ronniegwilliams Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 So there's been so much unneeded hostility on here as of recent, so I was thinking, what might crush that? Probably the thing that binds all of us as people- we all go through tough shit. So, with that said, I want to know what bands have gotten you through the tough times, and why. Because this is my thread, I feel that I can make a couple of rules, the only rule being: no shit talking on someone else's response, so if Good Charlotte's "The Young and the Hopeless" got them through an awful breakup, leave it be. So here are some of the bands that have gotten me through a bunch of bullshit. Obviously, because I'm a hopeless romantica art fag, most of these have to do with girls. Saves the Day- this band has been through every meet, greet, makgirleup, and breakup with a dame. The first girl I ever thought I was falling for introduced me to "Through Being Cool" and they've been with me ever since. Key songs: Third Engine, Sell All My Old Clothes I'm Off To Heaven, Nightingale, Jesse and My Whetstone American Nightmare- I was listening to a lot of tough guy hardcore before I got into these guys, and after reading Eisold's lyrics I was blown away. I didn't know that those types of songs could be about girls. "Background Music" is one of the greatest lyrical records ever. Key songs: Hearts, (We Are), Postmark My Compass, Crush Of The Year The Smiths- no one is a sadder bastard than Morrissey, yet he finds a way to put it in the most optimistic of ways. Any time I'm down in the dumps I can throw on "Strangeways" and be instantly uplifted. Key songs: Ask, This Charming Man, Girlfriend In A Coma, William, It Was Really Nothing I'm sure there's a ton more, but these three get me every time. So let's hear what everyone else has to say, unless you're all too busy making fun of one another; if that's the case, just make fun of me instead. LPancakes, smash2pieces and unwound 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 grodj sale sadderdey i need ta pay my heart's outstaaaaaanding bills BobbyHill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Have been lucky enough to not have to go to any funerals except for older relatives who had lived full lives, but Lagwagon - Resolve will be were I turn when i inevitably do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unwound Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Great thread topic man. Mine wasnt a break up with a girl, but it might as well of been. My best friend of 24 years moved away from my small, desolate desert town. It was raining as I was seeing him off, and I listening to Enter by Russian circles driving away. I lost it when "you already did" came on. Just pulled over and cried listening to that album on repeat. I'm lucky to exist on a planet where people can make music like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnstiles Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 The Good Life, Blackout. donttchange 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpearin Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Time for some sad bastard music. Songs ----- Jets to Brazil - "Sea Anemone" Weakerthans - "Everything Must Go!" Promise Ring - "Stop Playing Guitar" Ben Kweller - "Family Tree" Delay - "Whomever" Elliott Smith - "Stupidity Tries" Flaming Lips - "Waiting For Superman" Exploding Hearts - "Sleeping Aides & Razorblades" Hank Williams - "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" Thin Lizzy - "Cowboy Song" Albums ----- Elliott Smith - XO Kid Dakota - So Pretty. Pedro The Lion - Winners Never Quit Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site Colossal - Welcome The Problems Colossal - Brave The Elements Jawbreaker - Dear You Smoking Popes - Destination Failure Sidekicks - Weight Of Air frappucino517 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies. For unspeakable acts bestowed upon me in the 90's, this album allowed me to eat, sleep and show teeth when I smiled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Lucero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Lucero This is definitely one on my list as well, Nichols knows what the fuck he's talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daegor Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Argyle Park - Misguided Blindside - S/T through to About A Burning Fire Celldweller - S/T Chevelle - Wonder What's Next Circle Of Dust - Disengage Delta-S - Chasm Level - Denial (uuuuhg, go listen to Mirror, the lyrics are beyond wrenching http://youtu.be/oG3eWW2DknQ ) mewithoutYou's first three albums Neverending White Lights - Act 1: Goodbye Friends Of The Heavenly Bodies Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Project 86 - Truthless Heroes & Songs To Burn Your Bridges By Relient K - mmhmm Showbread - Anorexia Nervosa Stavesacre - Everything ever Teargas & Plateglass - Everything ever (quite the opposite effect of nearly everything else here though...) Training For Utopia - Throwing A Wrench Into The American Music Machine Tweaker - 2 a.m. Wakeup Call Zao - Where Blood And Fire Bring Rest through to The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withengineheart Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Low- Curtain Hits The Cast Slint- Spiderland Radiohead- Kid A Isis- Panopticon Regina Spektor- Songs TV On The Radio- Return To Cookie Mountain Do Make Say Think- YYAHIR Converge- You Fail Me Crosby Stills Nash- S/T Frightened Rabbit- Winter Of Mixed Drinks Pelican- The Fire In Our Throats.. Vehemence- God Was Created Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonsofvipers Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Pianos Become the Teeth - The Lack Long After is my go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKKRzemX_w Embedding fucking sucks. Louis Armstrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 screw tough times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thebiglebowski Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Lots of stuff I've never heard of in here, but I definitely don't consider Alkaline Trio or Jawbreaker sad bastard music. That last song kinda reminded me of this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipsterasfolk Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Ceremony, probably some of the most relaxing music I own. They may seem all hxc and stuff, but their musical composition and lyrics are poetry in motion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomfortunepa Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Your emotions are nothing but politics. So get control. jhook 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfreliable Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Time for some sad bastard music. Hank Williams - "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" Amazing song, but this song actually picks me up and makes me laugh and realize how good I got things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchorclose Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Number One Fan- Compromises...leaned hard on this record a few years ago. Very simple, heart-felt songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhook Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 This all day long.... http://youtu.be/Tg09X5uhoOE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smash2pieces Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Awesome thread ronnie. Hope this will help some people out! Mae - Bloom City and Colour - Against the Grain The Menzingers - Sun Hotel Promise of Redemption - When The Flowers Bloom (make sure you read what this album is written about before listening) Lydia - Best Nights Saves the Day - Through Being Cool Jimmy Eat World - 23 Man Overboard - Atlas Death Cab for Cutie - Bixby Canyon Bridge; Brothers on a Hotel Bed City Lights - Where You've Been Stanley and the Search - Chin Up The Hotel Year - An Ode to the Night Ratz Club Jack's Mannequin - Swim; Hammers & Strings; (Also pretty much all of Everything in Transit) The Dangerous Summer - Reach For the Sun (whole album) Misser - Stay Asleep The Wonder Years - I Was Scared and I'm Sorry; Came Out Swinging Conditions - Make Them Remember (has a good message, but most of their music does) Me Vs. Hero - Days That Shape Our Lives Real Friends - Anchor Down That's all I can think of for right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popscratch Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I've had quite a few and most are about losing relationships with really good friends: Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends. Losing one of my best friends (not like him dying, he just became this person that all cared about was people liking him for how he looked) Also, Louder Now by Taking Back Sunday especially My Blue Heaven. Relient K - mmhmm. I remember me trying to fit in with a group of friends that would never accept me. And the line "I'm still waiting for you to be the one I'm waiting for" really stuck with me. Paramore - All We Know Is Falling. I had one friend do some pretty messed up stuff to me in elementary school and this album really helped me through it. A couple years ago I bought the record and framed it, and have kept it there since. Every time I see it, it reminds me of how much it helped me. I honestly don't know how 11 year old me would have gotten through that time without it. taylo234 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Frightened Rabbit- Good Arms vs Baf Arms One of the simplest, yet most powerful lines ever: 'I don't want you back, but I want to kill him.' withengineheart, anchorclose and 000000 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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