Death Songs

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"You're Going To Die" ends the latest (and apparently last ever) Kunt and the Gang album, and seems a fitting track for deathlisters worldwide. Also contains presumably the first ever pop lyric to reference Beverley Allitt.

 

Archive of Pain by the Manic Street Preachers namechecks Beverly Allitt.

 

"Kill Yeltsin, who's saying?

Zhirinovsky, Le Pen,

Hindley and Brady, Ireland, Allit, Sutcliffe,

Dahmer, Nielson, Yoshinori Ueda,

Blanche and Pickles, Amin, Milosovic

Give them respect they deserve"

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This They Might Be Giants song could be our theme tune - When Will you Die

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The death metal band, Death, could be our theme band.

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On 22/02/2010 at 16:16, Madcow said:

Terry Jacks 'Seasons in the Sun'

Makes me want to top meself, anyway!

 

The original song by Jacques Brel is SO much better.  He manages to nail being both bitter and jaunty.

 

 

Shame, the live performance video's gone.  Here's one with English subtitles at least.

 

 

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On 21/02/2010 at 15:17, Madcow said:

How about Whiskey in the Jar?

 

Also, Tom Lehrer gave us a few classics involving death including The Irish Ballad and Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.

 

We will all go together when we go.

 

Johnny Cash did a few about death - not sure if he wrote all of them but:

 

 

 

And most obviously his cover of NIN's Hurt:

 

 

Then you've John Lennon's cheery little ditty:

 

 

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[maryportfuncity 10,639]

So, a death disc curve ball thrown in here. Some Rodd Keith:

 

 

[torbrexbones 717]

 

Death by knife inserted where she least expected it.

 

 

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You can forgive a guy a mediocre death disc when he has great pop star hair, right:

 

 

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That strangely reminds me of this

 

 

A tear of petrol is in your eye,
Quick, let's make love before you die
On warm leatherette.

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A bit before some of y'all's time, sadly.  Ahh yes, driving around Michigan with this in the cassette deck...
You won't understand a word.....you weren't supposed to.  It's Danzig ffs.

"Killed a girl on lovers' lane
I kept her toes and teeth
Every night I stalk around until I find my keep
I'll bring back a souvenir
For it's my mommy's dream

Can I go out and kill tonight, kill tonight"

 

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Today's charity shop bargain:

Death Discs by Alan Clayson

"Ashes to Smashes:  an account of fatality in the popular song."

 

 

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This delightful EP is mentioned in the above book.

 @maryportfuncity  it looks worthy of your collection, do you have it? 

 

 

https://www.discogs.com/release/4188728-Downliners-Sect-The-Sect-Sing-Sick-Songs

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15 hours ago, Toast said:

This delightful EP is mentioned in the above book.

 @maryportfuncity  it looks worthy of your collection, do you have it? 

 

 

https://www.discogs.com/release/4188728-Downliners-Sect-The-Sect-Sing-Sick-Songs

 

 

Only as the kind of download you don't pay for!

 

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Having reminded myself of this thread, here's a tragic tale from Edith Piaf.  Do listen right to the shattering end.

 

 

Original version in French

 

 

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The first track, anyway.

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On 01/08/2016 at 16:24, DevonDeathTrip said:

Archive of Pain by the Manic Street Preachers namechecks Beverly Allitt.

 

"Kill Yeltsin, who's saying?

Zhirinovsky, Le Pen,

Hindley and Brady, Ireland, Allit, Sutcliffe,

Dahmer, Nielson, Yoshinori Ueda,

Blanche and Pickles, Amin, Milosovic

Give them respect they deserve"

Checked the names, amount of them still breathing with some help from Google. 

 

Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) Died from congestive heart failure on the 23rd of April 2007 at 76.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946-2022) Not dead, but very ill with covid and pneumonia.

Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-) Not dead, but suffered a mild stroke last month.

Myra Hindley (1942-2002) Died from bronchial pneumonia on the 15th of November 2002 at 60, and

Ian Brady (1938-2017) Died from cor pulmonare caused by COPD on the 15th of May 2017 at 79.

Colin Ireland (1954-2012) Died from pulmonary fibrosis and a fall on the 21st of February 2012 at 57.

Beverley Allitt (1968-) Still alive.

Peter Sutcliffe (1946-2020) Died from covid mixed with a plethora of health issues on the 13th of November 2020.

Jeffrey Dahmer (1964-1994) Beaten to death the same year the song was released, on the 28th of November 1994 at 34.

Dennis Nielsen (1945-2018) Died from a pulmonary embolism on the 12th of May 2018.

Yoshinori Ueda (1955-2005) Executed in December 2005 at around 51.

Eugene Terre'Blanche (1941-2010) Hacked to death on the 3rd of April 2010 at 69.

Judge James Pickles (1925-2010) Died on the 18th of December 2010 at 85.

Idi Amin (c. 1925-2003) Died on the 16th of August 2003 at 78 or 79 from kidney failure.

Slobodan Milosevic (1941-2006) Died on the 11th of March 2006 at 64 from a heart attack.

 

Three left. Now two.

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For those that have Twitter accounts @peoples_pop is running a world Cup style series of polls on songs about death & dying.