The most depressing song I've ever heard

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:52 pm

Download and listen.

It's a cover of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and I swear to God I had to get up and walk around in an attempt to prevent suicide. (Does this actually help? Ben?)

It's even worse if you imagine a boy desperately longing for a sex change operation singing as our narrator.

I feel ... unwell. Unsettled. Unwholesomeingesque... something...

... I don't know if this was included as part of a larger album, but you know how the Division Bell came with that little flickering LED bulb? This should come with a jar of adrenaline.

Lysander · Post by **Lysander** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:00 am

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:10 pm

Indeed, great song. I took the meaning differently, though... I thought Ben meant it to be about a young man, a bit of a philanderer, but not the creepy/sleazy middle-aged-man-with-a-combover type... Just a kid enjoying his youth and sexuality and paying penance for it.

Then again, I don't think I've listened as closely to it as you have.

Oh, and you call it the most important recording of 2006, but that cover is at least two years old... I had it in my collection, but have since gone through two generations of computers since then. It got lost somewhere in that time, so thanks for posting the file!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:00 pm

Thom wrote:Indeed, great song. I took the meaning differently, though... I thought Ben meant it to be about a young man, a bit of a philanderer, but not the creepy/sleazy middle-aged-man-with-a-combover type... Just a kid enjoying his youth and sexuality and paying penance for it.

Then again, I don't think I've listened as closely to it as you have.

The truly great, truly lasting songs offer many possible interpretations! (And, through their various interations, Lou Albano.)

Oh, and you call it the most important recording of 2006, but that cover is at least two years old... I had it in my collection, but have since gone through two generations of computers since then. It got lost somewhere in that time, so thanks for posting the file!

Any time! I'm trying to recall where I first found it, but I'm at a loss. It was unlikely that I just started typing "Cyndi Lauper cover" into Google or what have you. Ah, well.