I cant listen to depressing music.

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  • bigbadbill
    bigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    I love depressing music. Try some Joy Division.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I love depress music, it's like my own therapist or something.

    I'm just not man enough to cry to someone. :oops:
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  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    stressed out morning, and i was in need of something uplifting - stuck on "Weird Fishes" by Radiohead.

    fucking amazing
  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    i really cant stand happy music, i just dont get it. depressed music seems more sincere to me. if youre all happy with a girl, then be with her dont write some song about how great she is, tell her. but if she broke your heart youre home alone what else is there to do but talk to your guitar? you cant tell her, cause she doesnt care, its her fault. so you write a song. that makes sense to me.
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I guess I do listen to a lot of depressing music not that i would characterize it as such. I just think it's realistic.
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  • bee_boy
    bee_boy Posts: 384
    libragirl wrote:
    I guess I do listen to a lot of depressing music not that i would characterize it as such. I just think it's realistic.

    Why listen to realistic music? Personally, I use music as an escape of everyday life :D
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    I would argue that Pearl Jam has some pretty depressing music at times. Sure, they turn a lot of that stuff into positives. Or there is a thread of positivity in an otherwise negative song (Daughter). I think that is really what made them unique in the "grunge" (hate that word) era. If AIC had written RVM then the guy woudn't have driven away at the end, or if he did, he would have hit a bridge abutment somewhere along the way.

    They are not on the same level as Nirvana, AIC, etc., but they do have some pretty downer songs that aren't positive at all.
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    bee_boy wrote:
    libragirl wrote:
    I guess I do listen to a lot of depressing music not that i would characterize it as such. I just think it's realistic.

    Why listen to realistic music? Personally, I use music as an escape of everyday life :D

    lol..that's the best i can describe it. I listen to the smiths and morrissey a lot and i know people think it's depressing as hell. I just think he sees things as they really are. But yeah Im sure I am jaded :P
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    bigbadbill wrote:
    I love depressing music. Try some Joy Division.


    A friend of mine saw them live. She loves some Cohen. She said they were just shit.
  • Gary Carter
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    i've been revisiting Elliott Smith lately. many would describe his music as dark & depressing...it's painfully clear that he was battling his demons. he's easily one of my favorite songwriters of all time...but i can only take his music in doses. i listen to it for a few weeks of and on & then take a break.

    whether it's happy or sad isn't the issue for me. as long as it feels/sounds honest, i'm ok with it.
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  • Jeremys Spoken
    Jeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    Speaking of, on Tuesday night.. like 3 AM I get in bed lights off, dark room, put on the Cranberries album from 94... wow.. what a sad, and eerie tone that cd has.
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  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    After a break-up in a relationship, I refuse to listen to love songs, or depressing music. It intensifies the negative feelings. My dad once pointed out to me that 90% of songs are about love and break ups. Big money in that shite. Also, we have a station here that does a few hours show that is all about love and lonliness and just plain sad. I wonder how many suicides happen from listening to that show after a break up.
    That's the best advice I can give someone about sadness after a break up, "don't listen to the radio", especially while driving by yourself. You end up crying and can't see to drive.
    The reason my dad told me about the love song thing was cuz I was sad over a break up and he was pointing out that I'm not the only one who has or will suffer from a broken heart, cuz 90% of songs are for that audience, so there is big money in it cuz there are lots of broken hearts.
    Yep, most of will have our hearts broken, often morew than once.
    Stay away from love songs, or depressing songs, when this happens and you will get thru easier.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    I recently decided to listen to some Jar of Flies, and Mad Season the other day. I found it pretty hard to do. I can't listen to that music anymore, its just way too depressing IMO. Lately I have been listening to alot more positive (hippie) music. I find it much more enjoyable just chillin out blasting some Phish, Tea Leaf Green, Sky Blue Sky, or just about anything from PJ. I just cant do depressing music anymore. I used to listen to AIC all the time, not anymore. Anyone else find it hard to listen to that type of stuff.

    Seriously, wouldn't you rahter listen to something that makes you happy, and not sad?

    Dude, throw in some Poison & Dokken! It's warming & getting nicer every day.
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