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UtahDan · 04-09-2008, 02:08 AM

My last post of Tom Dooley on the song thread is my segue. My favorite, easily, is Cocaine Blues with Dehlia a distant second, both by Johnny Cash.

Maybe this list is too short, but can any of you think of others?

creekster · 04-09-2008, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by UtahDan

My last post of Tom Dooley on the song thread is my segue. My favorite, easily, is Blues with Dehlia a distant second, both by Johnny Cash.

Maybe this list is too short, but can any of you think of others?

Can they cross over from the other list? Isn't I hung my head about murder?

Also, Folsom prison blues is sort of about murder(johnny again).

Jeff Lebowski · 04-09-2008, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by UtahDan

My last post of Tom Dooley on the song thread is my segue. My favorite, easily, is Cocaine Blues with Dehlia a distant second, both by Johnny Cash.

Maybe this list is too short, but can any of you think of others?

Good call, Dan. That other thread is getting way out of hand. Let's tighten down the parameters.

I mentioned this one already, but it happens to be about a murder:

Billy Austin - A guy on death row retelling his crime. Live version is best.
(http://music.yahoo.com/Steve-Earle/B.../lyrics/557366)

Of course, there is that "Earle" song by the Dixie Chicks. (Not a favorite of mine, but I have to mention it just to piss off our buddy Archaea).

il Padrino Ute · 04-09-2008, 02:18 AM

Would Bohemian Rhapsody qualify?

RockyBalboa · 04-09-2008, 02:42 AM

"I shot a man in Reno....just to watch him die.....when I hear that whistlin blowin....I hang my head and cry."

Johnny Cash is super wahsum.

SoCalCoug · 04-09-2008, 02:44 AM

I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley

il Padrino Ute · 04-09-2008, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by SoCalCoug

I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley

Great song. Bob was the man.

How about Murder By Numbers by The Police.

UteStar · 04-09-2008, 03:31 AM

'Girlfriend in a Coma' and 'Killing an Arab' are both brutal and interesting, by the Smiths and the Cure, respectively.

il Padrino Ute · 04-09-2008, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by UteStar

'Girlfriend in a Coma' and 'Killing an Arab' are both brutal and interesting, by the Smiths and the Cure, respectively.

Two of my favorite songs from two of my favorite bands.

YOhio · 04-09-2008, 03:57 AM

Angel of Death by Slayer. A song about the Nazi physician Josef Mengele.

Silent Scream by Slayer is a pretty gruesome depiction of an abortion.

I Used to Love Her by GNR is a catchy tune about a guy who murders a women after he stops loving her, later concluding that they're both happier as a result.

Banks of the Ohio is an odd Cash song. A murder ballad that sounds like a church spiritual.

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UtahDan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Bluth Home Posts: 3,877	Favorite murder ballad? My last post of Tom Dooley on the song thread is my segue. My favorite, easily, is Cocaine Blues with Dehlia a distant second, both by Johnny Cash. Maybe this list is too short, but can any of you think of others? __________________ The Bible tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. -Galileo

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il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Would Bohemian Rhapsody qualify? __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

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RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	"I shot a man in Reno....just to watch him die.....when I hear that whistlin blowin....I hang my head and cry." Johnny Cash is super wahsum. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

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SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

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UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	'Girlfriend in a Coma' and 'Killing an Arab' are both brutal and interesting, by the Smiths and the Cure, respectively. __________________ UteStar's words to live by: "I'm not about play-play, I'm really about business." Goatnapper: "UteStar is the only one who is not scum."

04-09-2008, 03:57 AM	#10
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	Angel of Death by Slayer. A song about the Nazi physician Josef Mengele. Silent Scream by Slayer is a pretty gruesome depiction of an abortion. I Used to Love Her by GNR is a catchy tune about a guy who murders a women after he stops loving her, later concluding that they're both happier as a result. Banks of the Ohio is an odd Cash song. A murder ballad that sounds like a church spiritual.