Creepy Pop Songs

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:31 am

missy wrote:while it may not actually fit the description.........

"Muskrat Love" really disturbs me!!!

You are not alone.

fyffer · Post by **fyffer** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:32 am

A country tune, which which, the first time I heard, I ROFLOL

The "hook" is "If I were you, I'd fall in love with me"

Pop country = BAD.

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:51 am

missy wrote:"Muskrat Love" really disturbs me!!!

I think this tune was written in response to those who "couldn't give a rat's xxx".

djm

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:09 pm

Joseph E. Smith wrote:
missy wrote:while it may not actually fit the description.........

"Muskrat Love" really disturbs me!!!
You are not alone.

Makes me queasy.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:33 pm

emmline wrote:
Joseph E. Smith wrote:
missy wrote:while it may not actually fit the description.........

"Muskrat Love" really disturbs me!!!
You are not alone.
Makes me queasy.

Maybe you ought to see the Dr. about that 'boogie woogie blues'.

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:05 pm

Hmm...

'Lola'? Creepy? Nooo! It's a wonderful song. What's creepy about it?

Perhaps not strictly (or even vaguely) 'pop', but I'd nominate:

'Dicknail' by Hole
'Animal' by AntiNowhere League
'Well Below the Valley' by Planxty and many, many others...

scarhand · Post by **scarhand** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:24 pm

what about "hotel california"
"black sabbath"
and that lullaby classic, "rock-a-bye baby"

my creepy top 3

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:12 pm

buddhu wrote:Hmm...

'Lola'? Creepy? Nooo! It's a wonderful song. What's creepy about it?

Perhaps not strictly (or even vaguely) 'pop', but I'd nominate:

'Dicknail' by Hole
'Animal' by AntiNowhere League
'Well Below the Valley' by Planxty and many, many others...

Way back in the day..way back then,I was on the Holyhead - Dublin ferry and who was sitting in the bar..(er,everyone really..) but Christy Moore.This was just after he had left Planxty.
A few of us got talking and when it came to favourite songs his choice was "The Well below the Valley".

That is truly a creepy song and it put me off Christy Moore for months

Slan,
D.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:05 pm

and that lullaby classic, "rock-a-bye baby"

If you check out what they are really about, we might think twice about repeating a lot of nursery rhymes to our kids.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:38 pm

cowtime wrote:
and that lullaby classic, "rock-a-bye baby"
If you check out what they are really about, we might think twice about repeating a lot of nursery rhymes to our kids.

For those who may not be familiar with Babes in the Woods that Walden mentioned, it's thought to have been about the nephews of Richard III (Princes Richard and Edward), who were held in the Tower of London and later disappeared. It's a real folksong, with lots of different versions.

Here's the version my mother used to sing. It has a very pretty melody.

Babes in the Woods

My dears, do you know, how a long time ago,
Two poor little children, whose names I don't know,
Were stolen away, on a bright summer's day,
And leftt in the woods, so I've heard people say.

And when it was night, so sad was their plight,
The moon had gone down, and the stars gave no light,
They sobbed and they sighed, and they bitterly cried,
And the poor little things, they lay down and died.

And when they were dead, the robins so red,
Brought strawberry leaves, and over them spread,
And all the day long, they sang them this song,
Poor babes in the woods, poor babes in the woods.

There are lots of creepy folk and Bluegrass songs. One of my favorites is Henry Lee[. I saw Ralph Stanley doing it in a non-Bluegrass performance on Austin City Limits. I especially like verse 3:

Come take him by his lily white hand
Come take him by his feet
We'll throw him down in this deep, deep well
More then one-hundred feet
Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee
Till th' flesh drops from your bones
Th' girl ye have in that merry green land
Still waits for your return

This orignated as a British ballad that was collected as Young Hunting.

scarhand · Post by **scarhand** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:49 pm

THAT is CREEPY!
gives me the shivers down my back!
i supposed that was the intent of the author, huh?

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:48 am

buddhu wrote:Hmm...'Dicknail' by Hole...

Ive never actually heard that song, but the title makes me want to go out and buy armor plated trousers!!!

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:07 am

A more angry vocal performance you couldn't hope to encounter. I'm not a fan of the former Mrs Cobain, by any means, but I do like good quality shouting. Hole have always been able to deliver fine shouting when required.

I'm off to start a musical shouting thread...

flanum · Post by **flanum** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:04 pm

Erm not necess pop.. but..

"Singin the rain".. because i can never listen to it without thinking of "A Clockwork Orange"....

Creepy? How about "Ghost Town" by "The Specials"!

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:58 pm

Someone mentioned creepy lullabies, "Ring around the Rosie" really does it for me. I always think of a scene in Nosferatu, whenever I hear it. The one where a poor familiy is joyfully feasting outside in the sun, barefoot amongst a swarm of rats, knowing it was their last meal as they all had caught the plague. I've seen my sister sing it with her kids and they all fall down laughing and I can't help feeling more than a little creeped out. I remember singing it when I was little, thinking it was a cute song about putting flowers in your pocket

Maxwell's Silver Hammer by the Beatles. Mostly because I loved the Beatles when I was little and was creeped out by the fact that they'd sing songs like that.