Creepy Pop Songs

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:34 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:
I thought so. Cool song... in a creepy, gross, nasty kind of way.

In that case you're sure to ...er ...'like' the others on my list.

missy · Post by **missy** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:00 am

khl wrote:
Maybe, maybe not. The guy who wrote the lyrics says no. Seems the mule thing got invented later:

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2005

http://laststandingman.tripod.com/The%2 ... intala.htm

Well - we must have had the second "release" of the song because I specifically recall the jacket with a letter on it, stating Timothy was a mule.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:13 pm

missy wrote:
khl wrote:
Maybe, maybe not. The guy who wrote the lyrics says no. Seems the mule thing got invented later:

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2005

http://laststandingman.tripod.com/The%2 ... intala.htm
Well - we must have had the second "release" of the song because I specifically recall the jacket with a letter on it, stating Timothy was a mule.

marketing department and the censors?

Let's spend some time together.
-Mick & Keith-

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:58 pm

Randy Newmans little ditty about a child murderer has always creeped me out a lot.Weird song.

In Germany before the War.

Slan,
D.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:46 pm

Time for a funny suicide song:

The Water's So Cold
(by Harlan Howard)

The crest of the waves break over my head
My strength's almost gone and soon I'll be dead
I'd rather be dead out here in the sea
Than to love a woman who never loved me

  Chorus
    Oh the water's so cold, out here in the dark
    The water's so cold--as cold as your heart
    The lights from the shore are fast growing dim
    The water's so cold, I can't hardly swim

I offered my ring and I offered my name
She said, "You're a child"; she put me to shame
If she saw me now she'd have to agree
Most men couldn't swim this far out to sea

  Chorus

Yeah, the water's so cold I can't hardly swim

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:47 pm

How about "The Freshmen" by Verve Pipe?

I've always thought that a disturbing little song.

Or,

Marc Cohen's "Strangers in a Car"

Strangers in a Car

There’s a stranger in a car
Driving down your street
Acts like he knows who you are
Slaps his hand on the empty seat and says
“Are you gonna get in
Or are you gonna stay out?”
Just a stranger in a car
Might be the one they told you about

Well you never were one for cautiousness
You open the door
He gives you a tender kiss
And you can’t even hear them no more —
All the voices of choices
Now only one road remains
And strangers in a car
Two hearts
Two souls
Tonight
Two lanes

You don’t know where you’re goin’
You don’t know what you’re doin’
Hell it might be the highway to heaven
And it might be the road to ruin
But this is a song
For strangers in a car
Baby maybe that’s all
We really are
Strangers in a car
(Driving down your street)
Just strangers in a car
(Driving down your street)
Strangers in a car

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:04 pm

Darwin wrote:Time for a funny suicide song:

The Water's So Cold
(by Harlan Howard)

The crest of the waves break over my head
My strength's almost gone and soon I'll be dead
I'd rather be dead out here in the sea
Than to love a woman who never loved me

There's a good candidate for rational-emotive therapy if I ever saw one.

scottielvr · Post by **scottielvr** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:19 pm

"Don't Fear the Reaper," (Blue Oyster Cult)... Oh, a footnote -- How 'bout those "heavy metal umlauts"? I wasn't aware of this, not being a metal fan, but BOC always had one over the "O", evidently....Wikipedia tells me that they, in fact, invented it...and all this time I'd assumed that absurd affectation originated with Mötley Crüe. "Röck döts" and the reasons behind them are silly-creepy.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:23 pm

scottielvr wrote:Oh, a footnote -- How 'bout those "heavy metal umlauts"? I wasn't aware of this, not being a metal fan, but BOC always had one over the "O", evidently....Wikipedia tells me that they, in fact, invented it...and all this time I'd assumed that absurd affectation originated with Mötley Crüe. "Röck döts" and the reasons behind them are silly-creepy.

Maybe I ought to get me some rock dots.

Rëasönablë Përson
Wälden

Chiffed · Post by **Chiffed** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:33 pm

The traditional blues tune 'Boot Hill' covers misogynist-creepy, but the trad songs from an RIP POV like 'Sam Hall' just strike me as funny.

scottielvr · Post by **scottielvr** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:28 pm

Walden wrote:Maybe I ought to get me some rock dots.
Rëasönablë Përson
Wälden

Dang! As I began to read that, I was hoping for a one of the classic Waldco™ product line announcements. Like, maybe, Wäldcö™ Rock Dots.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:07 am

A lot of good nominees here. I'll have to agree about Mack The Knife, Last Kiss.

This one's not "pop" but Mac Wiseman did one about a little girl who's mother has disappeared and she goes out to find her daddy who's at the "store with the bottles on the wall". When she gets there he flys into a demented, drunken rage and hits her with a chair and she dies horribly.

That song really disturbs me.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:08 am

"Possum Kingdom" by the Toadies is about Vampirism.

The Police's "Every Breath you Take" isn't the only song sung from a stalker's perspective...
http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Stalker.html

Jewel has a pretty good stalker song on her otherwise awful 0304 CD, I believe it's called "Haunted"

Bare Naked Ladies have some seriously creepy stuff... "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank",
"Wrap Your Arms Around Me", and "The Flag" come to mind.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:59 am

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Blinded By The Light yet

...
"Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a

another

in the night..."
I know it really doesn't say that, but for years i thought it did!

What about Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground?

missy · Post by **missy** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:13 am

while it may not actually fit the description.........

"Muskrat Love" really disturbs me!!!