My Favorite Depressing Songs

It occurred to me today that some of my favorite songs are pretty depressing. I wondered how many I could come up with off the top of my head. Real quick. 

• Table for One -Liz Phair
• At Seventeen - Janis Ian
• Picture - Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock
• Space Oddity - David Bowie
• Dark End of the Street - Veronica Klaus
• Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
• Fuck 'em All - Evangenitals
• A Thousand Kisses Deep - Leonard Cohen

This is just a starter-list, in no particular order. And I'm willing to bump some if you can come up with some that I like as well but still make me want to blow my brains out. Ten would be a good number, don't you think? Comments are open.

Comments

[hdomke]

If you want to hear appealing music that is really depressing, try almost any song by Leonard Cohen.
Here is the Wikipedian entry on him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen

[Ann]

For A Dancer - Jackson Browne

Late Night Grande Hotel - Nanci Griffith

Michaelangelo - Emmylou Harris

Lives In The Balance - Jackson Browne

[Henry Domke]

How about "Bird on the Wire"? An equally strong (and depressing) rendition of the song is done by Jennifer Warnes. Highly recommended for audiophiles.

I also found a third rendition in my iTunes library of "Bird on a Wire"
It is a very simple (bleak?) version by Johnny Cash.

Wait...I've got another song that is even more depressing and beautiful:
Ballad of the Runaway Horse by Jennifer Warnes.

Last, but not least is a solo Cello piece played by Janos Starker.
It is by Bach and is called: Suite for Cello Solo No.3 in C, BWV 1009 - 4. Sarabande

So sad I'm starting to cry. It's wonderful.

[smays]

The Johnny Cash version of Bird on a Wire is on the Coffee Zone iPod and I can confirm it's wrist-slitter at 6:40 a.m. on a raining Monday.

[Phil Broussard]

Well you should add Dead and Lovely by Tom Waits. I think its on the Real Gone album. Do they still call them albums? Another could be Madeleine Peyroux doing the song Once in a While Matt Sievert got me into her. Good luck with the list.