Scared of the song gloomy sunday?
Posted at 02:36 AM
Ever heard of the disturbing song gloomy sunday? and that weird "curse" that overwhelms it? hmm... weird nga e... pero astig siya... one of my fave songs.... for me, the curse thing is just an absurd figment of one's imagination... its not really a curse... its more of an effect... for example, if you listen to a sentimental song, automatically, magpapaka-senti ka... and eventually, you'll think of your loved one... diba? so, if you listen to this song while you're depressed, you'll be thinking of suicide... then maybe (if you're that desprate... and stupid) you'll commit suicide. Pero malay mo.... its ture... last week, habang nakikinig ako ng mga mp3s nakita ko na nasa playlist namin yung "Gloomy sunday". alam ko agad na ate ko ang nagdownload nun... kasi si byork ang artist e. it was 11:58 pm nung napakingan ko yun, sobrang depressed ko nun. Grabe... it was... disturbing... p'cha! Sobrang... enigmatic ng dating... what's worse is version pa ni byork yun, lam nman natin mga kanta ni byork... mga u know.... hehehehe... it really freaked me out... lalo na nung pinakingan ko yung original version ng "gloomy sunday"... mas nakakatakot... pero astig! heheheh.... Its weird but u gotta "think deep" to understand the real essence of the song. Pag ako naging sikat na singer unang kakantahin ko "gloomy sunday" para patay lahat... hehehehe :) i was totally curious about this song so i researched about it on the internet. i read all the facts and even the biography of the writer. (ganyan ako kadesperado... hahaha! :D) hmmmm.... ang haba nga e... hehehe... but here goes nothing....
In December, 1932, a down and out Hungarian named Reszo Seress was trying to make a living as a songwriter in Paris, but kept failing miserably. All of his compositions failed to impress the music publishers of France, but he was determined to become an internationally famous songwriter. His girlfriend had constant rows with him over the insecurity of his ambitious life. One afternoon, things finally came to a head. Seress and his fiancée had a fierce row over his utter failure as a composer, and the couple parted with angry words.
On the day after the row (which happened to be a Sunday) Seress sat at the piano in his apartment, gazing morosely through the window at the Parisian skyline. Outside, storm-clouds gathered in the grey sky, and soon the heavy rain began to pelt down. "What a gloomy Sunday" Seress said to himself as he played about on the piano's ivories, and quite suddenly, his hands began to play a strange melancholy melody that seemed to encapsulate the downhearted way he was feeling over his quarrel with his girl and the state of the dispiriting weather."Yes, Gloomy Sunday! That will be the title of my new song" muttered Seress, excitedly, and he grabbed a pencil and wrote the notes down on an old postcard. Seress sent his composition off to a music publisher and waited for acceptance with a lot more hope than he usually had in his heart. A few days later, the song-sheet was returned with a rejection note stapled to it that stated: "Gloomy Sunday has a weird but highly depressing melody and rhythm, and we are sorry to say that we cannot use it."
The song was sent off again to another publisher, and this time it was accepted. The music publisher told Seress that his song would soon be distributed to all the major cities of the world. The young Hungarian was ecstatic. But a few months after Gloomy Sunday was printed, there were a spate of strange occurrences that were allegedly sparked off by the new song. As the months went by, a steady stream of bizarre and disturbing deaths that were alleged to be connected to Gloomy Sunday persuaded the chiefs at the BBC to ban the seemingly accursed song from the airwaves. Back in France, Rizzo Seress, He wrote to his ex-fiancée, pleading for a reconciliation. But several days later came Seress learned from the police that his sweetheart had poisoned herself. And by her side, a copy of the sheet music to Gloomy Sunday was found. He too commited suicide....
Wow...... grabe astig noh? hehehe... :)
