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What are the most upbeat songs with kind of depressing lyrics?

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  • K [email protected]

    The two I can think of are:

    • It's Not Unusual
    • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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    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)
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      Pumped up kicks

      Under the bridge Red Hot Chilli Peppers

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      • K [email protected]

        The two I can think of are:

        • It's Not Unusual
        • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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        Class A Team

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        • K [email protected]

          The two I can think of are:

          • It's Not Unusual
          • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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          Mmmm Bop

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            Living La Vida Loca and Macerena are both pretty dark.

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            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.

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              I wish that I could fly!

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              • K [email protected]

                The two I can think of are:

                • It's Not Unusual
                • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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                Semi-charmed Life

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                • W [email protected]

                  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.

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                  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

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                    Nice, I scrolled the comments hoping I'd find this one

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                    • snowpix@lemmy.caS [email protected]

                      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

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                      Absolutely this.

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                      • K [email protected]

                        The two I can think of are:

                        • It's Not Unusual
                        • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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                        A lot of Elliott Smith songs.

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                        • K [email protected]

                          The two I can think of are:

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                          • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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                          Renai circulation, from the monogatari series. It's super cute but hidden inside is a cry for help.

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                          • K [email protected]

                            The two I can think of are:

                            • It's Not Unusual
                            • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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                            Ring around the rosey

                            And

                            Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear

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                              Pumped up kicks

                              Under the bridge Red Hot Chilli Peppers

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                              Came here to post pumped up kicks

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                              • K [email protected]

                                The two I can think of are:

                                • It's Not Unusual
                                • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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                                Radiohead - No Surprises

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                                  Mmmm Bop

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                                  No that song doesn't exist in this timeline

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                                  • K [email protected]

                                    The two I can think of are:

                                    • It's Not Unusual
                                    • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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                                    on melancholy hill - gorillaz

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                                    • K [email protected]

                                      The two I can think of are:

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                                      • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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                                      Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes

                                      Mew - She came Home for Christmas

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                                      • K [email protected]

                                        The two I can think of are:

                                        • It's Not Unusual
                                        • Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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                                        I think I have the best answer here: Gwar - Rock N Roll Never Felt So Good

                                        Lyrics

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                                        • K [email protected]

                                          The two I can think of are:

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                                          Bullet by Hollywood undead.

                                          Singing about killing himself in a super upbeat song, even has kids at the end going "I wish that I could fly, way up in the sky", the part where he was singing about jumping off a skyscraper.

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