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Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

RoundTheBend — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:06:13 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 12/15/2017 00:06

rkm wrote:

I hear you. I didn't mean it's actually a positive thing. It was just an observation. Numbing out is an option, but not really a good one. This gets back to why I like U2: they don't ignore the state of the world, but bring hope into the equation. Maybe this is the crux of why people DON'T like U2: they've relinquished their own idealism and therefore don't find Bono's idealism to be believable?

Oh -sorry I misread that. Disassociation is totally a survival method for a reason.

Also incredibly valid point about U2. Even I at times find it a bit too hopeful, but if you know their background and you know their sincerity, it actually is extremely powerful message, innit?

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 07:27:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/14/2017 12:27

Norman Bates wrote:

Even in a 'most depressing LP of 2017' thread, Radiohead has to turn up :lol:

slightly depressing indeed! 😄

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

Norman Bates — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 01:20:36 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 12/14/2017 06:20

Even in a 'most depressing LP of 2017' thread, Radiohead has to turn up 🤣

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

rkm — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:40:55 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 12/14/2017 05:40

sethmadsen wrote:

rkm wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

For me it's honest. And I like honest music. But I see where you're coming from.

Complete devoid of hope... well for me that's this album:

Hail To The Thief by Radiohead

I think the trajectory of Radiohead is one of relinquishing hope and opting for numbness instead, paralleled by an embrace of electronics. For someone who feels too much, it's a relief not to feel.

I'm glad that's a positive thing for you.

I actually like this album, but sometimes I ha(d)ve a hard time listening to it because it's dissociative lyrics are at times hitting home too much - not only from a mental health standpoint but from a modern society desensitization standpoint. It kills me.

I suppose like you were saying about Pure Comedy, I feel liberated because he's talking about the source of the issues often and not just the symptoms - meaning he's actually clearly stating problems in a very honest way.

I feel like Radiohead is only showing the symptoms and the unknown - and discusses the same thing in a much more derogatory way.

Some lyrics for example:
It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now

Sometimes I feel like I'm being waterboarded when I hear this song (yet I love this song):
Hey! (Stand up)
We can wipe you out anytime
We can wipe you out (Sit down)
Anytime
Anytime

idk - I'll stop there, but here's the lyrics of the whole album:
https://genius.com/albums/Radiohead/Hail-to-the-thief

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

RoundTheBend — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 21:11:03 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 12/14/2017 02:11

rkm wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

For me it's honest. And I like honest music. But I see where you're coming from.

Complete devoid of hope... well for me that's this album:

Hail To The Thief by Radiohead

I think the trajectory of Radiohead is one of relinquishing hope and opting for numbness instead, paralleled by an embrace of electronics. For someone who feels too much, it's a relief not to feel.

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

Lowkey — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:29:35 GMT

Author: Lowkey

Posted: 12/13/2017 15:29

Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 by Lil Peep

easily this, nothing comes close

mount eerie would probably be #2

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

pearljammer13 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:25:12 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 12/13/2017 15:25

I actually had to turn off "A Crow Looked At Me" because I couldn't handle it. Forget 2017, it might take the all time cake.

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

rkm — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 02:48:36 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 12/13/2017 07:48

sethmadsen wrote:

For me it's honest. And I like honest music. But I see where you're coming from.

Complete devoid of hope... well for me that's this album:

Hail To The Thief by Radiohead

I think the trajectory of Radiohead is one of relinquishing hope and opting for numbness instead, paralleled by an embrace of electronics. For someone who feels too much, it's a relief not to feel.

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

rkm — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 02:44:21 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 12/13/2017 07:44

I concede to "A Crow Looked At Me".

This song is off topic but on topic.

The lyric, "despair is never worse than the despair that death brings"

Link

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

RoundTheBend — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:45:48 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 12/13/2017 05:45

Daydreamer wrote:

Tap wrote:

maybe it's just me but I think it's this one

A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie

This one

I quadruple this one.

Anyone who has dealt with death of a direct family member/someone you spent every day with for years, this just hits way too home.

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

RoundTheBend — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:44:49 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 12/13/2017 05:44

rkm wrote:

Mount Eerie is incredibly sad, about death and grief, but the reason Pure Domedy is more depressing to me, is that it's a demolition of faith in anything and everything. It's devoid of hope.

For me it's honest. And I like honest music. But I see where you're coming from.

Complete devoid of hope... well for me that's this album:

Hail To The Thief by Radiohead

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

Tha1ChiefRocka — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:59:07 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 12/12/2017 19:59

Pure Comedy, to me, is just post-modern cynical fuckery, while A Crow Looked At Me is true agony.

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

rkm — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:43:07 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 12/12/2017 18:43

Mount Eerie is incredibly sad, about death and grief, but the reason Pure Domedy is more depressing to me, is that it's a demolition of faith in anything and everything. It's devoid of hope.

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

Hayden — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:33:34 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/12/2017 18:33

Jorbaa wrote:

Depressing because of the let down. I'm not the only one who feels about that, their half empty concerts are evidence enough. Everything then, Nothing now.

I was going to be a smart ass and post this, but you beat me to it. Genuinely brought my spirits down though... such a mess.

But yeah, Phil takes the cake (Danny Brown agrees).

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

sunnydhamm — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:00:50 GMT

Author: sunnydhamm

Posted: 12/12/2017 18:00

It's gotta be A Crow Looked At Me, no contest

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

Jorbaa — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:37:06 GMT

Author: Jorbaa

Posted: 12/12/2017 17:37

Everything Now by Arcade Fire

Depressing because of the let down. I'm not the only one who feels about that, their half empty concerts are evidence enough. Everything then, Nothing now.

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

Jorbaa — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:31:15 GMT

Author: Jorbaa

Posted: 12/12/2017 17:31

Science Fiction by Brand New

Depressing because of it's content.
Depressing because it's their announced final album.
Depressing because it will forever be overshadowed by the sexual misconduct.

Most depressing of 2017 because ''in the beginning of the year you awaited the release of your favorite artist, only to have doubts about them at the end of 2017''.

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

Daydreamer — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:32:47 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 12/12/2017 12:32

Tap wrote:

maybe it's just me but I think it's this one

A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie

This one

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

CharlieBarley — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 06:54:49 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 12/12/2017 11:54

Low In High School by Morrissey

not because of the usual miserabilist content (which I usually love) but most depressing because it was such a disappointment

Re: Most Depressing Album: 2017

Tap — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 06:51:30 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 12/12/2017 11:51

maybe it's just me but I think it's this one

A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie