Well, maybe not depressing in the way that Puff the Magic Dragon is depressing, but what songs do you find the most comfort in when you're feeling down or just need something a little slower?

Evanescence-My Immortal

Elton John-Your Song

Fleetwood Mac-Gypsy, Dreams

Jack Johnson-Flake

Usually when im depressed I listen to alot of Linkin Park songs like:

My December

Pushing Me Away

Numb

In the End

Breaking the Habit

Easier to Run

Pretty much anything from:

Sarah Brightman

Sarah McLachlan

Depeche Mode

I can become completely lost in the above.

Limp Bizkit's version of "Behind Blue Eyes" is a good song. Loved the 'Gothika' movie too.

Those are all I can think of at the moment for when I'm feeling vulnerable.

" When you're weary, feeling small..."

A few of the ones I can think of...

Flogging Molly - Within A Mile Of Home, With A Wonder and A Wild Desire, Don't Let Me Die Still Wondering, What's Left Of The Flag, Death Valley Queen, If I Ever Leave This World Alive and Black Friday Rule

Dropkick Murphys - Forever and Boys on the Docks (Murphy's Pub Version)

The Beatles - Help!, Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, We Can Work It Out, Hey Jude and Let It Be

The Back Horn - Kizuna Song

Bach - Toccata & Fugue in D Minor

Holst - Mars and Jupiter

Boston - More Than A Feeling

Reel Big Fish - The Set-Up (You Need This) and Say Good Bye

Foo Fighters - Best Of You

System Of A Down - ATWA, Chop Suey!, Aerials, Roulette, ADD, BYOB, Revenga, Question!, Sad Statue, Tentative, Holy Mountains and Soldier Side

I think that's enough.

John - I definately wouldn't call some of those depressing? "Help!"??? That's downright cheery sounding.

Limp Bizkit's version of "Behind Blue Eyes" is a good song.

A good song to stab Fred Durst to maybe. That song was a good case of:

For me, there is one song I really notice the effect with. Matthew Good - The Fine Art of Falling Apart. It's even obvious from the title that it's a pretty depressing song.

So, is emo depressive or ultra-depressive?

How can you guys be allowed to live if you don't mention The Smiths and their frontman, Steven Patrick Morrissey? They are the best...

A paltry few examples:

First of the Gang to Die

Redondo Beach

Friday Mourning

Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me

Girlfriend in a Coma

This is quality $h!.

Along one of my mountain biking routes, there is a part that goes under a bridge that is under construction. There is a DANGER sign posted next to the trail, and they had originally written in "DANGER due to: overhead construction". Somebody came and changed it to "DANGER due to: Angry Morissey fans". Does this make any sense to anyone else?

Without thinking at all, two pop into my head:

Landslide - Stevie Nicks

Cowboy Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks

(This one's a bit weird, but it makes me feel good. It's that cowboy thing I guess.)

Edited June 28, 200619 yr by usonia

Normally when I'm feeling down I actually play songs that get me out of a bad mood (Van Halen's "Poundcake" for example"). Then again when I'm in a good mood I play the same songs too, usually power metal, glam metal or prog rock.

...They say stuff like that gives you brain damage. I don't agree. I've been listening to that stuff for years and I turned out Motley Crue...

Listening to Death From Above 1979 on my Pioneer system in the Cobalt probably has given me brain damage. People in other cars sometimes look around to see where the sound is coming from, it's pretty funny. Sometimes it's hard to see in the rear view because it vibrates so much.

I'm sorry I'm not hip or current with music as some of you, but my wife and one of my students likes a song by Coldplay that when I hear it depresses the &%$# out of me and makes me feel like committing suicide. I can't say I wish I knew the name of the song, but it's one of their recent, more popular ones.

SEASONS IN THE SUN - TERRY JACKS

I'm sorry I'm not hip or current with music as some of you, but my wife and one of my students likes a song by Coldplay that when I hear it depresses the &%$# out of me and makes me feel like committing suicide.  I can't say I wish I knew the name of the song, but it's one of their recent, more popular ones.

Probably "The Scientist". It's one of the songs I do at karaoke that seems to impress people.

Lyrics:

I had to find you, Tell you I need you, Tell you I set you apart

Tell me your secrets, And ask me your questions, Aww let’s go back to the start

Runnin’ in circles, [sounds like] Comin’ our tails, Heads on the science apart

Nobody said it was easy

It’s such a shame for us to part

Nobody said it was easy

No one ever said it would be this hard

Aww take me back to the start

I was just guessin’, At numbers and figures, Pullin’ the puzzles apart

Questions of science, Science and progress, Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me, Come back to haunt me, Oh when I rush to the start

Runnin’ in circles, [sounds like] Chasin’ our tails, Comin’ back as we are

Nobody said it was easy

Aww It’s such a shame for us to part

Nobody said it was easy

No one ever said it would be so hard

I’m goin’ back to the start

Ahhooooooooooooooooo

Ahhooooooooooooooooo

Ahhooooooooooooooooo

Ahhooooooooooooooooo

Edited June 28, 200619 yr by the_yellow_dart

The spice girls?!

John - I definately wouldn't call some of those depressing? "Help!"??? That's downright cheery sounding.

Consider the lyrics. Also, not all songs listed in here are going to be slow and depressing in their sound. Other songs listed could also be very cheery all-together, yet still fill this particular slot for a person, even if they wouldn't for you.

If I'm ever upset by the transition of time I find myself listening to Dream Theater's "A Change of Seasons". Yes, this is only because I'm an obsessive DT fan.

Actually with recent troubles I've been listening to The Message on XM to help lift my spirits.

System Of A Down - ATWA, Chop Suey!, Aerials, Roulette, ADD, BYOB, Revenga, Question!, Sad Statue, Tentative, Holy Mountains and Soldier Side

Hmmm....

Let's see...

Dierks Bently ... "Slow Down"

Rascall Flats ... "What Hurts The Most"

and also....

"I can’t take anymore" ... 3rd Eye Blind ... 'How's It Going To Be'

"There's no better time than today" ... 9 Days ... 'Good Friend'

"Who's gonna hold me tonight?" ... Trace Adkins ... 'Help Me Understand'

"I know I told you that I could survive" ... Deborah Allen ... 'Baby I Lied'

"You probably won’t remember me" ... Jan Arden ... 'Insensitive'

"I'm feeling more alone than I ever have before" ... Ben Folds 5 ... 'Brick'

"We've misplaced feelings that we used to know" ... John Berry ... 'Standing On The Edge Of Goodbye'

"Heaven knows how long it's been since I felt so out of place" ... Garth Brooks ... 'Learning To Live Again'

"What kind of love keeps breaking a heart?" ... Brooks & Dunn ... 'Long Goodbye'

"Death tore the pages all away" ... Kenney Chesney ... 'Who You'd Be Today'

"Time is a natural healer" ... John Conlee ... 'Years After You'

"There's just too much that time cannot erase " ... Evanescence ... 'My Immortal'

"Time will heal the pain" ... Exile ... 'Even Now'

"Wouldn't that be something?" ... Finger 11 ... '1 Thing'

"It was worth all the while" ... Green Day ... 'Time Of Your Life'

"I walk alone" ... GreenDay ... 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'

"Nothing lasts forever" ... Guns N Roses ... 'November Rain'

"There must be a reason for this pain I’m going through" ... Merle Haggard ... 'A Better Love Next Time'

"I'm out of my pain" ... Beth Hart ... 'LA Song'

"I just turned around & there's nobody there" ... Heart ... 'Stranded'

"I didn't mean to take away your dreams" ... Hootie & The Blowfish ... 'Only Lonely'

"I should ask, but I won't" ... Rebecca Lynn Howard ... 'Forgive'

"We all do the best we can" ... Blain Larson ... 'How Do You Get That Lonely?'

"If you fall, I will catch you" ... Cindy Lauper ... 'Time After Time'

"Chances that a fool takes, never knowing when to stop" ... Johnny Lee ... 'You Could've Heard A Heart Break'

"So much more aware" ... Linkin Park ... 'Numb'

"I'm not the only person with these things in mind" ... Linkin Park ... 'Somewhere I Belong'

"Those might be the best days we will ever know" ... Little Texas ... 'What Might've Been'

"My time here is over" ... Patty Loveless ... 'How Can I Help You Say Goodbye?'

"How do we explain something that took us by surprise?" ... Richard Marx ... 'Hold Onto The Nights'

"I must be lonely" ... Matchbox 20 ... '3 am'

"I know you can hear me, but I'm not sure you're listening" ... Martina McBride ... 'Whatever You Say'

"It goes so fast" ... Jodee Messina ... 'Was That My Life?'

"Lately I've been thinking I should move away" ... Eddy Money ... 'I'll Get By'

"What I really need is an open road" ... Montgomery Gentry ... 'Speed'

"I never meant to leave you alone" ... Michael Martin Murphy ... 'Don't Count The Rainy Days'

"But those days are gone" ... Anne Murray ... 'Time Don't Run Out On Me'

"That's the price that we all pay" ... New Order ... 'True Faith'

"I can’t stop driving" ... New Radicals ... 'Someday We'll Know'

"Never thought you'd be the one in the darkness now" ... Juice Newton ... 'Old Flame'

"I wonder if it's too late" ... Nickelback ... 'Photograph'

"Wondering...why I even care" ... Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ... 'Modern Day Romance'

"Someday tomorrow will smile" ... Oak Ridge Boys ... 'Dream On'

"I hope you remember me" ... Our Lady Peace ... 'Somewhere Out There'

"Where do you begin?" ... Dolly Parton ... 'Starting Over Again'

"I argue with my conscience" ... Charlie Pride ... 'Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This?'

"Everything is so messed up" ... Puddle of Mud ... 'Blurry'

"I'm testing my resistance & it's wearing mighty thin" ... Eddie Rabbitt ... 'Every Which Way But Loose'

"Life has been patiently waiting for me" ... Rascal Flatts ... 'I'm Moving On'

"Without you, I'm not me" ... Colin Raye ... 'Little Rock'

"This is not where you belong" ... Restless Heart ... 'Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong or Right)?"

"Something's haunting you" ... Marty Robbins ... 'Some Memories Just Won't Die'

"I close my eyes & dream away" ... Roxette ... 'It Must've Been Love'

"I just can't anymore this life of solitude" ... Saliva ... 'Always'

"My depth perception must be off again" ... Saliva ... 'Rest In Pieces'

"Can you believe what a year it's been?" ... Savage Garden ... 'I Don't Know You Anymore'

"This heart is gonna mend just fine" ... Sawyer Brown ... 'This Night Won't Last Forever'

"It hurts to feel like such a fool" ... Dan Seals ... 'Addicted'

"I'm not scared now" ... Seether ... 'Fine Again'

"I'm thinking it over anyway" ... Duncan Sheik ... 'Barely Breathing'

"I'm fading away" ... Simple Plan ... 'Untitled'

"Nothing lasts forever" ... Simple Plan ... 'Perfect'

"We'll keep you close as always" ... Michael W Smith ... 'Friends'

"I should've done what I'm going to do a long time ago" ... Joel Sonnier ... 'No More 1 More Time'

"So tired that I couldn't even sleep" ... Soul Asylum ... 'Runaway Train'

"I don't need to be" ... Stone Sour ... 'Bother'

"I'm dying inside" ... The Tony Rich Project ... 'Nobody Knows'

"I'm in a state of confusion, I hope things aren't what they seem" ... Travis Tritt ... 'Tell Me I Was Dreaming'

"I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by" ... Bonnie Tyler ... 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'

"Something is wrong here, I don't belong here" ... Uncle Cracker ... 'In A Little While'

"I guess I'm feeling just a little tired of this" ... Keith Urban ... 'You'll Think Of Me'

"Nothing's quite the same now" ... Vertical Horizon ... 'Best I Ever Had'

"Just for a moment I held you too close, now I’m all out of time & I don’t want to let go" ... Steve Wariner ... 'The Weekend'

"I'm walking down the lonely street of dreams, going down the only road I've ever known" ... Whitesnake ... 'Here I Go Again On My Own'

"How much longer will they be around?" ... Don Williams ... 'Old Coyote Town'

"I thought that time would cure" ... Tom Wopat ... 'A Little Bit Closer'

"Watch over them for me" ... Daryl Worley ... 'If Something Should Happen'

"I ain't up to being strong now" ... Wynonna ... 'Is It Over Yet'

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"We all have a song that somehow touched our lives" ... Kenney Chesney ... 'I Go Back'

Of the moment, A Perfect Circle's "3 Libras" comes to mind. This track is often played on cuts of TV shows. Great opener...

Don't count out Dire Strait's "On Every Street." First 3 minutes of the song is a drumless piano track followed by a brilliant full instrumental jam.

Alice Cooper - Hell is Living Without You

Blue Murder - Out of Love

The '94 version of Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"...much darker than the original

Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown...for such a simple song, it's pretty haunting, especially for those of us in the Rust Belt

Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's Gone)

Def Leppard - Love Bites

Deftones - Fireal

Don Dokken - When Love Finds a Fool

Doro - Give Me a Reason

Dream Theater - Scene Nine: Finally Free

Filter - I'm Not the Only One

Giuffria - Say It Ain't True

Great White - Old Rose Motel

Kix - Don't Close Your Eyes

Madonna - Live to Tell

Megadeth - In My Darkest Hour

Queensryche - The Killing Words

Queen - Who Wants to Live Forever?

Savatage - Summer's Rain

Skid Row - Quicksand Jesus

Smashing Pumpkins - Soma

Warlock - Für Immer

Most of the songs off Warrant's "Dog Eat Dog" album. It's an overlooked gem of the 90s, but it's kinda depressing...almost like they were coming off their high during the late 80s.

Wildside - Kiss This Love Goodbye

Winger - Headed for a Heartbreak

XYZ - After the Rain

Maybe some will lose respect for me (LOL) but I don't care.

The classic song "Stairway to Heaven" SOUNDS depressing. Not one of my favorites.

I prefer the push on the accelerator stuff instead....from "Radar Love" to, no apologies, "Neutron Dance" because the lyrics are so 'effin absurd.

CELINE DION

NIN cover "HURT" by Johnny Cash.

'nough said.

3 Doors Down- Here without you, Loser

Drowning Fish- Requiem for an Undying Love

Susan Vega- Moonlight Shadow (lol)

The Ataris- The Saddest Song

Carlos Gardel- Por Una Cabeza

Radiohead- Creep

REM- Losing My Religion

Green Day- Macy's Day Parade

Snow Patrol- Run

blink-182 - Adam's Song

Papa Roach- Broken Home

Oasis- Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Carlos Gardel- Por Una Cabeza

Is that THE Carlos Gardel?

Is that THE Carlos Gardel?

Yes sir, THE Carlos Gardel.