Do tunes from movies count?
 
Worthless from the Brave Little Toaster. It’s… something. Watch with the video. Or don’t and stay a tad happier.

@Mad Black  
Yeah, and even though it’s in a language I can understand fully, I still can’t stand it. For me it’s the German version or nothing.
 
(Not as bad as the English version of “Dragostea din Tei” though.)

@Backgroundpony  
haha, yeah, reading the lyrics like poetry would have that effect. 🤣

@aroddo  
I think Pinks would understand the meaning of the song better than a literal translation.
 
But I guess with her father being the translator it might got meddled

Here’s the original song Uotapo refers to: 99 Luftballons
 
The comic is funny because it’s factual. 😁

@aroddo  
Nena herself back in the days “99 red ballons”

hehe, someone actually bothered to translate Nena’s ‘99 Luftballons’!  
Well done!  
😄

@PerpetualFanboy  
If you ever do Japanese pop/rock music, there’s plenty of sometimes up beat stuff that’s actually excessively kinky if you ever read the lyrics, I dare you do some Dir en Grey.

@Any Pony  
Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees  
A catchy little ditty about a guy wanting to meet his girl before being shipped out to Vietnam, perhaps for the last time.
 
Also,
 
Cuddly Toy - The Monkees
 
A seemingly innocent song about group sex

@Any Pony  
pearl jam - last kiss  
american pie

@Background Pony #ACDD
 
I got one
 
Simple Minds - Scar
 
u might not think much of it…
 
…until u find its actually made about a brutal and painful car crash
 
…but I know this bc I heard Scar before

@Background Pony #84AF  
Add Andrew W. K’s translation for Ai Senshi to that list.

@SeraphimDawn 
Not really but I guess everything german is “Nazi” to you.
 
It´s a song about misunderstanding and things spinning out of control

That day, Pinkie learned of Nazi Balloons…

@Dirty Bit 
Haven’t heard that one but I’ll check it out soon. I’m a slut for lyrical dissonance

@Background Pony #84AF
 
How about I Am A Rock by Simon and Garfunkel?

@Sr Pelusa 
well, maybe if he didnt pussy out and atacked mexico city the war at least could havce benn 10 years shorter…

@Any Pony  
If were talking about sad/angry songs with upbeat instruments, that’s kinda my specialty
 
Babs seed is about bullying and the instrumental is pretty upbeat  
Bad moon rising by CCR  
Ball and chain by social distortion  
Die in a fire and Discord by living tombstone  
Don’t shoot me Santa by the killers (it’s a joke but still)  
Jumper by third eye blind  
Kill your heroes by awolnation might count  
Lost on the moon  
Man in black Johnny cash  
Mr brightside by the killers  
Over my head by sum 41  
Pinkies brew  
Prototype by glaze maybe  
Rat race by baha men  
Ready to die by Andrew WK (and its der)  
S.O.B. by Nathaniel Rateliff  
Still alive from portal also maybe  
Superman by Lazlo bane  
Sympathy for the devil by the rolling stones  
Logical song by supertramp
 
No links for all of them because I’m typing this on mobile and it’s a pain to get links
 
Also I have some more but idk how upbeat they need to be so i left them out

This is common theme in metal bands.
 
Lemon’s taste in music here makes me like her more.

@Any Pony  
Not as sure to count as depressing, but Pumped Up Kicks is a catchy song with a very dark undertone. Though if it helps, they didn’t do I for support if it but rather to raise awareness for it.

Geschwesterliebe!
 
If that’s what’s considered wrong, then I certainly ain’t all that right!

I’m honestly kind of worried that this might be some kind of meta statement about how Uotapo’s life might be going and we just can’t see it because of their art style.

Wow, and I thought “Pumped Up Kicks” was surprisingly dark.

Next time I see some balloons floating around I’ll consider using air combat techniques to render them inoperable.

@Sr Pelusa
 
Especialmente cuando vives en latinoamerica aparentemente.
 
I guess.
 
I don’t know.