Songs about murder?

[majorjoe23]

I'm making a playlist of murder songs on my Ipod and I'm looking for suggestions for more songs. So far I've included:

The entire Murder Ballads album by Nick Cave
Somebody got Murdered, The Clash
Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday
97 Bonnie and Clyde, Tori Amos and Eminem versions
Run for Your Life, The Beatles
Cocaine Blues
Delia's Gone
Devil's Right Hand
Folsom Prison Blues
The Mercy Seat
Streets of Loredo
Don't Take Your Guns to Town, all by Johnny Cash
Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Nirvana version
Country Death Song, The Violent Femmes
Goodbye Earl, The Dixie Chicks
Psycho Killer, Talking Heads
I Shot the Sherrif, Bob Marley

I have Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen at home, but I haven't loaded it on yet. What else could I add?

[the aftermath]

Umm.. Go see a psychiatrist, pronto.

[cdollaz]

Just pick up Death Row's Greatest Hits.

[majorjoe23]

Ok, the psychiatrist comment was helpful. I got the idea from my father, who was using some of these songs in a class he tought. It just sparked my imagination, and since I'm a big Johnny Cash fan, I thought would see what I could throw together.

Then I'll listen to my Ipod while I slaughter the little sheep... oops, I didn't mean to type that.

[Sierra Disc]

Didn't I hear once that Charles Manson actually recorded a rock album at some point? That's gotta be the holy grail of murder songs...

(What was the class your dad taught? "How To Kill Friends And Influence People?" ;) )

[Snowmaker]

Body Count - Cop Killer

[Rypro 525]

Originally posted by Snowmaker
Body Count - Cop Killer where can i find a copy of this song? there are no versions that i can find of the song on cd.

[deadlax]

via chicago - wilco

[William Fuld]

There's a show on CMT called "Controversy" and tonight's episode is all about the history of murder songs. It's on at 11.

[Gdrlv]

Originally posted by Rypro 525
where can i find a copy of this song? there are no versions that i can find of the song on cd.

Only the initial release of the Body Count CD had this song. It was removed on all subsequent pressings. It's not really that great a song.

Some others that pop into my head...

"Westfall" by Okkervil River
"I Used to Love Her (But I Had to Kill Her)" by Guns N Roses

[fallow]

"Pirate Jenny" by Nina Simone
"Listening Wind" by Talking Heads
"Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith
"Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks

If you want to get all metaphorical, you could use "Killing Me Softly" by Roberta Flack.

[pezsoup]

Check these out.....

"Billy Pritchard"
"I Can Tell Your Love Is Waning"
"Sweetness, That's Your Cue"

All three songs by the band Slobberbone. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!!!!

and what about "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin

[fnordboy]

Originally posted by Sierra Disc
Didn't I hear once that Charles Manson actually recorded a rock album at some point? That's gotta be the holy grail of murder songs...
He has atleast two albums out, might be more. The one you are thinking about is not what you would expect. He is actually a pretty damn decent songwriter.

The other album that I have is him live in prison...between the gibberish there maybe some murder songs :lol:

[Snowmaker]

Originally posted by Rypro 525
where can i find a copy of this song? there are no versions that i can find of the song on cd. I've got one :D

MP3's aren't good enough?

How about Iron Maiden - Murders in the Rue Morgue?

[Gdrlv]

Originally posted by pezsoup
Check these out.....

"Billy Pritchard"
"I Can Tell Your Love Is Waning"
"Sweetness, That's Your Cue"

All three songs by the band Slobberbone. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!!!!


Wow...first of all ashamed I didn't think of these. Second of all, glad to see someone else loves this band. They've been one of my favorites for about 6 or so years. I've got all their discs, and they're all wonderful. Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today is one of my favorite albums of all time.

[The Hound]

Let's see...

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

Killer- Alice Cooper (his best album IMO)

Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash

Hound

[jjamesc]

For camp value:

Cher - Dark Lady
Bette Midler - Miss Otis Regrets
Carol(e?) King - Smack Water Jack
Vicki Lawrence (or Reba McIntire) - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

A song or two from the Chicago Soundtrack, especially the "He Had It Coming" song, although I'm thinking that's not what it's called.

-J

[gerrythedon]

Good Morning/Black Friday by MEGADETH

[redhenry]

Ouja Board, Ouja Board: Morrissey

Actually - that's not about murder really and more about contacting "the other side" - sorry!

T

[Achtung]

U2 - Exit

[Shiv Shankly]

"The Woman in the Wall" - The Beautiful South

[BRIAN 1972]

I SHOT REAGAN by Suicidal Tendencies

[wendersfan]

"Hey Joe" by The Leaves, Love, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, and every '60s cover band that ever played a gig...

[12thmonkey]

Here's a couple of great Robbie Fulks songs:

Cold Statesville Ground
South Richmond Girl

:thumbsup:

[majorjoe23]

Some good choices here, I'll look into them. "Cell Block Tango," the "He had it coming" song from Chicago was one of the songs my dad used. I've drawing a blank on what the class was, I'll ask him tonight.

[leepyswetr]

Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Vanessa Carlton - Paint It Black
The Ataris - Boys of Summer
Madonna - American Pie

Oh, sorry. I misinterpreted the thread title.

[Lamont]

Murder - David Gilmour

[Mondo Kane]

Assassins-Geto Boys

[TripWire]

there was that band Professional Murder Music, but they sucked..

Three cheers for Country Death Song

[Josh H]

Long Black Veil- Johnny Cash (there's a great Dave Matthews cover of it as well)

The Hurricane- Bob Dylan

Both deal with false accusations of murder, but murder none the less.

[wendersfan]

Originally posted by Josh Hinkle
Long Black Veil- Johnny Cash (there's a great Dave Matthews cover of it as well)
And of course the most famous version of all, by The Band...

[movieking]

Long Black Veil has been around forever. It is also an Irish traditional song.

Check out Johnny Cash's CD "Murder", which was released with another two in a sort of compilation of his career. The other two were "God" and "Love". I was going to add Delia's Gone, but it is listed below. I remember when he performed it on Letterman's show, it just was so haunting it basically brought the show to a standstill. Letterman cracked a joke about it being a Christmas song and got things back on track.

The track listing on Murder is:

1. Folsom Prison Blues
2. Delia's Gone
3. Mr. Garfield
4. Orleans Parish Prison
5. When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
6. Sound of Laughter
7. Cocaine Blues [Live]
8. Hardin Wouldn't Run
9. Long Black Veil
10. Austin Prison
11. Joe Bean
12. Going to Memphis
13. Don't Take Your Guns to Town
14. Highway Patrolman
15. Jacob Green [Live]
16. Wall

[db27]

Metallica covering Nick Cave's " loverman" on Garage Inc

[Amator]

Down in a Willow Garden - It's an old folk song covered by lots of performers(Jeff Tweedy, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, etc) Check it out.

A sample of the lyrics:

Down in a willow garden
Where me and my love did meet,
'Twas there we sat a courting
My love dropped off to sleep.


I had a bottle of the Burglar's wine
Which my true love did not know,
And so I poisoned that dear little girl
Down under the bank below.


I stabbed her with a dagger,
Which was a bloody knife,
I threw her in the river,
Which was a dreadful sight.

[nazz]

Down By The River - Neil Young

Oh Woman, Oh Why - Paul McCartney

Pavanne - Graham Nash

[tsohg]

Natural Born Killas- Ice Cube/Dr. Dre
Child's Play- Geto Boys
Bonnie and Clyde- Emenim, that song really bothered me

[turborobb]

WARRANT - Uncle Toms Cabin :)

[garolo]

I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Jeremy - Pearl Jam

[HotThang]

The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun - Julie Brown

:-)

[Michael Corvin]

Murder:
Water's Edge - 7 Mary 3
Possum Kingdom - The Toadies
Country Death Song - Violent Femmes (check this one out. Excellent.)

Suicide:
Jeremy - Pearl Jam
Last Resort - Papa Roach

[Upper pylon 3]

Motley Crue- You're All I Need
Deilha(sp)- Johnny Cash

[Aphex Twin]

William Hung's "She Bangs"
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

[Josh H]

Once- Pearl Jam

[nodeerforamonth]

Olivelawn had a good one (30 seconds long or so) that was called "You're A Dick And I'm Going To Kill You"

Almost any Slayer song ("Show No Mercy", "Praise Of Death", "Kill Again", "Angel Of Death", etc... way too many to list here)

Many GG Allin songs.

999: "Homicide"

[Tyler_Durden99]

Death Letter - Old blues song by Robert Johnson, I think.

There is a cool version by the White Stripes and another by Cassandra Wilson.

[NaturalMystic79]

Mo Murder - Bone Thugs & Harmony

[majorjoe23]

Originally posted by Aphex Twin
William Hung's "She Bangs"
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) is actually about a woman who gets left at the altar on her wedding day.

[hugo1000faces]

You can hear a murder take place in Ohio Players' Love Rollercoaster ;)

[Drexl]

"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" - The Beatles

more from Eminem:

"Amityville"
"Kill You"
"Kim"
"Guilty Conscience"

[Sernov]

"Revolver" - Rage Against the Machine

[Ginwen]

Murder - Selector

[costanza]

sparklehorse-someday i will treat you good. i prefer counting crows version.

[Leechboy]

Insane Clown Posse "12"
Insane Clown Posse "Murder Go Round"
Insane Clown Posse "Night of the Axe"
Insane Clown Posse "Mr. Johnson's Head"
Insane Clown Posse "Chicken Huntin"
Insane Clown Posse "Psychopathic"
Insane Clown Posse "Halls of Illusions"
Insane Clown Posse "I Stab People"
Insane Clown Posse "Still Stabbin"
Insane Clown Posse "Toy Box"
Insane Clown Posse "Ol Evil Eye"
Insane Clown Posse "Dead Body Man"
Insane Clown Posse "My Fun House"

pretty much any song from their catalog is about murder

[Tyler_Durden99]

For camp value: Deliah - Tom Jones

Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room (She wore red dresses) - Dwight Yoakam

[Giles]

Auteurs - 'Unsolved Child Murder'

suicide:
Black Box Recorder: 'Child Psychology'