I can watch a movie and feel sad. I watched Requiem For A Dream and didn't smile for a year and a half.
But music, which is supposed to be full of feeling and emotion, rarely has a negative effect on me. There are songs that I find sad, but nothing that makes me sad as a result of its sadness.
Here's a shot at it, though:
"Friend of a Friend" by Foo Fighters.
This is just a fucking depressing song, not only because of the acoustic guitar and tempo, but the subject matter. It was written when Grohl first joined Nirvana about Kurt Cobain (y'know, before he died). Lines like "He's never been in love, but he knows just what love is," and "He thinks he drinks too much, 'cause when he tells his two best friends, 'I think I drink too much,' no one speaks" are just heartbreaking. They may not be the best-written lines in music history (they were written by Grohl still early in his music career), but they pack a wallop for me.
It's just sad, very sad.
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