🎵 Monthly Song Challenge 🎵

[Mr_bogey]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

 

[morelikeasong]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

The Smiths - Panic

 

[Cjbdd]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

 

[vagrantx]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

Mentioned it in another thread, but I've been completely obsessed with T&S this year... Can't get enough

Tegan and Sara - Knife Going In

 

[lavendersilk]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

When I first heard this song I didn't really know what it was about, I just knew it was heartbreaking. I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts, and now I know it was inspired by this case. But read that at your own risk. It is one of the worst cases I've heard about. Senseless.

The Icicle Melts - The Cranberries

 

[Biggalute]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

Very few can write a murder ballad as dark and as intense as Nick Cave, and when Johnny sings it, it elevates it to a masterpiece and makes it even darker.

 

[PassionatePanther]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

This would’ve been a good choice for yesterday’s prompt, especially given Dec.8 is the anniversary of his death.

I Just Shot John Lennon - The Cranberries

 

[hotoldrguy]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe​

 

[vastiesmith10]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

Tom Jones: Delilah

Had a good friend who sang this when he was drunk! It was funny!

 

[LustfulIntentions2]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

This would’ve been a good choice for yesterday’s prompt, especially given Dec.8 is the anniversary of his death.

I Just Shot John Lennon - The Cranberries

I forgot about this song!! So good.

 

[AbsintheFather]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

"Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him in
He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin
Roland aimed his Thompson gun - he didn't say a word
But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg"

Great album - I would have gone for the title cut though.

 

[LustfulIntentions2]

Day 9 -A song about or that mentions a murder.

Okay, well, this isn't a real murder like many of the ones posted here. Not that I couldn't have found options. And this only barely touches on the act in the first verse. But it's such a lovely glowing song that you don't feel its length through the ups and downs between chorus and verse. And, as apt for a Decemberists' tune, it tells a story.

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Day 9 -A song about or that mentions a murder.

 

[TXRafe]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

"love got me in here and love got me out!"

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 9 -A song about or that mentions a murder.

This Is America - Childish Gambino

 

[curious_slut]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

No thinking required

Cell Block Tango from Chicago

 

[MandaPandaa]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about murder

 

[LustfulIntentions2]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

No thinking required

Cell Block Tango from Chicago

Do you get extra credit for mentioning a lot of murders?

 

[LustfulIntentions2]

What's good is that the pretty ladies post after me so nobody bothers to scold me for posting an 8 minute clip

 

[curious_slut]

One of the most beautiful people on Earth. Like, not even thirsting, it's just an objective fact. Gah. And that voice... She did these little "live from my kitchen" shows on instagram during lockdown and it's insane how she can keep a perfect tune with a bunch of rugrats trying to climb into frame and trip her.

That's a true fact. And those kitchen discos are on the fairly short list of good things that came out of that time.

 

[MrMakersMark]

A song that mentions or is about murder.

 

[The_Quiet_Man]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

 

[AbsintheFather]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

 

[summer_reine]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about murder
Pumped up kicks - Foster the People

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 9: A song that mentions or is about a murder

When I first heard this song I didn't really know what it was about, I just knew it was heartbreaking. I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts, and now I know it was inspired by this case. But read that at your own risk. It is one of the worst cases I've heard about. Senseless.

The Icicle Melts - The Cranberries

I love the song, but that case is one of my main ones that I use to argue that abstracts like "good" and "evil" exist.