YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

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.

Tom Waits - Invitation to the Blues

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

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)

Oooh! Good ones so far!!

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!

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

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

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

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