Suicide Music

[rmarotti]

So I'm living in this apartment, and all of the sudden a half decent stereo shows up. It turns out it used to belong to my roomate's brother who comitted suicide. It has a 4 disc changer in it and they still holdf the 4 CDs that were in rotation when the suicide took place. They include the Velvet Undergrounds's Black album, OK Computer, and two heavy classical dics (Beethoven and Mozart, IIRC) This begs the question: if you were going to kill yourself, what albums would make up your suicide soundtrack?

[JMP300z]

Elliot smith.

-JP

[Paxosmotic]

Some form of circus music. Even suicide is best with a heavy dose of irony.

[diebitter]

Disney Classics

Clearly the theme song to M*A*S*H!

[diebitter]

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Clearly the theme song to M*A*S*H!

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This actually requires a custom compilation, here's my tuppence:

1. Suicide is Painless (theme from MASH)
2. Somebody kill me (from the Wedding Singer)
3. Don't fear the Reaper - BOC
4. Play Dead - Bjork
5. Bring me back to life - Evanescence (for the times its a cry for help)

any more?

[rmarotti]

This is a great reply.

[wacki]

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what is going on in your avatar?

[rmarotti]

Klepton is pretending to sodomize a very tired and drunk jason_t

[daveymck]

Lyrically I think Sentenced are the ultimate suicide metal band.

[diebitter]

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Exit Music - Radiohead
Good Bye Cruel World - Pink Floyd
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
The Birds Will Still Be Singing - Elvis Costello
Can't Stand Losing You - The Police
The End - The Doors

I think it is also dependent on the method of your demise as well. e.g.

"Happiness Is a Warm Gun" by the Beatles = Self-Inflicted Gunshot.

"Hang" by Matchbox 20 = Hanging

"Cut" by the Cure = Slit wrists

[rmarotti]

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And by "pretending to" i mean "is". . . .

[diebitter]

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In A Lonely Place - Joy Division
Jump - Van Halen
End of the World - REM
The Final Countdown - Europe
The Theme from 'The Great Escape'

(the last is my favourite)

[Vavavoom]

Mine would consist of :

Dirty Dancing Soundtrack
Grease Soundtrack
Disney Classics Soundtracks
Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis

[InchoateHand]

Yanni?

[wacki]

answer your IRC bitch.

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Yanni?

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No, I think the question is what would you play to accompany your suicide - not what music would actually cause you to die.

[Dave G.]

Hmm songs are easy, but albums are harder to choose. Here's my list. I'd play them in this order, and listen just to the end of the last album.

Pink Floyd - The Wall (if that's not depressing, I don't know what is)
Evanescence - Fallen (some pretty sad stuff on that)
Nirvana - In Utero (best Nirvana album, and of course a nod to Kurt Cobain)
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill (some great suicide tracks on this one)
And finally...
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. (This is depressing as well, but it's just [censored] great, if I'm going then I want to be going out to the best album ever recorded. edit: bah, you knew what I meant. Brain damage. yeah. The lyrics fit perfectly.)

A custom compilation would include:
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (this is an absolute must), I want to Break Free, Who Wants to Live Forever
Metallica - Fade to Black, One, Harvester of Sorrow, Damage Inc.
Soundgarden - Like Suicide
Depeche Mode / The Cure - Into a Darkened Room
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Motley Cure - Dancing on Glass

Ah, I spent too much time thinking about this. Fun topic though.

One song

Queen - "Another one bites the dust"

[4_2_it]

Clockwork Orange soundtrack. I think that one would keep my family in therapy the longest.

[imported_The Vibesman]

"Soul Finger" by the Bar-Kays.

[B Dids]

I don't really plan on killing myself, but if I had to listen to a lot of Elton John, I probably would.

[diebitter]

Oh, and

You are my sunshine - Marge Simpson

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I don't really plan on killing myself, but if I had to listen to a lot of Elton John, I probably would.

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This is true. Every time I hear "Rocket Man", I think about the suicide episode of Nip/Tuck where the gf with cancer offs herself while "Rocket Man" is playing.

[RacersEdge]

"Another One Bites the Dust", Queen




(sorry)

[Los Feliz Slim]

A suicide music thread without mention of Nick Drake? Shameful. Anyway, for me it's Nick Drake.

[danzasmack]

There was some special on MTV about some guy who killed himself because of bjork.

Id' pick "Hope Overture" off the Requ. for a Dream soundtrack.

The entirety of the Avalanches 'Since I Left You' album.

[wildzer0]

If I were going to jump from a building - It's Raining Men

[CollinEstes]

Nothing like alittle Daimen Rice to get you in the mood.

[Superfluous Man]

Everyday Struggle - Notorious B.I.G.
Ready To Die - Notorious B.I.G.
Suicidal Thoughts - Notorious B.I.G.
Shoot Me In the Ass - Wesley Willis
Kill That Jerk - Wesley Willis

[Swax]

it's one of my favorite albums of the 90's, but I think Portishead's "Dummy" is some of the most "checkout" music ever recorded.

[newhizzle]

just the song "suicide" by the gravediggaz

[orange]

Requiem for a dream theme song

Ride of the Rohirrim (from LOTR)

[Vish]

Why are you guys listing whole albums, or even lists of albums? You must be planning some slow suicides.

Anyway, I'd go with Cherub Rock by the Smashing Pumpkins, blasting at full volume on my iPod. Intense song, lyrics are even kind of appropriate. "Leeeeeet... let me ouuuut."
And I'd listen to it while jumping off a cliff. Yeah, I've thought about this too much.

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Requiem for a dream theme song

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Or anything else by Clint Mansell and the Kronos Quartet, for that matter. That stuff is intense as hell. I'm a fan.

Las Dos Torres Requiem Overture is the name of that theme song, according to whomever I downloaded it from. This may or may not be true. A beautifully spooky song either way.

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Requiem for a dream theme song

Ride of the Rohirrim (from LOTR)

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Nah, gotta go with "may it be", more haunting.

this is the soundtrack I play poker to, I have it memorized to a very embarassing level.

[Klepton]

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And by "pretending to" i mean "is". . . .

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lol, good times.

[jesusarenque]

Yakety Sax

[Kevmath]

"Makes No Sense at All" - Husker Du

[Harv72b]

"Fade to Black", Metallica

It's not even close.

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This begs the question: if you were going to kill yourself, what albums would make up your suicide soundtrack?

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This certainly does not beg the question.

[jason_t]

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And by "pretending to" i mean "is". . . .

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lol, good times.

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Hey baby. See you tomorrow! /images/graemlins/heart.gif

[xorbie]

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This begs the question: if you were going to kill yourself, what albums would make up your suicide soundtrack?

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This certainly does not beg the question.

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I think trying to get people to use this phrase correctly is a futile effort.

[bugstud]

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"Fade to Black", Metallica

It's not even close.

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[mblax10]

Elliot Smith "From a Basement on a Hill"
Cold "13 Ways to Bleed on Stage"

On a semi-related note, watching High Fidelty for the 500th time inspired me to make a compilation CD titled "Better to Burn out than Fade Away" featuring songs by those who left us too soon, mostly are sad or death related songs.

Elliot Smith "Fond Farewell"
Elliot Smith "King's Crossing"
Jimi Hendrix "Manic Depression"
Mother Love Bone "Man of Golden Words"
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"
Jim Croce "Time in a Bottle"
Blind Melon "Change"
Jeff Buckley "Grace"
Nirvana "On a Plain"
2Pac "How Long Will they Mourn Me"
The Doors "Waiting for the Sun"
Janis Joplin "Take a Piece of my Heart"
Alice in Chains "Rain When I Die"
Sublime "Same in the End"
Sex Pistols "God Save the Queen"

[pryor15]

a little bit of nick drake, a little bit of elliott smith, some early wilco, some old country music (i.e. "there's a tear in my beer"), and the nirvana unplugged album.