Gloomy Sunday was written by a single Hungarian Composer after a horrible breakup. His Girlfriend wanted him to get a proper job but he continued to chase his dream of becoming a composer. She broke it off and consequently one Sunday, Serres (I think that's how you spell it), wrote this song. Originally it was turned down, the record company saying that it's melancholic sound was beautiful and haunting but it would not be a big seller.
Eventually, it was taken up by another company. Not long after, a spate of suicides were linked with the song. Some of the deceased were found with Sheet Music of the song, or were found with the Record Player still going on the song.
Then the body of Serres' girlfriend was found, she had poisoned herself and in her suicide note had written the words of the song. Serres later jumped off a bridge and took his own life.
Since his death, Gloomy Sunday has been attributed to many suicides, eventually it was banned from the airwaves, except for the instrumental version, when even this version was found playing in the home of a woman who had committed suicide it was also banned.
The song is obviously about a man who has lost the woman he views as his soul mate, it is an extremely sad song who many people seem to be able to relate to. It has been covered by many artists, the best I believe is by Sarah McLachlan (after Billie Holiday of course) and the worst... Bjork... She tried to sex up the song... It just didn't work...Thank you, enjoy.
@moredhel the whole gf suicide thing just isn’t true the song itself unlike popular belief had little to nothing to do with his suicide the actual cause was his loss of faith in the communist party and his unwillingness to move to the us to gain royalties for his songs leaving him constantly poor that mixed with his mother’s death in a concentration camp lead to his death
@moredhel the whole gf suicide thing just isn’t true the song itself unlike popular belief had little to nothing to do with his suicide the actual cause was his loss of faith in the communist party and his unwillingness to move to the us to gain royalties for his songs leaving him constantly poor that mixed with his mother’s death in a concentration camp lead to his death
@moredhel the whole gf suicide thing just isn’t true the song itself unlike popular belief had little to nothing to do with his suicide the actual cause was his loss of faith in the communist party and his unwillingness to move to the us to gain royalties for his songs leaving him constantly poor that mixed with his mother’s death in a concentration camp lead to his death
@moredhel the whole gf suicide thing just isn’t true the song itself unlike popular belief had little to nothing to do with his suicide the actual cause was his loss of faith in the communist party and his unwillingness to move to the us to gain royalties for his songs leaving him constantly poor that mixed with his mother’s death in a concentration camp lead to his death
Gloomy Sunday was written by a single Hungarian Composer after a horrible breakup. His Girlfriend wanted him to get a proper job but he continued to chase his dream of becoming a composer. She broke it off and consequently one Sunday, Serres (I think that's how you spell it), wrote this song. Originally it was turned down, the record company saying that it's melancholic sound was beautiful and haunting but it would not be a big seller.
Eventually, it was taken up by another company. Not long after, a spate of suicides were linked with the song. Some of the deceased were found with Sheet Music of the song, or were found with the Record Player still going on the song.
Then the body of Serres' girlfriend was found, she had poisoned herself and in her suicide note had written the words of the song. Serres later jumped off a bridge and took his own life.
Since his death, Gloomy Sunday has been attributed to many suicides, eventually it was banned from the airwaves, except for the instrumental version, when even this version was found playing in the home of a woman who had committed suicide it was also banned.
The song is obviously about a man who has lost the woman he views as his soul mate, it is an extremely sad song who many people seem to be able to relate to. It has been covered by many artists, the best I believe is by Sarah McLachlan (after Billie Holiday of course) and the worst... Bjork... She tried to sex up the song... It just didn't work...Thank you, enjoy.
@moredhel the whole gf suicide thing just isn’t true the song itself unlike popular belief had little to nothing to do with his suicide the actual cause was his loss of faith in the communist party and his unwillingness to move to the us to gain royalties for his songs leaving him constantly poor that mixed with his mother’s death in a concentration camp lead to his death
@moredhel the whole gf suicide thing just isn’t true the song itself unlike popular belief had little to nothing to do with his suicide the actual cause was his loss of faith in the communist party and his unwillingness to move to the us to gain royalties for his songs leaving him constantly poor that mixed with his mother’s death in a concentration camp lead to his death
@moredhel the whole gf suicide thing just isn’t true the song itself unlike popular belief had little to nothing to do with his suicide the actual cause was his loss of faith in the communist party and his unwillingness to move to the us to gain royalties for his songs leaving him constantly poor that mixed with his mother’s death in a concentration camp lead to his death
@moredhel the whole gf suicide thing just isn’t true the song itself unlike popular belief had little to nothing to do with his suicide the actual cause was his loss of faith in the communist party and his unwillingness to move to the us to gain royalties for his songs leaving him constantly poor that mixed with his mother’s death in a concentration camp lead to his death