Creepy Pop Songs
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about the Kendalls. I'd swear I've also seen them do Voulez Vous Coucher Avec Mois? on TV, though they don't seem to have recorded it. It's not the songs that are creepy to me, but the performances--knowing their relationship.
The story line of Janie’s Got a Gun is more than a tad creepy.
So is Suzanne Vega's Luka.
I find most murder ballads basically creepy. There aren't that many that qualify as "pop", though. Maybe Hey Joe?
The story line of Janie’s Got a Gun is more than a tad creepy.
So is Suzanne Vega's Luka.
I find most murder ballads basically creepy. There aren't that many that qualify as "pop", though. Maybe Hey Joe?
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Ohio Express, I think. Still, pretty creepy. Right up there with 123 Red Light by The 1910 Fruit Gum Company. And what about Andy Kim?JES wrote:My all time pick for creepy is Yummy Yummy Yummy (I've got love in my tummy)... by The Archies...I think?
Sinead O'Conner seems pretty creepy to me all round.
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Heh heh... yeah.Darwin wrote:It's not the songs that are creepy to me, but the performances--knowing their relationship.
I couldn't decide among Madonna's songs.djm wrote: Sinead O'Conner seems pretty creepy to me all round.
Babes in the Woods, The Cruel Mother, and Banks of the Ohio qualify as creepy. Perhaps Tom Dooley crossed over from the creepy ballad "genre" to pop song.Darwin wrote:I find most murder ballads basically creepy. There aren't that many that qualify as "pop", though. Maybe Hey Joe?
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In the pop realm, I would have to say any of the vehicular death songs, like Last Kiss, Teen Angel, Dead Man's Curve, and (especially) D.O.A.
In the trad realm, it could be practically any of those old Irish, Scottish and English folk songs (e.g. Twa Corbies and The Two Sisters) that tend to reproduce like rabbits, with the offspring having different tunes and only slightly different lyrics than their ancestors, and which often show up on albums by Steeleye Span and Altan.
In the trad realm, it could be practically any of those old Irish, Scottish and English folk songs (e.g. Twa Corbies and The Two Sisters) that tend to reproduce like rabbits, with the offspring having different tunes and only slightly different lyrics than their ancestors, and which often show up on albums by Steeleye Span and Altan.
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My mother used to sing that and Barbara Allen. It's as close as I come to being in the "folk tradition", since her mother used to sing them to her.Walden wrote:Babes in the Woods
I guess Rain and Snow counts as pop, since the Grateful Dead did it.
Bo Diddely's Who Do You Love is sort of funny creepy.
Can we include Tex Ritter's Blood on the Saddle?
There was blood on the saddle and blood all around
And a great big puddle of blood on the ground
A cowboy lay in it all covered with gore
And he never will ride any broncos no more
Oh, pity the cowboy, all bloody and red
For the bronco fell on him and bashed in his head
There was blood on the saddle and blood all around
And a great big puddle of blood on the ground
Now that I think about it, I always considered Bobby Vinton's Blue Velvet creepy--both in style and in content.
How about every cover song Pat Boone ever did--from Little Richard and Fats Domino songs to his Heavy Metal period?
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"Warning Sign."
I love the Talking Heads, but wow.
As a side note, is anyone else saving up for the EXQUISITE BOX SET?
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"Suzanne," Randy Newman (another of my favorite musicians).
I love the Talking Heads, but wow.
As a side note, is anyone else saving up for the EXQUISITE BOX SET?
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"Suzanne," Randy Newman (another of my favorite musicians).
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Well spotted, Iz. Most of the people who sing that one, including Louis Armstrong, don't seem to have any idea what it's about, although it would have been a Weill idea to present it as a jolly song.izzarina wrote:Mack The Knife.....it has such a catchy beat to it, you can't help but like it. Then you really listen to what it's about and it all just seems so bizzare
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'Warm Leatherette', The Normal (I think Grace Jones did this one too.)
Insignificance, Jim O'Rourke (Yeah, the whole album)
This pair are pretty much in a league of their own—Google up the words to 'Warm Leatherette' if you don't believe me. O'Rourke's 'Get a Room' might win if he weren't trying so hard. I'm not sure how popular they were.
Others:
'Get Out of the Car', Richard Berry (You gotta walk home baby 'cause you just don't treat me right. Date pressure from a randy male perspective, a common 50s theme.)
'Romance Without Finance', Tiny Grimes (It's a nuisance!)
'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town', Kenny Rogers. (Hey kid, finished your patriotic chores yet?)
'Endless Sleep', Jody Reynolds
'Dirty Old Man', The Fugs
'(He'll Never Be an) Ol' Man River,' TISM (I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix!)
'Kill Yourself Now and Avoid the Rush', TISM
TISM also lose points for trying too hard.
Insignificance, Jim O'Rourke (Yeah, the whole album)
This pair are pretty much in a league of their own—Google up the words to 'Warm Leatherette' if you don't believe me. O'Rourke's 'Get a Room' might win if he weren't trying so hard. I'm not sure how popular they were.
Others:
'Get Out of the Car', Richard Berry (You gotta walk home baby 'cause you just don't treat me right. Date pressure from a randy male perspective, a common 50s theme.)
'Romance Without Finance', Tiny Grimes (It's a nuisance!)
'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town', Kenny Rogers. (Hey kid, finished your patriotic chores yet?)
'Endless Sleep', Jody Reynolds
'Dirty Old Man', The Fugs
'(He'll Never Be an) Ol' Man River,' TISM (I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix!)
'Kill Yourself Now and Avoid the Rush', TISM
TISM also lose points for trying too hard.