Top 10 most depressing songs. How Soon is Now #1?

[Dave]

"this is the crisis I knew had to come
destroying the balance I've kept"

Still that doesn't actually depress me. So I don't know if we mean songs with a depressing mood or songs that depress.

How did this go unremarked?

It's real. New Balance Joy Division shoes. Now that is depressing.

 

[mozzia]

HOW SOON IS NOW wouldn't be in my Top 10 Most Depressing Songs.
I KNOW ITS OVER would be my number one. I have cried so many times to that song in the past. I still see it as the most beautifully sad song.

 

[The Spirit of '69]

None of the songs mentioned so far come anywhere near the nightmarish 'Holocaust' by Big Star. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Incidentally, the most utterly, gut-churningly, terrifying thing I've ever heard is 'The Escape' by Scott Walker, off 'The Drift'. The final couple of minutes or so defy belief. You know you want to..

 

[withmyheadonthebar]

"The Eternal", surely? Well, second behind "Holocaust", anyway. Or "Atmosphere" (though it's a toss-up between the Joy Division and Russ Abbot ones as to which is more depressing, for very different reasons...)

 

[nugz]

how bout "John Wayne Gacy, Jr" by Sufjan Stevens?

 

[withmyheadonthebar]

"I Can Never Go Home Anymore" by The Shangri-Las. I weep like a baby every time I hear that.

 

[Not Right in the Head]

How did this go unremarked?

It's real. New Balance Joy Division shoes. Now that is depressing.

Lhame. What are they called? "Heart and sole"? "Instep"? "They Walked in Line"?

 

[the judge]

Now that is depressing.

Indeed

 

[withmyheadonthebar]

Lhame. What are they called? "Heart and sole"? "Instep"? "They Walked in Line"?

Do they only let you walk to the centre of the city in the night?

 

[Not Right in the Head]

Do they only let you walk to the centre of the city in the night?

BTW, there are more pics of these shoes here. They even say "FACT 10" on the heel. Sheesh.

 

[The Spirit of '69]

Oh, and I forgot 'The River' by Bruce Springsteen. God, that's grim.