Songs about murder?
03-10-04, 03:30 PM
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Songs about murder?
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 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?
03-10-04, 03:59 PM
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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.
Then I'll listen to my Ipod while I slaughter the little sheep... oops, I didn't mean to type that.
03-10-04, 06:55 PM
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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?"
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(What was the class your dad taught? "How To Kill Friends And Influence People?"
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03-10-04, 07:31 PM
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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.
03-10-04, 07:39 PM
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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.
where can i find a copy of this song? there are no versions that i can find of the song on cd.
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
03-10-04, 07:53 PM
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"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.
"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.
03-10-04, 08:20 PM
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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
"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
03-10-04, 08:25 PM
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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...
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...
The other album that I have is him live in prison...between the gibberish there maybe some murder songs
03-10-04, 08:29 PM
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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.
where can i find a copy of this song? there are no versions that i can find of the song on cd.
MP3's aren't good enough?
How about Iron Maiden - Murders in the Rue Morgue?
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03-10-04, 09:58 PM
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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!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!
03-11-04, 12:19 AM
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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
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
03-11-04, 02:12 AM
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Ouja Board, Ouja Board: Morrissey
Actually - that's not about murder really and more about contacting "the other side" - sorry!
T
Actually - that's not about murder really and more about contacting "the other side" - sorry!
T
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03-11-04, 09:52 AM
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"Hey Joe" by The Leaves, Love, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, and every '60s cover band that ever played a gig...
03-11-04, 11:01 AM
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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.