My new job is heaven. They let me listen to music! Today I heard this Morrissey song called, "The More you Ignore Me the Closer I get" which was basically a stalker song even creeperier than "I'll be Watching You" by Sting. Then there's the Bessie Smith song where she sings, "If I get beat up by my poppa I won't call no copper." Freaks me the hell out. But not nearly as much as a line in a Siouxie and the Banshee's song. There's something about her singing about their "Tiny hands and tiny feet" that just makes me shudder. And do not get me started on various Dir en grey. Tsumi to Batsu, Bottom of the Death Valley and many more have the most alarming lyrics.
Posted by Vid (Member # 7172) on :
"If I was Invisible" by Clay Aiken.
I almost got fired when I worked at Home Depot for staring a cashier in the eye and saying the lyrics of that song to her. Bad idea.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
So that's who sings that song... That song totally creeps me out, but I don't like it. I'd hit someone if they were invisible in my room.
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
"I Used to Love Her" by Guns N' Roses
My boyfriend played that for me around our second month of dating. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Hotel California
Posted by RoyHobbs (Member # 7594) on :
"Every Step You Take" Sting and The Police
Very stalkerish....
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Bette Midler's "From a Distance"
It really really bugs me. It bugs me that other people like it, and think it is a positive message. But I like the sound of the music.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Anything by Nine-Inch Nails.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
"Tempted" by Squezze
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
There are a whole host of songs I like *because* they are creepy and talking creepily about creepy things, like "Possession" by Sarah MacLachlan, "Precious Things" by Tori Amos, and "Push" by Matchbox 20.
But songs that I like in spite of serious problems I have with the message: "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails "Hey Mister" by Custom (language in link) and,"Talk to Me", by Keri Noble.
The last bears some explaining: it's a great song, totally captures the little lift you get when a crush walks by... but here's the thing: the song is about someone the singer's never met but sees all the time and has a crush on, but at the very end, she kind of gasps "I love you." It's a great moment because again, it totally captures that embarassed earnestness and I get little chills because it's very romantic and sexy and just great...
And then I freak out a little bit because the singer is declaring love for a total stranger and here I am identifying with and approving it. Oof. I love this song, but it definitely creeps me out, too, especially in what it says about me.
[ August 10, 2005, 10:10 AM: Message edited by: Jim-Me ]
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Ah yes, Closer - I absolutely love that song even though it's horrible. Same with Lotion (by Greenskeepers) and some of Dave Navarro's stuff (Rexall springs to mind, oh - and Everything ).
[ August 10, 2005, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I'll have to try that one out, Jim-Me. Sounds fasacinating. Thanks!
Another that freaks me out when I find myself singing it is Soft Cell's version of "Tainted Love."
quote:Once I ran to you ... <Ohhhhh...> Now I run from you ...
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Tourniquet, by Evanescence.
Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :
"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult is a great-sounding song about the benefits of suicide.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Synesthesia,
I think I missed something... what's your new job?? I'm happy to hear that you love it.
-Katarain
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
Poisoning Pidgeons in the Park
And yes- the subject is the same as the title. It's just really funny though.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
I read Shawshank's post as a reply to Katarain and spit Diet Dr. Pepper all over my monitor. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I want that job!
And Tom Lehrer is teh awesome.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shawshank: Poisoning Pidgeons in the Park
That song disturbs you?
(sings) It's not against any religion To want to dispose of a pigeoonnnnnn!
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
I'm sorry Karl! I didn't even think about that. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
So if Sunday you're free, Why don't you come with me, And we'll poison the pigeons in the park.
Go ahead! Sing along! Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
Actually- it doesn't really disturb me- but if someone actually did go around literally poisoning pdigeons- that person would be a little scary I would surely think.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
oh, well, if you're going to be realistic about it... Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
But what if the pigeons attacked first?
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
pigeons = rats with wings...
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
no... those are seagulls in Finding Nemo Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
them too, but I was referring to the digusting little beasts that have overtaken much of downtown Chicago. I wish they'd make feeding those creatures illegal and actually enforce it. Of course, then a sick scary individual couldn't mix poison bait into the seed.... <whistles innocently>
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Goody - I was actually poop-bombed by a pigeon in Chicago and had to go home from work to wash my hair. Ewwww.
Now I live in Iowa, and there are hardly any pigeons at all. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I was just talking with a friend this morning about how the Barenaked Ladies' song "War on Drugs" throws us into the pit of despair, but is still beautiful enough to keep us listening.
I think it's beautiful because it evokes compassion in you, but awful because it leaves you with no solution.
In the dream I refuse to have She falls asleep in a lukewarm bath We're left to deal with the aftermath again
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
I second "Don't Fear the Reaper".
I have to admit, that as strongly as I feel about infidelity, it bothers me that like "Follow Me". It's so catchy!
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
Harvey Danger, "Underground"
Posted by ChaosTheory (Member # 7069) on :
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I temporarily work for Blue Cross Blue Shield typing letters. So of course I bring my discman and 30 cds and if that isn't enough I listen to Launchcast.
Today they played Son of a Preacher Man. Dang does that song squick me. It's basically about molestation sung about in a catchy cheerful way. "Stealing kisses from me on the side" indeed. I love Closer by NIN but I can't sing that song outloud. It has the F word in it! Not to mention the fact that they keep playing it at work and it makes me think about the wrong thing. Poisoning Pidgeons in the park is kind of funny. I do love songs by that guy. He sings the sort of songs I write when I am bored and there is no music playing. I never thought of Don't Fear the Reaper being about that.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Therapy - Diane :gulp:
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I love Closer as well, I typically sing it with altered lyrics (which I believe I got off hatrack actually, but I don't remember from who.) "I want a Fuzzy Little Animal"
"Bleed Like Me" by Garbage is pretty disturbing but I like it so much I bought the whole album.
"Hey Man Nice Shot"
Pix
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
#1 Crush by Garbage is another fun one. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Que Sera Sera by Pink Martini. Doesn't freak ME out, but everyone I've had listen to it has been freaked out by it.
Weirdos.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
"I'm Not as Good as I Once Was" and that song about almost legal girls that are both played on country channels are top on my list!
Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
Anyone mentioned Brick yet?
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
They're not creepy!
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Poisoning Pidgeons is just too funny, I don't think of it as creepy.
But "I Hold Your Hand in Mine" fits the bill. So does "The Old Dope Peddler."
"Intruder" and "Lead a Normal Life" by Peter Gabriel
Umm, about 1/2 of "The Wall" or maybe all of it.
Uncle Ernie from Tommy. Well, all of Tommy too.
Almost anything by Warren Zevon, notably Excitable Boy and Boom Boom Mancini (I actually watched that fight, even though I hate boxing. Now I hate it even more)
"Shootin' up and gettin high" (a love song) by Me'Shell NdegeOcello
"Behind the Wall" by Tracy Chapman
"Delia's gone" especially Johnny Cash lyrics.
"Oh Bury Me Not" Johnny Cash lyrics
"Hunting Girl" Jethro Tull
"NY3" "Mary" "Exposure" Robert Fripp (Mary Lyrics: Joanna Walton)
"Runs in the Family" "Steady with the Maestro" "Pretty and High" by the Roches
"Frank Mills" from "Hair"
"Here Comes the Flood" Fripp/Gabriel
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
How about Indigo Girls-Dead Man's Hill. I swear if I saw someone doing something like that to a cat I'd f#@$#king kill them.
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
"Over and Over"
I don't think it's a good thing to mix Nelly and Tim McGraw.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
quote:Originally posted by Architraz Warden: Anyone mentioned Brick yet?
Ben Folds' "Brick"?
If that one creeps you out, Black Lab's "Wash It Away" likely will too...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
[spelling cop] There is no d in pigeon. [/spelling cop]
I always found "I Hold Your Hand In Mine" much too funny to be squicky. When I was in high school, I used to like to sing it to classmates and watch their faces gradual change from bored to horrified. "The Irish Ballad" was fun too.
Posted by ChaosTheory (Member # 7069) on :
Written by Glenn Arnold
quote:Uncle Ernie from Tommy. Well, all of Tommy too.
Yeah, Uncle Ernie creeped me out to, supposedly Pete Townshend was molested as a child so he wrote about it in Tommy.
Other than that though it's a brilliant album, have you seen the movie? The movie is (if possible) even stranger than the music. Quadrophenia was great too, excellent movie as well.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Oh! How could I have forgotten Beautiful South's "Woman in the Wall"?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Yes, Uncle Ernie creeps me out too. I love Tommy though. And the Wall which makes me feel paranoid. But I hate that Dirty woman song...
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
Tegan and Sara, "Living Room." It's all about spying on a neighbor.
Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :
Originally posted by Synesthesia
quote:I never thought of Don't Fear the Reaper being about that.
I checked out a lyrics page right after I posted that. It says the song is bout the inevitability of death, but I am not completely convinced. The whole final verse seems to be about a girl jumping through a window after being invited by Death himself to do so.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner by Fall Out Boy
quote:So wear me like a locket around your throat. I'll weigh you down. I'll watch you choke. You look so good in blue. You look so good in blue.
But I love the band so much.
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
"Kidnap the Sandy Claws." -- A Nightmare Before Christmas.
It's a fun perky song, but still... beating him with a stick, throwing him in the ocean, blowing him up with a cannon...
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
Souljacker Part 1 by the Eels. I don't much like songs about incest, but that one has a rockin' beat.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
"I Can't Live Within You"- David Bowie, from Labyrinth.
"Your eyes can be so cruel... Just as I can be so cruel..."
"Blood Makes Noise", Suzanne Vega.
"I think that you might want to know the details and the facts/ but there's something in my head denies the memory of the acts..."
"The Curse of Milhaven", Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
"They ask me if I feel remorse, and I answer, 'Why, of course/ there's so much more I could have done if they'd let me...'"
Oh, and several others. I have something of a taste for the macabre.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
"I put my hands around your neck You wrap your arms around me."
Creepiest lyrics ever.
And then there's BNL's "Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel." I think the title says it all.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
"Mambo #5" must be the most sexist song to come out in 30 years. "A little Monica in your life." Total womanizing dweeb.
The second most sexist song is played on our oldie station, just to prove that they were creepy back in the 60's as well. Its the song sung by the man saying, "One day I will be the faithful husband and you can be my well cared for faithful wife, but until I settle down, just be a good girl while I go make out with anything in a skirt that looks at me." I wish I could remember those names.
The other one is Tobie Keith and Willie Nelson's "Beer for my horses". Just not even thinking about beer and horses, the line "Justice is the one thing you should always find" drives me crazy. What about compassion, love, faith, God? They don't matter if we can string up anyone we consider a bad guy. I like Willie too much for that song to be connected to him.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I like making fun of Mambo #5 when I am at buffets. "A little bit of chicken here we come, a little bit of rice yeah yeah yeah.." But, dang is that song somewhat annoying, but catchy.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
There's a song by Finch (ew, but I like three of their songs), and I think the lyrics are something like this:
"With my hands around your neck, who will stop me now?"
-pH
Posted by ambyr (Member # 7616) on :
Thea Gilmore, Holding Your Hand ("In your ashes and your smoke/Like the punchline to a joke/I'll be holding your hand").
Bruce Cockburn, You've Never Seen Everything ("Forsensics reveals the lady has pitchfork wounds in her chest/Pitchfork")
Grey Eye Glances, All Because of You ("Most days I'm just fine/But not today")
Agreed with Tante that people who find From a Distance a fluffy or uplifting song are not listening to the same lyrics I am.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Catchy and gets stuck in my head despite me loathing it... The award goes to "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy an some other guy.
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
Nine Inch Nails "Hurt" does not creep me out but it makes me all crazy. (depressed but loving it, sort of)
Posted by BryanP (Member # 7772) on :
Climbing Up The Walls - Radiohead
definitely a creepy song, from the atmospheric music to lyrics like "So lock the kids up safe tonight/and shut their eyes in the cupboards/I've got the smell of a local man/Who's got the loneliest feeling"
what a great song
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Anything by the Dresden Dolls. See Girl Anachronism, for example, or Missed Me (warning: some foul language). I love the innocent way she sings the latter.
The new stuff by A.F.I. (The Art Of Drowning/Sing the Sorrow).
The track "Turned Blue" by Caroline's Spine is really creepy, too.
Rereading this topic, I saw somebody mentioned Eels. It reminded me that, really, the entire Electro-Shock Blues album fits this topic.
Posted by Liaison (Member # 6873) on :
"Lola" by The Kinks. It's creepy in a humorous way. "Hyperballad" by Bjork, but I guess a lot of her stuff is similarly creepy. This song in particular just gives me chills.
I adore both songs though.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Mercy Street by Peter Gabriel.
Creepy in an "I don't really understand what he's talking about but there's clearly something wrong here" kind of way.
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