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Dark, Dreary, Somber, Sad, Depressive music, who is the best??

hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,898
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So Who has the market cornered on the sound of struggle?

Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Stabbing Westward, NIN??The Cure, Explosions In The Sky? Mogwai?

Who do you think, who has the music you hear and makes you wonder, man why do they feel so fucking bad about life/whatever?

Curious who you all think
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  • Guy DudebroGuy Dudebro Posts: 1,407
    Joy Division
  • EarlWelshEarlWelsh Posts: 1,118
    I second Joy Division
    The Cure
    Godspeed You Black Emperor
    William Basinski's Disintegration Loops are pretty draining
    Bark Psychosis
    Sigur Ros' ( )
    Slowdive had a beautiful, but pretty 'down,' sound
    Sparklehorse
    Mark Kozelek has some truly sad bastard music
  • mustbechrismustbechris Posts: 228
    Collective Soul
    Speaking as a child of the 90's
  • evenflow82evenflow82 Posts: 3,891
    Mark Lanegan. End of discussion.
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  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,898
    For me the capitol of the city of dreariness is AIC dirt

    The movie the Crow is right there.....wish PJ did a song on that soundtrack!
  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    Elliott Smith is the master
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,454
    smarchee said:

    Elliott Smith is the master

    yup. my thoughts exactly. Lanegan is up there as well. Elliott's music is a contradiction....stunning in its beauty, but so sad in (most) of its lyrical content.

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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    i agree with smith. i have heard a few really sad tunes by tom waits as well.
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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Pink Floyd's The Final Cut is about as depressing an album as one could listen to.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    edited January 2014
    Nick Drake

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJSC25Ue8Gg
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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_hN3otvC6g
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  • AafkeAafke Posts: 1,219
    The darkest one for me is NIN. When I 'm really aggressive, I play the downward spiral. Screaming along with Trent gives me great release.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Another interesting one is Miles Davis' "Shhh/Peaceful". It's the first of 2 songs from his album "In A Silent Way". It's not depressing, but dark and dreary are 2 perfect words for it (somber too I suppose). To me it is one of the ultimate rainy day discs, in any genre.

    And man...when Miles' trumpet first comes in after the intro section it's just bliss.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZnmLOcHEg
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  • ten-vs-vitalogyten-vs-vitalogy Posts: 218
    Mark Kozelek is particularly depressing.
    The most harrowing record I've ever heard is Josh T Pearson 'Last of The Country Gentlemen'. If you haven't heard it I highly recommend it. It is the most personal record I've ever heard.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,180
    depressed mode
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,516
    The Eels
    Sparklehorse
  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Posts: 14,352
    Mark Lanegan and Bonnie Prince Billy. Maybe also Ray Lamontagne. Love all three of them though.

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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,310
    Carissa's Weird - enough said there.
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  • EarlWelshEarlWelsh Posts: 1,118
    "Good Woman" and "Names" off of Cat Power's You Are Free record are two of the saddest and darkest songs, respectively, that I've ever heard. Equally beautiful, though, as well.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,579
    The Wall , this album for the life of me i can't stand to hear any of it loved it when it 1st came out but now it depresses me terribly ...
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,180
    josevolution said:

    The Wall , this album for the life of me i can't stand to hear any of it loved it when it 1st came out but now it depresses me terribly ...

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,959
    imalive said:

    josevolution said:

    The Wall , this album for the life of me i can't stand to hear any of it loved it when it 1st came out but now it depresses me terribly ...

    GTFOOH

    It took me a little bit to figure out what that meant. image I agree that The Wall is horribly depressing. For me it gives a really stark outlook on the mind of man. It feels like its preordaining a post-apocalyptic future for us all. It's like reading 1984 for me...... Just an amazing album though!!
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,845
    For me, it's Alice in Chains. I'm not sure if all their lyrics are so dark, but their sound sure is. Their songs just sound so damn depressing to me...it's why I can't stand them.
  • KH71368KH71368 Posts: 65
    Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    Joy Division
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  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=7KjOhoH0dY4
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  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    edited January 2014
    Opeth - Hope Leaves
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KjOhoH0dY4
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  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    edited January 2014
    Joni Mitchell - River
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCov0TYXBp8
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  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    edited January 2014
    Iris DeMent - No Time To Cry
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7VGGmTJqZs
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  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    Dar Williams - February
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