Most depressing songs/music...
 

Okay, I know this isn't the happiest thread ever, but sadness has its place in music just as much as happiness (maybe even more so).

So what songs really hit a nerve with you? Doesn't have to be widely accepted as a sad song, but those will be good too.

Some of mine are:

Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony, 4th movement
NIN-A Warm Place, The Downward Spiral, and Something I Can Never Have
Gary Jules-Mad World (end song on Donnie Darko)
Johnny Cash-Hurt

And for some reason, Pennyroyal Tea by Nirvana always gets me. It doesn't have anything to do with his death or anything like that, it's just the guitar. As a matter of fact a lot of Nirvana is depressing to me despite its drive.

Moooo

Adagio for Strings would be up there.

There is a genre of music that consists almost exclusively of the most depressing and bleak soundscapes ever composed: Doom Metal. Specifically the style that fans call "funeral doom."
Try any album from My Dying Bride. That's some sad stuff.

I'm a big Type O fan, though I don't consider them depressing as much as i would...sedated.

Moooo

Damn, you know some kind of obscure form of metal for everything :)

Dark is an adjective that comes to mind when describing them.

How about metal for when I'm in the grocery store. Do they make Grocery Store Metal? Or when I'm clipping my toenails. I have to be in a pretty ticked off mood to do that to my toenails. Does anyone have any toenail clipping metal?

DIE NAIL DIE I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I SHALL KILL YOU FROM YOUR EPIDERMAL BASE!

What, you have never heard of lunula metal?

Haha, nice. I admit I had to look that up. Learn something new everyday, the things you learn from Chiefsplanet.

Heavy, Power, Prog, Death, Doom, Black, Thrash. That's it for metal. Doom, Black, and Death are the only real obscure ones.

But not too obsucre. There is a band getting MTV/Rolling Stone mention called The Sword. They're obviously doom metal/stoner rock.

Back on topic: Listen to My Dying Bride. The albums "Turn Loose the Swans" and "Songs of Darkness, Words of Light" are what you're looking for.

"Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan and "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel are a couple that could make you want to put a gun to your head.

soundtrack to shindlers list

"Alone Again", that's a great one. Those lyrics are thoroughly depressing.

"DOA" by Bloodrock- 1970

This song actually made the top 40 that summer. :hmmm:

I remember, we were flying low,
and hit something in the air

Laying here, looking at the ceiling,
someone lays a sheet across my chest.
Something warm is flowing down my fingers
pain is flowing all through my back.

I try to move my arm and there's no feeling
And when I look, I see there's nothing there.
The face beside me stopped bleeding
The girl I knew has such a distant stare.

I remember, we were flying low,
and hit something in the air.

Then I look straight at the attendant,
His face is pale as it can be.
He bends and whispers something softly,
He says there's no chance for me.

I remember, we were flying low,
and hit something in the air.

Life is flowing out my body,
pain is flowing out with my blood.
The sheets are red and moist where I'm lying.
God in Heaven, teach me how to die.

I remember, we were flying low,
and hit something in the air.

If I remember right, this song was based on a true story about either a HS or college football team that crashed in the mountains...

The Cure