Songs that are meant to be happy but are depressing as hell

[smurfco]

You Are My Sunshine
What A Wonderful World

What else?

 

[tiger roach]

Havin' My Baby

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Shiny Happy People

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Shiny Happy People

Came here to post this.

 

[surfsteve]

Little Bears.................................

 

[jbj]

Days - the kinks

 

[Honkridge]

Cliffs of Dover

 

[Ignored Member]

The Cat Came Back

 

[335clone]

Pumped up kicks

Born in the USA

This Land is Your Land

 

[Highernoon]

There's a classic Israeli children's album called "The 16th lamb".
One of the songs there is called "Hey, I'm not a baby anymore", it contains the lines:
Hey, I'm not a baby anymore
I dress myself
and I undress myself
At some point the last line became very depressing.

 

[Bones McHorror]

The Cat Came Back

What about this song from Brave Little Toaster.

 

[DdBob]

not on ly depressing but this gets really creepy around 2:57

 

[sunvalleylaw]

this one sounds so catchy and up beat. But it isn't. Though that was intentional, sort of like Shiny Happy People.

 

[rickenvox]

Amazing Grace - the thought of singing fucking gospel songs for 10,000 years with no end in sight is beyond depressing. Horrific? That's my idea of hell.


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[bsman]

Pumped up kicks

A song about a school shooter is supposed to be happy?!?!?

“Robert's got a quick hand
He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette, hanging out his mouth he's a cowboy kid
Yeah found a six shooter gun
In his dad's closet hidden oh in a box of fun things, I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet”

 

[sunvalleylaw]

A song about a school shooter is supposed to be happy?!?!?

“Robert's got a quick hand
He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette, hanging out his mouth he's a cowboy kid
Yeah found a six shooter gun
In his dad's closet hidden oh in a box of fun things, I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet”

Oh yeah, that reminds me.

Excitable Boy, Warren Zevon.

 

[jbj]

A song about a school shooter is supposed to be happy?!?!?

“Robert's got a quick hand
He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette, hanging out his mouth he's a cowboy kid
Yeah found a six shooter gun
In his dad's closet hidden oh in a box of fun things, I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet”

Tbf that's the first time I've read the lyrics. I'd always pegged it as a nice road trip / bbq song

 

[bsman]

Tbf that's the first time I've read the lyrics. I'd always pegged it as a nice road trip / bbq song

Yeah, bouncy little tune, but dark as Hell.

 

[Flamencology]

Pumped up kicks

Born in the USA

This Land is Your Land

No, those were meant to be depressing.

 

[wok]

Boom boom boom boom - The Vengaboys