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szurcio · Post by **szurcio** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:12 am

The Cure's "Faith" (whole album)

MFXxx · Post by **MFXxx** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:31 am

Adele

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:46 am

Its all relative to what we're used to.
I recall when I was into death metal and when Jungle came out I thought it was totally depressing and dark.

StudioDave · Post by **StudioDave** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:41 pm

The Billboard Top 100 for any given week of the year.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 2:10 am

Dowland, in my estimation must have been the most advanced musician around at that time.
Anyway, this is just amazing, the Gesualdoesque leaps of musical imagination, with no preparation, & the abrupt mixing of (minor-major) modes.
The unresolved tension at the end is foreshadowed in the earlier verse in a literally stunning moment. Me, I prefer to stay away from suicidal ideations and the like but a couple of Dowland compositions are irresistible to me.

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 6:33 am

Brendan Perry, both in Dead Can Dance and solo. He's got a great voice. A goth Tony Bennett.

"The Cardinal Sin" from DCD's "Spleen and Ideal"

"The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" from his solo "Ark". I guess this would technically class as a jeremiad. Really stellar synth work on this.

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 6:46 am

szurcio wrote:The Cure's "Faith" (whole album)

"Closer" by Joy Division. The whole album. RIP Ian.

"The Eternal"

gratte · Post by **gratte** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:56 am

This version of "Soldier in the Rain" with Doc Severinsen is one of my favorite songs ever. Especially awesome when the strings come in at 1:45.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:55 am

No mention of Nick Cave? Philistines.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:10 am

szurcio wrote:The Cure's "Faith" (whole album)

Brilliant album

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:13 pm

More depressing than the original imo.

StudioDave · Post by **StudioDave** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 2:08 pm

Greetings from the wasteland,

jancivil wrote:...Dowland, in my estimation must have been the most advanced musician around at that time...

Here's a thought: Some of those agile lute parts he wrote as accompaniments are worthy enough to be played as solos. Here's another: He likely played and sang his pieces, i.e. he was both singer and player, at least we have no indication to the contrary. Given the complexity of parts in a song like Come Heavy Sleep that's a remarkable level of skill.

... the Gesualdoesque leaps ...

Thanks for that.

Not exactly Mister Happy himself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gesualdo

Best,

dp

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 5:08 am

Yeah, Gesualdo has these moments where suddenly the style factor has jumped ahead in time a few centuries, there are a few of these in that Dowland piece.
Gesualdo got away with murder, as a prince...

Someone I consider my #1 fan is also a big proponent of Gesualdo's music (and Gentle Giant).

As for Come Heavy Sleep, Ben Britten flipped the script

I saw Bream do this in... I'm not sure anymore, mid to late 70s

woggle · Post by **woggle** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 5:46 am

if we are moving into the sublime and contemplative as a sort of "beautifully depressing" then this is one of my all time favourite songs/performances

StudioDave · Post by **StudioDave** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:48 am

jancivil wrote:...As for Come Heavy Sleep, Ben Britten flipped the script ...

Yes, he did.

I saw Bream do this in... I'm not sure anymore, mid to late 70s

Sounds right. I saw him in Ann Arbor a couple times, maybe in Cleveland too. I don't recall hearing him play the Nocturnal, though that was the period during which it replaced the Bach Chaconne as the classical guitarist's Giant Steps. I read through it a few times to acquaint myself with the score but could never meet its technical demands for performance. For one concert Bream played Henze's Winter Music (? title), a big rambling sonata that he actually read from the score (i.e. not from memory, rather unusual). I remember wondering how on Earth he could read it, he had it spread over the floor in front of his feet.

Got to see him play with John Williams too. Another memorable show.

Sorry, not very depressing.

Best,

dp

Most depressing music you know of?