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119. A song from the 90s actually banned by the label when they still had control of artists...

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 06:03 AM

Feb 2013

Beautifully dark lyrics:

Third Eye Blind - Slow Motion

One more by them that is more recent but has one of the most beautifully dark builds I have ever read on paper. It is about a plane crash, titled "Water Landing":

"Put on your life vest only if told to do so
Well I'm telling you now
Strap it across your chest
Prepare yourself for impending death
You and me are nose-diving
At the speed of whiplash, life passes by
In an endless plane crash
Muffled I love you through an oxygen mask
On my face, brace, brace
And the cabin erupts with religious conversions
God's sick joke as we lose the engines
Some people scream and some people are gracious
And the reason's the same
Cause the sky outside is so spacious
Its so spacious"

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What is the most depressing song ever? [View all] Neoma Feb 2013 OP

Anything by Bobby Goldsboro TrogL Feb 2013 #1

Anything by Madonna rocktivity Feb 2013 #2

hehehehehehe hibbing Feb 2013 #24

Renaissance- "Cold is Being" Doc_Technical Feb 2013 #3

Yeah, but....... lastlib Feb 2013 #67

Daddy's Gone rug Feb 2013 #4

I felt like opening my wrists when this song first came out aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #5

Concrete Angel - Martina McBride sharp_stick Feb 2013 #6

Love Will Tear us Apart by Joy Division nt NoGOPZone Feb 2013 #7

Leader of the Pack and Teen Angel graywarrior Feb 2013 #8

John Lennon - Mother Tabasco_Dave Feb 2013 #9

Absolutely! Rips my heart & soul out. graywarrior Feb 2013 #12

"Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #10

When I was a little bitty kid in the 50s, this song really made me sad aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #11

I had never seen a song by him. You know Eileen is an homage, sort of, to him? Here ya go. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #30

I Din't Care Anymore by Phil Collins. Mr.Bill Feb 2013 #13

Tommorrow Wendy by Andy Prieboy uriel1972 Feb 2013 #14

here are a few Sad Songs - don't know about depressing but, they are kinda sad Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #15

Try this on: discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #48

Billy Jack! here is another one considered to be sad by many (me included) Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #99

I always liked that one discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #111

Paper and Pen by Alecia Nugent tg Feb 2013 #16

'Nights in White Satin' by the Moody Blues majorly bums me out Populist_Prole Feb 2013 #17

I think maybe the music from GUNSLINGER GIRL AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #18

Most anything by BobDylan. RedCloud Feb 2013 #19

"Hurt" as a song is enough ok_cpu Feb 2013 #20

Corgan wrote that shortly after his mother died. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #62

The back story of that song and album as a whole ok_cpu Feb 2013 #77

Alone Again, Naturally (Gilbert O'Sullivan) Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #21

I will second that nomination (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #32

"Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin rachel1 Feb 2013 #22

Same old lang syne song (Dan Fogelberg) a/k/a I met my old lover in the grocery store... Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #23

Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan hibbing Feb 2013 #25

1916 - Motorhead WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2013 #26

Crying (K D Lang) Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #27

Timothy... he is eaten by fellow miners in a mine collapse XRubicon Feb 2013 #28

So many choices (yours fit the bill, for sure) CreekDog Feb 2013 #29

Michael Gira - "Blind" nomorenomore08 Feb 2013 #31

Joy Division - "Decades" nomorenomore08 Feb 2013 #33

Anything by Harry Chapin, and... ms liberty Feb 2013 #34

My first thought was this song pink-o Feb 2013 #75

Exactly energumen Feb 2013 #91

Yeah, Harry could be a downer. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #102

Yes, I was thinking the other night that I wish I had a "rewind" function on my life. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #103

Try "The Shortest Story" bobclark86 Feb 2013 #92

Bruce Springsteen - "Racing in the Street" nomorenomore08 Feb 2013 #35

The Clientele - Dreams of leaving AllenVanAllen Feb 2013 #36

Bloodrock - DOA mokawanis Feb 2013 #37

wow lost-in-nj Feb 2013 #90

My brother and I used to play it fairly often mokawanis Feb 2013 #96

It was the 1st thing that popped into my head pintobean Feb 2013 #108

I can't decide between Eleanor Rigby and Alone Again (Naturally). Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #38

Gloomy Sunday Llewlladdwr Feb 2013 #39

"Last Kiss" southerncrone Feb 2013 #40

Sorry, I'm an old guy: discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #41

I think the last one was disqualified after the More Cowbell skit. Neoma Feb 2013 #42

I really like... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #43

Not a depressing song: Neoma Feb 2013 #45

I'm not sure how to characterize this: discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #50

I do, too. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #104

If you happen to be... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #110

ah. the guess who. always thought this one by them was very sad - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #112

"The Christmas Shoes" ... even though I am an atheist ... this gets me every time :( tandot Feb 2013 #44

rare extant recording of an actual castrato datasuspect Feb 2013 #46

Vietnam Deck of Cards datasuspect Feb 2013 #47

I have a few mythology Feb 2013 #49

"I Eat Dinner" by Rufus Wainwright Generic Brad Feb 2013 #51

Neil Young "ON the beach is the all time most depressing song for me Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #52

It really does beat out Tonight's the Night Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #74

I don't know how sad this song is, kentauros Feb 2013 #53

Is That All There Is? Peggy Lee Grammy23 Feb 2013 #54

I'd say the Taxi Driver theme robertkdem1965_h89 Feb 2013 #55

For me, it's "Is it Real" by Yoko Kanno sakabatou Feb 2013 #56

The Way We Were - Streisand. Liberal Veteran Feb 2013 #57

"Happy BIrthday" cliffordu Feb 2013 #58

kern river - merle haggard hopemountain Feb 2013 #59

"Scarecrow" by Melissa Ethridge and when I was younger "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey Behind the Aegis Feb 2013 #60

I don't think I ever heard the song Wildfire without crying. nt Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #105

Cats In The Cradle. Alone Again, Naturally. I Am A Rock. Iggo Feb 2013 #61

A few already mentioned here: Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #63

"Happy Birthday To You" always has been, always will be Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #64

Lou Reed "The Kids"... Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #65

To Be Invisible by Gladys Knight Sticky Feb 2013 #66

The Who - "Behind Blue Eyes" lastlib Feb 2013 #68

Ah, I remember listening to this with my boyfriend on his 8-track on our second date. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #109

Mazzy Star - Look on Down from the Bridge Locrian Feb 2013 #69

All Cats Are Grey - The Cure progressoid Feb 2013 #70

"Cat's in the Cradle." NT raccoon Feb 2013 #71

Mad World - Gary Jules kudzu22 Feb 2013 #72

First time I heard it, it was Harry potter movie clips with that song. Neoma Feb 2013 #73

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #76

A Song For You mimi85 Feb 2013 #78

Best. Song. Ever. nt Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #106

Agreed Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #85

Try "Home From the Forest" by Gordon Lightfoot. Brigid Feb 2013 #79

Tom Waits - A Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis Beearewhyain Feb 2013 #80

The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock... Wounded Bear Feb 2013 #81

"Ladder Song" by Bright Eyes EastTennesseeDem Feb 2013 #82

Ice Cube--"You Know How We Do It" Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #83

Most of My Dying Brides stuff Arcanetrance Feb 2013 #84

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald probably ranks up there somewhere Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #86

A few more. bluedigger Feb 2013 #87

Turn The Page - Metallica distantearlywarning Feb 2013 #88

Can't You See? KG Feb 2013 #89

The Fields of Athenry lost-in-nj Feb 2013 #93

My generation (Y?): Socal31 Feb 2013 #94

The Last Time I Saw Richard Zorro Feb 2013 #95

Pretty much anything acoustic by Aaron Lewis. Socal31 Feb 2013 #97

"Learning the Game" as sung by Leo Kottke DFW Feb 2013 #98

Down To Seeds And Stems Again Blues PuffedMica Feb 2013 #100

couple of more, just for sadness Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #101

This song always gets me. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #107

Waltzing Matilda ornotna Feb 2013 #113

The sad final scene in the film On The Beach aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #114

Strange Fruit. whistler162 Feb 2013 #115

Mazzy Star Ahpook Feb 2013 #116

Hate Me sweetNsassy Feb 2013 #117

Most of Tom Waits' catalog. He once covered "Pancho and Lefty" Recursion Feb 2013 #118

A song from the 90s actually banned by the label when they still had control of artists... Socal31 Feb 2013 #119

I have to agree on 'Hurt'. polly7 Feb 2013 #120

Night Dig (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia) - Jerry Fielding MrScorpio Feb 2013 #121

Julie's Sixteenth Birthday by John Bult jmowreader Feb 2013 #122

Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" mithnanthy Feb 2013 #123