Saturday, January 10, 2009

I Hate Myself, i.e., Songs About Self-Pity

Here's another musical theme question. What are some songs that wallow in self-pitying, self-loathing (or at least self-depreciation), or self-objectification?

Here are a few.

Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams



Crying - Roy Orbison

It's My Party - Leslie Gore or Bryan Ferry



What Kind of Fool am I? - Sammy Davis Jr. or Tony Bennett

I'm a Loser - The Beatles

Baby's in Black - The Beatles

In My Room - The Beach Boys

I Wanna Be your Dog - The Stooges

Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Rondstat

You and Me Against the World - Helen Reddy

53rd and 3rd - The Ramones

Pinhead - The Ramones

Pretty Vacant - The Sex Pistols

Seventeen - The Sex Pistols



Boredom - The Buzzcocks

Who Said - Richard Hell and the Voidoids

Life Stinks - Pere Ubu

55 Times the Pain - Husker Du

I Felt Like a Gringo - The Minutemen



Milk It - Nirvana



Rape Me - Nirvana

Deformography - Marilyn Manson

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