Mazzy, fantastic video as usual! Can I suggest Nick Drake, particularly Pink Moon? A sparse, beautiful, desperately sad album knowing what Nick was going through at the time and his tragic passing. Richard Thompson has also been described as "depressing", that might be more to do with his voice. The album with Linda, Pour Down Like Silver has Beat The Retreat and Night Comes In, wonderful, dirgy tunes. It's also a hugely spiritual album too. To me, "depressing" albums can be cathartic and comforting at the same time. Anyway, keep the wonderful videos coming!
mazzy...your videos could never be too long...and i agree completely about melancholy songs....those are my favorite to write and listen to...in fact...my favorite album is leonard's you want it darker....the intimacy always touches...peace to you my friend...rocky
Love this video. These albums are cathartic. It's the reason I love the blues so much too. You have to feel those emotions to release them. I've heard of most of these albums and even own 1 or 2 and I love listening to this kind of music at times. If you don't feel bad, how can you feel good or appreciate the good times? Wonderful stuff, Mazzy.
Jeff Kempin hey Jeff thanks so much. Cathartic is the word and description that eluded me when I made this. That is the perfect description. You get it. We need it sometimes. Best to you. 😘
Hello.. .. ...my name is Markus and I come from Germany..... For me, there is one Album that is one of the saddest that I was ever able to listen to. BUT.....the more it is spinning, the more you listen to it, you' ll get a kind of a hopeful feeling in your heart and soul.....I can' t find the words to explain....You will have to hear it and feel it and dive into this wonderful recording by a band called THIRTEEN MOONS You' ll find mercy on your road
Hi Mazzy, Love these albums. I guess we all go through tough and mellow times and yes, these are magnificent ones. Love the debut Lennon album. Love Leonard Cohen. Love Neil Young. Love George Harrison and Bowie. Artists of the likes we shall never see again. Although artists like Beck suggest that greatness will come in other ways. As the Queen song says; "Into every life a little rain must fall." Good to know that when we are feeling down we got some great music to accompany those emotions and provide the emotional band aid. Love your videos immensely. Always make my day or evening. God bless and may you live 100 years at the least. Tino
This is very interesting. Along with listening to music, I read a ton, mostly fiction and some poetry. But, I have a hard time taking 'depression' from music. I just don't reflect that deeply on lyrics, I guess---which is odd in light of how much reading I do. Same reason, I think, I rarely say lyrics are 'stupid;' I typically think of rock/pop songs as tone poems and don't do too deep a dive into the meaning of the lyrics. It's a rabbit hole, to be sure. All that nonsense aside, Zevon should be on your list! I played Carmelita for a friend one time and she said, "Wow. This is uplifting." I'm all like, what???!
Great video! I thought at one point you were going to mention Warren Zevon! But you mentioned David Bowie! Of course, Black Star! I remember playing that album maybe a few months after Bowie died, and I thought it was just beautiful. Thanks, Mazzy!
Hi Mazzy Another really interesting topic and video.I would probably agree with you here, although not listened to all the records you showed so it would only be a generalization. Music is very subjective of course, so whether or not an album can be described as "depressing" ultimately depends on how the listener interprets that music I guess.That said, personally I've always found Dark Side of The moon and later day Floyd, in particular The Wall to be hard going.I guess these records hit nerves and places within me that I don't always want to visit and certainly have to be in the right frame of mind to listen to .Not so with an artist like Nick Drake ( Several of my friends don't like his music because they consider him depressing).For me, I find his music quite uplifting, there's a baroque beauty and serenity in his songs and his voice washes over me like a warm blanket.Personal opinion I guess, but just trying to illustrate the comparison. I 've heard a lot of you on the VC talk very favourably about Ghosteen ,so I will be checking that one out.Thanks again for this Mazzy.Take care.Rob😉
I will add... Smog - Knock Knock, Bonnie Prince Billy - I See a Darkness Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt Iris DeMent - My Life Tindersticks - 2nd
Another great video. I love Beck's Sea Change album, my favorite of his. I put off buying it for awhile because I was waiting for a Mofi copy of it (Ship In A Bottle being my favorite track). I will eventually find a copy I guess. I will have to check out some of the other albums that I'm not familiar with.
Definitely thinking when I started watching this Berlin should be in there somewhere. I love that it's depressing, but not self pitying, as it's telling someone else's story. Heard some of these, but will have to check the rest out. Have heard a lot of Nick Cave stuff, but never sat and listened to an album start to finish. I don't think I would have put the Smiths in though. Not really a Morrisey fan, more of a Johnny Marr fan and I think the clever thing about the Smiths was that if you took away Morrisey's singing, the music is quite upbeat and uplifting (except How Soon Is Now?). I would have found a place for Pink Floyd's Final Cut though.
Listen to Nick Cave's Boatman's Call. You may or may not like it. Its a beautiful mood piece. Half his records are upbeat manic and half are slow and ethereal.
Just found your channel. Very entertaining. Subscribed! Automatic For the People always makes my list. It's an incredible listen, but it's definitely a downer.
Mazzy thanks it's indeed uplifting as you mentioned instead of depressing. For me Lou Reed's Rock N Roll Animal may be considered as "moody" as Berlin is.
Some of my favorite albums are albums filled with heartbreak and sadness: Tonight's The Night by Neil Young Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & Dominos Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys Late For The Sky by Jackson Browne Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Mazzy I absolutely LOVE this video and the concept Music is multi-emotional for me I mean it’s Nostalgic It’s Joyous It’s Comforting but at times It’s Meloncholic Music is therapeutic for those who wrote the music and what they were going through and also for us the listener Man this is so great! I hope you don’t mind if I too post a video of my records that are “dirty” or have a tone of “melancholy” (I love that word btw) Who knows This May turn into a Thread Peace ☮️ Cosmic Brian
I think POB edges Imagine as well. I was about to say, I hope Berlin is on the list. Elliot Smith is an excellent choice. I think Nick Drake, Antony and the Johnsons, and Eels "Electro Shock Blues" could be swapped in as well.
all great but Berlin, for me is a masterpiece, Beck is beautiful,gotta get Ghosteen, Cohen, another masterpiece, Bowie, an album that needs many listens to appreciate, great vid Mazzy, cheers
Elliott Smith’s band Heatmiser one of my favorite bands ever. Either/Or definitely the best solo album for me. Smith was a fucking genius song writer. The Bowie album is amazing. Check out the mini-series The Last Panthers. Best thing I have ever seen on tv and the last thing Bowie worked on musically. It is about the real life Pink Panthers from Belgrade. Clark’s score for that show also epic.
I've always gravitated to slow melancholic music, probably because I was introduced/subjected to Leonard Cohen by my parents at quite a young age. All of the artists you showed are firm favourites of mine, as are the albums you showed. I wonder if Aristotle's thoughts on the purpose of Tragic Drama in his Poetics can also be applied to sad music? He suggested the aim of tragedy is to bring about a catharsis of the spectators - to arouse in them sensations of pity and fear, and to purge them of these emotions so that they leave the theatre feeling cleansed and uplifted, with a heightened understanding of the ways of gods and men. Whether a direct connection can be made, I don't really know, but clearly the songwriter/performer takes the place of the tragic hero, of which Aristotle says, "pity is aroused by unmerited misfortune, fear by the misfortune of a man like ourselves." Seems to me that listening to the trials and tribulations of an introspective songwriter functions in a very similar way. They put into words the fears and horrors which lurk within us all, ultimately exorcising our own demons. Catharsis. You featured Elliot Smith, a man who's own demons became too much for him leading to him taking his own life. Smith is only one of a number of artists I was a fan of who have committed suicide recently. Vic Chesnutt, Thomas Hanson (St. Thomas), Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) and David Berman (Silver Jews), were all ruminative and troubled souls who wrote and performed music which examined the darkness and despair of humanity, who also took their own lives. This has forced me to reevaluate my relationship with their music, and the depressive nature of their lyrics. What, if any, culpability do I have for their deaths? I was getting an Aristotelian catharsis through their music, but at what cost to them? Was I listening to the longest and most drawn out of suicide notes in their music, but made no intervention? Was I ignoring these musical cries for help, while reaping the psychological cathartic benefits of their pain? I'm probably over thinking this. Thanks for the great video - Hedley
Some other suggestions: I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy The Lioness - Songs: Ohia Eels - Electro-shock Blues ...Anything and everything by Towns Van Zandt.
You are not overthinking and a good supplemental list. I totally forgot about the Eels. I love everything E has done. Even his weaker albums have brilliant song and yes they can be depressing in a way. Of course there is David Berman. Well written and very much appreciated.
Hi Norman. I bet we'd be friends in real life. Nice to see someone with loads of CDs like I do. I have between five & six thousand CDs. I sold off the majority of my vinyl years ago unfortunately & I'm NOT going back to vinyl. I'm now subscribed with notifications turned on. Thumbs up from Ohio !!!! Oh btw, in the groove of this video, are you into Mazzy Star ??? Hope Sandoval is a Goddess with the voice of an angel.
Great choices! I love depressing music at times. I love Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen. You should put a Janis Ian album in the mix as well. I love her, but damn some of her albums are depressing!
I would have added the Jungle Room LP by Elvis Presley. I accept his 70'S output, as limited as it was in terms of studio work was /is not to everyone's taste. But those songs were fairly "down" reflecting his view on life, and loss, particularly relationship breakup's.
Not any doom metal? Or Sentenced's "No One there" or "Killing me, Kiling you"? Moody slow and atmospheric sounds good! Except when you say those words I guess we think different kind of music. I love sad and melancholic music. Something I could have thought you could show is Tom Waits. mr. Finglish (Bäd English Recs)
Hi Norman , I thought you did a great job explaining Nick Cave , Leonard Cohen & David Bowie. I would think the perpetually out of print "On The Beach " by Neil Young was one you were thinking of. My 2 obvious band picks are The Cure " Pornography " with the opening line " It Doesn't Matter If We All Die " & Joy Division " Closer " which foreshadowed Ian's tragic suicide. Nice Presentation.
Hello David. "On the Beach" vinyl can be bought on the Amazon UK site. Actually I was warned off the album ,back when I was a teenager ,as it was "Too Depressing" ...yes maybe ... but I love it anyway! ✌
I come for the knowledge but also the snark. I was gonna suggest All Things Must Pass but then you mentioned George. How about T.B. Sheets by Van Morrison or Nirvana's In Utero?
You're right Mazzy, "dirgey" can be a good thing sometimes. I don't know what it means but I just picked up (in the last 2 weeks) those Bon Iver and Lennon Plastic Ono Band albums you showed. Maybe I should pop some uppers (just kidding) and spin Artificial Energy to counteract this trend. Lol This topic also made me think of John Tavener's Song for Athene that was performed at the funeral of Lady Diana Spencer. It's true that almost everyone knows Santayana's quote but the message never seems to get through. Auschwitz, et al., Cambodia, Rwanda, Serbia and on and on and on. You've convinced me that I need to get those Nick Cave ones too. I see that latest one very often in the VC.
What about those Beatle singles/ Love me do -homosexuality From me to you - knife crime She loves you - about her loving a dead man Please please me - masochism Hard days night - prostitution Can't buy me love- child sex I wanna hold your hand - decapitating women Yesterday - senility Help - constipation I feel fine - VD Need I continue I put it down to living in liverfool
Is it me, or is sad music usually the most beautiful? If you can find the beauty despite the sadness that’s where I feel the uplifting part is. That dichotomy tends to make me very introspective. I’m guessing that it does the same for others. I figure that it’s the same with horror movies. What makes it work is how an individual places him or herself in those situations. You just get the rush, but do it in a safe vicarious manner. Great topic.
When I used to write songs, they were always melancholy. They were just always easier for me to write. I’ve always been a sucker for those kind of songs, too. If you aren’t familiar with Brand New, check out the song “Jesus Christ”. Great, melancholy song. I’d like to hear your top albums. What if you did one for each decade...say starting with the 70’s through today. 😉
Mazzy, listen the album Over of Peter Hammill. 1974. Better all albums of Peter Hammill and his band Van der Graaf Generator. The silent corner and the empty stage 1973 Wonderful… This is depressing music… This will blow you away… Sure… The most cathartic music you can ever listen (Even the Ouvertures of Richard Wagner)y
Nico’s The Marble Index... I listened to it constantly during a very dark period and have never been able to listen since
Mazzy, fantastic video as usual! Can I suggest Nick Drake, particularly Pink Moon? A sparse, beautiful, desperately sad album knowing what Nick was going through at the time and his tragic passing. Richard Thompson has also been described as "depressing", that might be more to do with his voice. The album with Linda, Pour Down Like Silver has Beat The Retreat and Night Comes In, wonderful, dirgy tunes. It's also a hugely spiritual album too. To me, "depressing" albums can be cathartic and comforting at the same time. Anyway, keep the wonderful videos coming!
mazzy...your videos could never be too long...and i agree completely about melancholy songs....those are my favorite to write and listen to...in fact...my favorite album is leonard's you want it darker....the intimacy always touches...peace to you my friend...rocky
Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
David Sylvian - Secrets of the beehive
Felt - Crumbling the antiseptic beauty
The Durutti Column - LC
Third/Sister Lovers does it for me.
Love this video. These albums are cathartic. It's the reason I love the blues so much too. You have to feel those emotions to release them. I've heard of most of these albums and even own 1 or 2 and I love listening to this kind of music at times. If you don't feel bad, how can you feel good or appreciate the good times? Wonderful stuff, Mazzy.
Jeff Kempin hey Jeff thanks so much. Cathartic is the word and description that eluded me when I made this. That is the perfect description. You get it. We need it sometimes.
Best to you. 😘
Great video...When I did particularly strong acid in the sixties, playing Leonard Cohen would help me keep my sanity..
Hello.. ..
...my name is Markus and I come from Germany.....
For me, there is one Album that is one of the saddest that I was ever able to listen to.
BUT.....the more it is spinning, the more you listen to it, you' ll get a kind of a hopeful feeling in your heart and soul.....I can' t find the words to explain....You will have to hear it and feel it and dive into this wonderful recording by a band called
THIRTEEN MOONS
You' ll find mercy on your road
Hi Mazzy,
Love these albums. I guess we all go through tough and mellow times and yes, these are magnificent ones. Love the debut Lennon album. Love Leonard Cohen. Love Neil Young. Love George Harrison and Bowie. Artists of the likes we shall never see again. Although artists like Beck suggest that greatness will come in other ways. As the Queen song says; "Into every life a little rain must fall." Good to know that when we are feeling down we got some great music to accompany those emotions and provide the emotional band aid.
Love your videos immensely. Always make my day or evening.
God bless and may you live 100 years at the least.
Tino
This is very interesting. Along with listening to music, I read a ton, mostly fiction and some poetry. But, I have a hard time taking 'depression' from music. I just don't reflect that deeply on lyrics, I guess---which is odd in light of how much reading I do. Same reason, I think, I rarely say lyrics are 'stupid;' I typically think of rock/pop songs as tone poems and don't do too deep a dive into the meaning of the lyrics. It's a rabbit hole, to be sure. All that nonsense aside, Zevon should be on your list! I played Carmelita for a friend one time and she said, "Wow. This is uplifting." I'm all like, what???!
Zevon comes to mind for me too.
Great video! I thought at one point you were going to mention Warren Zevon! But you mentioned David Bowie! Of course, Black Star! I remember playing that album maybe a few months after Bowie died, and I thought it was just beautiful.
Thanks, Mazzy!
Eaten Zevon is in the second part to this video
Hi Mazzy
Another really interesting topic and video.I would probably agree with you here, although not listened to all the records you showed so it would only be a generalization. Music is very subjective of course, so whether or not an album can be described as "depressing" ultimately depends on how the listener interprets that music I guess.That said, personally I've always found Dark Side of The moon and later day Floyd, in particular The Wall to be hard going.I guess these records hit nerves and places within me that I don't always want to visit and certainly have to be in the right frame of mind to listen to .Not so with an artist like Nick Drake ( Several of my friends don't like his music because they consider him depressing).For me, I find his music quite uplifting, there's a baroque beauty and serenity in his songs and his voice washes over me like a warm blanket.Personal opinion I guess, but just trying to illustrate the comparison. I 've heard a lot of you on the VC talk very favourably about Ghosteen ,so I will be checking that one out.Thanks again for this Mazzy.Take care.Rob😉
I will add...
Smog - Knock Knock,
Bonnie Prince Billy - I See a Darkness
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter
Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
Iris DeMent - My Life
Tindersticks - 2nd
Hi Norman You could have also quoted all Townes Van Zandt album.. haunting songs like Nothin', Kathleen and his No Deeper Blue album. Love'em.
Yeah this may need a part 2 💊😢🍄🥊
Good picks. I wouldn't have thought of Rust Never Sleeps. At the moment I cannot think of ones to add, but I am sure they exist. Thanks, Chris
Another great video. I love Beck's Sea Change album, my favorite of his. I put off buying it for awhile because I was waiting for a Mofi copy of it (Ship In A Bottle being my favorite track). I will eventually find a copy I guess. I will have to check out some of the other albums that I'm not familiar with.
Definitely thinking when I started watching this Berlin should be in there somewhere. I love that it's depressing, but not self pitying, as it's telling someone else's story. Heard some of these, but will have to check the rest out. Have heard a lot of Nick Cave stuff, but never sat and listened to an album start to finish.
I don't think I would have put the Smiths in though. Not really a Morrisey fan, more of a Johnny Marr fan and I think the clever thing about the Smiths was that if you took away Morrisey's singing, the music is quite upbeat and uplifting (except How Soon Is Now?).
I would have found a place for Pink Floyd's Final Cut though.
Listen to Nick Cave's Boatman's Call. You may or may not like it. Its a beautiful mood piece. Half his records are upbeat manic and half are slow and ethereal.
The Sinatra album ‘In The Wee Small Hours’ is beautifully melancholic.
Just found your channel. Very entertaining. Subscribed!
Automatic For the People always makes my list. It's an incredible listen, but it's definitely a downer.
Mazzy thanks it's indeed uplifting as you mentioned instead of depressing. For me Lou Reed's Rock N Roll Animal may be considered as "moody" as Berlin is.
Some of my favorite albums are albums filled with heartbreak and sadness:
Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & Dominos
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Late For The Sky by Jackson Browne
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
When I first heard the name Bon Iver i actually assumed it was a woman called Bonnie Vere! Truth!
Mazzy I absolutely LOVE this video and the concept Music is multi-emotional for me I mean it’s Nostalgic It’s Joyous It’s Comforting but at times It’s Meloncholic Music is therapeutic for those who wrote the music and what they were going through and also for us the listener Man this is so great! I hope you don’t mind if I too post a video of my records that are “dirty” or have a tone of “melancholy” (I love that word btw) Who knows This May turn into a Thread Peace ☮️ Cosmic Brian
Go for it. With all the suggestions here in the comments I may do a sequel
Nice piece. My 'go to' depressing album used to be Blood On The Tracks, then it was Shoot Out The Lights, these days it's Mule Variations.
Three great albums. Three of my top 50, no question.
I think POB edges Imagine as well. I was about to say, I hope Berlin is on the list. Elliot Smith is an excellent choice. I think Nick Drake, Antony and the Johnsons, and Eels "Electro Shock Blues" could be swapped in as well.
Eels would have been a perfect addition. Forgot about E.
Great choices! You could throw in ANY Chelsea Wolfe record for good measure :)
thanks Mazzy. I do believe music can save lives. This music was made for a reason in my humble opinion.....
In your follow up you explained why you didn't select any blues. But I expected some depressing Jazz albums.....
I thought you were thinking of Sleeps With Angels. Dug your selections - I agree everyone should own Either/Or.
Dylan and John Prine had some pretty introspective tunes. Prine's "Hello in There" comes to mind.
Souvenirs, Christmas in Prison, etc etc...
New subscriber. Excellent video. Leonard Cohen - "Thanks for the dance" is worth a listen. You'll appreciate it.
all great but Berlin, for me is a masterpiece, Beck is beautiful,gotta get Ghosteen, Cohen, another masterpiece, Bowie, an album that needs many listens to appreciate, great vid Mazzy, cheers
Elliott Smith’s band Heatmiser one of my favorite bands ever. Either/Or definitely the best solo album for me. Smith was a fucking genius song writer. The Bowie album is amazing. Check out the mini-series The Last Panthers. Best thing I have ever seen on tv and the last thing Bowie worked on musically. It is about the real life Pink Panthers from Belgrade. Clark’s score for that show also epic.
I've always gravitated to slow melancholic music, probably because I was introduced/subjected to Leonard Cohen by my parents at quite a young age. All of the artists you showed are firm favourites of mine, as are the albums you showed.
I wonder if Aristotle's thoughts on the purpose of Tragic Drama in his Poetics can also be applied to sad music? He suggested the aim of tragedy is to bring about a catharsis of the spectators - to arouse in them sensations of pity and fear, and to purge them of these emotions so that they leave the theatre feeling cleansed and uplifted, with a heightened understanding of the ways of gods and men.
Whether a direct connection can be made, I don't really know, but clearly the songwriter/performer takes the place of the tragic hero, of which Aristotle says, "pity is aroused by unmerited misfortune, fear by the misfortune of a man like ourselves."
Seems to me that listening to the trials and tribulations of an introspective songwriter functions in a very similar way. They put into words the fears and horrors which lurk within us all, ultimately exorcising our own demons. Catharsis.
You featured Elliot Smith, a man who's own demons became too much for him leading to him taking his own life. Smith is only one of a number of artists I was a fan of who have committed suicide recently. Vic Chesnutt, Thomas Hanson (St. Thomas), Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) and David Berman (Silver Jews), were all ruminative and troubled souls who wrote and performed music which examined the darkness and despair of humanity, who also took their own lives.
This has forced me to reevaluate my relationship with their music, and the depressive nature of their lyrics. What, if any, culpability do I have for their deaths? I was getting an Aristotelian catharsis through their music, but at what cost to them? Was I listening to the longest and most drawn out of suicide notes in their music, but made no intervention? Was I ignoring these musical cries for help, while reaping the psychological cathartic benefits of their pain?
I'm probably over thinking this.
Thanks for the great video - Hedley
Some other suggestions:
I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
The Lioness - Songs: Ohia
Eels - Electro-shock Blues
...Anything and everything by Towns Van Zandt.
You are not overthinking and a good supplemental list. I totally forgot about the Eels. I love everything E has done. Even his weaker albums have brilliant song and yes they can be depressing in a way.
Of course there is David Berman.
Well written and very much appreciated.
Lou Reed's Magic and Loss is very depressing too.
Hi Norman. I bet we'd be friends in real life. Nice to see someone with loads of CDs like I do. I have between five & six thousand CDs. I sold off the majority of my vinyl years ago unfortunately & I'm NOT going back to vinyl. I'm now subscribed with notifications turned on. Thumbs up from Ohio !!!! Oh btw, in the groove of this video, are you into Mazzy Star ??? Hope Sandoval is a Goddess with the voice of an angel.
I love Mazzy Star. Many and Hopes solo albums would have been great too.
@@mazzysmusic TYVM for your reply. I haven't had a stereo since 2010 but I still collect CDs & buy anything by Hope Sandoval I can find.
Vampirebear13 anyway to get music ✌🏽🎸🥁🌟
Great choices! I love depressing music at times. I love Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen. You should put a Janis Ian album in the mix as well. I love her, but damn some of her albums are depressing!
Not the album funeral blues of mark land van?
I would have added the Jungle Room LP by Elvis Presley. I accept his 70'S output, as limited as it was in terms of studio work was /is not to everyone's taste. But those songs were fairly "down" reflecting his view on life, and loss, particularly relationship breakup's.
Not any doom metal? Or Sentenced's "No One there" or "Killing me, Kiling you"?
Moody slow and atmospheric sounds good! Except when you say those words I guess we think different kind of music.
I love sad and melancholic music.
Something I could have thought you could show is Tom Waits.
mr. Finglish (Bäd English Recs)
That Elliott Smith record is amazing. The moody music I think is always at times and do agree it does seem to be uplifting.
Hi Norman , I thought you did a great job explaining Nick Cave , Leonard Cohen & David Bowie. I would think the perpetually out of print "On The Beach " by Neil Young was one you were thinking of. My 2 obvious band picks are The Cure " Pornography " with the opening line " It Doesn't Matter If We All Die " & Joy Division " Closer " which foreshadowed Ian's tragic suicide. Nice Presentation.
David Ellis yes On the Beach. Too many record to remember 😎
David Ellis I missed the Smiths
Hello David. "On the Beach" vinyl can be bought on the Amazon UK site. Actually I was warned off the album ,back when I was a teenager ,as it was "Too Depressing" ...yes maybe ... but I love it anyway! ✌
I thought of "Closer" too.
That last Greg Allman album.
Red house painters self titled
I have always thought that Leonard Cohen album should have been called "Song about Loving Hate" Great top 10.
I don’t think Pet Sounds is a depressing album, but it is very melancholy and I think that‘a why it was not successful in its time.
Mazzy - What’s in the background? Sounds like Henryk Gorecki?
Philip Glass Music for the film Candyman.
Thanx! I gotta track that down. Love “Einstein on the Beach.”
No Blood on the Tracks?
I come for the knowledge but also the snark. I was gonna suggest All Things Must Pass but then you mentioned George. How about T.B. Sheets by Van Morrison or Nirvana's In Utero?
Thanks for a very interesting video. My other half was a Leonard Cohen fan in her youth , I was not😂
You're right Mazzy, "dirgey" can be a good thing sometimes. I don't know what it means but I just picked up (in the last 2 weeks) those Bon Iver and Lennon Plastic Ono Band albums you showed. Maybe I should pop some uppers (just kidding) and spin Artificial Energy to counteract this trend. Lol This topic also made me think of John Tavener's Song for Athene that was performed at the funeral of Lady Diana Spencer. It's true that almost everyone knows Santayana's quote but the message never seems to get through. Auschwitz, et al., Cambodia, Rwanda, Serbia and on and on and on. You've convinced me that I need to get those Nick Cave ones too. I see that latest one very often in the VC.
What about those Beatle singles/
Love me do -homosexuality
From me to you - knife crime
She loves you - about her loving a dead man
Please please me - masochism
Hard days night - prostitution
Can't buy me love- child sex
I wanna hold your hand - decapitating women
Yesterday - senility
Help - constipation
I feel fine - VD
Need I continue I put it down to living in liverfool
Is it me, or is sad music usually the most beautiful? If you can find the beauty despite the sadness that’s where I feel the uplifting part is. That dichotomy tends to make me very introspective. I’m guessing that it does the same for others. I figure that it’s the same with horror movies. What makes it work is how an individual places him or herself in those situations. You just get the rush, but do it in a safe vicarious manner. Great topic.
or every single Sufjan Stevens record
Maybe this will be a series. Or you should expand on this topic/thread 😎
@@mazzysmusic I don't consider depressing records to be depressing, if that makes any sense. They're awesome!
The Long Cut exactly. I tried to make that point
you want it darker is a 10/10.all day..too bad the rest of the LP is just 5/10
When I used to write songs, they were always melancholy. They were just always easier for me to write. I’ve always been a sucker for those kind of songs, too. If you aren’t familiar with Brand New, check out the song “Jesus Christ”. Great, melancholy song.
I’d like to hear your top albums. What if you did one for each decade...say starting with the 70’s through today. 😉
Mazzy, listen the album Over of Peter Hammill. 1974. Better all albums of Peter Hammill and his band Van der Graaf Generator.
The silent corner and the empty stage 1973
Wonderful…
This is depressing music…
This will blow you away…
Sure…
The most cathartic music you can ever listen (Even the Ouvertures of Richard Wagner)y
Depressing? NO. These albums make you think. This usic has been made for a reason. Thanks for the video. Love you Mazzy.
Many of these are depressing, what do you mean?