{"id":1556,"date":"2014-08-26T08:13:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T08:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2014-08-27T08:14:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T08:14:30","slug":"listening-to-music-to-cure-your-bank-holiday-blues-avoid-these-surprisingly-depressing-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/08\/26\/listening-to-music-to-cure-your-bank-holiday-blues-avoid-these-surprisingly-depressing-albums\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to music to cure your Bank Holiday blues? Avoid these surprisingly depressing albums\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the day after the weekend before, the inevitable crash landing after 3 days of glorious freedom. It\u2019s Tuesday, the day after the Bank Holiday, and you\u2019re probably feeling a bit down.<\/p>\n<p>No worries, though: you can just reach for one of the many uplifting albums in your CD collection! Well, as long as it\u2019s not one of the deceivingly depressing albums in this list, all of which appear cheerful on the surface but hide a secret darkness that could make your Bank Holiday blues even worse&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Pet Sounds &#8211; The Beach Boys<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QjFQ4JQqK_0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Beach Boys are best-known for being happy-go-lucky surfer dudes who, when they weren\u2019t carving up waves, hit the shore to write chipper tunes like <em>Good Vibrations<\/em> and <em>Surfin\u2019 USA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the cover, you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking Pet Sounds is the cheeriest album in the\u00a0<em>Beach Boys <\/em>discography, with the boys feeding cute animals at the zoo. And with songs like <em>Wouldn\u2019t It Be Nice?<\/em> and football terrace favourite <em>Sloop John B<\/em> on the tracklist, surely <em>Pet Sounds<\/em> can\u2019t be that depressing?<\/p>\n<p>Oh yes it can! Despite the occasionally cheerful instrumentation, the lyrical themes of <em>Pet Sounds<\/em> are anything but happy. <em>Wouldn\u2019t It Be Nice?<\/em> describes an ideal world that can\u2019t be achieved, while <em>I Wasn\u2019t Made For These Times<\/em> tackles social isolation and disorientation &#8211; two major themes of the album.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s before we even get to <em>Here Today<\/em> and <em>Caroline, No<\/em>, 2 heartbreaking tales of lost love. Even <em>God Only Knows<\/em>, a seemingly pretty song about love, is a bit creepy and obsessive.<\/p>\n<p>Best stick to the surfing songs if you want a pick-me-up, eh?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Whatever People Say I Am, That\u2019s What I\u2019m Not &#8211; Arctic Monkeys<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqkBRVukQmE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Arctic Monkeys\u2019 debut is full of youthful exuberance, which is no surprise considering it was written by 4 teenage boys without a care in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Well, apart from prostitution (<em>When The Sun Goes Down<\/em>). And broken relationships that are beyond repair (<em>Mardy Bum<\/em>). And the grime and seediness of Britain\u2019s nightclub scene (more or less every song).<\/p>\n<p>Alex Turner even lusts after a girl doing the robot!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>My Beautiful, Dark Twisted Fantasy &#8211; Kanye West<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bm5iA4Zupek\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to imagine Kanye West being sad about anything because any self-doubt would be drowned out by his \u00a0arrogance and ridiculous declarations of greatness.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, a surprising amount of Kanye\u2019s work is pretty sad. <em>808s and Heartbreak<\/em> is the most obvious example of a sad Kanye album, but the follow-up, the grandiose <em>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<\/em>, is equally downbeat, despite its bombastic production and Kanye\u2019s snarling delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The album was Kanye\u2019s first album post-Taylor Swift at the VMAs and it really shows. Kanye\u2019s lyrics concern lost love, self-doubt and even the odd apology for his behaviour. Even upbeat tracks like <em>Power<\/em> and <em>Dark Fantasy<\/em> see Kanye debating whether he\u2019s really as great as he thinks.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Yeezy snapped out of it, married Kim Kardashian, named his next album <em>Yeezus<\/em> and retook his throne as the most ridiculous man on the planet. Glad to have you back, Ye.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>A Rush of Blood to the Head &#8211; Coldplay<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gnIZ7RMuLpU\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Coldplay are best known for churning out inoffensive rock songs that your mum and dad enjoy, and that you enjoy while away from the judgmental eyes of your friends (spoiler: they enjoy them too). Sure, they can be glum at times but they\u2019ll never hit the same depths of despair as Radiohead&#8230;will they?<\/p>\n<p>They already have! <em>A Rush of Blood to the Head<\/em> is the album that made Coldplay global megastars, but it\u2019s also massively downbeat. <em>In My Place<\/em> describes feeling lost and alone, while <em>Clocks<\/em> sees Chris Martin wailing about missed opportunities and the rocky <em>God Put A Smile Upon Your Face<\/em> deals with existential crises. Cheery!<\/p>\n<p>Then there is <em>The Scientist<\/em>, one of the biggest pop tearjerkers ever written. Honestly, even Thom Yorke would think this one is bit moody.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, all that gloom paid off as <em>A Rush of Blood to the Head<\/em> was voted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-blogs\/why-radio-2-listeners-voting-coldplays-album-favourite-of-all-time-is-kind-of-ok\">best album of all time by Radio 2 listeners in 2013.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Gold &#8211; ABBA<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iUrzicaiRLU\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now hang on a minute: everyone loves ABBA. They\u2019re the soundtrack to wedding receptions everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Well, they shouldn\u2019t be because <em>Gold<\/em>, the 2nd best selling album of all time in the UK, is as gloomy as they come. The album charts the gradual break-up of the \u00a02 couples in the band through the medium of upbeat pop songs, with <em>Knowing Me Knowing You<\/em> (Alan Partridge\u2019s favourite ABBA song) and <em>The Winner Takes It All<\/em> just 2 examples of heartbreak and hopelessness. Excuse us while we get this thing out of our eye&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Blimey, it\u2019s all a bit too much really, isn\u2019t it? The good news is that you can <a title=\"sell any of these albums with musicMagpie\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-cds\/\">sell any of these albums with musicMagpie<\/a> and make some cash for cheerful music! <a title=\"Click here to start selling\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/start-selling\/\">Click here to start selling<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the day after the weekend before, the inevitable crash landing after 3 days of glorious freedom. It\u2019s Tuesday, the day after the Bank Holiday, and you\u2019re probably feeling a bit down. No worries, though: you can just reach for one of the many uplifting albums in your CD collection! &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3385,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions\/3385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}