![]() When I’m Gone Here Without You Your Arms Feel Like Home by 3 Doors Down – great songs to listen to when there’s something up with your love life or you miss a special someone.Īnyway, that’s pretty much it. I Hate Everything About You by Three Days Grace Snuff by Slipknot (wow…this song is just…wow…) Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus The Messenger by Linkin Park (this song has got me through so much…) The Little Things Give You Away by Linkin Park Valentines Day by Linkin Park (oh the feels with this one v.v) Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga) by Fort Minor Keep in mind that a lot are from the same artist, I don’t really have that wide of musical interest. Well me personally love to listen to depressing songs, it seems to me as if it helps me “get it out of my system” faster, you know? As for my Top Depressing/Sad Songs, I’ll list them here (not in order, hard to rate them). Now let’s analyze why my wife and I chose this as one of the first dance songs as our wedding. Did you know that before he drowned in the Mississippi River, he was singing Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Live” as he waded in? The whole record is a downer but this particular track somehow resonates with me. Their 1990 album Songs for Drella was one long elegy/eulogy for Andy Warhol, their former patron. There are many sad and lonely Radiohead tracks to choose from, but this one will kill any postivie thoughts you might still harbour. The Tears for Fears original was dreary enough, but slowing it down into something nearly suicidal was sheer genius.ħ. What more can you say with an album that opens with the line “It doesn’t matter if we all die?” Pornography is the Cure’s darkest record. Speaking of cutting, have you seen the video? Impossibly, the Man in Black makes this NIN song even bleaker. I can’t hear this song without thinking about all the kids who must have cut themselves while mouthing the words. Nine Inch Nails, “Something I Can Never Have”Įqual parts anger and heartbreak. Best heard in the dark with a glass of alcohol and with the knives safely locked away.ģ. How many kids have sobbed along with this song in their bedroom?Ī personal favourite. If someone has been able to express self-pity and whininess better than this song, I haven’t heard it. The Smiths, “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” This got me thinking: What are the most depressing alt-rock songs of all time? Specifically, what songs from the alt-rock canon can (1) kill any good buzz and (2) provide the perfect soundtrack to your sad, depressed state? Let me begin with this top ten most depressing alternative rock songs:ġ. And we’re taking your nominations for most depressing hit song now. And we’ll look at whether radio can still find love with a hopeless lyric in the tempo-loving PPM era. ![]() ![]() In Thursday’s ROR, we’ll revisit some of radio’s biggest downers. It began with a discussion with a program director about a song that tested well, but happened to be incredibly depressing. ![]() In his most recent newsletter, radio consultant Sean Ross asked for nominations for the most depressing hit song of all time. ![]()
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