KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhat are the most upbeat songs with kind of depressing lyrics?message-squaremessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1173arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the most upbeat songs with kind of depressing lyrics?KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square216fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareArxCyberwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-23 days ago90% 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
minus-squareTehhund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoNearly Everything by Reel Big Fish. It’s all fun ska and mostly about social anxiety, broken hearts, and substance abuse. I love them.
minus-squareArxCyberwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI’ll have to listen to that one! “I Know You Too Well to Like You Anymore” fits the bill as well. A very ugly fight between a couple who hate each other but can’t live without one another.
minus-squareTehhund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoOops, I messed up my capitalization. I just meant nearly every song by them.
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
Nearly Everything by Reel Big Fish. It’s all fun ska and mostly about social anxiety, broken hearts, and substance abuse. I love them.
I’ll have to listen to that one! “I Know You Too Well to Like You Anymore” fits the bill as well. A very ugly fight between a couple who hate each other but can’t live without one another.
Oops, I messed up my capitalization. I just meant nearly every song by them.
Absolutely this.