Well Springsteen whole Nebraska album is about desperate characters, and they made a biopic about it

You have a killing spree, where guys only answer is " I guess there's just a meanness in this world

You gotta a guy who loses his mind cause his house was taking away.

You got a guy who is going to work for the mafia to help him out of debt.

It does delegitimize your question cause your question is not valid.

Pop songs agreed, love songs.

Rock music has always been more than that

Paul McCartney, is one of the most gifted songwriters the world has never known
Neither of us are him.

But who wants to hear Helter skelter ?

Who wants to hear..

It's the end of the world as we know it by rem.

Who wants to hear crazy train by Ozzie.

Who wants to hear a song about a stalker like every breath you take?

Who wants to hear a song about Vietnam...born in the USA....

Evidently millions . Maybe they didn't know they wanted to hear it.