Most depressing record ever
Posted by: Kevin-W on 09 April 2003
Last night I was listening to Scott Walker's 1995 album "Tilt" (hadn't heard it in about 6 years).
Is it me, or is it not the most depressing record ever made? God knows what the execs at Fontana thought when he presented it to them.
There's just something about it which depresses me utterly - it's not anything to do with quality (in the way that, say, Bowie's "Never Let Me down" is depressing, because it's just so terrible), it's just so... well, depressing.
It's much more of a downer than other depressing records, like the Floyd's "Animals".
But I "like"listening to it because it's not boring. Just, er, "challenging".
Anyone think of anything more depressing?
Posted on: 10 April 2003 by Gunnar Jansson
Surprises me that no one´s mentioned Smith´s yet.
There a lot too choose from them.
Like:
-Asleep
-Girlfriend in a coma
-there´s a light that never goes out
and lots more....
Enjoy!
Gunnar
Posted on: 10 April 2003 by Steve Catterall
quote:
Surprises me that no one´s mentioned Smith´s yet.
That's because they're not at all depressing.
Highly Amusing or Wonderfully melancholic but never depressing
Posted on: 10 April 2003 by Tim Jones
At least two of us have, Gunnar.
Posted on: 10 April 2003 by Gunnar Jansson
Tim.
Your absolutely right about that. Sorry, my mistake.
Steve.
Highly amusing? Then either I don´t understand english that good or I lack humour.
I have a hard time finding anything close to positve thinking in Mozzers lyrics.
BTW on the subject on "The kids", it´s a myth.
A bissare one though.
regards
Gunnar
Posted on: 11 April 2003 by Pete
quote:
Originally posted by Steve Catterall:
That's because they're not at all depressing.
Highly Amusing or Wonderfully melancholic but never depressing
Often the case, but How Soon Is Now, as I pointed out higher up the thread, is pretty heavy stuff if you've just, say, come back from a club where you went and stood on your own, left for home on your own, got there, cried and wanted to die.
Meat Is Murder isn't exactly a pile of laffs either.
Pete.
Posted on: 11 April 2003 by Steve Catterall
quote:
Meat Is Murder isn't exactly a pile of laffs either.
Indeed not ... but its not depressing either ... unless you're one of those stinky meat eaters
Posted on: 11 April 2003 by Bruce Woodhouse
Billy Bragg-Levi Stubb's Tears
'With the money from her accident she bought herself a mobile home, so at least she could get some enjoyment out of being alone...
...her husband was one of those blokes, the sort that only laugh at his only jokes, the sort the war takes away, and when their wasn't a war he left anyway' etc.
Bragg has the ability to make me wince and laugh out load in the space of two tracks. ('The people from your church agree, its not much of a career-trying the handles of parked cars. Whoops-there goes another year, whoops ther goes another pint of beer'.)
Great stuff
Bruce
Posted on: 12 April 2003 by john rubberneck
Anyone think of anything more depressing?
Yeh the blue nile
A walk across the rooftops
Stuart
