Im really bored waiting for Simpsons, so here. What, in your opinion, is the most emotionally heart-wrenching song you've ever heard? Mines gotta be Johnny Cash's "I Hung My Head".
I'd have to say the gold ribbon winners were 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot (which will make you want to stick your head in an oven), or 'Bright Eyes' by Art Garfunkel (if you saw 'Watership Down' at an early enough age to be horrifically traumatized by rabbits dying, that is).
Though, in a more esoteric entry, the orchestral 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet' by Gavin Bryars will take you down about twenty notches. Basically, he puts a looped soundclip of a very sweet homeless man singing a simple song of faith over varying orchestral arrangements. <i>Brutal.</i>
As he mentions in the liner notes, a group was working on a documentary about the homeless, and someone left this snippet of an old man singing on loop, loud enough to play into the adjacent art studio . . . later, upon looking into the studio, they noticed people huddled in small groups, or sitting alone and weeping.
<a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000040UT/102-5488358-9714507?v=glance' target='_blank'>For the curious . . .</a>
Any song that I play when Im depressed (which seems to be more and more often, maybe its becasue its my birthday and nothing ever goes right on my birthday)
Cold - Bleed, I don't know why, but there's just something about it that gets me down Staind - Epiphany, same thing, maybe its just becuase of the tone
<!--QuoteBegin--Burr+Oct 14 2003, 12:20 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Burr @ Oct 14 2003, 12:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Staind - Epiphany, same thing, maybe its just becuase of the tone <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Definately.
LYRICS: <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I Can't Remember Anything Can't Tell If this Is True or Dream Deep down Inside I Feel to Scream this Terrible Silence Stops Me Now That the War Is Through with Me I'm Waking up I Can Not See That There Is Not Much Left of Me Nothing Is Real but Pain Now
Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death Oh Please God,wake Me
Back in the Womb its Much Too Real in Pumps Life That I must Feel but Can't Look Forward to Reveal Look to the Time When I'll Live Fed Through the Tube That Sticks in Me Just like a Wartime Novelty Tied to Machines That Make Me Be Cut this Life off from Me
Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death Oh Please God,wake Me
Now the World Is Gone I'm Just One Oh God,help Me Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death Oh Please God Help Me
Darkness
Imprisoning Me All That I See Absolute Horror I Cannot Live I Cannot Die Trapped in Myself Body My Holding Cell
Landmine
Has Taken My Sight Taken My Speech Taken My Hearing Taken My Arms Taken My Legs Taken My Soul Left Me with Life in Hell <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
(BTW: It's about a man who lost his arms, legs, vision, EVERYTHING and he wants to die, But he cant tell anyone how much pain he is in. I think it's a true story....)
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<!--QuoteBegin--BathroomMonkey+Oct 14 2003, 03:58 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BathroomMonkey @ Oct 14 2003, 03:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You know, we used to argue about this at work.
I'd have to say the gold ribbon winners were 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot (which will make you want to stick your head in an oven), or 'Bright Eyes' by Art Garfunkel (if you saw 'Watership Down' at an early enough age to be horrifically traumatized by rabbits dying, that is).
Though, in a more esoteric entry, the orchestral 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet' by Gavin Bryars will take you down about twenty notches. Basically, he puts a looped soundclip of a very sweet homeless man singing a simple song of faith over varying orchestral arrangements. <i>Brutal.</i>
As he mentions in the liner notes, a group was working on a documentary about the homeless, and someone left this snippet of an old man singing on loop, loud enough to play into the adjacent art studio . . . later, upon looking into the studio, they noticed people huddled in small groups, or sitting alone and weeping.
<a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000040UT/102-5488358-9714507?v=glance' target='_blank'>For the curious . . .</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> your presentation of above songs and their impacts on you... it's just hilarious.
Mullet, that song is awesome in concert. You really can't feel the pain of it until you see the performance they give during it. Its one of those things that makes your hair stand on end!
Another kinda sad Metallica song - Nothing Else Matters
Pride you took pride you feel pride that you felt when you'd kneel
not the word not the love not what you thought from above
it feeds it grows it clouds all that you will know deceit deceive decide just what you believe
I see faith in your eyes never your hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries broken is the promise, betrayal the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
follow the god that failed
find your peace find your say find the smooth road in your way
trust you gave a child to save left you cold and him in grave
it feeds it grows it clouds all that you will know deceit deceive decide just what you believe
I see faith in your eyes never you hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries broken is the promise, betrayal the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
follow the god that failed
I see faith in your eyes broken is the promise, betrayal the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
follow the god that failed
pride you took pride you feel pride that you felt when you'd kneel
trust you gave a child to save left you cold and him in grave
I see faith in your eyes never you hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries broken is the promise, betrayal the healing hand held back by deepened nail
follow the god that failed
- another one from a mega metallica fan, James wrote it when his mother died of cancer. Despite being a farely heavy song, it does get me depressed.
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I'd have to say the gold ribbon winners were 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot (which will make you want to stick your head in an oven), or 'Bright Eyes' by Art Garfunkel (if you saw 'Watership Down' at an early enough age to be horrifically traumatized by rabbits dying, that is).
Though, in a more esoteric entry, the orchestral 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet' by Gavin Bryars will take you down about twenty notches. Basically, he puts a looped soundclip of a very sweet homeless man singing a simple song of faith over varying orchestral arrangements. <i>Brutal.</i>
As he mentions in the liner notes, a group was working on a documentary about the homeless, and someone left this snippet of an old man singing on loop, loud enough to play into the adjacent art studio . . . later, upon looking into the studio, they noticed people huddled in small groups, or sitting alone and weeping.
<a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000040UT/102-5488358-9714507?v=glance' target='_blank'>For the curious . . .</a>
Cold - Bleed, I don't know why, but there's just something about it that gets me down
Staind - Epiphany, same thing, maybe its just becuase of the tone
edit* Offspring - Gone Away, had to add that one
Definately.
it's the song from Platoon when they burn down the vietnamese village.
LYRICS:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I Can't Remember Anything
Can't Tell If this Is True or Dream
Deep down Inside I Feel to Scream
this Terrible Silence Stops Me
Now That the War Is Through with Me
I'm Waking up I Can Not See
That There Is Not Much Left of Me
Nothing Is Real but Pain Now
Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death
Oh Please God,wake Me
Back in the Womb its Much Too Real
in Pumps Life That I must Feel
but Can't Look Forward to Reveal
Look to the Time When I'll Live
Fed Through the Tube That Sticks in Me
Just like a Wartime Novelty
Tied to Machines That Make Me Be
Cut this Life off from Me
Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death
Oh Please God,wake Me
Now the World Is Gone I'm Just One
Oh God,help Me Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death
Oh Please God Help Me
Darkness
Imprisoning Me
All That I See
Absolute Horror
I Cannot Live
I Cannot Die
Trapped in Myself
Body My Holding Cell
Landmine
Has Taken My Sight
Taken My Speech
Taken My Hearing
Taken My Arms
Taken My Legs
Taken My Soul
Left Me with Life in Hell
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
(BTW: It's about a man who lost his arms, legs, vision, EVERYTHING and he wants to die, But he cant tell anyone how much pain he is in. I think it's a true story....)
House of Freaks - Lonely
Spiritualized - Broken heart (<a href='http://www.lyrics.net.ua/song/36246' target='_blank'>lyrics</a>)
I'd have to say the gold ribbon winners were 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot (which will make you want to stick your head in an oven), or 'Bright Eyes' by Art Garfunkel (if you saw 'Watership Down' at an early enough age to be horrifically traumatized by rabbits dying, that is).
Though, in a more esoteric entry, the orchestral 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet' by Gavin Bryars will take you down about twenty notches. Basically, he puts a looped soundclip of a very sweet homeless man singing a simple song of faith over varying orchestral arrangements. <i>Brutal.</i>
As he mentions in the liner notes, a group was working on a documentary about the homeless, and someone left this snippet of an old man singing on loop, loud enough to play into the adjacent art studio . . . later, upon looking into the studio, they noticed people huddled in small groups, or sitting alone and weeping.
<a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000040UT/102-5488358-9714507?v=glance' target='_blank'>For the curious . . .</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
your presentation of above songs and their impacts on you... it's just hilarious.
you, sir, are hilarious.
Another kinda sad Metallica song - Nothing Else Matters
live - overcome
live - lightening crashes
smashing pumpkins - crestfallen
(I'm usually depressed over the fairer sex, so these are fairly obvious choices)
edit:
Dead Poetic - August Winterman
Pride you took
pride you feel
pride that you felt when you'd kneel
not the word
not the love
not what you thought from above
it feeds
it grows
it clouds all that you will know
deceit
deceive
decide just what you believe
I see faith in your eyes
never your hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
broken is the promise, betrayal
the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
follow the god that failed
find your peace
find your say
find the smooth road in your way
trust you gave
a child to save
left you cold and him in grave
it feeds
it grows
it clouds all that you will know
deceit
deceive
decide just what you believe
I see faith in your eyes
never you hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
broken is the promise, betrayal
the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
follow the god that failed
I see faith in your eyes
broken is the promise, betrayal
the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
follow the god that failed
pride you took
pride you feel
pride that you felt when you'd kneel
trust you gave
a child to save
left you cold and him in grave
I see faith in your eyes
never you hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
broken is the promise, betrayal
the healing hand held back by deepened nail
follow the god that failed
- another one from a mega metallica fan, James wrote it when his mother died of cancer.
Despite being a farely heavy song, it does get me depressed.
Staind - Epiphany is also extremely depressing.