What's the CREEPIEST song ever?

[AweSpishus]

I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
end.

I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...

Help!!!

I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.


WoooOOooOooO.........!

: )

Awe

[Len Moskowitz]

AweSpishus > wrote:

>I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
>influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
>are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
>end.

Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were"



--
Len Moskowitz PDAudio, Binaural Mics, Cables, DPA, M-Audio
Core Sound http://www.stealthmicrophones.com
Teaneck, New Jersey USA http://www.core-sound.com
Tel: 201-801-0812, FAX: 201-801-0912

[Artie Turner]

AweSpishus wrote:
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.

There was several songs on Tim Buckley's "Star Sailor" LP that used to
give me the creeps...Fortunately someone stole the LP...

AT
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

[Abyssmal]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:11:55 GMT, Artie Turner >
wrote:

>AweSpishus wrote:
>>
>> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
>> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>There was several songs on Tim Buckley's "Star Sailor" LP that used to
>give me the creeps...Fortunately someone stole the LP...
>
>AT
>>
>>
>> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>>
>> : )
>>
>> Awe

The theme to the movie Halloween cranked out at 120 decibals is pretty
creepy.

Randall

[axtogrind]

"AweSpishus" > wrote in message
om...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
snip

I always got freaked out by Ministry's "Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste,"
but I sure love that album.
Keith

[George]

In article >,
"axtogrind" > wrote:

> "AweSpishus" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> > influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> > are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> > end.
> >
> snip
>
> I always got freaked out by Ministry's "Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste,"
> but I sure love that album.
> Keith
>
>

either Bloodrocks DOA or Go Away little Girl by????
George

[Mike Tulley]

On 18 Nov 2003 18:59:15 -0800, (AweSpishus) wrote:

>I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
>influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
>are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
>end.
>
>I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
>that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
>riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
Some Velvet Morning: Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra, 1968
Ween is just trying to creep you out. Lee Hazelwood sounds like some
weirdo who is trying NOT to creep you out, but can't help it.
Mike T.

[marty lester]

late to the thread, so forgive me if it's been said already:

"seasons in the sun"
- Terry Jax (or something like that)

so creepy. a band i was in covered it once. it gives me shivers.



marty.


________________________________________

Making the World a Noisier Place

[dt king]

"George" > wrote in message
...
>
> either Bloodrocks DOA or Go Away little Girl by????

You mean the one by Donnie Osmond?

dtk

[George]

In article . net>,
"dt king" > wrote:

> "George" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > either Bloodrocks DOA or Go Away little Girl by????
>
> You mean the one by Donnie Osmond?
>
> dtk
>

yes but it was done by a older man before him
seems very "chester the molester"ish
kinda like "young girl" by gary puckett
george

[John L Rice]

"AweSpishus" > wrote in message
om...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

Not nessesarily the best but these come to mind :

Peter Hammill : Fog Walking
Richard Pinhas : Huston 69
Alice Cooper : I Love The Dead

John L Rice

[ThePaulThomas]

(AweSpishus) wrote in message >...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.

Get the sountrack for just about any John Carpenter movie. Aside from
directing he also almost always composes his own soundrtacks. It's
almost always very creepy, minimalist keyboard stuff that's quite
eerie and unsettling. The soundtrack he did for the first "Halloween"
movie is pretty much a no brainer because EVERYONE knows that theme
when they hear it. But my all time favorite John Carpenter movie
soundtrack is "The Thing" (which was actually done by Ennio Morricone)
but Carpenter's own soundtracks for "Escape From New York", "Assault
On Precinct 13" and "Christine" are great as well.
In fact the soundtrack to "Christine" has always struck me as not
only creepy but something about the overall sound is just downright
disturbing. There's a strange edge to the sound that's shrill enough
to be sort of hair raising without quite killing my ears. It reminds
me of the loud whine of a swarm of insects on a hot summer day. Then
one day I looked at the LP cover for that soundtrack and there's a
special "Thank you" to the EXR Psychouacoustic Processor on the back
of the album. I think that explained everything. SERIOUSLY! It was a
thank you to a piece of gear! But clearly it played a large role in
making that soundtrack sound so eerie...

[Steven Sena]

I WANT MY BABY BACK.
I can't remember the singers name...
1960's
About a guy who morns the death of his girlfriend so much he digs up her
coffin to be with her...
(cute song)
--
Steven Sena
XS Sound
www.xssound.com


"AweSpishus" > wrote in message
om...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

[Patric D'Eimon]

with unquestioned accuracy of thought, Sloth replied:

>
> "AweSpishus" > wrote in message
> om...
>> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
>> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
>> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
>> end.
> Snip
>
> Shivers- Boys Next Door
>
> 75% of The Birthday Party's songs (Release the Bats, Sonny's Burning, Nick
> the Stripper etc)
>
> The Mercy Seat- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
>
> Bit of a theme there, I guess.
>
> S.
>
>
>
Randy Newmans first album. "Lucinda". About a guy who falls in love with
dead body he finds on the beach. Another one more cool than creepy on the
same LP is "Burn Down The Cornfeild".

Patric

[John]

>
>I WANT MY BABY BACK.
>I can't remember the singers name...
>1960's
>About a guy who morns the death of his girlfriend so much he digs up her
>coffin to be with her...
>(cute song)
>--
>Steven Sena
>XS Sound
>www.xssound.com

Man... what's that song about cannibalism that came out a few decades ago...
Tim? Anyone remember that one?




-John Vice
www.summertimestudios.com

[S O'Neill]

McArthur Park is melting in the dark.


AweSpishus wrote:
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

[TYY]

Hot Cock Annie or maybe April Fools

[John]

>From: Nil

>Oh, yeah! "Timothy" by The Buoys. The song was actually writtem by
>Rupert Holmes
>
>Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
>Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?
>
>I must have blacked out just around then
>'Cause the very next thing that I could see
>Was the light of the day again
>My stomach was full as it could be
>And nobody ever got around
>To finding Timothy
>Timothy...
>
>Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
>Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?
>

Yeah, there you go! Good stuff man.


-John Vice
www.summertimestudios.com

[Sloth]

"AweSpishus" > wrote in message
om...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
Snip

Shivers- Boys Next Door

75% of The Birthday Party's songs (Release the Bats, Sonny's Burning, Nick
the Stripper etc)

The Mercy Seat- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Bit of a theme there, I guess.

S.

[Dylan Smith]

The creepiest would definitely be Johnny Cash's cover of Nick Cave's The
Mercy Seat....


drs

[DaveDrummer]

Led Zeppelins No Quarter always freaked me out, but its really good music
"AweSpishus" > wrote in message
om...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

[Rory]

Portishead's first CD. Can't think of any specific tracks, but they were all
pretty creepy without being pretentious.

Ryan

[Lars]

This category has two winners:

1. Eminem - Kim. I don't usually like Eminem (except his early battle
rap stuff), but these lyrics are nothing short of a masterpiece. After
the first time I listened to it, I sat quiet in the room for a minute
without moving.

2. Slayer - Dead Skin Mask. Especially the part when the little girl
starts calling for "Mr. Gein". Very creepy.

[JWelsh3374]

DOA by Bloodrock!



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[DJ]

Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called Various
Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
Pict.........also, another song by 'Floyd called One of These Days (the only
vocal line in the whole song says "One of these days I'm going to cut you
into little pieces". Coolest use of delays I had ever heard up to that time
and a rather powerful slide guitar too. Also, there was a song back in the
early 80's called Lunatic Fringe which was rather disturbing. Some of the
"gangsta' rap" lyrics are pretty creepy too.

Doug Joyce
Animix Productions
Durango, CO

"AweSpishus" > wrote in message
om...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

[Rob Adelman]

George wrote:

> either Bloodrocks DOA or Go Away little Girl by????
> George

DOA was my first thought. Haven't heard it for years but remember having
nightmares as a kid from it.

[Rob Adelman]

JWelsh3374 wrote:

> DOA by Bloodrock!

Yes, thats the one.

[georgeh]

Dylan Smith > writes:

>The creepiest would definitely be Johnny Cash's cover of Nick Cave's The
>Mercy Seat....
>drs

Wrong. It would be Cab Calloway's cover of "St. James Infirmary"

[georgeh]

George > writes:

>In article . net>,
> "dt king" > wrote:

>> "George" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > either Bloodrocks DOA or Go Away little Girl by????
>>
>> You mean the one by Donnie Osmond?

>yes but it was done by a older man before him
>seems very "chester the molester"ish
>kinda like "young girl" by gary puckett

Wasn't that Steve Lawrence?

[Gsquared]

"AweSpishus" > wrote in message
om...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

Tubular Bells from The Exorcist. Who was that? Mike Oldham?

[Abyssmal]

Do not forget the Satanic theme from the Omen movie.
Very pleasant evil sound.

Randall



On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:09:56 -0600, "Gsquared" >
wrote:

>
>"AweSpishus" > wrote in message
om...
>> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
>> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
>> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
>> end.
>>
>> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
>> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
>> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>>
>> Help!!!
>>
>> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
>> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>>
>>
>> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>>
>> : )
>>
>> Awe
>
>Tubular Bells from The Exorcist. Who was that? Mike Oldham?
>

[Clive Backham]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:44:19 GMT, "DJ" > wrote:

>Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called Various
>Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
>Pict.........
That was on Ummagumma, which was Floyd's 4th album. (And to
demonstrate my terminal sadness, I can even give the full correct
title: "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a
Cave and Grooving with a Pict").

>also, another song by 'Floyd called One of These Days (the only
>vocal line in the whole song says "One of these days I'm going to cut you
>into little pieces".
From the album Meddle.

Creepiest song I can think of right now is "Drugs" by Talking Heads.

[Scott Dorsey]

georgeh > wrote:
>Dylan Smith > writes:
>
>>The creepiest would definitely be Johnny Cash's cover of Nick Cave's The
>>Mercy Seat....
>>drs
>
>Wrong. It would be Cab Calloway's cover of "St. James Infirmary"

That IS creepy.
The Artie Shaw version is also kind of creepy, but in a different way.
It also takes two sides.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Ragnar]

(AweSpishus) wrote in message >...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

I've always thought the guitar riff at the beginning of Cat Scratch
Fever sounded particularly evil. Then the lyrics come in and they're
so inane the effect is lost.

The novelty hit "They're coming to take me away HA! HA!" gets pretty
creepy if you play it over and over again.

The B side, which is the same song played backward, should be used as
a torture device. If you stuck someone in a cell and made them listen
to that for an hour or two you could get them to confess to anything
just to make it stop.

Ragnar

P.S. If even that doesn't work, try "Afternoon Delight" by the
Starland Vocal Band.

[nmm]

What None of you guys have mentioned is the recordings of the Manson
Family.

"Mechanical Man, I do wha I can".... that's creepy

I forget if it's on "Pet Sounds" or "Smile" but there was one song that
Manson said was stolen from him, that the Beach Boys recorded.


Another one with a high creep factor is "Love Rollercoaster" by the "Ohio
Players".. because during the recording some girl got murdered in the next
room and there is one scream on the song that is supposedly her last (
Legend has it)


And any of the creepy movies that Bernard Herman did the soundtracks for
( Taxi Driver, Psycho, Day the Earth Stood Still )

[Geetar Dave]

"DaveDrummer" > wrote in message >...
> Led Zeppelins No Quarter always freaked me out, but its really good music

Agreed. I remember discovering its scariness when I was about 12 or
13.

My current vote for creepiest song EVER is Tori Amos' "'97 Bonnie And
Clyde," from the "Strange Little Girls" album. Wow.

-dave

www.themoodrings.com (green ring = sounds)

[initialsBB]

"marty lester" > wrote in message news:<>
> "seasons in the sun"
> - Terry Jax (or something like that)
> so creepy. a band i was in covered it once. it gives me shivers.

Ah, but you must hear the flip side to that single, "Put the Bone In."
Even creepier.

[[email protected]]

(AweSpishus) wrote in message >...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>

There's this song I have on tape, I only caught the last 20-25
seconds, and I have no idea who it is, but it seems to be a
matter-of-fact description of a dead girl on the side of a road? It's
sort of 60's lite sounding and the lyrics that I can remember go
something like:

A young girl
A young girl of 16
Child of springtime, still green
Lying there by the road....

(in a whisper) DEAD.

Song ends on DEAD. Anybody know who this is?

BTW, someone else mentioned Seasons in The Sun, by Terry Jacks. That
never creeped me out, I LOVED that 45 as a kid..


Tom

[Dave Martin]

"Mike Tulley" > wrote in message
...
> >
> Some Velvet Morning: Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra, 1968
> Ween is just trying to creep you out. Lee Hazelwood sounds like some
> weirdo who is trying NOT to creep you out, but can't help it.
> Mike T.

I met Lee a few months ago - I won't argue with your description... He's an
interesting guy, though, with great stories about the old days.

--
Dave Martin
Java Jive Studio
Nashville, TN
www.javajivestudio.com

[Ben Bradley]

In rec.audio.pro, (AweSpishus) wrote:

>I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
>influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
>are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
>end.

Most of the good ones, such as "Timothy" have already been
mentioned in this thread.
In a (AFAIK) toungue-in-cheek vein, there's Darryl Rhoades from
"Burgers From Heaven":
http://www.music-comedy.com/store/necrophilia.mp3
On this page <http://www.music-comedy.com/store/burgers.htm> the song
is titled "She's a morticians' [sic] dream come true" but I always
thought the title was just "Necrophillia."
In the unintended category, someone already mentioned "Cake out in
the Rain" and a few others. There's also "Tiptoe through the Tulips."

>I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
>that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
>riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
>Help!!!
>
>I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
>to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.

It seems like this thread is actually, um, resurrecting them. (!)

>WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
>: )
>
>Awe

[Mark Steven Brooks]

<<
Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called Various
Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
Pict. >>


Not quite correct. Anyway-it's off their 4th album.
(Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

[Mark Steven Brooks]

Dozens of songs by 'Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel'
come to mind.


(Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

[knud]

>I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
>that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
>riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...

LOL, my vote goes squarely on Zappa's "Help I'm a Rock" which I thought
said "help on the rock" when I was little and it scared the bejesus out of my
sister and I.


blahblah
ALL MUSIC IS ORIGINAL...
EVEN IF ONLY ONE NOTE IS CHANGED!
EVERYONE CREATES IN A VACUUM!

[Tommy B]

U right!
Written by Goffin & King
Inspired by a baby sitter (just kidding)
but "Little Eva" was their babysitter.
I met them both once, at different times.
Carol is a lovely and gracious person.
She totally blew my mind & made my day.
Tom



"georgeh" > wrote in message
...
> George > writes:
>
> >In article . net>,
> > "dt king" > wrote:
>
> >> "George" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >
> >> > either Bloodrocks DOA or Go Away little Girl by????
> >>
> >> You mean the one by Donnie Osmond?
>
> >yes but it was done by a older man before him
> >seems very "chester the molester"ish
> >kinda like "young girl" by gary puckett
>
> Wasn't that Steve Lawrence?

[ar3a]

"Len Moskowitz" > wrote in message
...
>
> AweSpishus > wrote:
>
> >I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> >influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> >are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> >end.
>
> Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were"
>

"Brap" by "Skinny Puppy".
Heck...just about anything from Skinny Puppy...
:-)

[Tommy B]

The creepiest song ever............hmm..........I hate to repeat myself but,
"Lookout", a song I wrote that was #1 in 4 countries in Europe, album sold a
mil, I singed away my publishing (Duh), and the creep up and dissapeared.
Pretty creepy, but that's not what you mean is it?
This was real creepy..............I was "watching" a porn tape, when all of
a sudden the music grabs my attention,
I'm thinking, I know this, what the **** is it?
Then I realized, of coarse you know it Einstien, you wrote it! Ouch!!! Talk
about spoiling the mood! Very creepy.
U can't make this **** up,
Tom




"Ben Bradley" > wrote in message
...
> In rec.audio.pro, (AweSpishus) wrote:
>
> >I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> >influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> >are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> >end.
>
> Most of the good ones, such as "Timothy" have already been
> mentioned in this thread.
> In a (AFAIK) toungue-in-cheek vein, there's Darryl Rhoades from
> "Burgers From Heaven":
> http://www.music-comedy.com/store/necrophilia.mp3
> On this page <http://www.music-comedy.com/store/burgers.htm> the song
> is titled "She's a morticians' [sic] dream come true" but I always
> thought the title was just "Necrophillia."
> In the unintended category, someone already mentioned "Cake out in
> the Rain" and a few others. There's also "Tiptoe through the Tulips."
>
> >I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> >that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> >riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
> >
> >Help!!!
> >
> >I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> >to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
> It seems like this thread is actually, um, resurrecting them. (!)
>
> >WoooOOooOooO.........!
> >
> >: )
> >
> >Awe
>

[R Krizman]

Randy Newman "In Germany Before the War" (from "Little Criminals"")

and of course,


"Butterfly Kisses"

-R

[DJ]

I stand correted. It was Ummagumma, etc.

;-(getting too old to remember my Floyd......now that's sad;-)

DJ

"Clive Backham" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:44:19 GMT, "DJ" > wrote:
>
> >Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called Various
> >Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
> >Pict.........
> That was on Ummagumma, which was Floyd's 4th album. (And to
> demonstrate my terminal sadness, I can even give the full correct
> title: "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a
> Cave and Grooving with a Pict").
>
> >also, another song by 'Floyd called One of These Days (the only
> >vocal line in the whole song says "One of these days I'm going to cut you
> >into little pieces".
> From the album Meddle.
>
> Creepiest song I can think of right now is "Drugs" by Talking Heads.
>

[DJ]

..........and obviously, too old to spell.

"DJ" > wrote in message
news.com...
> I stand correted. It was Ummagumma, etc.
>
> ;-(getting too old to remember my Floyd......now that's sad;-)
>
> DJ
>
> "Clive Backham" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:44:19 GMT, "DJ" > wrote:
> >
> > >Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called
Various
> > >Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
> > >Pict.........
> > That was on Ummagumma, which was Floyd's 4th album. (And to
> > demonstrate my terminal sadness, I can even give the full correct
> > title: "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a
> > Cave and Grooving with a Pict").
> >
> > >also, another song by 'Floyd called One of These Days (the only
> > >vocal line in the whole song says "One of these days I'm going to cut
you
> > >into little pieces".
> > From the album Meddle.
> >
> > Creepiest song I can think of right now is "Drugs" by Talking Heads.
> >
>
>

[DJ]

Strange Fruit, sung by Billie Holliday (don't remember if she wrote it).
Pretty creepy visual in that song.

DJ

"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
...
> georgeh > wrote:
> >Dylan Smith > writes:
> >
> >>The creepiest would definitely be Johnny Cash's cover of Nick Cave's The
> >>Mercy Seat....
> >>drs
> >
> >Wrong. It would be Cab Calloway's cover of "St. James Infirmary"
>
> That IS creepy.
> The Artie Shaw version is also kind of creepy, but in a different way.
> It also takes two sides.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[callowaykid]

(georgeh) wrote in message >...
> Dylan Smith > writes:
>
> >The creepiest would definitely be Johnny Cash's cover of Nick Cave's The
> >Mercy Seat....
> >drs
>
> Wrong. It would be Cab Calloway's cover of "St. James Infirmary"

Hi De HO!

Well actually when it comes to my grandfather, though "St. James" is
right up there with up there, with "Kickin' the Gong Around" I think
his creepiest has got to be "The Ghost of Smokey Joe". It you've
never heard this one you have GOT to check it out. That is one of the
wildest tunes ever, I know of no other swing tune were a dead mans
ghost is singing the lyric. It's somewhat like "Sympathy for the
Devil" but the lyrics and arrangement are much more artful. Granddad
had more death and dead tunes than any other swing artist by far.
It's yet another of countless examples of how the Calloway Orchestra
was and continues to be the bluesyest of all swing bands.

C. Calloway "CB" Brooks
Director, Cab Calloway Orchestra

http://www.cabcalloway.com

[georgeh]

(callowaykid) writes:

(georgeh) wrote in message >...
>> Wrong. It would be Cab Calloway's cover of "St. James Infirmary"

>Hi De HO!

>Well actually when it comes to my grandfather, though "St. James" is
>right up there with up there, with "Kickin' the Gong Around" I think
>his creepiest has got to be "The Ghost of Smokey Joe". It you've
>never heard this one you have GOT to check it out. That is one of the
>wildest tunes ever, I know of no other swing tune were a dead mans
>ghost is singing the lyric. It's somewhat like "Sympathy for the
>Devil" but the lyrics and arrangement are much more artful. Granddad
>had more death and dead tunes than any other swing artist by far.
>It's yet another of countless examples of how the Calloway Orchestra
>was and continues to be the bluesyest of all swing bands.

>C. Calloway "CB" Brooks
>Director, Cab Calloway Orchestra
>http://www.cabcalloway.com


I cannot recall which tune it was, but I DO recall seeing an old Betty Boop
cartoon where Cab not only provided a VERY SPOOKY soundtrack, but IIRC,
The Fleisher Bros. roto-scoped Cab's dance steps and used them for their
"ghost". One of animation's greatest moments IMO.

[Peter B.]

(AweSpishus) wrote in message >...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.

>
> Awe



I really enjoy listening to stuff by Penderecki, Ligeti and Premature
Ejaculation for creepy music. Coil, Nurse With Wound, Controlled
Bleeding, Throbbing Gristle and Liabach come to mind too. My favorite
would have to be Penderecki.

Is it wrong to enjoy creepy the same way most people enjoy happy pop
tunes?

I guess it seems normal to me because I enjoy making music like this.

Don't let your kids grow up next to a tollway overpass. The low
frequency sounds from trucks going over the bridge and constant noise
from cars can influence what sounds normal to them. I got into
electronic sound creation as a result. My buddy has it worse though...
He grew up even closer to the tollway and became a drummer.

peter

[Dave Martin]

"callowaykid" > wrote in message
om...
>> Well actually when it comes to my grandfather, though "St. James" is
> right up there with up there, with "Kickin' the Gong Around" I think
> his creepiest has got to be "The Ghost of Smokey Joe".

Oddly enough, I was talking to a singer yesterday about doing "Kickin' The
Gong Around" on R&B dates.. I think as long as I don't tell her what the
slang means, I may get her to do it... I won't sound like Cab, but it ought
to be fun...

--
Dave Martin
Java Jive Studio
Nashville, TN
www.javajivestudio.com

[steve]

You forgot to mention "careful with that axe, eugene" And If I remember
correctly ".. grooving with a pict" was on umma-gumma studio lp, after
Sid left with a mangled brain. There were several earlier albums.

DJ wrote:
>
> Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called Various
> Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
> Pict.........also, another song by 'Floyd called One of These Days (the only
> vocal line in the whole song says "One of these days I'm going to cut you
> into little pieces". Coolest use of delays I had ever heard up to that time
> and a rather powerful slide guitar too. Also, there was a song back in the
> early 80's called Lunatic Fringe which was rather disturbing. Some of the
> "gangsta' rap" lyrics are pretty creepy too.
>
> Doug Joyce
> Animix Productions
> Durango, CO
>

[squeeziechum]

Current93's Nature Unveiled, much of David Tibet's goth-folk output.
Eraserhead soundtrack, and NWW's take on that (was it Brained by falling
masonry?)

I like to play those around All Hallow's Eve.

Phil
"Peter B." > wrote in message
om...
> (AweSpishus) wrote in message
>...
> > I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> > influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> > are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> > end.
>
> >
> > Awe
>
>
>
> I really enjoy listening to stuff by Penderecki, Ligeti and Premature
> Ejaculation for creepy music. Coil, Nurse With Wound, Controlled
> Bleeding, Throbbing Gristle and Liabach come to mind too. My favorite
> would have to be Penderecki.
>
> Is it wrong to enjoy creepy the same way most people enjoy happy pop
> tunes?
>
> I guess it seems normal to me because I enjoy making music like this.
>
> Don't let your kids grow up next to a tollway overpass. The low
> frequency sounds from trucks going over the bridge and constant noise
> from cars can influence what sounds normal to them. I got into
> electronic sound creation as a result. My buddy has it worse though...
> He grew up even closer to the tollway and became a drummer.
>
> peter

[Paul J. White]

On 18 Nov 2003 18:59:15 -0800, (AweSpishus) wrote:

>I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
>influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
>are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
>end.

Siouxsie and the Banshees did some pretty good creepy songs:
Night Shift
Happy House
Peekaboo

etc.

[john muir]

Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were"



That's funny!!!

How 'bout "Sniper" by Harry Chapin?????

[Kurt Riemann]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:59:34 -0600, Rob Adelman
> wrote:

>
>
>JWelsh3374 wrote:
>
>> DOA by Bloodrock!
>
>Yes, thats the one.

Followed closely by "Timothy"


"My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around to finding Timothy"


Kurt Riemann

[John L Rice]

"Gsquared" > wrote in message
...
>
> "AweSpishus" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> > influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> > are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> > end.
> >
> > I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> > that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> > riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
> >
> > Help!!!
> >
> > I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> > to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
> >
> >
> > WoooOOooOooO.........!
> >
> > : )
> >
> > Awe
>
> Tubular Bells from The Exorcist. Who was that? Mike Oldham?
>

Michael Oldfield. Good stuff.

John L Rice

[Tony Evans]

In article >,
(AweSpishus) wrote:

> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

There have been a lot of great suggestions here, and I'd like to add a
few:

"In Every Dreamhome a Heartache" Roxy Music - how many songs can you
name that are about an obsession with inflatable dolls? Great lyric: "I
blew up your body but you blew my mind"

"Alifib/Alifie/Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road" Robert Wyatt - Rock
Bottom - what would you write if you had just been paralyzed from the
waist down?

"DOA" Bloodrock - the ultimate cheesy, sludgy "spooky" rock song

[Justin Ulysses Morse]

initialsBB > wrote:

> Ah, but you must hear the flip side to that single, "Put the Bone In."
> Even creepier.


Is that the same "put the bone in" covered by Soul Asylum as a bonus
track on the CD release of Hang Time?

"Put the bone in, she yelled at the store
Cuz my doggy's been hit by a car
And I do wanna bring him home somethin
Put the bone in she yelled out once more"
?

ulysses

[Justin Ulysses Morse]

How about "Art Lover" by the Kinks?


In article
>, George
> wrote:

> In article . net>,
> "dt king" > wrote:
>
> > "George" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > > either Bloodrocks DOA or Go Away little Girl by????
> >
> > You mean the one by Donnie Osmond?
> >
> > dtk
> >
>
> yes but it was done by a older man before him
> seems very "chester the molester"ish
> kinda like "young girl" by gary puckett
> george

[Justin Ulysses Morse]

S O'Neill > wrote:

> McArthur Park is melting in the dark.


That was my favorite song when I was 4. It's brilliant if you ask me.
Of course, I grew up on the Waylon Jennings version (his 2nd version,
actually) and didn't ever hear the Richard Harris or Donna Summer
version til many years later.

ulysses

[S O'Neill]

"Death Cab for Cutie", the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band.

[umbriaco]

in article ,
at wrote on 11/19/03 1:00 PM:

> (AweSpishus) wrote in message
> >...

> There's this song I have on tape, I only caught the last 20-25
> seconds, and I have no idea who it is, but it seems to be a
> matter-of-fact description of a dead girl on the side of a road? It's
> sort of 60's lite sounding and the lyrics that I can remember go
> something like:
>
> A young girl
> A young girl of 16
> Child of springtime, still green
> Lying there by the road....
>
> (in a whisper) DEAD.
>
> Song ends on DEAD. Anybody know who this is?

It's Noel Harrison (son of Rex Harrison)

I've always been partial to Pink Floyd's
"Come in Number 51, Your Time is Up" from the Zabriskie Point soundtrack.
Or anything by Jandek.

[Kurt Riemann]

>>
>Randy Newmans first album. "Lucinda". About a guy who falls in love with
>dead body he finds on the beach. Another one more cool than creepy on the
>same LP is "Burn Down The Cornfeild".
>
>Patric

Lyle Lovett "Pontiac," with that ****ed up cello.

Also - the first song on Black Sabbath's first album, called,
coincidentally, Black Sabbath. I really wasn't ready for that. I heard
it again last year and have to admit it is the ****tiest recording on
the planet. but still creepy.


Kurt Riemann

[Kurt Riemann]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:24:18 GMT, steve
> wrote:

>You forgot to mention "careful with that axe, eugene" And If I remember
>correctly ".. grooving with a pict" was on umma-gumma studio lp, after
>Sid left with a mangled brain. There were several earlier albums.
>

and the delightful "One Of These Days (I'm going to cut you into
little pieces" from Echoes.

[Kurt Riemann]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:24:18 GMT, steve
> wrote:

>You forgot to mention "careful with that axe, eugene" And If I remember
>correctly ".. grooving with a pict" was on umma-gumma studio lp, after
>Sid left with a mangled brain. There were several earlier albums.
>

Not only did I repost something already referred to, I got the album
wrong.

That alone PROVES I listed to too much Pink Floyd under the right
circumstances.


Kurt Riemann

[Kurt Riemann]

On 19 Nov 2003 11:38:15 -0500, "nmm" > wrote:


> Another one with a high creep factor is "Love Rollercoaster" by the "Ohio
>Players".. because during the recording some girl got murdered in the next
>room and there is one scream on the song that is supposedly her last (
>Legend has it)
>
>



http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/roller.htm

[John L Rice]

"AweSpishus" > wrote in message
om...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe


Warm Leatherette by The Normal is pretty creepy, or at least sick. I've
thought before that if I wasn't worried about the potential consequences it
would be a hoot to pick up hitch hikers while playing a loop of this song.
Don't say anything to them for a while and then start increasing the
vehicle's speed as you rock back and forth harder and harder to the beat.

Lyrics & copy; 1978 Daniel Miller and Mute Records

See the breaking glass
In the underpass
See the breaking glass
In the underpass

Warm leatherette

Hear the crushing steel
Feel the steering wheel
Hear the crushing steel
Feel the steering wheel

Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette

Warm leatherette
Melts on your burning flesh
You can see your reflection
In the luminescent dash

Warm leatherette

A tear of petrol
Is in your eye
The hand brake
Penetrates your thigh
Quick -- Let's make love
Before you die
On warm leatherette

Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette

Join the car crash set



And here's a tidbit from Ghosts by the Strawbs I've always thought was quite
creepy. Really great imagery.

THE LIFE AUCTION
(Cousins/Hawken/Lambert)
Part a) Impressions Of Southall From The Train

Row upon row
Of drab colourless houses
Bowing low
Before high rise blocks

Varicosed housewives
With sweaty armpits
Scrimping and scrubbing
Their husbands' socks

A limp polluted flag
Flutters sadly in its death throes
While crippled trees in leg irons
Wearily haul themselves
Through another diluted acid day.


Here's a mp3 I'll put up for a short time. This is just the one minute
introduction to the whole song. ( 2.32 megs )
http://www.imjohn.com/sounds/Strawbs-Ghosts-LifeAuction.mp3


John L Rice

[Mark Steven Brooks]

<< anything by Jandek >>


I second that.

Also anything by Charles Manson (he has 4 albums out I believe).

Actually, one of the creepiest songs ever is 'Mind Flowers' off the 2nd
Ultimate Spinach album. The original vinyl version especially.

"...I am falling into the quicksand of my troubled mind..."
(Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

[initialsBB]

Justin Ulysses Morse > wrote in message >...
> Is that the same "put the bone in" covered by Soul Asylum as a bonus
> track on the CD release of Hang Time?
>
> "Put the bone in, she yelled at the store
> Cuz my doggy's been hit by a car
> And I do wanna bring him home somethin
> Put the bone in she yelled out once more"

I'm not sure but that sounds similar. I was looking for the Terry
Jacks lyrics on the web to link to but couldn't find them. The
creepiness is largely in the delivery but also the fact that the song
is presumably about bringing home a bone for a dog but has the
repeated line "Put the bone in....She begged him...once more." Oh,
also the line "oh the meat....on the bone....is sweet."

Another creepy classic is the 1st White Noise album "An Electric
Storm" with the very creepy tracks "The Visitation" about a lover
killed in a car crash and "The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell"
which is pretty much what it sounds like.

Delia Derbyshire, one of the masterminds behind White Noise and the
BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Dr. Who theme, etc.) also did the music for
a very creepy hit song that was sung/narrated by an old guy standing
on the street corner ogling the girls. But for the life of me I can't
think of the name of the song or the singer. Any ideas?

[Neil Henderson]

>Also, there was a song back in the
>early 80's called Lunatic Fringe which was rather disturbing.

OK, Deej, you've had enough... time to turn off the tap & cut you off if you
think 'Lunatic Fringe' was disturbing! LOL That song was kinda mellow, IMO.

As a sidebar, I'd like to point out that that song was done by "Red Rider"
featuring Tom Cochrane, and if you remember "Life is a Highway" in like '92 or
thereabouts, you'll realize it's (melodically, anyway) damn near the SAME EXACT
****ING SONG but just 20 years later (which is, admittedly, a pretty good
trick, if you can pull it off). So... not really "creepy", per se', but maybe
disturbing that the same damn song can be reworked with different lyrics two
decades later by the same artist and, BAM!

Mega-hit #2 and a condo in Toronto.

Sing both songs with me now... a-one and a-two:
"Lunatic Friiinge... we all know you're out there"
"Life is a Higway... I wanna ride it all night long"

See what I mean?

NeilH

[nmm]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 12:21 AM, wrote:
>On 19 Nov 2003 11:38:15 -0500, "nmm" >
>wrote:
>
>
>> Another one with a high creep factor is "Love
>Rollercoaster" by the "Ohio
>>Players".. because during the recording some girl got
>murdered in the next
>>room and there is one scream on the song that is
>supposedly her last (
>>Legend has it)
>>
>>
>
>
>
>http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/roller.htm



Damm debunking the urban legends... OH well when you hear it it's "Creepy"

[nmm]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 1:24 AM, Mark Steven Brooks >
wrote:
><< anything by Jandek >>
>
>
>I second that.
>
>Also anything by Charles Manson (he has 4 albums out I
>believe).
>
>Actually, one of the creepiest songs ever is 'Mind Flowers'
>off the 2nd
>Ultimate Spinach album. The original vinyl version
>especially.
>

Wow .. I didn't know people knew about the Ultimate Spinach outside of
Boston.



Are the four Manson albums available anywhere these days?

[Justin Ulysses Morse]

initialsBB > wrote:

> I'm not sure but that sounds similar. I was looking for the Terry
> Jacks lyrics on the web to link to but couldn't find them. The
> creepiness is largely in the delivery but also the fact that the song
> is presumably about bringing home a bone for a dog but has the
> repeated line "Put the bone in....She begged him...once more." Oh,
> also the line "oh the meat....on the bone....is sweet."

Yeah, that's the same song but I don't see anything creepy about it.
Certainly lascivious and a bit off-color, but there's nothing wrong
with that.


ulysses

[Slim]

That's on Ummagumma I think. Right Pink Floyd did some creepy ones. I was
thinking of "Sheep" from Animals, especially the moment whent the high
pitched voice says the prayer/psalm.
Slim

"DJ" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news.com...
> Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called Various
> Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
> Pict.........also, another song by 'Floyd called One of These Days (the
only
> vocal line in the whole song says "One of these days I'm going to cut you
> into little pieces". Coolest use of delays I had ever heard up to that
time
> and a rather powerful slide guitar too. Also, there was a song back in the
> early 80's called Lunatic Fringe which was rather disturbing. Some of the
> "gangsta' rap" lyrics are pretty creepy too.
>
> Doug Joyce
> Animix Productions
> Durango, CO
>
> "AweSpishus" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> > influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> > are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> > end.
> >
> > I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> > that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> > riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
> >
> > Help!!!
> >
> > I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> > to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
> >
> >
> > WoooOOooOooO.........!
> >
> > : )
> >
> > Awe
>
>

[Johnston West]

"John L Rice" > wrote in message

> Warm Leatherette by The Normal is pretty creepy, or at least sick.

Yeah that one always creeped me out.

'The End' by the Doors is pretty haunting too...... with or without Martin Sheen.

>
> Warm leatherette
>
> Hear the crushing steel
> Feel the steering wheel
> Hear the crushing steel
> Feel the steering wheel
>
> Warm leatherette
> Warm leatherette
>
> Warm leatherette
> Melts on your burning flesh
> You can see your reflection
> In the luminescent dash
>
> Warm leatherette
>
> A tear of petrol
> Is in your eye
> The hand brake
> Penetrates your thigh
> Quick -- Let's make love
> Before you die
> On warm leatherette
>
> Warm leatherette
> Warm leatherette
> Warm leatherette
> Warm leatherette
>
> Join the car crash set
>
>
>
> And here's a tidbit from Ghosts by the Strawbs I've always thought was quite
> creepy. Really great imagery.
>
> THE LIFE AUCTION
> (Cousins/Hawken/Lambert)
> Part a) Impressions Of Southall From The Train
>
> Row upon row
> Of drab colourless houses
> Bowing low
> Before high rise blocks
>
> Varicosed housewives
> With sweaty armpits
> Scrimping and scrubbing
> Their husbands' socks
>
> A limp polluted flag
> Flutters sadly in its death throes
> While crippled trees in leg irons
> Wearily haul themselves
> Through another diluted acid day.
>
>
> Here's a mp3 I'll put up for a short time. This is just the one minute
> introduction to the whole song. ( 2.32 megs )
> http://www.imjohn.com/sounds/Strawbs-Ghosts-LifeAuction.mp3
>
>
> John L Rice
>

[Slim]

Anyone know the first Kraftwerk album (1970). Side 2 used to give me the
creeps as a kid. Still does in fact.
Slim

"AweSpishus" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
om...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe

[Justin Ulysses Morse]

When I was a kid, I listened to my Dad's copy of Billy Joel's 52nd St.
a lot, and I finally stole it from him and still have it. But I never
listened to his copy of The Stranger because the picture on the cover
gave me the creeps.


ulysses

[Roger W. Norman]

<Kurt Riemann> wrote in message
...

>
> Followed closely by "Timothy"
>
>
> "My stomach was full as it could be
> And nobody ever got around to finding Timothy"

That would be my vote.

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[Roger W. Norman]

See thread "You know you're getting old..."

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"Rob Adelman" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> George wrote:
>
> > either Bloodrocks DOA or Go Away little Girl by????
> > George
>
> DOA was my first thought. Haven't heard it for years but remember having
> nightmares as a kid from it.
>

[Roger W. Norman]

Alright, **** it. Death Walks Behind You from Atomic Rooster. For you
young kids, do NOT listen to this one on LSD.

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<Kurt Riemann> wrote in message
...
>
> >>
> >Randy Newmans first album. "Lucinda". About a guy who falls in love
with
> >dead body he finds on the beach. Another one more cool than creepy on
the
> >same LP is "Burn Down The Cornfeild".
> >
> >Patric
>
> Lyle Lovett "Pontiac," with that ****ed up cello.
>
> Also - the first song on Black Sabbath's first album, called,
> coincidentally, Black Sabbath. I really wasn't ready for that. I heard
> it again last year and have to admit it is the ****tiest recording on
> the planet. but still creepy.
>
>
> Kurt Riemann

[Roger W. Norman]

"DJ" > wrote in message
news.com...
> Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called Various
> Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
> Pict.........

What are you doing, going back through your albums? <g> "Groovin' with a
Pict" was great. Syd Barrett at his paranoid best.

Another good creepie recording, not due to much of anything other than Zappa
did it, was "It Can't Happen Here", which, not surprising, seems that it CAN
happen here!

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also, another song by 'Floyd called One of These Days (the only
> vocal line in the whole song says "One of these days I'm going to cut you
> into little pieces". Coolest use of delays I had ever heard up to that
time
> and a rather powerful slide guitar too. Also, there was a song back in the
> early 80's called Lunatic Fringe which was rather disturbing. Some of the
> "gangsta' rap" lyrics are pretty creepy too.
>
> Doug Joyce
> Animix Productions
> Durango, CO
>
> "AweSpishus" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> > influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> > are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> > end.
> >
> > I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> > that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> > riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
> >
> > Help!!!
> >
> > I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> > to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
> >
> >
> > WoooOOooOooO.........!
> >
> > : )
> >
> > Awe
>
>

[Tommy B]

Ain't that the Truth.
tom
"Roger W. Norman" > wrote in message
...
> "DJ" > wrote in message
> news.com...
> > Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called Various
> > Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
> > Pict.........
>
> What are you doing, going back through your albums? <g> "Groovin' with a
> Pict" was great. Syd Barrett at his paranoid best.
>
> Another good creepie recording, not due to much of anything other than
Zappa
> did it, was "It Can't Happen Here", which, not surprising, seems that it
CAN
> happen here!
>
> --
>
>
> Roger W. Norman
> SirMusic Studio
> Purchase your copy of the Fifth of RAP CD set at www.recaudiopro.net.
> See how far $20 really goes.
>
>
>
>
> also, another song by 'Floyd called One of These Days (the only
> > vocal line in the whole song says "One of these days I'm going to cut
you
> > into little pieces". Coolest use of delays I had ever heard up to that
> time
> > and a rather powerful slide guitar too. Also, there was a song back in
the
> > early 80's called Lunatic Fringe which was rather disturbing. Some of
the
> > "gangsta' rap" lyrics are pretty creepy too.
> >
> > Doug Joyce
> > Animix Productions
> > Durango, CO
> >
> > "AweSpishus" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> > > influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> > > are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> > > end.
> > >
> > > I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> > > that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> > > riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
> > >
> > > Help!!!
> > >
> > > I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> > > to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
> > >
> > >
> > > WoooOOooOooO.........!
> > >
> > > : )
> > >
> > > Awe
> >
> >
>
>

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Having My Baby. Paul Anka.

[Rob Adelman]

wrote:

> Having My Baby. Paul Anka.


l.o.l. Yes, pretty creepy!

[William Sommerwerck]

I guess it depends on how you define "creepy."

How about Schubert's "The Erl King"? That's got a kid screaming for his father
to save him from Death.

[Mark Steven Brooks]

<< Wow .. I didn't know people knew about the Ultimate Spinach outside of
Boston. >>

I actually know Ian Bruce-Douglas who was the head of the band. Interviewed
him 4 years ago.



<<Are the four Manson albums available anywhere these days? >>

Yes, my local Tower Records store has a few.



(Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

[Mark Steven Brooks]

<< What are you doing, going back through your albums? <g> "Groovin' with a
Pict" was great. Syd Barrett at his paranoid best. >>


That's Roger Waters. Barrett was out of the band long before that.
(Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

[steve]

"Roger W. Norman" wrote:
>
> "DJ" > wrote in message
> news.com...
> > Pink Floyd's first album..........the song, was, I think, called Various
> > Species of Small Furry Creatures Grooving In A Cave With A
> > Pict.........
>
> What are you doing, going back through your albums? <g> "Groovin' with a
> Pict" was great. Syd Barrett at his paranoid best.
>
Actually that's a Water's song, Syd left before ummagumma, working on
solo albums at the time.

[Rob Adelman]

Actually Sting's 'Russians' is pretty creepy. Well produced creepy-ness.

[T. Day]

"R Krizman" > wrote in message
...
> Randy Newman "In Germany Before the War" (from "Little Criminals"")

Randy's "Sail Away" is pretty creepy, too. Allen White's "I Put a Spell on
You" goes high on my list.

[John L Rice]

Ahh! Good one!

"Roger W. Norman" > wrote in message
...
> Alright, **** it. Death Walks Behind You from Atomic Rooster. For you
> young kids, do NOT listen to this one on LSD.
>
> --
>
>
> Roger W. Norman
> SirMusic Studio
> Purchase your copy of the Fifth of RAP CD set at www.recaudiopro.net.
> See how far $20 really goes.
>
>
>
>
> <Kurt Riemann> wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > >>
> > >Randy Newmans first album. "Lucinda". About a guy who falls in love
> with
> > >dead body he finds on the beach. Another one more cool than creepy on
> the
> > >same LP is "Burn Down The Cornfeild".
> > >
> > >Patric
> >
> > Lyle Lovett "Pontiac," with that ****ed up cello.
> >
> > Also - the first song on Black Sabbath's first album, called,
> > coincidentally, Black Sabbath. I really wasn't ready for that. I heard
> > it again last year and have to admit it is the ****tiest recording on
> > the planet. but still creepy.
> >
> >
> > Kurt Riemann
>
>

[geek]

Speaking of Randy Newman, is it just me or has he become a parody of
himself?

I caught about 30 seconds of him on a morning show and it reminded me of the
episode of Family Guy where they basically mock his whole shtick.

He was doing a bad "Randy Newman".

m.

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"T. Day" > wrote in message
...
>
> "R Krizman" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Randy Newman "In Germany Before the War" (from "Little Criminals"")
>
> Randy's "Sail Away" is pretty creepy, too. Allen White's "I Put a Spell
on
> You" goes high on my list.
>
>

[Geoff Wood]

"

Given the current context , 'Beat It' takes on a whole new meaning ....

That's creepy.


geoff

[John L Rice]

"Mark Steven Brooks" > wrote in message
...
> << anything by Jandek >>
>
>
> I second that.
>
> Also anything by Charles Manson (he has 4 albums out I believe).
>
> Actually, one of the creepiest songs ever is 'Mind Flowers' off the 2nd
> Ultimate Spinach album. The original vinyl version especially.
>
> "...I am falling into the quicksand of my troubled mind..."
> (Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

I love that album! I sort of 'stole' it from my sister after she left it
behind when she left home and just a year or two ago I picked it up on CD.

Yeah, Mind Flowers was one of my favorites and Jazz Thing and especially
Genesis Of Beauty Suite. I wish so much hadn't been left off of the CD!

John L Rice

[Mark Steven Brooks]

<< I love that album! I sort of 'stole' it from my sister after she left it
behind when she left home and just a year or two ago I picked it up on CD.

Yeah, Mind Flowers was one of my favorites and Jazz Thing and especially
Genesis Of Beauty Suite. I wish so much hadn't been left off of the CD! >>

Actually I think the CD release is so much better than the original. The one
song left off 'Visions of your Reality' was really terrible. And the edits
that were made to the others make perfect sense. Also the new song order works
a lot better. The songs now comment on each other and flow better. There's an
overall dramatic arch that was not there before.




(Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

[William Sommerwerck]

> Speaking of Randy Newman, is it just me or has he
> become a parody of himself?

Randy Newman's songwriting style is rather narrow, so he eventually stops
sounding "original" and starts sounding like a copy of himself. (Ditto for Rod
McKuen, Michael Jackson, et al.)

[Tommy B]

> Randy Newman's songwriting style is rather narrow,

One might say focused, as in this is "my style", unless you think a guy who
also scores films, etc, can't figure out how to do that. Now, if you are
talking about his voice,
I guess narrow or limited would apply, but it also applys to Dylan,Petty,
etc. So you dig it or you don't.
Tom

[William Sommerwerck]

>> Randy Newman's songwriting style is rather narrow,

> One might say focused, as in this is "my style", unless you think a guy
> who also scores films, etc, can't figure out how to do that. Now, if you
> are talking about his voice, I guess narrow or limited would apply,
> but it also applys to Dylan, Petty, etc. So you dig it or you don't.

I was talking strictly about his writing style. The "better" song writers
(Berlin, Loesser, etc) have a sufficiently wide "range" that it's difficult to
define a typical "style" for them. Newman is instantly recognizable, and I don't
mean that as a compliment.

Newman does a much better job scoring films. I consider him rather talented
there.

[Ralph & Diane Barone]

Perhaps not as creepy as some of the others in this thread, but...
Johnny Cash - The man comes around (especially if you've read Revelations)
XTC - This world over

[Rob Adelman]

William Sommerwerck wrote:


> Newman does a much better job scoring films. I consider him rather talented
> there.

Yes, I heard Newman's version of his song 'You Can Leave Your Hat On'
once. I was thinking how lucky he was to have Joe Cocker sing it.

[Tommy B]

Oh the "Better" & Deader songwriters, I thought Mozart rocked the house
dude. What biz do you work in by the way?
>Newman is instantly recognizable.
That's the point, and the choice.
The fact that advertizing folks use pop songs even though they have to pay
more for them, is because of that. It also
saves them money buying airtime which is where the big bucks get spent!
Ever notice that Tide is always in a orange container?

If you're writing 12 songs for a Bway show, you better wirte with more
range, than for one in a movie where you gotta go for product
identification, stylistically speaking.

Tom





"William Sommerwerck" > wrote in message
...
> >> Randy Newman's songwriting style is rather narrow,
>
> > One might say focused, as in this is "my style", unless you think a guy
> > who also scores films, etc, can't figure out how to do that. Now, if you
> > are talking about his voice, I guess narrow or limited would apply,
> > but it also applys to Dylan, Petty, etc. So you dig it or you don't.
>
> I was talking strictly about his writing style. The "better" song writers
> (Berlin, Loesser, etc) have a sufficiently wide "range" that it's
difficult to
> define a typical "style" for them. Newman is instantly recognizable, and I
don't
> mean that as a compliment.
>
> Newman does a much better job scoring films. I consider him rather
talented
> there.
>

[R Krizman]

<< William Sommerwerck wrote:


> Newman does a much better job scoring films. I consider him rather talented
> there.

Yes, I heard Newman's version of his song 'You Can Leave Your Hat On'
once. I was thinking how lucky he was to have Joe Cocker sing it. >>


I thought Newman's original version on "Sail Away" was brilliant. Definitely a
creepy song candidate. I loved Cocker's version, mostly because of the
funky-ass arrangement (and it's great fun to play), but it was more showy than
substantial. It lacked the twisted vibe of the original, IMO.

In a hundred years Randy's film scores will be forgotten but we'll still be
singing Political Science and I Think It's Going to Rain Today. Who can
believe that 30 years ago he wrote the line "Europe's too old."

You want creepy? Have you ever heard Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee's cover of
"Sail Away"?

-R

[R Krizman]

<< If you're writing 12 songs for a Bway show, you better wirte with more
range, than for one in a movie where you gotta go for product
identification, stylistically speaking. >>


Newman's proven that he can't write a Broadway show (witness "Faust") But with
Andrew Lloyd Blather and shows such as "Jeckyll and Hyde" crowding the great
white way, perhaps that's a good thing.

I'm just grateful he's done what he's done. We should all be so unsuccessful.

-R

[Ben Bradley]

This thread has got me reminiscing. When I was eight years old, the
song "Eve of Destruction" was in the top 40, and I heard it often
enough to hear and think about the words. I knew there were 'bad
things' happening in Viet Nam and such, and when I heard the words I
thought "wow, some of the things he's singing about have really
happened" so when the refrain came around "So you tell me over and
over again my friend that you don't believe we're on the eve of
destruction" it was kinda scary for me.
Of course in retrospect (and after reading the lyrics, link below)
this wasn't meant as a scary song for kids, but as a war protest and
everything-at-the-time protest song (a scary song for adults?).

http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/e/eve_of_destruction.txt

[Mark]

"Geoff Wood" -nospam> wrote in message >...
> "
>
> Given the current context , 'Beat It' takes on a whole new meaning ....
>
> That's creepy.
>
>
> geoff

My vote is for King Diamond's Mommy.

[Geoff Wood]

"Rob Adelman" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> William Sommerwerck wrote:
>
>
> > Newman does a much better job scoring films. I consider him rather
talented
> > there.
>
> Yes, I heard Newman's version of his song 'You Can Leave Your Hat On'
> once. I was thinking how lucky he was to have Joe Cocker sing it.

And 'Sail Away'.

geoff

[R Krizman]

BTW, did they ever say exactly what it was that Billie Joe McAllister dumped
off the Tallahassee Bridge?

-R

[S O'Neill]

"I Just Want You To Hurt Like I Do"


R Krizman wrote:

> << William Sommerwerck wrote:
>
>
>
>>Newman does a much better job scoring films. I consider him rather talented
>>there.
>
>
> Yes, I heard Newman's version of his song 'You Can Leave Your Hat On'
> once. I was thinking how lucky he was to have Joe Cocker sing it. >>
>
>
> I thought Newman's original version on "Sail Away" was brilliant. Definitely a
> creepy song candidate. I loved Cocker's version, mostly because of the
> funky-ass arrangement (and it's great fun to play), but it was more showy than
> substantial. It lacked the twisted vibe of the original, IMO.
>
> In a hundred years Randy's film scores will be forgotten but we'll still be
> singing Political Science and I Think It's Going to Rain Today. Who can
> believe that 30 years ago he wrote the line "Europe's too old."
>
> You want creepy? Have you ever heard Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee's cover of
> "Sail Away"?
>
> -R

[William Sommerwerck]

Jumped... JUMPED!

> BTW, did they ever say exactly what it was that Billie
> Joe McAllister dumped off the Tallahassee Bridge?

[Geoff Wood]

"William Sommerwerck" > wrote in message
...
> Jumped... JUMPED!
>
> > BTW, did they ever say exactly what it was that Billie
> > Joe McAllister dumped off the Tallahassee Bridge?

I wonder if Billie Joe was frightened as he/she jumped, and dumped at the
same time. Wouldn't drink from that stream anyway ....

geoff

[Marc Wielage]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:51:55 -0800, R Krizman wrote
(in message >):

> BTW, did they ever say exactly what it was that Billie Joe McAllister dumped
> off the Tallahassee Bridge?
>--------------------------------snip----------------------------------<

In the movie, it was a rag doll. But then, singer/songwriter Bobbi Gentry
later commented that the movie was only one version of her story -- and not
necessarily what she intended in her 1967 hit song.

BTW, it was the Tallahatchie Bridge, which is in Chickawa County,
Mississippi. Tallahassee is in Florida. Very different.

And the violins at the end of the song definitely make it one of the
creepiest songs of the 1960s. Bernard Herrmann would've probably agreed.

--MFW

[Marc Wielage]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:08:10 -0800, Ben Bradley wrote
(in message >):

> This thread has got me reminiscing. When I was eight years old, the
> song "Eve of Destruction" was in the top 40, and I heard it often
> enough to hear and think about the words.
>--------------------------------snip----------------------------------<

Even more incredibly, producer Lou Adler apparently had Barry McGuire knock
out that song in just one take -- according to legend. I can hear a bad
edit/punch-in, in that last chorus, but regardless, it's a helluva powerful
song. I was only about 10 when it came out, and it really made me stop and
think, too.

--MFW

[R Krizman]

<< "William Sommerwerck" > wrote in message
...
> Jumped... JUMPED! >><BR><BR>

"She and Billy Joe were throwing something off the Tallahatchee bridge."

-R

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"Marc Wielage" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:08:10 -0800, Ben Bradley wrote
> (in message >):
>
> > This thread has got me reminiscing. When I was eight years old, the
> > song "Eve of Destruction" was in the top 40, and I heard it often
> > enough to hear and think about the words.
> >--------------------------------snip----------------------------------<
>
> Even more incredibly, producer Lou Adler apparently had Barry McGuire
knock
> out that song in just one take -- according to legend. I can hear a bad
> edit/punch-in, in that last chorus, but regardless, it's a helluva
powerful
> song. I was only about 10 when it came out, and it really made me stop
and
> think, too.
>

I heard that the original recording was about 7 minutes long (which of
course wouldn't make radio) and told the complete story but they had to cut
it to fit in the time frame. Then when the big controversy about "what
actually happened" came about and people started discussing it she acted
like it was some big secret (which just made people want to know even more -
brilliant PR move).

[William Sommerwerck]

I'm thinking "The day that Billy Joe McAllister JUMPED OFF the Tallahatchee
bridge." Did I mishear the lyrics?

> "She and Billy Joe were throwing something off the Tallahatchee bridge."

[willp17]

(AweSpishus) wrote in message >...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>

"Horse Latitudes" by the Doors, especially when you learn that it was
based on a true story (or so legend has it...). Oh, and the first
time I heard "Iron Man" by Sabbath - the effect on the voice kind of
freaked me (can't remember what that was, now - mouth tube/voice
box?... maybe I should post in the "too old" thread?). And the LP
cover of "Hot Rats" by Zappa had a certain visual creep factor to it.
Great thread, BTW!

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> > "She and Billy Joe were throwing something off the Tallahatchee bridge."

> I'm thinking "The day that Billy Joe McAllister JUMPED OFF the Tallahatchee
> bridge." Did I mishear the lyrics?

No, that happened later (though I believe those words came earlier in
the song). As I recall, and I haven't heard the song for years, they
were spotted throwing something off the bridge, and then later (though
I suspect not immediately thereafter), he jumped.


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[Tommy B]

I hated that song........then.
It could be the perfect "mini white trash soap opera" ever recorded. As for
the chromatic string line at the end, it's like leaves falling in the water
below.
I think it was Alfred Hitchcock, who said music is 51% of a film.
Tom


"Mike Rivers" > wrote in message
news:znr1069596737k@trad...
>
> In article > writes:
>
> > > "She and Billy Joe were throwing something off the Tallahatchee
bridge."
>
> > I'm thinking "The day that Billy Joe McAllister JUMPED OFF the
Tallahatchee
> > bridge." Did I mishear the lyrics?
>
> No, that happened later (though I believe those words came earlier in
> the song). As I recall, and I haven't heard the song for years, they
> were spotted throwing something off the bridge, and then later (though
> I suspect not immediately thereafter), he jumped.
>
>
> --
> I'm really Mike Rivers - )
> However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
> lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
> you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
> and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

[Steve D]

Coming To Take Me Away
To The Funny Farm
Steve D
Sound Spa Recording
http://soundspa.net

[Dave Martin]

"William Sommerwerck" > wrote in message
...
> I'm thinking "The day that Billy Joe McAllister JUMPED OFF the
Tallahatchee
> bridge." Did I mishear the lyrics?
>
> > "She and Billy Joe were throwing something off the Tallahatchee bridge."
>
Both lines are there. But I've wondered if it isn't 'Billie Jo", which could
be a woman.

--
Dave Martin
Java Jive Studio
Nashville, TN
www.javajivestudio.com

[William Sommerwerck]

> Both lines are there. But I've wondered if it isn't 'Billie Jo",
> which could be a woman.

Nope. Billie Joe is a boy.

[S O'Neill]

Steve D wrote:
> Coming To Take Me Away
> To The Funny Farm

Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young in their clean white coats
And they're coming to take me away ha haaaa......

I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind unselfish loving deeds? Well...
You just wait they'll get you yet
And when they do they'll put you in the ASPCA! you mangy mutt-t-t-t

And...
They're

[Audy]

How about the song from the 1960s "Strange Things Happen In This
World".

The lyrics are:

>Last night at the dance I met Laurie,
>so lovely and warm, an angel of a girl
>last night at the dance I met Laurie
>strange things happen in this world

Anyone know who recorded it? It's about a guy who meets a girl at a
dance, he dances with her, gives her his sweater to keep warm, then
drops her off at home.

When he comes back to pick up his sweater, her parents say "she died a
year ago today."

He goes to her grave and finds his sweater on her grave...eeeek.

Audy O
Radar 24 Dealer

[Ben Bradley]

In rec.audio.pro, (Mike Rivers) wrote:

>
>In article > writes:
>
>> > "She and Billy Joe were throwing something off the Tallahatchee bridge."
>
>> I'm thinking "The day that Billy Joe McAllister JUMPED OFF the Tallahatchee
>> bridge." Did I mishear the lyrics?
>
>No, that happened later (though I believe those words came earlier in
>the song). As I recall, and I haven't heard the song for years, they
>were spotted throwing something off the bridge, and then later (though
>I suspect not immediately thereafter), he jumped.

Here are the lyrics, for whoever really needs to know:
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/o/ode_to_billie_joe.txt
It's definitely in the Creepy Song category.

I got the LP album (one of many thrift store/yard sale buys) that
song is on a few years ago and listened to the whole thing. Most of
the other songs sounded a lot like Ode to Billie Joe, guitar playing
with the same or similar rhythm, with violins added. And just like in
Mike's "too close to the truth" post concerning modern CD's, the other
songs aren't nearly as good. It could be the singer/songwriter with a
bunch of similar songs (I've definitely heard that before in local
coffee houses, Borders cafes and such), but somehow I suspect this
case is different. It seems like she had a hit single with Ode, and
they threw the album together quickly to get album sales.

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>However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
>lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
>you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
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[Jerry Steiger]

"Ben Bradley" > wrote in message
...
> Here are the lyrics, for whoever really needs to know:
> http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/o/ode_to_billie_joe.txt
> It's definitely in the Creepy Song category.


Thanks, Ben. I'm not into creepy music, but at least this thread is about
music, and I actually did "like", although that's not really the right word,
"Ode to Billie Joe".

Stephen Stills wrote a song for "Easy Rider" that didn't end up in the
movie. I heard him do it live with C, S, N & Y, or maybe without Y, and
don't know if it ever made it onto an album. All I remember is the line
"find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground". I always thought it was a
great song for the movie and it still makes me feel a bit spooked when I
think of it.

Jerry Steiger

[Analogeezer]

(AweSpishus) wrote in message >...
> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.
>
> I just heard a tune by Ween called "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
> that's a f*cking freak show. Worst of all, I cannot get the toy piano
> riff they utilize (to great effect) out of my head...
>
> Help!!!
>
> I just thought, if we shared some of these musings we might be able
> to exorcise the awful, awful sounds.
>
>
> WoooOOooOooO.........!
>
> : )
>
> Awe


Definetely "Intruder" by Peter Gabriel, I was playing it late one
night while doing some soldering in the basement and had to turn it
off.

It's (obviously) about a guy who has broken into your house, one of
the best lines is:

Snipping the clippers, snipping the clippers through the telephone
wires

The sense of isolation, inspires....inspires me

Then at the end of the song there is this friggin guy whistling this
really creepy melody and he says "I am the Intruder".

Analogeezer

[Billy Bee]

I think the title was DOA by Bloodrock. A guy singing about his death is
some sort of crash. Its long and repetitive but definitely is both creepy
and amusingly odd with is chorus refrain:
"I remember (heavy Brit accent?), we were flying low, and hit something in
the air"


"R Krizman" > wrote in message
...
> << "William Sommerwerck" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Jumped... JUMPED! >><BR><BR>
>
> "She and Billy Joe were throwing something off the Tallahatchee bridge."
>
> -R

[Nousaine]

I nominate Warren Zevon for "Excitable Boy" and "Roland the Headless Thompson
Gunner" and Tom Waits "Pasties and A G-String."

[R Krizman]

<< How about the song from the 1960s "Strange Things Happen In This
World".

The lyrics are:

>Last night at the dance I met Laurie, >><BR><BR>


Dicky Lee


Good one, BTW.


-R

[Shouse]

"Afternoon Delight" has gotta be up there.

[Nousaine]

Warren Zevon "Excitable Boy" or "Roland, The Headless Thompson Gunner"

Tom Waits "Pasties and a G-String"

[Craig Ramseur]

"Do You First"
written by Peter Lord
performed by Corey Glover (Living Colour)

Daddy loves your sweet perfume
not the kind we bought in France
Daddy loves to smell your sex
Makes him want to scream and dance
.....
What do you expect from me
What can I expect from you
I'll do you first then do myself



--
Now Go Play!

Craig Ramseur

[Audy]

> << How about the song from the 1960s "Strange Things Happen In This
> World".
>
> The lyrics are:
>
> >Last night at the dance I met Laurie, >><BR><BR>
>
>
> Dicky Lee
>
>
> Good one, BTW.
>
>
> -R

Thanks! It's been driving me crazy wondering who did it. Of course,
knowing this song isn't indicative of our age group is it? NO!

Best regards,
Audy

[Dave O'Heare]

> > << How about the song from the 1960s "Strange Things Happen In This
> > World".
> >
> > The lyrics are:
> >
> > >Last night at the dance I met Laurie, >><BR><BR>
> >
> > Dicky Lee
> >
> > Good one, BTW.
> >
> > -R
>
> Thanks! It's been driving me crazy wondering who did it. Of course,
> knowing this song isn't indicative of our age group is it? NO!
>
> Best regards,
> Audy

Actually, the late great Steve Goodman does a terrific version on his live
album "Artistic Hair". He's got some great folks on there too, Jethro Burns
on mandolin (who is obviously having a great time).

But the highlight of the album is David Amram's solo in "The Water is Wide".
Goosebumps, every time...

Dave O'H

[Mike]

"Slim" > wrote in message news:3fbc98fc@news-fe-01...
> Anyone know the first Kraftwerk album (1970). Side 2 used to give me the
> creeps as a kid. Still does in fact.
> Slim

Which of course, reminds me of Amon Duul II...

[Mike]

"Rob Adelman" > wrote in message
...
>
> Yes, I heard Newman's version of his song 'You Can Leave Your Hat On'
> once. I was thinking how lucky he was to have Joe Cocker sing it.
>

Funny, I was thinking how lucky Cocker was to have Kim Basinger strip to it.
(name that movie)

[glen]

"Disco Duck"


"Dave O'Heare" > wrote in message
...
>
> > > << How about the song from the 1960s "Strange Things Happen In This
> > > World".
> > >
> > > The lyrics are:
> > >
> > > >Last night at the dance I met Laurie, >><BR><BR>
> > >
> > > Dicky Lee
> > >
> > > Good one, BTW.
> > >
> > > -R
> >
> > Thanks! It's been driving me crazy wondering who did it. Of course,
> > knowing this song isn't indicative of our age group is it? NO!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Audy
>
> Actually, the late great Steve Goodman does a terrific version on his live
> album "Artistic Hair". He's got some great folks on there too, Jethro
Burns
> on mandolin (who is obviously having a great time).
>
> But the highlight of the album is David Amram's solo in "The Water is
Wide".
> Goosebumps, every time...
>
> Dave O'H
>
>

[S O'Neill]

Dead Man's Curve, especially because it came true.

[dwgriffi]

"Dominique" by The Singing Nun

--
Raindances always worked because they didn't stop dancing until it rained.



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[LeBaron & Alrich]

"The worms crawl in
"the worms crawl out...?

--
ha

[geek]

Has anyone mentioned "They're coming to take me away" by Dr. Demento? That's
pretty creepy. Or at least a candidate for the weirdest song.

m.

--


mike rekka at hotmail dot com hates spam


"Jeff Gauld" > wrote in message
...
> " I will drug youuu and **** youuu . . . on the per ma frosst"
>
>
> Permafrost by Magasine
>
>

[S O'Neill]

geek wrote:
> Has anyone mentioned "They're coming to take me away" by Dr. Demento? That's
> pretty creepy. Or at least a candidate for the weirdest song.
>
> m.
>
Yes, and it was by Napolean XIII

[Jeff Gauld]

" I will drug youuu and **** youuu . . . on the per ma frosst"


Permafrost by Magasine

[William Sommerwerck]

As long as we're talking "creepy"...

Am I the only one who's noticed that Michael Jackson bears a striking
resemblance to Joan Crawford?

[Bryson]

"The End" by The Doors was pretty freaky to me at the time, though I
was seven when it came out.



Also, anything by Cheer.

[Tommy B]

Or that she was on the board of directors of Pepsico, and he had his nogin
ignighted doing one of their TV spots.


"William Sommerwerck" > wrote in message
...
> As long as we're talking "creepy"...
>
> Am I the only one who's noticed that Michael Jackson bears a striking
> resemblance to Joan Crawford?
>

[William Sommerwerck]

I'd forgotten that -- You're right, they both had a "significant relationship"
with Pepsi.

Tommy B wrote...

> Or that she was on the board of directors of Pepsico, and
> he had his noggin ignighted doing one of their TV spots.

> William Sommerwerck wrote...

>> Am I the only one who's noticed that Michael Jackson
>> bears a striking resemblance to Joan Crawford?

[Johnston West]

(AweSpishus) wrote in message

I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.

I saw Ashcroft at some event singing along with the "Star Spangled
Banner". That was very creepy and did make the hair on my arm stand
up...... The hair on the back of my neck too.

J_West

[Bryson]

(Bryson) wrote in message >...
> "The End" by The Doors was pretty freaky to me at the time, though I
> was seven when it came out.
>
>
>
> Also, anything by Cheer.

Uh....I meant Cher.......
Or maybe Blue Cheer.....I don't know....

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"Bryson" > wrote in message
om...
> "The End" by The Doors was pretty freaky to me at the time, though I
> was seven when it came out.

Yeah. I was really creeped out by it. I'm a huge Alice Cooper fan and most
people were freaked by them but I knew that was just show. Knowing Morrison
wasn't freaked me out much more.

[dafe]

snup

"Intruder" by Peter Gabriel, I was playing it late one
> night while doing some soldering in the basement and had to turn it
> off.
>
> It's (obviously) about a guy who has broken into your house, one of
> the best lines is:
>
> Snipping the clippers, snipping the clippers through the telephone
> wires
>
> The sense of isolation, inspires....inspires me
>
> Then at the end of the song there is this friggin guy whistling this
> really creepy melody and he says "I am the Intruder".
>
> Analogeezer

...case of missing the mood imho. doing soldering while someone tells
about "snipping clippers snipclip wires" plus inspiring "sense of
isolation"? (and sneaky intruder rips you off behind your back,
yesss).
The argument for being sentenced of creepiness should be at least
negligence on behalf of the artist(s); might it apply for
-cway-zee-hooa-zes-/-ooaao-ooaao-..., the Osmonds?

dafe

[dafe]

"Mike" > wrote in message >...
> "Slim" > wrote in message news:3fbc98fc@news-fe-01...
> > Anyone know the first Kraftwerk album (1970). Side 2 used to give me the
> > creeps as a kid. Still does in fact.
> > Slim
>
> Which of course, reminds me of Amon Duul II...

...which both belong to the specialty section "kraut-rock". It still
hides countless filthy secrets. And we all keep on hiding..

adfe

[Rocketman]

"Ricky W. Hunt" > wrote in message
news:JwByb.372506$HS4.3108484@attbi_s01...
> "Bryson" > wrote in message
> om...
> > "The End" by The Doors was pretty freaky to me at the time, though I
> > was seven when it came out.
>
> Yeah. I was really creeped out by it. I'm a huge Alice Cooper fan and most
> people were freaked by them but I knew that was just show. Knowing
Morrison
> wasn't freaked me out much more.

How about "Goosebump" by The Residents? Or the most out-of-bounds
pure-insanity rock/pop cover song ever recorded, the Residents' version of
"Satisfaction?" The Residents seemed to specialize in creepy tunes. Want
creepy? Check out "Bad Day on the Midway," a bizarre interactive computer
game with a Residents soundtrack. It's like a bad acid trip.

The album that consistently freaks me out is FSOL's "Dead Cities." I made
the mistake (once) of allowing myself to absorb the disturbing liner artwork
while listening to the CD in an impressionable state. FSOL is capable of
being excessively creepy, and it worked. Just the track titles alone are
creepy: ("Through Your Gills I Breathe," for instance). The cyberpunk liner
artwork is very well done, and conveys the emotionally detached, violent,
post-human mood of the music perfectly. I'd love to see the FSOL guys make
a feature-length film along the lines of A.I.; but with their creepy
cyberpunk atmosphere and attitude. It would be a disturbingly powerful film.

-Barry

[Albert McDonnell]

> (AweSpishus) wrote in message
>
> I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> > are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> > end.

I haven't read this whole thread, so forgive me if someone's already
mentioned this one. The entire Nick Cave album 'Murder Ballads' is the
creepiest music I've ever heard. The guy goes right inside the twisted
minds of the most brutal serial killers and lays out the sickness - no
holds barred. Yikes - if you want creepy I don't think you can do
better than this. It's powerful because the music is very strong
supporting the lyrics. You've never heard a version of 'Stagger Lee'
like this one...

Albert

[Charles Thomas]

In article >,
(Albert McDonnell) wrote:

> > (AweSpishus) wrote in message
> >
> > I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> > > are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> > > end.
>
> I haven't read this whole thread, so forgive me if someone's already
> mentioned this one. The entire Nick Cave album 'Murder Ballads' is the
> creepiest music I've ever heard. The guy goes right inside the twisted
> minds of the most brutal serial killers and lays out the sickness - no
> holds barred. Yikes - if you want creepy I don't think you can do
> better than this. It's powerful because the music is very strong
> supporting the lyrics. You've never heard a version of 'Stagger Lee'
> like this one...

I remember back in my partying days my friends used to listen to a King
Diamond album that was all about his serial-killing grandmother or
something.

That was some seriously creepy stuff.

"Chemical Warfare" by Slayer is pretty creepy too.

CT

[rickymix]

William Sommerwerck wrote:
> Schubert's "The Erl King"? That's got a kid screaming for his father
to save him from Death.

With lyrics by Goethe, I believe. Now there's a songwriting team!
Yeah, that one really bothered me when I was a kid. So did "Maxwell's
Silver Hammer", although that was more annoying than scary.
Cheers, Rick.

[Mark Steven Brooks]

Tie a Yellow Ribbon.
(Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

[rickymix]

So are we talking good creepy or bad creepy?
In the realm of fun, I just did a song for a horror movie called
"The Hazing" with Brooke Burke where I have the voice of a ghost from
the Donner Party float by saying, "Hmmm, tastes like chicken!....."
For some reason that line cracks me up every time I think of it.
It's interesting how horror and comedy are so closely related. Dunno
why.
Cheers, Rick.

[EggHd]

Shannon


---------------------------------------
"I know enough to know I don't know enough"

[Tommy B]

As a record by Tony Orlando & Dawn I agree!
Think Jimi Hendrix and the "Star Spangled Banner"
You could take a piece of Old Pop Trash that everbody hates and if you
arrange it correctly, mine it for all it's angst, and you might twist some
heads.
Thanks for the idea, I might just produce it up to see if it works. Stupider
ideas have become hit records, though I cab't think of one at the
moment..........lol
Tom


"Mark Steven Brooks" > wrote in message
...
> Tie a Yellow Ribbon.
> (Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

[Charles Thomas]

As a kid the song "Wildfire" always creeped me out.

I still can't stand to listen to it today.

A woman gets thrown from her horse in the middle of a blizzard and
freezes to death screaming for her horse to come back?

That's just creepy.

CT

[S O'Neill]

I traced Her Footprints in the Snow
I found her little foo'prints in the snow, Lord!
Bless that happy day Nellie lost her way
I found her when the snow was on the ground.

- Bill Monroe

Of course, she's frozen solid, but he found her.

[Ralph & Diane Barone]

In article >,
(rickymix) wrote:

>So are we talking good creepy or bad creepy?
> In the realm of fun, I just did a song for a horror movie called
>"The Hazing" with Brooke Burke where I have the voice of a ghost from
>the Donner Party float by saying, "Hmmm, tastes like chicken!....."
> For some reason that line cracks me up every time I think of it.
>It's interesting how horror and comedy are so closely related. Dunno
>why.
> Cheers, Rick.

.... uh, it's pork, actually <veg>

[Chris Johnson]

"If It's In You", Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs.

Yes I'm thinking...

Yes I'm thinkiiiiiIIIIII!! uh sorry um...

(sound of engineers ignoring him and talking in the control room)

Yes I'm thinking of this, yes I am
puddle town, Tom was the underground
hold you tighter so close, yes you are
please hold on to the steel rail...

Sound of a guy in the studio literally going insane while the other
musos sort of ignore him, knowing he's too fried to perform- and then,
he for some reason forces himself to go through the song anyhow.

It's f**king painful to listen to- and very creepy- some kind of
great art, but not in any normal human sense. That I call creepy,
because the madness was real (like the poster who compared Jim Morrison
to Alice Cooper)

Chris Johnson

[Mark Steven Brooks]

<< "If It's In You", Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs.

Yes I'm thinking...

Yes I'm thinkiiiiiIIIIII!! uh sorry um...

(sound of engineers ignoring him and talking in the control room)

Yes I'm thinking of this, yes I am
puddle town, Tom was the underground
hold you tighter so close, yes you are
please hold on to the steel rail...

Sound of a guy in the studio literally going insane while the other
musos sort of ignore him, knowing he's too fried to perform- and then,
he for some reason forces himself to go through the song anyhow.

It's f**king painful to listen to- and very creepy- some kind of
great art, but not in any normal human sense. That I call creepy,
because the madness was real (like the poster who compared Jim Morrison
to Alice Cooper) >>

The real painful aspect is hearing his sense of pitch getting worse and worse
as he sings it.

'Rats' is a much more creepy song.



(Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)

[Marc Wielage]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 8:14:23 -0800, Charles Thomas wrote
(in message >):

> A woman gets thrown from her horse in the middle of a blizzard and
> freezes to death screaming for her horse to come back?
>--------------------------------snip----------------------------------<

Not quite -- you mis-heard the lyrics. The woman never got thrown from the
horse at all; the implication is that she was lost in a blizzard (we know the
horse was, for sure).

You can read the lyrics to Michael Martin Murphey's song here:

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/bandits/wildfire.htm


But I _do_ agree with you that it's one damned eerie (and memorable) song.

--MFW

P.S. And I never understood the term "sodbustin'" until decades after the
song came out. I always thought he was singing "we're gonna leave... south
BOSTON behind." So sue me; ah'm just a city boy.

[Neil Henderson]

>P.S. And I never understood the term "sodbustin'" until decades after the
>song came out. I always thought he was singing "we're gonna leave... south
>BOSTON behind." So sue me; ah'm just a city boy.

LOL! When that song came out, I thought the same thing... when I saw the
correct lyrics, I atttributed my mis-hearing it to the fact that I had lived in
Massachusetts but maybe it's a more widespread 'mis-hearing' than that.

Nonetheless, whether you're gonna leave "sodbustin' " or "South Boston" behind,
you're probably better off either way.

NeilH

[Andrew M.]

Neil Henderson wrote:

>>P.S. And I never understood the term "sodbustin'" until decades after the
>>song came out. I always thought he was singing "we're gonna leave... south
>>BOSTON behind." So sue me; ah'm just a city boy.
>
>
> LOL! When that song came out, I thought the same thing... when I saw the
> correct lyrics, I atttributed my mis-hearing it to the fact that I had lived in
> Massachusetts but maybe it's a more widespread 'mis-hearing' than that.
>
> Nonetheless, whether you're gonna leave "sodbustin' " or "South Boston" behind,
> you're probably better off either way.
>
> NeilH

How about that Nine Inch Nails cover that Johnny Cash did "Hurt"? That
song is downright creepy to me. Lots of negative emotion. I got goose
bumps the first time I heard it.

[Dan Barch]

Unless I had Google delay, nobody said "Don't Fear the Reaper", by
Blue Oyster Cult. An unadorned invitation from the other side...

Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...

It always bugged me some from initial release but really got to me
after 9/11/01 when it kept showing up in the normal rotation on
Classic Rock. Now an immediate station change away for me...

[Charles Thomas]

In article >,
Marc Wielage > wrote:

> Not quite -- you mis-heard the lyrics. The woman never got thrown from the
> horse at all; the implication is that she was lost in a blizzard (we know the
> horse was, for sure).

Dude... seriously... I tried my hardest not to ever listen to that song
after the first time.

It doesn't surprise me that I didn't have all the details right from
when I heard it at age 7 or whatever.

I'd read the lyrics... but then I might have to deal with that song
being stuck in my head for a long, long time.

CT

[Charles Thomas]

In article >,
Marc Wielage > wrote:

> P.S. And I never understood the term "sodbustin'" until decades after the
> song came out. I always thought he was singing "we're gonna leave... south
> BOSTON behind." So sue me; ah'm just a city boy.

I always thought it was "We're gonna leave somebody behind."

<shrug>

CT

[Charles Thomas]

In article >,
Marc Wielage > wrote:

> Not quite -- you mis-heard the lyrics. The woman never got thrown from the
> horse at all; the implication is that she was lost in a blizzard (we know the
> horse was, for sure).

Ok. I broke down (no pun intended) and read the lyrics.

They are certainly a lot less creepy than what I HEARD. Heh.

I thought it was "The pony she named Wildfire busted down and stalled,
in a blizzard he was lost"... as in, she was riding him and he threw
her, then she was wandering in the blizzard looking for him.

Hey, whatever. I was seven!

Actually I like my libretto better.

CT

[Ben Bradley]

In rec.audio.pro, (Dan Barch) wrote:

>Unless I had Google delay, nobody said "Don't Fear the Reaper", by
>Blue Oyster Cult. An unadorned invitation from the other side...
>
>Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they are
>Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
>Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
>We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
>Baby I'm your man...
>
>It always bugged me some from initial release but really got to me
>after 9/11/01 when it kept showing up in the normal rotation on
>Classic Rock. Now an immediate station change away for me...

Now that you mention that, we could just add to this thread the
Clear-Channel "don't play these" list of songs about airplanes, dying
and such that came out just after 9/11.
-----
http://mindspring.com/~benbradley

[LeBaron & Alrich]

AweSpishus wrote:

> I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> end.

"El Macho" - Mark Knopfler

--
ha

[Les Cargill]

LeBaron & Alrich wrote:
>
> AweSpishus wrote:
>
> > I know this is a little late, our being 2+ weeks hence Hallowee'en's
> > influence, but I'm wondering aloud here what peoples' creepiest faves
> > are. You know the song or songs make the hair on your arms stand on
> > end.
>
> "El Macho" - Mark Knopfler
>

I'd a said "You And Your Friend" off "On Every Street".

Who's the Jerry referred to in "El Macho", anyway?

> --
> ha


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Les Cargill

[Mike Gilmour]

Tom Lehrer, weird/creepy for young ears -

"I hold your hand in mine, dear,
I press it to my lips.
I take a healthy bite
From your dainty fingertips.

My joy would be complete, dear,
If you were only here,
But still I keep your hand
As a precious souvenir.

The night you died I cut it off,
I really don't know why.
For now each time I kiss it
I get bloodstains on my tie".

[Nousaine]

How about Jerry lee Lewis doing "16 Candles" on the Orbison/Lewis/Cash/Perkins
"Class of 55"

[Mark Steven Brooks]

How about:

'****ing Betty Sue with a Dagger'
by Heinous Anus and the Assholes
(Mark Steven Brooks/Elaterium Music)