So what's YOUR favorite music for when you're miserable?

[Danger Mouse]

I'm listening to the eels right now...pretty good depressing music.
Got it from a coworker on friday, along with a bunch of other great stuff.
What kind of miserable music do you like when you're in a lousy mood?

[XemaSab]

1. Modest Mouse

But yeah, the eels... that should do the trick too. :)

[Danger Mouse]

3. 'But waking up is harder when you wanna die...' GEEZ that's depressing...

lol...wow...
I think I have some modest mouse now, too, but i'm not sure.

[XemaSab]

17. I didn't go to work for a month. I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight.

I haven't hung out with anyone. If I did I'd have nothing to say.

/depression

[Danger Mouse]

19. Please tell me you're quoting lyrics...

cause that's pretty depressing.

[XemaSab]

22. I am quoting Modest Mouse

And yeah, they know how it is. :D

[Strawman]

2. Magnetic Fields

[JackBeck]

44. Stephen has contributed so much towards pop that has gone unrecognized. n/t

[TroubleMan]

4. Al Green or Marvin Gaye will almost always cheer me up or ease the pain.

I just pop in Al Green's Greatest Hits, and it's already better.

[gemdem]

5. I try to avoid music when I'm miserable -- which I am mostly these days

It just makes it worse. All of it. Sigh... And, I used to like music. :-(

[Danger Mouse]

9. I hate silence...it always make me uncomfortable...

couldn't tell you why...it just does...

[gemdem]

15. Don't really like the silence either

but it doesn't stir the emotions the way music does. When I'm hurting, the last thing I need is more churn. I know I'm doing better when I can bear listening to some happier stuff. But even there, I have to be selective. Right now, it's sports radio, news, or nothing.

[S n o w b a l l]

6. Many..but what comes to mind now

KD Lang Drag
Coldplay
Blue October

[Danger Mouse]

10. The only song of KD Lang's I really know..

is 'Constant Craving' but I happen to like that one.
As for Coldplay, 'Don't Panic' is my favorite of theirs.
Not familiar with Blue October, though.

[S n o w b a l l]

12. I love KD and love Constant Craving too

Drag is a compilation of old classics like "My last cigarette", bluesy stuff.

Blue October is a new group...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_qtf-JeaNM8

[Danger Mouse]

16. ah shit, that video made me cry, dammit, lol

[S n o w b a l l]

21. awww...

:hug:

[Danger Mouse]

23. Now I'm gonna be extra nice to mom tomorrow...

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

20. Wow, That Is Quite A Downer

I thought I'd listened to downer music

I was down already tonight, but now I'm like, really down!

:cry: :banghead:

[Danger Mouse]

24. LOL, I know, right???

[SPKrazy]

26. What?

where's the LOL after that?

[Danger Mouse]

29. No, I was agreeing with you.

The video made me actually more down.

[S n o w b a l l]

28. I'm sorry sweetie...

When I say miserable music, I mean it. No wonder I'm on the edge all the time.

:hug: :hug:

[SPKrazy]

30. Yeah

that's edgie music

I'm pretty down, and I don't know if the music did anything to me, it just didn't bring me anywhere I wanted to be.

This coming from a Portishead fan, who as you know is not all about pleasant things.

:hug: :hug:

[S n o w b a l l]

32. I know...

I guess I'm a masochist by listening to such sad music. Sometimes I need to just wallow in the pain I think. My mom was diagnosed with lymphoma this summer. We thought she would have her last chemo treatment but on Friday, we found out it was still there and she's having to go through more. I took her flowers on Fri night and she broke down and cried in my arms. My dad died of the same in '88. I know about feeling down.

I'm so sorry you're feeling so down and I made it worse. :(

You can always PM me if you'd like to talk. I'm here for you.

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

33. I'm Sorry To Hear About Your Mom

I posted some things on one of the other forums here I ran across your posts on.

I'm sorry you're down too.

:hug:

[S n o w b a l l]

34. Well damn babe...we just need to cheer the fuck up!!

;)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t-l91O9VxN0

[SPKrazy]

36. It'd Be Nice To Cheer The Fuck Up!

;-)

[S n o w b a l l]

37. Would a naked pic do it?

:) Sorry. I just hate to see you so down.

[SPKrazy]

38. I'd Never Say No To That

but I have no idea.

:evilgrin:

[S n o w b a l l]

39. lol...I'm afraid I'd make it worse or I'd give it a try...

:D

[SPKrazy]

40. Oh, Right, A Hot Woman

sending me a naked pic is going to bring me down.

yup, I'm truly psycho if that is true.

;)

[S n o w b a l l]

42. uh oh

What'd I get myself into? :P

[SPKrazy]

43. Well That Is Up To You...

:P

[AlCzervik]

7. The Smiths.

[Danger Mouse]

8. Nothing beats ole Miserable Morrisey...

that's for sure.

[idgiehkt]

25. Morrisey finally got laid

I don't think he's quite so miserable anymore, lol.

[enigmatic]

11. American Music Club/Mark Eitzel

Nothing better, and Mark is a true songwriting genius:

http://www.american-music-club.com/

[Danger Mouse]

13. Not familiar with this one, but looks interesting...

I shall check it out!

[enigmatic]

14. check out "California" and "Everclear"

and Mark's solo live record "Songs Of Love: Live". He'll break your heart w/ his lyrics and voice; he lets it all hang out..

[leeroysphitz]

18. Steely Dan's "Deacon Blue"...

Yep. Head for the zee hills when I start listening to the Steely Dan.

[Richard Steele]

27. I have to AVOID my music when I'm "feeling down". nm

[idgiehkt]

31. hmmm

I haven't been miserable in a while. Lately I've been listening to really upbeat music...I'll have to look at my real player and jog my memory

okay, Natalie Merchant is in there, definitely. Wow, I'm really drawing a blank on this tonight, probably because when I'm 'miserable' I listen to really hard music that is upbeat and gives me a pick me up.

Here's a good one to be miserable to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BBu5N0iFBg

I didnt' feel like fishing for the original, this has Bollywood's Rai in it so it should be good eye candy.

another depression-fest song by Natalie,
Frozen Charlotte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7iB5VnmQmE

Beloved Wife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY4qgX4YnlU

Ophelia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYQzUJnFOcg
this is the only actual video I could find

[S n o w b a l l]

46. Wow, idgie...

All great songs, thanks. The more the miserable :) You have great taste in music, btw.

[SPKrazy]

55. Ophelia Is A Wonderful Song

I love Natalie

what a bunch of music to touch my soul and feel the suffering point so well as the wind blows through my soul. I can feel it as I listen to Natalie singing!

:(

[blonndee]

35. Nirvana!

It's the music that makes me happy AND miserable. Right now I'm listening to All Apologies. But really all of Nirvana make me happy AND legitimates my lousy-ass moods. Heh.

[JackBeck]

41. Kate Bush.

She makes me think like there is no tomorrow.

[bigwillq]

45. Anything by Tracy Chapman

Her attitude always puts me back on track.

She is brilliant. I love her.

[idgiehkt]

47. yes!

"Be careful of my heart" is a great one. And there is one I can never find anywhere that kicks ass, it is called "Smoke and Ashes"



Tracy Chapman - Smoke and Ashes
I'd heard rumors and I'd heard talk
About the trail you'd left of broken hearts
About the sea of tears too wide to cross
But a little bad press has never scared me off
So I burned a path to figure out
How to get me some of what you got
I've got a red hot heart
If the talk is true your's is the same
And we should be together
And let our passions fan love's flame

When I looked for you I almost passed you by
You were so cool and calm I thought my friends had lied
But I thought so much reserve must make you wild inside
It was there and then that I knew I had to get some of what you got

I've got a red hot heart
If the talk is true your's is the same
And we should be together
And let our passions fan love's flame

I thought I'd won your heart when I held you hand in mine
I thought it was true love the way we complemented each other
But my right is your wrong
And when you're right then I'm left with nothing
Your light and your heat have all been spent
Leaving only smoke and ashes
Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart
Any your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
I say there's fire down below
You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

I'm crying all the time
Salty stinging tears
And mourning for the past carbon-dated years
But knowing now for certain that you were always right
Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life
It's only smoke and ashes baby
Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart
And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
I say there's fire down below
You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

I was blinded by devotion
My unwavering love for you
So blinded that I thought all your lies were true
But now I know for certain since you've gone away
It was just a smoldering fire I mistook for a blaze
Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart
And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
I say there's fire down below
You say it's only smoke and ashes baby
Only smoke and ashes baby, baby ...

[bigwillq]

63. I have 'Smoke'

on one of the TC CDs I have.

I will look to see which one it is and get back to you.

[bigwillq]

64. It's on her CD called

'New Beginning' I think it came out in 1995 or around then.

[Danger Mouse]

60. I love 'Fast Car'...beautiful song...

[Matariki]

48. Johnny Cash singing Hurt

over and over. really does my misery good.

here, knock yourself out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9dbmJ_2zU

[enigmatic]

49. best video ever made, IMO

His version of Will Oldham's "I See A Darkness" is darkly heartbreaking, too..

[SPKrazy]

51. Everyone I Know Goes Away In The End

and you could have it all my empire of dirt

I will let you down I will make you hurt

[Matariki]

53. I'll have to look for that. I've never heard it.

thanks.

[enigmatic]

58. Will Oldham/Palace/Bonnie Prince Billy

http://pry.com/pulpit/

Will's got his own unique style that takes some getting used to, but the songs are more than worth the effort. I can't reccomend him enough.

[SPKrazy]

50. It Will Indeed Do It

so painful to watch him with his wife's image watching him.

he died of heartbreak

[Matariki]

52. Yes, but it's so damn beautiful

not sure if the lyrics or the sheer beauty of the music is what rips me up. every time - I never tire of that song.

He does it so much better than the original Nine Inch Nails verson...

[SPKrazy]

57. Oh Way Better Than 9 Inch Nails

the images, the love of Cash, the dead wife, knowing he died too, it all brings it to me.

the whole CD is awesome actually, but that vid is the best.

[Danger Mouse]

61. Another excellent one...

Y'all have some good taste. =)

[SeattleGirl]

54. Bonnie Raitt. Especially her song about "I can't make you love

me if you don't." :cry:

When I broke up with my Grand Obsession, I made myself a tape with a lot of Bonnie's music. The first side of the tape was about the good part of the relationship. The second side was about the ending of it. I listened to it many times for awhile, cried my eyes out, and eventually was able to let go and move on.

[mentalsolstice]

56. Loving the answers so far..."Everybody Hurts" REM...eom

[Danger Mouse]

59. Agreed =)

[NewWaveChick1981]

62. Just about anything by the Cure.

:hi: :cry:

[Arugula Latte]

65. This one is appropriate: "Miss Misery" by Elliott Smith

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zH8-lQ9CeyI