[snausages]

Neil Young - Cortez the Killer

 

[stereth]

Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name. Epic and haunting...reflections from death row.

Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive-By. Simple and sad; leaving someone behind.

Cold - about half the songs off 13 Ways To Bleed Onstage.

OMC - Breaking My Heart.

Matchbox20 - Back 2 Good. Cynicism and desperation.

Most everything by Silverchair. The most depressed of those that I've heard, if not the most powerful, is Untitled from the Godzilla soundtrack.

 

[FalconP]

Quote:

Originally posted by Arzela oops, forgot "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda", by the Pogues

The Canadian singer John McDermott did a very moving version of this song, which can be found (together with many war-related songs) on the album Battlefield of Green -- I'm personally very attached to this album, as it has help me through a very difficult period of my life.

Another heart-render on this album is "Faded Coat of Blue" a song about a young Union soldier who died in the American Civil War:

Quote:

THE FADED COAT OF BLUE My brave lad sleeps in his faded coat of blue. In a lonely grave unknown lies the heart that beat so true. He sank faint and hungry among the famished brave, And they laid him sad and lonely within his nameless grave. No more the bugle calls the weary one. Rest, noble spirit, in thy grave unknown. I'll find you and know you among the good and true When a robe of white is given for the faded coat of blue. He cried, "Give me water and just a little crumb, And my mother she will bless you for all the years to come. Please tell me sweet sister so gentle, good, and true That I'll meet her up in heaven in my faded coat of blue." Long, long years have passed, and though he comes no more, Yet my heart will startling beat with each footfall at my door. I gaze o'er the hill where he waved his last adieu, But no gallant lad I see in his faded coat of blue. (J.H. McNaughton)

June Tabor is another marvellous singer who is worth getting depressed about -- a husky voice that is extremely expressive. There is absolutely no one else who sings like her.

Some of her albums suffer from bad song choices, but Angel Tiger and Aleyn are all good: especially Sudden Waves and All this Useless Beauty (yes, by Elvis Castello) on the former and the fiddler and Johnny O'Bredislee on the latter.

 

[Old Pa]

Tonio K - "H-A-T-R-E-D"
Frank Zappa - "Broken Hearts are for ********"
Lyle Lovett - "L.A. County"

 

[Lion Zion]

Holy cow- I love Tonio K. Thank you for reminding me about him. I will have to have a "Life in the Food Chain" session later today!

 

[bjjp2]

Violent Femmes--"Good Feelings"

 

[shawnbowski]

Non-Phixion "Say Good Bye To Yesterday"