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re: Songs Where the Lyrics are Depressing, but the Mood of the Music is Upbeat.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 4:34 pm to Perfect Circle
Posted on 5/31/19 at 4:34 pm to Perfect Circle
quote:
Catchy tune, straight up dark lyrics.
Foster the People - "Pumped Up Kicks"
Yep. This is the song that immediately came to mind when I saw this thread.
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Posted on 6/1/19 at 10:55 am to Perfect Circle
pretty much the entire Steely Dan catalogue
Posted on 6/3/19 at 2:50 am to Perfect Circle
A few songs by They Might Be Giants: They'll Need A Crane from Lincoln, I've Got A Match from Lincoln, and Narrow Your Eyes from Apollo 18.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 4:20 pm to Rep520
Yeah, it is really more of a protest song when you read the lyrics. I have heard Springsteen do acoustic versions of the song, the mood of the song is a lot more depressing
Posted on 6/3/19 at 5:49 pm to Perfect Circle
Boomtown Rats, I Don’t Like Monday’s.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 11:43 am to LSUtoBOOT
The Las
"There She Goes"
There she goes
There she goes again
Racing thru' my brain
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
There she blows
There she blows again
Pulsing thru' my vein
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
There she goes, there she goes again
She calls my name, pulls my train
No-one else could heal my pain
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
There she goes
There she goes again
Chasing down my lane
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
"There She Goes"
There she goes
There she goes again
Racing thru' my brain
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
There she blows
There she blows again
Pulsing thru' my vein
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
There she goes, there she goes again
She calls my name, pulls my train
No-one else could heal my pain
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
There she goes
There she goes again
Chasing down my lane
And I just can't contain
This feelin' that remains
Posted on 6/4/19 at 1:56 pm to hogcard1964
Hey Ya is a perfect example, imo. The first half is basically about a relationship falling apart. Then at the end, he says people don't want to dwell on something like that..."Y'all don't wanna hear me, you just wanna dance" while the second half of the song takes over.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 3:16 pm to Perfect Circle
Also plenty of songs from The Avett Brothers 'The Carpenter' album.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 3:52 pm to Htowntiger90
Catchy tune with a pessimistic, depressing view of the state of British industry in the early 80s.
Dire Straits - "Industrial Disease"
Dire Straits - "Industrial Disease"
Posted on 6/5/19 at 8:37 pm to Perfect Circle
Help Me Rhonda
Posted on 6/5/19 at 11:03 pm to Perfect Circle
quote:Brilliant choice, my favorite Knopfler song. Love the bass line/organ throughout, and has some outstanding lyrics as well.
Dire Straits - "Industrial Disease"
"Two men say they're Jesus....one of 'em must be wrong..."
Posted on 6/5/19 at 11:38 pm to Perfect Circle
Literally the entirety of Linken Park’s last album, especially “Heavy”. Those lyrics were absolutely forshadowing Chester Bennington’s suicide just a few months after the album debued to universal disdain by long time Linken Park fans. In hindsight, the album makes so much more sense.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:41 am to kingbob
Pete Townshend in the late 70s, dealing with Keith Moon's death, a dual addiction to heroin and booze, and the disintegration of his marriage....with a shout out to Jesus. Priceless.
Relentlessly caustic lyrics to a snappy beat.
"Jools and Jim"
Relentlessly caustic lyrics to a snappy beat.
"Jools and Jim"
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:53 am to Perfect Circle
The Gaslight Anthem "The '59 Sound" is a personal favorite and a good one.
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It's a song about friends dying young, but the music isn't like that.
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It's a song about friends dying young, but the music isn't like that.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 10:58 am to hogcard1964
quote:I don't see it.
The Las
"There She Goes"
Posted on 6/6/19 at 11:38 am to Rep520
quote:
"The '59 Sound" - The Gaslight Anthem
Cool song!
Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:47 pm to Perfect Circle
Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price
People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
Out Go The Lights - covered by many
I Don't Like Monday - The Boomtown Rats
People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
Out Go The Lights - covered by many
I Don't Like Monday - The Boomtown Rats
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 6/7/19 at 8:37 am to Perfect Circle
Tesla - Love song
Posted on 6/7/19 at 7:24 pm to jimmy the leg
Posted on 6/11/19 at 2:20 pm to Perfect Circle
Not much more depressing than male prostitution (and abuse) to pay for drug addiction...so, I'd go with Hash Pipe - Weezer
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