What are the most upbeat songs with kind of depressing lyrics?
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Jonathan Coulton has a bunch of these. "I Feel Fantastic" "Betty and Me" "Blue Sunny Day" "Shop Vac" "Chiron Beta Prime" "Future Soon" off the top of my head. "Skullcrusher Mountain" and "Re: Your Brains" to a lesser degree.
shop vac has been playing in my head on loop for a few weeks and it's been more than a decade since i last heard it. it's so depressing.
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
I think Enola Gay by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is a perfect example.
It sounds upbeat and fun but it's about the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Some of the lyrics are incredibly powerful and I still get chills when I hear it.
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Jonathan Coulton has a bunch of these. "I Feel Fantastic" "Betty and Me" "Blue Sunny Day" "Shop Vac" "Chiron Beta Prime" "Future Soon" off the top of my head. "Skullcrusher Mountain" and "Re: Your Brains" to a lesser degree.
I love Future Soon.
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No Rain by Blind Melon... literally a song about deep depression with upbeat music
wrote last edited by [email protected]He committed suicide not long after that song hit the charts.
Looking at wikipedia it was longer than I thought
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
wrote last edited by [email protected]I know that there are probably a lot that I'm forgetting but here are the ones I remember:
No more crying by Sound Holic (lyrics)
Border of my life by Sound Holic (lyrics)
THE END by A-One
IT IS SO by A-One
U.N. Owen Was Her? by A-One
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Timothy by The Buoys is a very happy song about men trapped in a mine collapse cannibalizing each other to survive.
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Mack the Knife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ0OOHLWo4w
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
pretty much anything by third eye blind
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
wrote last edited by [email protected]Zero 7 - Waiting to die
Snowpix mentioned lots of ska/ska punk I gotta agree, my pick is The Aquabats - chemical bomb
Maybe a bit of a stretch but just running with the musical tone doesn't match the lyrics Ben Folds - bitches ain't shit cover
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkrb4h4weW4
I can probably put some more but this one has been on me for a while.
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Pumped up kicks
Under the bridge Red Hot Chilli Peppers
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Mmmm Bop
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Living La Vida Loca and Macerena are both pretty dark.
The fact that macarena has been played at nearly every wedding I've been to is diabolical.
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It's a little more than kind of depressing but Bullet by Hollywood Undead comes to mind.
I wish that I could fly!
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Semi-charmed Life
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Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind is the usual one I see brought up.
Push by Matchbox 20 and Possum Kingdom by Toadies are arguable ones.
Also, Richard Cheese covers a lot of raunchy and dark stuff in a vegas lounge singer style. Rape Me sung in a cheesy upbeat tone is a trip.
I wouldn't say Push is up-beat. Or at least the fact that the refrain is so openly negative undercuts that vibe with immediacy, in comparison with Semi-Charmed Life, for example, where you don't realize it's all horrible unless you pay close attention.
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Hey Ya - Outkast
Nice, I scrolled the comments hoping I'd find this one
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90% of ska/ska punk music is like this. A few examples:
"The Science of Selling Yourself Short" - Less Than Jake
"Beer" - Reel Big Fish
"Struggler" and "I Don't Love You Anymore" - Bomb the Music Industry!
"The Last Bell I Will Ever Hear", "1-800-ALARM-ME" and "Last on my List" - The Arrogant Sons of Bitches
"Ska Dream" and "Checkerboard Ashtray" - Jeff Rosenstock
"A Better Place, a Better Time" and "As the Footsteps Die Out Forever" - Streetlight Manifesto
Absolutely this.
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The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
A lot of Elliott Smith songs.
