Bohemian Rhapsody!
Janie's Got a Gun, Aerosmith. And more Queen - Another One Bites the Dust. I Don't Like Mondays, Boomtown Rats.
And of course, Folsom Prison Blues by Cash. I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die...
Bohemian Rhapsody!
Janie's Got a Gun, Aerosmith. And more Queen - Another One Bites the Dust. I Don't Like Mondays, Boomtown Rats.
And of course, Folsom Prison Blues by Cash. I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die...
ebonyandivory wrote: Jimi Hendrix: Hey Joe Uh, hey Joe, I heard you shot your woman down, you shot her down. Uh, hey Joe, I heard you shot you old lady down, you shot her down to the ground. Yeah! Yes, I did, I shot her, you know I caught her messin' 'round, messin' 'round town. Uh, yes I did, I shot her you know I caught my old lady messin' 'round town. And I gave her the gun and I shot her!
I'll add the Type O Negative cover of that, "Hey Peter".
Tin Pan Alley
I Shot the Sheriff -Clapton
Janie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
Christmas carols played before Thanksgiving--I mean, if we're talking about songs that inspire murder.
I moved this to Off Topic, so no need to restrict ourselves to a theme. 
Margie
AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Keith Tanner wrote: Bohemian Rhapsody!
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Unless you want the "vehicular manslaughter" category. Then it has to be "Last Kiss", originally recorded by Wayne Cochran, made a hit by J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers, and later covered successfully by Pearl Jam.
EvanR wrote:Keith Tanner wrote: Bohemian Rhapsody!/end thread Unless you want the "vehicular manslaughter" category. Then it *has* to be "Last Kiss", originally recorded by Wayne Cochran, made a hit by J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers, and later covered successfully by Pearl Jam.
I'd argue the "successfully" part. Any time I hear Pearl Jam I want to murder someone. Never understood the attraction there.
Nice Cave's murder ballads is an entire album devoted to the theme, and one of my favorites. Stand outs for me are stagger Lee, O'Malley's bar and also the curse of millhaven, but really I like the whole album.
He's got a fair few murderous and gruesom songs scattered around his other albums too. Lyre of orpheous is pretty damn good.
Run to the hills by iron maiden also fits the bill
NickD wrote: I'd argue the "successfully" part. Any time I hear Pearl Jam I want to murder someone. Never understood the attraction there.
Was it good? Nah, I don't think they brought anything new to the table.
Did it sell records? Yes.
Success means different things to different people
Down By the Ohio. I grew up listening to the Joan Baez version but a lot of people covered it.
I plunged a knife into her breast
And told her she was going to rest
She cried "Oh Willy, don't murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity"
Violent Femmes, Country Death Song
Beat Farmers, California Kid
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
EvanR wrote:NickD wrote: I'd argue the "successfully" part. Any time I hear Pearl Jam I want to murder someone. Never understood the attraction there.Was it good? Nah, I don't think they brought anything new to the table. Did it sell records? Yes. Success means different things to different people
I was viewing it from the point of view that "Success" meant improving on previous versions.
Well, it has murder in the title. 
Forgot a good one--Wanna Rock and Roll, Cross Canadian Ragweed. A Ray Wylie Hubbard song.
It was early last week I went downtown to place called Johnnies last stand/
Through the blues and the smoke, I saw on the dance floor--she's with another man/
Well the dead mans name was Louie DePree I pushed a little button on my knife/
I walked up and I said "Well hello boys and girls... have you enjoyed your life?"/
It's time to rock and roll
Tim Barry - Dog Bumped
Cold War Kids - Saint John
"Loving County" - Charlie Robison
"The Road Goes on Forever" - Robert Earl Keen Jr.
Semi related would be Drowning Pool's Bodies.
Last Kiss, particularly the pearl jam version, strikes a nerve for me as it came out a week before my best friend/semi-girlfriend died in a car accident in high school.
Stagger Lee - Lloyd Pierce
Possum Kingdom - The Toadies.
How could I just killed a man - Cyprus Hill
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
daeman wrote: Run to the hills by iron maiden also fits the bill
I'd say that's more about genocide (specifically of native Americans) than murder, per se.
I thought of another, "Down by the River" by Neil Young.
Most of the Misfits catalog.
Nearly all of "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables."
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