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slantvaliant
slantvaliant UltraDork
12/2/16 10:49 a.m.

Cool oldie slasher song: Mack the Knife

Ian F
Ian F MegaDork
12/2/16 10:54 a.m.

Hank Dogs - 18 dogs

Poor little house in the country,
18 dogs, an m-16 for company.
some cowboys commin over the horizon,
they'll be lookin for some hospitality.

Come on in boys the door's wide open,
but I'll warn you my dogs were born to win.
I'll take the greastest of pleasure,
in watchin you torn limb from limb.

Rumors startin down in the village,
those cowboys aint been heard of since that day.
But if anybody comes round askin questions,
Well I've got it worked out just what I'm gonna say.

Come on in boys the door's wide open,
but I'll warn you my dogs were born to win.
I'll take the greastest of pleasure,
in watchin you torn limb from limb.

SilverFleet
SilverFleet UberDork
12/2/16 11:21 a.m.

Slayer is good at this game. Pretty much the entire Reign in Blood album by Slayer fits this. Other than the title track and Angel of Death, my favorite on there is probably Piece by Piece.

The song Dead Skin Mask on Seasons in the Abyss is about Ed Gein, so that fits as well.

hobiercr
hobiercr GRM+ Memberand Dork
12/2/16 1:33 p.m.

Warren Zevon - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

The Lemonheads - Knoxville Girl

Will
Will UltraDork
12/2/16 8:12 p.m.

I have a soft spot for "Independence Day" by Martina McBride for a very specific reason.

She managed to make a song that gets played every 4th of July and people sing the chorus and get all "'Merica, berkeley yeah" without realizing it's about a woman who burned her and her abusive husband alive because everyone else around her was too cowardly to help her.

'Merica.

G_Body_Man
G_Body_Man SuperDork
12/2/16 11:30 p.m.

From First To Last: Ride The Wings Of Pestilence.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/lHx2Fd6ly1M

"I'll hide you in my walls

Your body will never be found

I'll wear your skin as a suit,

Pretend to be you

Your friends will like you more than they used to."

joey48442
joey48442 PowerDork
12/3/16 8:22 a.m.
aircooled wrote:
Keith Tanner wrote: I Hung My Head by Sting, later covered by Johnny Cash.
Not murder. Clearly involuntary manslaughter (no intent).

If your pointing a gun at someone and it goes off, accidentally or not, it's murder in my book. Maybe not prremeditated but still murder. Maybe negligent homicide?

joey48442
joey48442 PowerDork
12/3/16 8:34 a.m.

Argggh! Someone mentioned Nick Cave before I could! Of course it was an Aussie...

Till the end of the world is one of my favorite murder songs of his. I think...

I have my tickets to see him next summer!

daeman wrote: 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
Nick (Bo) Comstock
Nick (Bo) Comstock UltimaDork
12/3/16 9:12 a.m.

Charlie Daniels the legend of wooly swamp is a good one.

https://youtu.be/RNgyhtdlKo0

EvanR
EvanR SuperDork
12/3/16 1:15 p.m.

Hm. If the American military is shooting at American citizens, is that murder?

If it is, "Ohio", by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

Tralfaz
Tralfaz Reader
12/3/16 1:35 p.m.

Kim

Eminem

Brian
Brian MegaDork
12/3/16 1:38 p.m.
joey48442 wrote:
aircooled wrote:
Keith Tanner wrote: I Hung My Head by Sting, later covered by Johnny Cash.
Not murder. Clearly involuntary manslaughter (no intent).
If your pointing a gun at someone and it goes off, accidentally or not, it's murder in my book. Maybe not prremeditated but still murder. Maybe negligent homicide?

Complete failure of every rule of basic firearm safety.

That said, Cash owned that song over the original harder than he did with Hurt.

daeman
daeman HalfDork
12/3/16 3:12 p.m.

In reply to joey48442:

Yeah, I figured no collection of songs about murder would be complete without a bit of Nick.

Im a bit jealous you're going to see him, he doesn't tour back home nearly often enough. Last time I saw him live was when he was out here with grinderman.

Meanwhile, being a fan, check out 20,000 days if you haven't already seen it.

daeman
daeman HalfDork
12/3/16 3:31 p.m.

Henry wagons, A hangman's work is never done

Probably more executioner than murderer though

joey48442
joey48442 PowerDork
12/3/16 4:07 p.m.
daeman wrote: In reply to joey48442: Yeah, I figured no collection of songs about murder would be complete without a bit of Nick. Im a bit jealous you're going to see him, he doesn't tour back home nearly often enough. Last time I saw him live was when he was out here with grinderman. Meanwhile, being a fan, check out 20,000 days if you haven't already seen it.

Oh yeah! Definitely seen it! Can't wait to see the new one as well. We caught him last time for Push the sky away, and several years ago in 2001, or so.

YouTube jubilee street in Detroit! Such an awesome performance.

stroker
stroker SuperDork
12/4/16 11:35 a.m.

Tonio Kay, from Life in the Foodchain

A Lover's Plea

Devilsolsi
Devilsolsi Reader
12/6/16 2:18 p.m.

I am amazed by the lack of hip hop songs in this thread.

While not technically about murder, the song by Immortal Technique, Dance with the Devil is one of the most amazingly disturbing and well told songs I have heard.

Immortal Technique - Dance with the Devil

daeman
daeman HalfDork
12/6/16 2:44 p.m.

Carolina drama, the raconteurs.

Mister Fister
Mister Fister Reader
12/7/16 9:52 a.m.

HAMMER SMASHED FACE

By Cannibal Corpse.

G_Body_Man
G_Body_Man SuperDork
12/8/16 12:08 a.m.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/6FfF9fIDqFg

There are a lot of songs about murder, but this is one of the few that I find very hard to listen to, especially given the circumstances surrounding it.

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse SuperDork
12/8/16 6:24 a.m.
Duke wrote: Violent Femmes, *Country Death Song*

As soon as I read the title of this forum post that song's guitar riff started running through my head. It's berkeleying spooky.

92dxman
92dxman SuperDork
12/8/16 10:34 a.m.

Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce:

Now Friday 'bout a week ago Leroy shootin' dice And at the edge of the bar Sat a girl named Doris And ooo, that girl looked nice Well he cast his eyes upon her And the trouble soon began Cause Leroy Brown learned a lesson 'Bout messin' with the wife of a jealous man

Well the two men took to fighting And when they pulled them from the floor Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle With a couple of pieces gone

captdownshift
captdownshift GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/8/16 10:42 a.m.

Murder was the case

https://youtu.be/Do4fA8tONY4

(Trying to see if I can manage to embed from my phone)

TenToeTurbo
TenToeTurbo Dork
12/8/16 10:46 a.m.

I only like this song for the mouthed sound effects. Pew pew pew pew. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mWISiHcGoNg

Gasoline
Gasoline SuperDork
12/8/16 11:45 a.m.
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