Just for fun, songs which are about self deprecation.

[AAT65]

Carter USM, unparalleled masters of the self deprecating feelbad song, with The Final Comedown…
It’s a victory worth sharing
We should celebrate I think
With the Bloodiest of Marys
But I’m too f***ed to drink…

 

[memorex]

 

[posttoastie]

 

[Pcs264]

One of the greatest opening linrs in the blues: “Nobody loves me but my mother…and she might be jivin’ too”

 

[hekawi]

 

[tuuur]

As fellow dutchman I can’t believe you didn’t post this one by Andre van Duin

Have not got the time to translate right now, sorry!

 

[Highway 49]

Well, probably nothing by Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry… actually, by pretty much anyone. Whereas I think songs about self-pity would catch a lot of songs by a lot of artists
[quick edit: oh, half of the songs posted so far are actually about self-pity, not self-deprecation ].

 

[Nogoodnamesleft]

One of the greatest of them all:

 

[HootOwlDude]

Here are two. One I consider quintessential, along with a poorly recorded one I wrote. Argh!! I’m such an IDIOT!!!

Fool

Used looper as a linear recorder again. Jacked the levels a bit. Oh well. Let's do lyrics--> FOOL I’m a fool for fallin’ for ya. A further fool for failing me. A maven of self-destruction, a

on.soundcloud.com

 

[VWAmTele]

 

[runstendt]

 

[JoeAltonDelaney]

Still not 100% on this, hope it worked. And hope it's self-deprecation and not self-pity. Spose. "I'm Awesome" if it didn't work


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...QtwJ6BAgIEAI&usg=AOvVaw0XAZFWUSvp0yYPoYhU6714

 

[Peegoo]

There is no song of self-deprecation that's funnier or more heartbreaking than this performance by Billy Joe Shaver.

Rest in peace, Billy.

 

[JeffBlue]

 

[JeffBlue]

Just a few

 

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[Peegoo]