Toast 16,185 Posted February 20, 2010 Perhaps I've missed something, but I can't see a topic collecting all those gruesome pop songs featuring death. To start the ball rolling, here's murderer R. Dean Taylor on the run in 1970 (and probably not surviving the hail of gunfire at the end). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madame Defarge 21 Posted February 21, 2010 Raised my rifle to my eye Never stopped to wonder why. Then I saw black, And my face splashed in the sky. Neil Young and Powderfinger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madcow 6 Posted February 21, 2010 Two that immediately spring to mind are Billy, Don't Be A Hero (death by Civil War) and Tell Laura I Love Her (car crash). My favourite death song is The Severed Garden by The Doors. I intend to have this at my funeral. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,667 Posted February 21, 2010 Jimmy Cross , awesome. Re Neil Young + Powderfinger, classic too, probably never better live than it is in the clip from the Rust Never Sleeps movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted February 21, 2010 Then there's: The Shangri-Las - Pink Floyd - and for our Dutch readers: Jacques Herb - regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,654 Posted February 21, 2010 Jimmy Cross , awesome. Re Neil Young + Powderfinger, classic too, probably never better live than it is in the clip from the Rust Never Sleeps movie. I agree. One of the all-time greats. Then there's and . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,654 Posted February 21, 2010 And we can't forget this of love and death! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N. Fritz 49 Posted February 21, 2010 I picked up these little gems somewhere along the line. Don't know if they're still available: http://www.answers.com/topic/dead-gone-1-t...funeral-marches http://www.answers.com/topic/dead-gone-2-t...-songs-of-death Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,585 Posted February 21, 2010 Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madcow 6 Posted February 21, 2010 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,667 Posted February 21, 2010 Great moustache, great shirt, dodgy death-dirge that sold millions; it's gotta be that man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted February 21, 2010 - hadn't realised it was about stringing up students. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted February 21, 2010 Of course Johnny Cash specialised in this stuff. and One more minute to go. Also Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,905 Posted February 21, 2010 Miss Otis Regrets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,185 Posted February 21, 2010 Great stuff, keep em coming. Now here's a bit of Sixties nostalgia - the English 'Leader of the Pack'. Banned by the BBC! Twinkle with He rode into the night, accelerated his motorbike I cried to him in fright, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,800 Posted February 21, 2010 Not really songs about death, but some of The Smiths lyrics are crackers. For instance, if you're already feeling suicidal, 'there's a club if you'd like to go, you could meet somebody who really loves you, so you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home, and you cry, and you want to die' should make you reach for the rope and loft hatch. Or if you want to kill your girlfriend 'sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed'. I love The Smiths, always good for a sing-a-long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,185 Posted February 21, 2010 You mean like And if a double-decker bus Crashes in to us To die by your side Is such a heavenly way to die And if a ten ton truck Kills the both of us To die by your side Well the pleasure, the privilege is mine Funnily enough they did a cover of Twinkle's other song, Golden Lights. (not nearly such a good song as Terry, mind.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted February 21, 2010 I will go with a Lakota death song/battle cry: Hoka Hey! Whether it means "It is a good day to die" or "Hold fast, there is more", it's the one for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monoclinic 39 Posted February 21, 2010 I knew that someday I was gonna dieAnd I knew before I died Two things would happen to me That number one: I would regret my entire life And number two: I would want to live my life over again I have crawled so far sidewaysI recognise dim traces of creation I wanna die, die in the summertime, I wanna die The court has come. The court of the Nations and into the courtroom will come the martyrs of Majdanek and Oswiecim. From the ditch of Kerch the dead will rise, they will arise from the graves, they will arise from flames bringing with them the acrid smoke and the deathly odour of scorched and martyred Europe. And the children they too will come, stern and merciless. The butchers had no pity on them. Now the victims will judge the butchers. Today the tear of the child is the judge. The grief of the mother is the prosecutor. Ahhh Richey Edwards, now he always knew how to pen a cheery number. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madcow 6 Posted February 21, 2010 Does Cutting Crew's 'Died in your Arms' count? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,800 Posted February 21, 2010 Does Cutting Crew's 'Died in your Arms' count? Gawd, that takes me back. Some of the 80s really was shit, wasn't it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,702 Posted February 21, 2010 Well, if a song's not about sex then there's a fair chance it's about death. Except for Good Enough by Dodgy. I've no idea what's that's about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,654 Posted February 21, 2010 Firstly, I can't believe I didn't think of it earlier. Secondly, I can't believe no-one's come up with it since. Hit it Tom! Or, if you prefer, Alex, ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted February 22, 2010 Well, now you come to mention him, old Tom's Green, Green Grass of Home is a bit of a sad, death-related tune. Powerfully sad really when you take the lyrics in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madame Defarge 21 Posted February 22, 2010 Well, if a song's not about sex then there's a fair chance it's about death. Except for Good Enough by Dodgy. I've no idea what's that's about. Bonus points awarded if it's about both, Liebling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites