I love sad songs whether I'm happy or not. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead Nutshell - Alice in Chains Space Dye Vest - Dream Theater Maggot Brain - Funkadelic To Bid You Farewell - Opeth Black - Pearl Jam Under the Bridge - The Red Hot Chili Peppers I'll add more when I think of them.
This entire thread might interest you: http://forum.grasscity.com/music-hall/294579-doom-metal.html Some other things to try: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4dmpysphn8]YouTube - Shamrain - Passing Shadows[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uW70MFOrvQ]YouTube - Anathema - Ancelica[/ame] (Supposed to be spelled "Angelica") [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9esVfaTp5s&feature=related]YouTube - Canaan- Prayer for nothing[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtZCeq2gdfQ&feature=PlayList&p=43A00E806CD66ACA&index=19]YouTube - Sopor Aeternus - No-One Is There[/ame] If you like anything, let me know and I can name some more.
Depressing did you say? Here ya go: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8g2UZpSumc]YouTube - Silencer - Sterile Nails And Thunderbowels[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka3YQdNhRbk]YouTube - Shining - Lat Oss Ta Allt Fran Varandra[/ame]
↑ Guys stop being facetious lol Street Spirit - Radiohead Under the Bridge - The Red Hot Chili Peppers Are not particularly depressing imo Nutshell - AIC is though, that's my fav. band I think that Never too late - Three Days Grace and Discovering the waterfront - Silverstein are pretty depressing.
Yeah, Under the Bridge isnt too bad. Street Spirit definately does something to me though "Street Spirit is our purest song, but I didn't write it. It wrote itself. We were just its messengers; its biological catalysts. Its core is a complete mystery to me, and, you know, I wouldn't ever try to write something that hopeless. All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve. Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song. It's called detachment. Especially me; I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn't play it. I'd crack. I'd break down on stage. That's why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning. I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together. That's what's meant by 'all these things you'll one day swallow whole'. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn't have it in me to articulate the emotion. I'd crack... Our fans are braver than I to let that song penetrate them, or maybe they don't realise what they're listening to. They don't realise that Street Spirit is about staring the fucking devil right in the eyes, and knowing, no matter what the hell you do, he'll get the last laugh. And it's real, and true. The devil really will get the last laugh in all cases without exception, and if I let myself think about that too long, I'd crack. I can't believe we have fans that can deal emotionally with that song. That's why I'm convinced that they don't know what it's about. It's why we play it towards the end of our sets. It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell every time I play it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious to the tragedy of its meaning, like when you're going to have your dog put down and it's wagging its tail on the way there. That's what they all look like, and it breaks my heart. I wish that song hadn't picked us as its catalysts, and so I don't claim it. It asks too much. I didn't write that song." Thats what Thom Yorke said about the song. Also to the other posters, that stuff isnt too bad not my favorite but I can listen to it.
I wouldn't say this is a depressing song, but it's really emotional. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6kfPnNMGKA]YouTube - Beatles - Within You Without You[/ame]
I found a website that has a list of depressing songs, Most Depressing Songs of All Time - Reviews on RateItAll
Must be... And I'll give it one more try... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Clhn-vI4yE]YouTube - KATATONIA - For My Demons[/ame]
Elliott Smith is highly recommended based on your picks. Anathema isn't a bad recommendation either. Pedro the Lion is nice, and you should look into Sunny Day Real Estate if you haven't yet.