on your sorrow]

elliott smith - everything reminds me of her
[you can reminisce and hopefully not stab yourself]

dylan - simple twist of fate
[you can cry]

joy division - decades
[don't hang yourself yet]

the shins - pink bullets
[for the lyric ''warm light, on a winters day'']

bright eyes - something vague
[conor, his mum and brothers on a bridge and the bridge gives way, and he's standing on air!]

the smiths - rubber ring
[and then you did you it]

anyone heard the tatu cover of that? its well funny.

Too true.

A bit of Honeycrack always cheers me up.

N.

Perfect category for me! I LOVE sad music - I revolved my life around it.
Here are 50 Depressingly Sad Songs that first come to mind:

1. While We We're Hunting Rabbits (Matthew Good)
2. Suburbia (Matthew Good)
3. December (Damien Jurado)
4. Dancing Alone (Ours)
5. The Inescapable Us (Matthew Good Band)
6. Glider (Kent)
7. Before It All Ends (Kent)
8. Falls To Climb (REM)
9. Climbing Up To The Moon (Eels)
10. Flower (Eels)
11. Sea Change - full album (Beck)
12. Sweetness Follows (REM)
13. Soma (Smashing Pumpkins)
14. Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event (Deftones)
15. As I Wander (Ours)
16. Nothing Song (Sigur Ros)
17. Motion (Aereogramme)
18. Crying (Roy Orbison)
19. Blessed By Your Own Ghost (Elliott)
20. I See A Darkness (Bonnie Prince Billy)
21. Drive (Cars)
22. Miller's Angels (Counting Crows)
23. St. Francis (Sarah Slean)
24. Those Crimson Tears (Ed Harcourt)
25. Bleed A River Deep (Ed Harcourt)
26. Wind Through The Trees (Ed Harcourt)
27. Mockingbird (Grant-lee Buffalo)
28. Stupid Car (Radiohead)
29. Hollow (Remy Zero)
30. Belong (Remy Zero)
31. Life In Rain (Remy Zero)
32. What'll I Do (Wainwright Family)
33. Saddest Day Of My Life (Shudder to Think)
34. Hurry (Sleeping At Last
35. The Lioness (Songs: Ohia)
36. 12 Hours It Takes Sometimes (Reindeer Section)
37. Songs For A Blue Guitar - full album - Red House Painters
38. Almost Here (Unbelievable Truth)
39. $20 Dollar Bills (Starflyer 59)
40. Fell In Love At 22 (Starflyer 59)
41. Remain This Way (Deckard)
42. I've Been A Mess (American Music Club)
43. Death (The Velvet Teen)
44. Mother Of Love (The Velvet Teen)
45. Dune Sea (Unbelievable Truth)
46. Angel (Unbelievable Truth)
47. Don't I Hold You (Wheat)
48. Let's Go Out Tonight (Craig Armstrong
49. Dont Wanna Die (Superstar)
50. Switching Off (Elbow)

The list goes on folks. I've made my life a business of finding sad music. There is ONE ALBUM coming out that I performed and wrote. You might be interested in checking it out if you like this sort of music.
visit: www.nwlmusic.com
Email me if you'd like to comment on my list.
~d.v

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