Music sung to depressed/suicidal people
November 5, 2022 5:06 PM   Subscribe

Recommend more music that fits the following

These three songs
Brain is for Lovers, Bad Cop, Bad Cop
Garden, Meet Me @ The Altar
East and West, The Bombpops (it's a cover)

have three things in common:

Sung to or about people who are depressed and/or suicidal
Punk, Pop Punk, Hard Rock
Bands fronted by Women/PoC

Thanks
posted by Gorgik to Media & Arts (9 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Please Be Happy by Tears for Fears.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 5:12 PM on November 5, 2022


Not 100% sure this will meet criterion #2 but “A Quitter” by Rasputina (Lyrics)
posted by ejs at 6:22 PM on November 5, 2022


Best answer: Jumpers by Sleater-Kinney
posted by LionIndex at 6:41 PM on November 5, 2022 [1 favorite]


I can think of a few sung by males if you want to do a B-side.
posted by slidell at 6:43 PM on November 5, 2022


Best answer: Patti Smith - Redondo Beach -- the song is addressed to a lover who had just committed suicide.
posted by hydrophonic at 7:34 PM on November 5, 2022


Best answer: “Northern Star” by Hole
posted by ejs at 7:49 PM on November 5, 2022


It doesn't fit your genre requirement for "Punk, Pop Punk, Hard Rock" but Gillian Welch does a nice cover of Radiohead's "Black Star".

It's a well-known song addressed to a listener who is crippled by depression; there may be other covers that match your criteria more exactly.
posted by Nerd of the North at 10:29 PM on November 5, 2022 [1 favorite]


The Glow, Bonnie Raitt
posted by fuse theorem at 6:52 AM on November 6, 2022


Response by poster: Thanks all!
posted by Gorgik at 12:15 PM on November 15, 2022


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