highland fox said:
It would no doubt sound like a cheerful little ditty compared to some of my stuff...
You got any of these HF?
I've got 1,2,4,5,6,7 and 8. So that gives me 7/10 on the miserableometer :icon_roll
From the Observer Music Monthly:
10 depressing songs
1. Black Eyed Dog, Nick Drake
'It's got to be up there - like everything he wrote'
2. Atmosphere, Joy Division
'It always takes me back to the night Ian Curtis died. Peel closed his show with it'
3. Ok Computer, Radiohead
'I had flu, played the album, and spent an extra five days in bed'
4. Getting Away With It, Electronic
'Very sad, despite its disco beat'
5. Living For The City, Stevie Wonder
'Young, gifted ... and jailed'
6. What's The Matter Here?, 10,000 Maniacs
' Beautiful, bleak, about child abuse'
7. Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday
OMM says: too bleak for words
8.The Pretender, Jackson Browne
'From a whole set of bleak tracks '
9. The Winnner Takes It All, ABBA
'Based on their own relationships'
10. Blue Valentine, Tom Waits
'Makes me want to curl up and die'