Depression songs!!!

[RunsWithDogs]

Anyone got a favorite song that expresses/demonstrates/explains/is about depression?

Crying in the Rain - Everly Brothers recording, or the A-Ha recording.

Hurt- NIN or Johnny Cash.

[Fredbo]

Tom Waits - Invitation to the Blues

Feels like it's me in that song. Sooo sad & good.

[ghughes1980]

Flowers on the wall -The Statler Brothers
Boot Camp -Soundgarden
Bang Bang -Nancy Sinatra
I hung my head -Johnny Cash
Look out there's a monster coming -Bonzo Do Dog Band (don't buy it? listen to the lyrics and get back to me)

[RunsWithDogs]

Oooh! Good ones so far!!

[ghughes1980]

Ones that keep getting selected by iTunes in my random playlist:
Dumb -Nirvana
Manic Depression -Jimmi Hendrix (obvious right? No one said I was complicated)
Pieces of What -MGMT
Schizophrenia -Jukebox the ghost
Big Rock candy Mountain -Harry McClintock (speaks to my desire to leave society and ride the rails )
Ship of Fools -The Doors (Really all of Morrison Hotel is depressing but really good at the same time)
I am not a Robot -Maria and the Diamonds


Shuffle isn't random! Shuffle feeds depression a happy meal!

[AnotherMe]

Hi Everyone. Here's my list:

Some of these songs are obvious while some just generate those feelings.

Brain Damage - Pink Floyd
Paranoia in B Flat Major - The Avett Brothers
It Makes No Difference - The Band
Seeing Things for The First Time - Black Crowes
Miles From Nowhere - Cat Stevens
Trouble - Cat Stevens
Raining In Baltimore - Counting Crows
Goodnight L.A. - Counting Crows
Carry Me To Home - The Deadly Gentlemen
Circle - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
Dreaming With A Broken Heart - John Mayer
Hold On - Sarah McLachlan
This Is The Song (Good Luck) - Punch Brothers
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel
No Weight - Mandolin Orange

[weary]

Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Pictures of You - The Cure
Breaking Us In Two - Joe Jackson
Sad Songs (Say So Much) - Elton John
Runway Train - Soul Asylum
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Could've Had Everything - P!nk
The Bed Song - Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
Just Give Me A Reason - P!nk featuring Nate Ruess

[Blake]

Wanted to add a few to the mix.

Moby - Pale Horses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6oOAyL281U

Placebo - In the Cold Light of Morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN36RrVoii8

Depeche Mode - Waiting for the night to fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z-fyNdnOKE

Gary Numan - One perfect lie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QtLbrXXU0U

[Luna]

My all time favoite is Modest Mouse. If you don't listen to Modest Mouse when you're depressed you're missing out - Polar Opposites. Whenever You Breathe Out. Alone Down There. 3rd Planet. My favorite is probably Bankrupt On Selling, it sums up feeling hopeless quite nicely.
other good ones are
Iron & Wine - The Trapeze Swinger, Sodom South Georgia
Elliott Smith - King's Crossing, Angeles, Twilight, Between the Bars (or literally and other elliott smith song)
the Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down
Girls - Vomit
Bob Dylan - I Shall be Released
Bon Iver - Beach Baby
Smashing Pumpkins - Soma, Luna, This Time
Cat Power - Maybe Not, Moonshiner, Say, Still in Love
Daniel Johnston - Spirit World Rising
Waxahatchee - Grass Stains
The Mountain Goats - This Year, Dilaudid, Wild Sage
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
Wilco - Radio Cure
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day, All the Trees