Gloomy Sunday

1. Gloomy Sunday?

There have been several urban legends regarding the song over the years, mostly involving it being allegedly connected with various numbers of suicides, and radio networks reacting by purportedly banning the song. Sources propagating the legend fail to provide substantiation for claims of suicides or radio bans. The legend may have inspired Spider Robinson's short story The Law of Conservation of Pain, part of the Callahan's Crosstime Saloon series. In 1968, Seress jumped to his death from his apartment. The New York Times Archive holds the obituary of Rezső Seress, mentioning the song's notorious reputation. The article reads: “ Budapest, January 13. Rezsoe Seres, whose dirge-like song hit, Gloomy Sunday was blamed for touching off a wave of suicides during the nineteen-thirties, has ended his own life as a suicide it was learned today. Authorities disclosed today that Mr. Seres jumped from a window of his small apartment here last Sunday, shortly after his 69th birthday. The decade of the nineteen-thirties was marked by severe economic depression and the political upheaval that was to lead to World War II. The melancholy song written by Mr. Seres, with words by his friend, Ladislas Javor, a poet, declares at its climax, My heart and I have decided to end it all. It was blamed for a sharp increase in suicides, and Hungarian officials finally prohibited it. In America, where Paul Robeson introduced an English version, some radio stations and nightclubs forbade its performance. Mr. Seres complained that the success of Gloomy Sunday actually increased his unhappiness, because he knew he would never be able to write a second hit. - New York Times, 1968 ” In 1997 Billy Mackenzie, vocalist with Scottish band The Associates (who recorded a cover of Holiday's version in 1982), committed suicide near his father's home in Dundee. The codifying of the urban legend appears in an article attributed to D.P. MacDonald and titled Overture to Death, the text of which has been reproduced and disseminated countless times online. According to the website of Phespirit the article was originally published by the 'Justin and Angi' site to augment their now defunct Gloomy Sunday Radio Show. Their introduction to the article reads: “ This message was forwarded to us by a visitor to our web site. There is some good historical information on the song intermixed with some information of more dubious repute. The accounts begin to take on the feel of a satiric e-mail chain letter after a while, but then, sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction. The story does read a little bit like the script of a segment from Strange Universe! So take this with a grain of salt ..... The text was [supposedly] quoted from the Cincinatti (sic) Journal of Ceremonial Magick, vol I, no I, printed in 1976. Just another Urban Legend =/

2. Where can I get the violin sheet music for Gloomy Sunday, preferably for free?

http://www.bloggang.com/data/music/picture/1168264716.jpg I googled this. I don't know if it's the correct song. You can also check Ebay. From time to time, there may be some sheet music for sale.

3. Do you know someone who commited suicide after listening to gloomy sunday?

I did. Twice.

4. How can i get the orginal vertion of GLOOMY SUNDAY? By Sam Lewis And Rezso Seress?

Try limewire. Just joking. Check out this link: http://www.amazon.com/Cultural-World-Apostles-Second-Reading/dp/0814627269/ref=sr_1_6/103-9554150-0589448?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1194530913sr=1-6

5. Can anyone help me find an RB version of Gloomy Sunday?

6. What are the true lyrics to gloomy sunday?

there are 2 versions in hungarian, the english version isnt the exact translation of either. Seress wrote the original lyrics, Jávor rewrote them. original lyrics by Seress Rezső: Ősz van és peregnek a sárgult levelek Meghalt a földön az emberi szeretet Bánatos könnyekkel zokog az öszi szél Szívem már új tavaszt nem vár és nem remél Hiába sírok és hiába szenvedek Szívtelen rosszak és kapzsik az emberek... Meghalt a szeretet! Vége a világnak, vége a reménynek Városok pusztulnak, srapnelek zenélnek Emberek vérétől piros a tarka rét Halottak fekszenek az úton szerteszét Még egyszer elmondom csendben az imámat: Uram, az emberek gyarlók és hibáznak... Vége a világnak! Lyrics by Jávor László: Szomorú vasárnap száz fehér virággal Vártalak kedvesem templomi imával Álmokat kergető vasárnap délelőtt Bánatom hintaja nélküled visszajött Azóta szomorú mindig a vasárnap Könny csak az italom kenyerem a bánat... Szomorú vasárnap Utolsó vasárnap kedvesem gyere el Pap is lesz, koporsó, ravatal, gyászlepel Akkor is virág vár, virág és - koporsó Virágos fák alatt utam az utolsó Nyitva lesz szemem hogy még egyszer lássalak Ne félj a szememtől holtan is áldalak... Utolsó vasárnap hope i helped ;)

7. How does the song gloomy sunday made 4 person commit suicide?

alot of hungarians supposedly killed themselves over that song. the english version isnt supposed to be nearly as powerful as the original, but it is still pretty dismal. billie holiday did a version, but my fav is by the smithereens. the american version added a verse at the end saying he was only dreaming about his woman being dead, which is why he was going to kill himself. that song is a great one and you should give the smithereens version a spin.

8. I'm from Malaysia. Is there anyone can tell me the REAL legend of Bloody Mary and the curse of Gloomy Sunday?

Ive heard a different story. its documented. theres even a plaque on the front of the school memorializing the girl who died. i went to a school called pelican elementary. back in the days when girls wore hoop skirts (was it the fifties? its been a long time since elementary school) there was a wall furnace in the girls bathroom. right next to the toliet in a handicapped stall. (these are those long short heaters that they used a long time ago but dont use much anymore except in old buildings) according to the records there was a girl named mary ( i dont remember her last name) who went to the bathroom one day, the furnace was really hot, and it caught her dress on fire. she wasnt able to put it out and burned to death. after her death they moved the toliet. you could still see where it was origionally at. anyway after her death, weird things started happening at school, and people started blaming it on 'bloody mary'. though i'm not sure if they just named her 'bloody' after a preexisting urban legend, or whatever. but anyway, things really would happen. creepy things. there was a way to invoke bloody mary. traditionally it involves standing in front of a mirror, with the lights out. the invocation changes depending on whos telling the story. most say you have to spin around in a circle a certian number of times (3,10,100) and after you've finished spinning you face the mirror and say bloody mary three times. Most people have done that and never had a response. a friend of mine did. i was there when it happened. but he didnt follow the story. technically he's my friends brother. we were in their garage and he drew a pentacle (star with a circle) on the floor. then he put a candle at each of the stars points. he stood in the center of the circle, and spun around a few times. then, looking away from us, he said bloody mary three times. nothing happened. he went to step out of the circle, cried out in pain and fell over. his ankle was bleeding like he'd tried to run through barbed wire. it was hella creepy. but yeah, thats the story of our bloody mary.

9. what about GLOOMY SUNDAY?

I think that if you are that desperate than you will do it without listening to this song. But I can imagine listening it before doing it to gain strength. The song itself has in my opinion nothing to do with the suicide rate in Hungary. It may reflect the general mood of Hungarian people, which is always a bit more pessimistic, then other nations'. Or it may reflect that 'zeitgeist' or the spirit of the age...

10. Gloomy Sunday: Lyrics meanings???

It's not about a death of a lover, the lyrics are more suicidal in fact!

11. gloomy sunday help please?

12. HELP PLEASE!:) gloomy sunday hungarian suicide song?

It seems the subject of the poem dreamed that his/her lover had died, been buried and that he/she was going to commit suicide rather than live without him/her. Then he/she woke up and realised it was only a dream and he/she was worried that his/her dream had somehow haunted his/her partner whilst sleeping alongside.

13. GLOOMY SUNDAY question :)?

It's about suicide.

14. Piano sheet music for 'Gloomy Sunday'?

try here- http://words3music.100free.com/sheets.html http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sheetmusic/ http://pianotte.szm.com/ http://www.theperfectscores.com/free-popular-piano-sheet-music.php http://www.music-buzz.com/showthread.php?t=7848

15. GLOOMY SUNDAY!! HELP?

No idea, but there MUST be a better category for this than Boston Travel!!

16. THEME OF THE SONG?hungarian suicide song gloomy sunday?

Death , gloom, despair, longing.

17. How can I get the piano score of Gloomy Sunday please?

http://www.filmtracks.com/comments/titles/schindler/index.cgi?form=5 http://www.laurasmidiheaven.com/Sheet-Music/SUNDAY--PAGE8-BOOKS.html

18. Little White Flowers in Gloomy Sunday?

I think it represents the flowers at a funeral...the flowers that will never awaken you are the ones we leave on the grave/casket and the black coach is the hearse/grave/casket... Edit: the flowers could reference the words spoken at the funeral.... or apologies that should have been said before they died and are being spoken now....which doesn't help bc they're dead....

19. PollWhat brings you sunshine on a gloomy sunday?

apple pie w/ice cream

20. How true is it that anyone who hears the song Gloomy Sunday commits suicide?

It's true that people have committed suicide after listening to that song. It's pretty infamous. However it is not true that anyone who hears it kills themselves. I've heard it many times and I'm not planning on leaving this earth anytime soon. Let me tell you, though, it is a pretty depressing song.