Gloomy Sunday: A Description

"Gloomy Sunday" is a sad song. The lyrics tell the story of an individual whose lover has recently died. In the absence of love, the author thinks of comitting suicide. The song was written by a Hungarian composer in1933, and there have been rumors ever since that the song induced people to commit suicide and that it was banned. It has been difficult to distinguish the myth from the facts, and the present article seeks to explore the rumors, and whether there are any facts or data to support them, and to place the suicide phenomena surrounding GloomySundayincontext.GloomySunday is especially significant as a suicidal art form since it was recorded many times and played over many decades and aired in many nations. Most songs concerning suicide, such as Ozzie Osbourne’s “Suicide Solution,” have not achieved such status.English translations of the song were written by both Sam M. Lewis and Desmond Carter.  Kemp,Hal with Bob Allen on vocals, recorded Lewis’s versionin 1936. Peoples mostly prefer Billie Holiday's version.For Billie Holiday’s version, a third stanza was added giving the song a dreamytwist to mitigate its reputation as a suicide song. The origin of the song became the background of the German/Hungarian movie  Gloomy Sunday directed by Rolf Schubel, in 1999, based on a novel by Nick Barkow.

 

Author: Sobit Narayan Tajpuriya

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