Songs in the Key of Suck Major
September 1, 2015 12:04 PM Subscribe
I'd like to make a mix of songs that say "everything sucks" for a group of people who I know for sure would appreciate and enjoy it.
It's been a hard year for me and for some other people I care a lot about. Illness, death, job crap, housing crap, relationship crap. It's all spread pretty thick on the ground.
Sharing some music around a group of people who are in it with me sounds like a good idea.
So far I'm definitely including The Weepies' Not Your Year. Songs that suggest that things might get better can definitely be included. But songs that offer no hope are fine too. A range of tempos is also good. Any genre is good, though I think bluegrass, swing/jazz, and punk are seriously under-represented in my tentative selections so far.
A current contender is Adele's Someone Like You. Because it is definitely sucking her her, and watching other people be happy can be so hard even when we're genuinely happy for their success/joy/achievement.
It's been a hard year for me and for some other people I care a lot about. Illness, death, job crap, housing crap, relationship crap. It's all spread pretty thick on the ground.
Sharing some music around a group of people who are in it with me sounds like a good idea.
So far I'm definitely including The Weepies' Not Your Year. Songs that suggest that things might get better can definitely be included. But songs that offer no hope are fine too. A range of tempos is also good. Any genre is good, though I think bluegrass, swing/jazz, and punk are seriously under-represented in my tentative selections so far.
A current contender is Adele's Someone Like You. Because it is definitely sucking her her, and watching other people be happy can be so hard even when we're genuinely happy for their success/joy/achievement.
The Dead Milkmen - Life is Shit
posted by SansPoint at 12:09 PM on September 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by SansPoint at 12:09 PM on September 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
A little on the nose, but Everything Sucks by Reel Big Fish
posted by hobgadling at 12:10 PM on September 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by hobgadling at 12:10 PM on September 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
Fast Car is still the most depressing song I have ever heard.
posted by something something at 12:13 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by something something at 12:13 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
Saddr Weirdr and Fresh Attitude, Young Body by Bomb the Music Industry
posted by dobi at 12:15 PM on September 1, 2015
posted by dobi at 12:15 PM on September 1, 2015
If you need a sort of upbeat-ish closer, "Piss Off" by FFS is a good song to basically tell the world exactly that. "Tell everybody to piss off tonight!"
posted by SansPoint at 12:16 PM on September 1, 2015
posted by SansPoint at 12:16 PM on September 1, 2015
"The Fall" by Ministry
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 12:20 PM on September 1, 2015
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 12:20 PM on September 1, 2015
Everything Sucks by the Descendents is the punk rock cure for what ails you.
posted by jesourie at 12:20 PM on September 1, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by jesourie at 12:20 PM on September 1, 2015 [7 favorites]
This Party Sucks by The Slikee Boys
posted by homesickness at 12:23 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by homesickness at 12:23 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
In the same vein as Someone Like You, possibly Nickel Creek's Somebody More Like You, which is one of my favorite fuck you songs.
Suggesting that there might be better things ahead is the Mountain Goats, again, with this year.
posted by MeghanC at 12:24 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
Suggesting that there might be better things ahead is the Mountain Goats, again, with this year.
posted by MeghanC at 12:24 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
Lou Reed's Berlin—the entire album—is one of the most depressing things ever created (wiki).
Example: "The Kids"
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 12:24 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Example: "The Kids"
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 12:24 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Since Louis Armstrong was mentioned earlier today, I'm going to propose his version of Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen.
And let's throw in St. James Infirmary, too.
I'm not seeing much blues so far, so pretty much everything by Howlin' Wolf is a good start. "I've been abused..."
posted by clawsoon at 12:25 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
And let's throw in St. James Infirmary, too.
I'm not seeing much blues so far, so pretty much everything by Howlin' Wolf is a good start. "I've been abused..."
posted by clawsoon at 12:25 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
This Can't Be Life - Jay-Z feat. Beanie Sigel, Scarface (sorry, no good Youtube links)
posted by treachery, faith, and the great river at 12:26 PM on September 1, 2015
posted by treachery, faith, and the great river at 12:26 PM on September 1, 2015
You Were Right
You were right when you said all that glitters isn't gold
You were right when you said all we are is dust in the wind
You were right when you said we're all just bricks in the wall
And when you said manic depression's a frustrated mess
You were wrong when you said
Everything's gonna be alright
posted by dirtdirt at 12:29 PM on September 1, 2015 [5 favorites]
You were right when you said all that glitters isn't gold
You were right when you said all we are is dust in the wind
You were right when you said we're all just bricks in the wall
And when you said manic depression's a frustrated mess
You were wrong when you said
Everything's gonna be alright
posted by dirtdirt at 12:29 PM on September 1, 2015 [5 favorites]
Freakwater (most songs on the album End Time)
Leonard Cohen (Everybody Knows)
Morrissey (Life Is A Pigsty)
posted by whoiam at 12:38 PM on September 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
Leonard Cohen (Everybody Knows)
Morrissey (Life Is A Pigsty)
posted by whoiam at 12:38 PM on September 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
Love Stinks -- J. Giles Band
posted by JanetLand at 12:44 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by JanetLand at 12:44 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
For the "relationship crap" category, The Mountain Goats, "No Children". Bleak, vicious, and funny as hell:
" ...I am drowning, there is no sign of land
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die."
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 12:45 PM on September 1, 2015 [5 favorites]
" ...I am drowning, there is no sign of land
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die."
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 12:45 PM on September 1, 2015 [5 favorites]
New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down - LCD Soundsystem
posted by Frank Grimes at 12:50 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Frank Grimes at 12:50 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner, by Noel Coward
posted by holborne at 12:54 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by holborne at 12:54 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
If you want some country:
Johnny Cash: Sunday Morning Coming Down or Hurt.
Hank Williams Sr.: So Lonesome I Could Cry, with a great cover by Al Green.
Or musicals:
Les Miserables: Empty Chairs at Empty Tables.
Evita: Another Suitcase in Another Hall.
posted by clawsoon at 12:54 PM on September 1, 2015
Johnny Cash: Sunday Morning Coming Down or Hurt.
Hank Williams Sr.: So Lonesome I Could Cry, with a great cover by Al Green.
Or musicals:
Les Miserables: Empty Chairs at Empty Tables.
Evita: Another Suitcase in Another Hall.
posted by clawsoon at 12:54 PM on September 1, 2015
You need bleak and hopeless? Aimee Mann is on it. Here's Real Bad News
posted by prewar lemonade at 1:00 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by prewar lemonade at 1:00 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
Oh man, This Year by Mountain Goats is right on the nose.
I'll add Malt Liquor Tastes Better When You Have Problems by Less Than Jake because it's definitely my everything is terrible anthem.
posted by General Malaise at 1:00 PM on September 1, 2015
I'll add Malt Liquor Tastes Better When You Have Problems by Less Than Jake because it's definitely my everything is terrible anthem.
posted by General Malaise at 1:00 PM on September 1, 2015
Agalloch - A Desolation Song
Tip the cup, feed the fire,
And forget about useless fucking hope. . .
posted by kpraslowicz at 1:06 PM on September 1, 2015
Tip the cup, feed the fire,
And forget about useless fucking hope. . .
posted by kpraslowicz at 1:06 PM on September 1, 2015
Hello Saferide - I thought You Said Summer Was Going to Take the Pain Away
posted by prewar lemonade at 1:08 PM on September 1, 2015
posted by prewar lemonade at 1:08 PM on September 1, 2015
Good for relationship suck:
Watching You Watch Him by Eric Hutchinson
Gonna Get Over You by Sara Bareilles
posted by jabes at 1:16 PM on September 1, 2015
Watching You Watch Him by Eric Hutchinson
Gonna Get Over You by Sara Bareilles
posted by jabes at 1:16 PM on September 1, 2015
A couple of classical options. No words, but they manage to say "everything sucks" to me in their own way:
Barber: Adagio for Strings.
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, 2nd movement.
posted by clawsoon at 1:21 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Barber: Adagio for Strings.
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, 2nd movement.
posted by clawsoon at 1:21 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Makeshift Shelters - Lighterfluid
posted by everybody had matching towels at 1:24 PM on September 1, 2015
posted by everybody had matching towels at 1:24 PM on September 1, 2015
For relationships, Red Red Wine seems an obvious one to me. Also, Cherry Brandy by Tanya Stephens.
posted by Enchanting Grasshopper at 1:26 PM on September 1, 2015
posted by Enchanting Grasshopper at 1:26 PM on September 1, 2015
My Shit's Fucked Up, by Warren Zevon
Well I went to the doctor,
I said, "I'm feelin' kinda rough."
"Let me break it to ya son,
Yer shit's fucked up."
I said, "My shit's fucked up?
Well I don't see how."
He said, "The shit that used ta work,
Won't work now."
I had a dream
Aw shucks, oh well
Now it's all fucked up
It's shot to hell
Yeah, yeah, my shit's fucked up
Has to happen to the best of us
The rich folks suffer like the rest of us
It'll happen to you
That amazing grace
Sorta passed you by
You wake up every day
Hang your head and cry
You want to die
But you just can't quit
Let me break it on down
That's the fucked up shit
Yeah my shit's fucked up
Fucked up
posted by rustcrumb at 1:28 PM on September 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
Well I went to the doctor,
I said, "I'm feelin' kinda rough."
"Let me break it to ya son,
Yer shit's fucked up."
I said, "My shit's fucked up?
Well I don't see how."
He said, "The shit that used ta work,
Won't work now."
I had a dream
Aw shucks, oh well
Now it's all fucked up
It's shot to hell
Yeah, yeah, my shit's fucked up
Has to happen to the best of us
The rich folks suffer like the rest of us
It'll happen to you
That amazing grace
Sorta passed you by
You wake up every day
Hang your head and cry
You want to die
But you just can't quit
Let me break it on down
That's the fucked up shit
Yeah my shit's fucked up
Fucked up
posted by rustcrumb at 1:28 PM on September 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
Also, for general hard times, Yesterday is here, by Tom Waits
posted by rustcrumb at 1:29 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by rustcrumb at 1:29 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
The Dum Dum Girls, "Trees and Flowers" (Cover of Strawberry Switchblade)
Chorus: For I hate the trees
And I hate the flowers
And I hate the buildings
And the way they tower over me
Can't you see
I get so frightened
No-one else seems frightened
Only me, only me
posted by shortyJBot at 1:44 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Chorus: For I hate the trees
And I hate the flowers
And I hate the buildings
And the way they tower over me
Can't you see
I get so frightened
No-one else seems frightened
Only me, only me
posted by shortyJBot at 1:44 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
What, no Smiths recommended yet? They've got an entire oeuvre to choose from, but I'll start with Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want.
posted by Leontine at 1:44 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Leontine at 1:44 PM on September 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong Again
posted by misteraitch at 1:49 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by misteraitch at 1:49 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
How about Tommy Tucker's Is That The Way God Planned It?
posted by Cheese Monster at 1:53 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Cheese Monster at 1:53 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" - Randy Newman
"People Ain't No Good" - Nick Cave
posted by thetortoise at 1:54 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
"People Ain't No Good" - Nick Cave
posted by thetortoise at 1:54 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Tubthumping by Chumbawamba.
Bonus: The group is a mixed gender group and the name comes from a dream one of them had where he tried to go to the bathroom and the public bathrooms were marked Chumba and Wamba and he had no idea which was which.
I once framed a line from this song with inspiration art above it and donated it to the living area of a homeless shelter:
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I also like Babysitting Blues, which is jazz.
posted by Michele in California at 2:04 PM on September 1, 2015
Bonus: The group is a mixed gender group and the name comes from a dream one of them had where he tried to go to the bathroom and the public bathrooms were marked Chumba and Wamba and he had no idea which was which.
I once framed a line from this song with inspiration art above it and donated it to the living area of a homeless shelter:
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I also like Babysitting Blues, which is jazz.
posted by Michele in California at 2:04 PM on September 1, 2015
I think a number of songs by Quasi could fit the bill, but I thought of "California"
life is dull, life is gray
at it's best, it's just okay
but I'm happy to report -
life is also short
posted by mean square error at 3:40 PM on September 1, 2015
life is dull, life is gray
at it's best, it's just okay
but I'm happy to report -
life is also short
posted by mean square error at 3:40 PM on September 1, 2015
Best answer: Oh, also, Fox in the Snow (Belle and Sebastian)
Boy on the bike, what are you like
As you cycle round the town?
You're going up, you're going down
You're going nowhere
It's not as if they're paying you
It's not as if it's fun
At least not anymore
When your legs are black and blue
It's time to take a break
When your legs are black and blue
It's time to take a holiday
posted by whoiam at 3:40 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
Boy on the bike, what are you like
As you cycle round the town?
You're going up, you're going down
You're going nowhere
It's not as if they're paying you
It's not as if it's fun
At least not anymore
When your legs are black and blue
It's time to take a break
When your legs are black and blue
It's time to take a holiday
posted by whoiam at 3:40 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
Blues Run The Game by Jackson C Frank.
This perfect version is by Bert Jansch
Expectations by Belle and Sebastian is about someone with a bit of expectations but pretty much no hope.
Kings Crossing by Elliott Smith is harrowing, depressing, and beautiful.
For maybe too sad to be included, you can't beat Frankie Teardrop by Suicide
posted by djinn dandy at 4:17 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
This perfect version is by Bert Jansch
Expectations by Belle and Sebastian is about someone with a bit of expectations but pretty much no hope.
Kings Crossing by Elliott Smith is harrowing, depressing, and beautiful.
For maybe too sad to be included, you can't beat Frankie Teardrop by Suicide
posted by djinn dandy at 4:17 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Keller Williams Cracker Ass Cracker... a guy singing the blues because he can't sing the blues because his life is too good. Doesn't quite fit the list, but it's one of those go to songs for me when I'm feeling the suck and feel happy that everyone has the suck somehow.
posted by imbri at 4:23 PM on September 1, 2015
posted by imbri at 4:23 PM on September 1, 2015
A little more obscure, but Building by Embrace.
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 4:28 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 4:28 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Oh man!
Here's one of the quintessential ones: Sloop John B
And from Jonathan Coulton: Good Morning, Tucson and Shop Vac.
posted by 256 at 5:04 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Here's one of the quintessential ones: Sloop John B
And from Jonathan Coulton: Good Morning, Tucson and Shop Vac.
posted by 256 at 5:04 PM on September 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
These are slower:
The Dirty Three: Everything's Fucked
The Whitlams: Pigeons in the Attic Room
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: The Mercy Seat
Machine Gun Fellatio: Unsent Letter
posted by goo at 5:05 PM on September 1, 2015
The Dirty Three: Everything's Fucked
The Whitlams: Pigeons in the Attic Room
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: The Mercy Seat
Machine Gun Fellatio: Unsent Letter
posted by goo at 5:05 PM on September 1, 2015
Best answer: The entirety of Tears for Fears first album, appropriately titled The Hurting, probably fits the bill. It's got to be one of the most depressing albums ever released, in an intentionally wallowing in pathos sort of way. It's awe inspiringly depressing.
posted by mollweide at 5:42 PM on September 1, 2015
posted by mollweide at 5:42 PM on September 1, 2015
Reason To Believe - Bruce Springsteen
Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the highway in a ditch
He's lookin' down kinda puzzled pokin' that dog with a stick
Got his car door flung open he's standin' out on highway 31
Like if he stood there long enough that dog'd get up and run
Struck me kinda funny seem kinda funny sir to me
Still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
Now Mary Lou loved Johnny with a love mean and true
She said "Baby I'll work for you every day and bring my money home to you"
One day he up and left her and ever since that
She waits down at the end of that dirt road for young Johnny to come back
Struck me kinda funny seemed kind of funny sir to me
How at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
Take a baby to the river Kyle William they called him
Wash the baby in the water take away little Kyle's sin
In a whitewash shotgun shack an old man passes away take his body to the graveyard and over him they pray Lord won't you tell us
tell us what does it mean
Still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
Congregation gathers down by the riverside
Preacher stands with his Bible groom stands waitin' for his bride
Congregation gone and the sun sets behind a weepin' willow tree
Groom stands alone and watches the river rush on so effortlessly
Wonderin' where can his baby be still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
posted by tomjoadsghost at 5:51 PM on September 1, 2015
Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the highway in a ditch
He's lookin' down kinda puzzled pokin' that dog with a stick
Got his car door flung open he's standin' out on highway 31
Like if he stood there long enough that dog'd get up and run
Struck me kinda funny seem kinda funny sir to me
Still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
Now Mary Lou loved Johnny with a love mean and true
She said "Baby I'll work for you every day and bring my money home to you"
One day he up and left her and ever since that
She waits down at the end of that dirt road for young Johnny to come back
Struck me kinda funny seemed kind of funny sir to me
How at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
Take a baby to the river Kyle William they called him
Wash the baby in the water take away little Kyle's sin
In a whitewash shotgun shack an old man passes away take his body to the graveyard and over him they pray Lord won't you tell us
tell us what does it mean
Still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
Congregation gathers down by the riverside
Preacher stands with his Bible groom stands waitin' for his bride
Congregation gone and the sun sets behind a weepin' willow tree
Groom stands alone and watches the river rush on so effortlessly
Wonderin' where can his baby be still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
posted by tomjoadsghost at 5:51 PM on September 1, 2015
I came in to say the Mountain Goats, but I see that's been covered.
I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You - by the Black Kids
posted by bunderful at 6:02 PM on September 1, 2015
I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You - by the Black Kids
posted by bunderful at 6:02 PM on September 1, 2015
I'm not sure how you feel about musicals (although it's sort of a rock musical style), but the song Totally Fucked from Spring Awakening fits.
Blankest Year by Nada Surf has a little bit more of an upbeat spin, but it's still gets at this general idea.
I was going to mention "This Year" by the Mountain Goats, but I see that's already been covered, so I'll second (or third) it. I'll second "No Children" mentioned above, as well. A lot of their songs would fit this theme.
posted by litera scripta manet at 6:48 PM on September 1, 2015
Blankest Year by Nada Surf has a little bit more of an upbeat spin, but it's still gets at this general idea.
I was going to mention "This Year" by the Mountain Goats, but I see that's already been covered, so I'll second (or third) it. I'll second "No Children" mentioned above, as well. A lot of their songs would fit this theme.
posted by litera scripta manet at 6:48 PM on September 1, 2015
How is it we've gotten this far into songs about shit sucking hardcore and no one has brought up Casimir Pulaski Day? That song is so fucking sad.
posted by msali at 7:11 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by msali at 7:11 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald's Gone With the Wind.
Lyric:
But now all is gone, gone is that rapture that fills my heart
My romance has flown apart.
Lyric-less Melancholy:
Last Days: Mucca Pazza
Beulah, My Horoscope Said It Would Be a Bad Year
Chorus:
All you wanna do is win when your losing.
You say you want some competition,
Well I'm not that strong.
Just put away your ladder, I'm happy where I am.
My fate seems clear to me man,
Its out of my hands.
Quasi, The Poisoned Well
Key lyric: We went through hell just to get to hell.
The Gossip: Your Mangled Heart.
I don't want the world, the world, I only want what I deserve.
(best heard, Ditto sells this track wholesale)
Sweet chaser...
Accentuate the positive.
To illustrate my last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark?
What did they do they do when everything looked so darK?
posted by Cold Lurkey at 8:00 PM on September 1, 2015
Lyric:
But now all is gone, gone is that rapture that fills my heart
My romance has flown apart.
Lyric-less Melancholy:
Last Days: Mucca Pazza
Beulah, My Horoscope Said It Would Be a Bad Year
Chorus:
All you wanna do is win when your losing.
You say you want some competition,
Well I'm not that strong.
Just put away your ladder, I'm happy where I am.
My fate seems clear to me man,
Its out of my hands.
Quasi, The Poisoned Well
Key lyric: We went through hell just to get to hell.
The Gossip: Your Mangled Heart.
I don't want the world, the world, I only want what I deserve.
(best heard, Ditto sells this track wholesale)
Sweet chaser...
Accentuate the positive.
To illustrate my last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark?
What did they do they do when everything looked so darK?
posted by Cold Lurkey at 8:00 PM on September 1, 2015
Best answer: Richard Thompson. So much amazing, depressing stuff. Link is to a YouTube playlist which has a good representative variety.
"There's nothing at the end of the rainbow --
there's nothing to grow up for anymore."
posted by sesquipedalia at 8:20 PM on September 1, 2015
"There's nothing at the end of the rainbow --
there's nothing to grow up for anymore."
posted by sesquipedalia at 8:20 PM on September 1, 2015
And let's not forget XTC: 1000 Umbrellas
posted by sesquipedalia at 8:31 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by sesquipedalia at 8:31 PM on September 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
Busy - Jawbreaker (comfort pop punk about when life falls apart, they can turn to you and find a friend)
Neurotic - Bouncing Souls (neither miss nor pick this song without noticing the part where the singer just starts crying and shouting "why?!" and banging on something around 2:23)
Perhaps this is too specific, but The Customer is Always Right, despite being about retail work, has many applicable lines. (It opens with "we're being treated like shit, and I don't think that we deserve this.")
Beans for Breakfast - Johnny Cash
Ain't Got No / I Got Life - Nina Simone
"I hate summer, winter, fall, and even spring -- I hate everything." (George Strait)
(Please post this on Spotify!)
posted by slidell at 10:02 PM on September 1, 2015
Neurotic - Bouncing Souls (neither miss nor pick this song without noticing the part where the singer just starts crying and shouting "why?!" and banging on something around 2:23)
Perhaps this is too specific, but The Customer is Always Right, despite being about retail work, has many applicable lines. (It opens with "we're being treated like shit, and I don't think that we deserve this.")
Beans for Breakfast - Johnny Cash
Ain't Got No / I Got Life - Nina Simone
"I hate summer, winter, fall, and even spring -- I hate everything." (George Strait)
(Please post this on Spotify!)
posted by slidell at 10:02 PM on September 1, 2015
My Mountains Goats pick is You're in Maya.
They Might Be Giants love to wrap bleak things up in a peppy or folksy package:
Dead, They'll Need a Crane, Road Movie to Berlin, plus When Will You Die? for when you're feeling petty.
Ramones: I'm Against It
Beck's Pay No Mind has this great crapsack verse:
Tonight the city is full of morgues
And all the toilets are overflowing
There's shopping malls
Coming out of the walls
As we walk out among the manure
posted by knuckle tattoos at 10:56 PM on September 1, 2015
They Might Be Giants love to wrap bleak things up in a peppy or folksy package:
Dead, They'll Need a Crane, Road Movie to Berlin, plus When Will You Die? for when you're feeling petty.
Ramones: I'm Against It
Beck's Pay No Mind has this great crapsack verse:
Tonight the city is full of morgues
And all the toilets are overflowing
There's shopping malls
Coming out of the walls
As we walk out among the manure
posted by knuckle tattoos at 10:56 PM on September 1, 2015
New Bad Things — I Suck.
Bonus John Peel intro to this YouTube clip :-)
posted by ZipRibbons at 11:28 PM on September 1, 2015
Bonus John Peel intro to this YouTube clip :-)
posted by ZipRibbons at 11:28 PM on September 1, 2015
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Yesterday by that little-known group, The Beatles.
posted by Halo in reverse at 1:18 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Halo in reverse at 1:18 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City and The River
posted by PenDevil at 1:36 AM on September 2, 2015
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City and The River
posted by PenDevil at 1:36 AM on September 2, 2015
Stan Rogers Mary Ellen Carter
Bluegrassy, uptempo,
And with every jar that hit the bar, we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again
Rise again, rise again; though your heart it be broken
And life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again"
posted by yyz at 10:39 AM on September 2, 2015
Bluegrassy, uptempo,
And with every jar that hit the bar, we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again
Rise again, rise again; though your heart it be broken
And life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again"
posted by yyz at 10:39 AM on September 2, 2015
The Cure: 17 Seconds, Faith, and Pornography. Wallow in that beautiful shit.
And Eleanor Rigby is pretty bleak and hummable, too.
posted by jetsetsc at 12:22 PM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
And Eleanor Rigby is pretty bleak and hummable, too.
posted by jetsetsc at 12:22 PM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
This song is part of a standup routine, so I'm not sure if it's 100% what you're going for, but the "everything is horrible yeah-huh" part of Denis Leary's "Downtrodden" song gets stuck in my head all the time.
posted by meggan at 12:58 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by meggan at 12:58 PM on September 2, 2015
Let's get out of this country - Camera Obscura
Let's get out of this country
I have been so unhappy
posted by natasha_k at 4:56 PM on September 2, 2015
Let's get out of this country
I have been so unhappy
posted by natasha_k at 4:56 PM on September 2, 2015
Get me away from here I'm dying - Belle and Sebastian
Elevator love letter - Stars
Let's go emo
Better half - the get up kids
posted by natasha_k at 5:08 PM on September 2, 2015
Elevator love letter - Stars
Let's go emo
Better half - the get up kids
posted by natasha_k at 5:08 PM on September 2, 2015
What may seem like love - Whiskeytown
What may seem like love may soon fall apart
You don't practice what you preach
You don't finish what you start
Your lies have got me tryin to mend a broken heart
Please don't speak to me again
CHORUS
You keep telling me you're sorry but I just don't give a damn.
You keep telling me you're sorry
Well I'm never gonna listen to a single word you're saying
posted by natasha_k at 5:52 PM on September 2, 2015
What may seem like love may soon fall apart
You don't practice what you preach
You don't finish what you start
Your lies have got me tryin to mend a broken heart
Please don't speak to me again
CHORUS
You keep telling me you're sorry but I just don't give a damn.
You keep telling me you're sorry
Well I'm never gonna listen to a single word you're saying
posted by natasha_k at 5:52 PM on September 2, 2015
Some late additions, in a folk & country vein, all about relationships:
Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill, Thanks a lot
Fred Neil, A little bit of rain
Warren & John Ellis, Mis'ry is my middle name
Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, Sorry the day I was married
posted by yesbut at 12:47 AM on September 3, 2015
Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill, Thanks a lot
Fred Neil, A little bit of rain
Warren & John Ellis, Mis'ry is my middle name
Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, Sorry the day I was married
posted by yesbut at 12:47 AM on September 3, 2015
Institutionalized, by Suicidal Tendencies
("Doesn't matter--I'll probably get hit by a car anyways")
posted by TEA at 6:54 PM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
("Doesn't matter--I'll probably get hit by a car anyways")
posted by TEA at 6:54 PM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
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