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re: Songs Where the Lyrics are Depressing, but the Mood of the Music is Upbeat.

Posted on 5/19/19 at 4:55 pm to
Posted by ldts
Member since Aug 2015
2925 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 4:55 pm to
Blind Melon No Rain
Posted by Perfect Circle
S W Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
7943 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 5:15 pm to
"Spanish Bombs" - The Clash, fairly upbeat, pleasant sounding melody. However, subject of the lyrics is the horrors of the Spanish Civil War.

"My senorita's rose is nipped in the bud."
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87658 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 5:16 pm to
Warren Zevon has to be close to the top in this category

Excitable Boy, for example
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
14195 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 7:11 pm to
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Songs Where the Lyrics are Depressing, but the Mood of the Music is Upbeat.



At least half of the 10,000 Maniacs (Natalie Merchant era) songs.
Posted by river_man
On the banks of the Mississippi
Member since Feb 2015
936 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 7:18 pm to
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22738 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 7:29 pm to
“Allentown”—Billy Joel
Posted by ScoopAndScore
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2008
12340 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 8:56 pm to
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Semi Charmed Life

This is always my answer to this question.
Posted by Hook Echo
Central Gulf Coast
Member since Feb 2016
573 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 9:06 pm to
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51403 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 10:24 pm to
Charmless Man~ Blur
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31573 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 10:35 pm to
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Crazy how many suburban soccer moms used to turn up Semi Charmed Life in the late 90s without even peeking at or digesting a single lyric.



Good one
Posted by Telecaster
Memphis
Member since May 2017
2300 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 11:13 pm to
“Alone Again, Naturally”
Posted by D Tide
Member since Mar 2012
503 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 11:29 pm to
Together again Buck Owens
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51403 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 11:54 pm to
Wut?
Posted by sparkinator
Lake Claiborne
Member since Dec 2007
5089 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 2:36 am to
U2. One

I remember in an interview, Bono said fans would come up to them and tell them they played One at their wedding. And he was like great, it’s really a song about breaking up.
Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
Member since Jul 2017
17037 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 4:45 am to
53rd and 3rd-The Ramones
Gimme Shelter-Rolling Stones
Run Like Hell-Pink Floyd
Powderfinger-Neil Young
Baba O'Riley-The Who
Mean Streets-Van Halen
American Roulette-Robbie Robertson
The Needle and the Spoon-Lynard Skynard
That Smell-Lynard Skynard
Motherless Children-Eric Clapton
Posted by Footbaw
Fulshear, TX
Member since Oct 2015
427 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 7:39 am to
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Semi Charmed Life


Along the same lines, "Losing a Whole Year" by Third Eye Blind.
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
14154 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 7:50 am to
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53rd and 3rd- The Ramones


For sure.

Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
8043 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 8:17 am to
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The Smiths'

that's a lot of their tunes...

Girlfriend in a Coma - The Smiths
Posted by Warheel
Member since Aug 2011
2302 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 8:24 am to
Also By Third Eye Blind, “Jumper”
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87835 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 9:55 am to
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant.
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