# Creepiest rock song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943 "2008-12-12T22:12:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/121 "2008-12-14T23:17:31Z")
There’s a German group with a song about “my girlfriend’s best friend” or something like that. The video of the song ends with one of the band walking off with the two women in question, but (as I remember it) the size of this fellow and way the scene was shot just makes it look like a creepy paedo scenario. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/122 "2008-12-15T00:32:53Z")
Chicago/Make Me Smile starts off creepy… _Children play in the park They don’t know I’m alone in the dark Even though Time and time I see your face Smiling inside_ The rest of the lyrics could be about a relationship between adults and all. So why start out like that? 😕:eek: > **[Chicago - Make Me Smile (Chords)](https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/chicago/make-me-smile-chords-810521)** > > CHORDS by Chicago ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/123 "2008-12-15T04:52:26Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > And it gets worse from there. > > Let’s add Elvis Costello’s “Less Than Zero”: > > Incidentally, I think a distinction should be made between songs that are deliberately meant to be creepy and those that inadvertently turned out that way. My original post included the worse part, but the mods removed it over copyright concerns. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/124 "2008-12-15T14:04:41Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > The creepiest Alice song for me is **Dead Babies**. Not merely shock-schlock like most of their weird stuff, but a genuinely grim song about a parents’ rationalizing their guilt away after their negligence caused the death of their infant. > > “Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin > She got them from the shelf upon the wall > Betty’s mommy wasn’t there to save her > She didn’t even hear her baby call” Yeah, creepy and haunting too! Every time I hit those notes on my guitar or on bass it scares me! LOL I think you’d have a hard time finding one that’s weird! My nominations from Alice: Black JuJu Ballad of Dwight Frye Stephen/The Awakening Cold Ethyl I love the Dead And the weirdest one of all has to be Unfinished Sweet, because who the hell writes a 6 minute song about going to the dentist…not recommended for headphones. lol ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/125 "2008-12-15T14:47:02Z")
Any and all things sung by Rod Stewart, because Rod is creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/126 "2008-12-15T19:41:30Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > “Every Breath You Take” is the classic, of course. > … And of course there’s “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” about a teacher lusting after a young student. Sting really does some _creepy_ crap. (on preview, DavidM posted the same title). ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/127 "2008-12-15T19:51:08Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > My vote is for “Country Death Song” by the Violent Femmes. When I uploaded the CD that that’s on onto my iTunes, I deleted that one. Don’t want to hear it. Yeah as a parent it’s hard for me to listen to that one too. Here’s the song, and a pretty decent homemade video by a fan: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwj5\_SNWYc8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwj5_SNWYc8) ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/128 "2008-12-15T19:54:01Z")
Dude. Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer.” But it’s supposed to be creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/129 "2008-12-15T20:18:48Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > It took me a little bit of creative searching, but I figured out what it was: The Shortest Story by Harry Chapin > > :eek: that’s the first thing I thought of, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/130 "2008-12-15T20:30:57Z")
ETA: I mean in answer to the posting wondering what that song could be. My answer for creepiest rock song is The Crowing by Coheed and Cambria. The recurring phrase is > [@](#): > > But you, you were my favorite > But you, you know, you were my favorite When it’s sung in Claudio’s inherently creepy singing style I imagine a jilted lover or stalker throwing things around a house complaining that his obsession/love is not returned, even though the song means something different in the context of the full Story. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/131 "2008-12-15T21:20:54Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > This verse from “Birthday” by the Sugarcubes… > > …might not be so creepy if it wasn’t established in the beginning of the song that the girl is **five years old**! > > In interviews, Bjork has confirmed that it’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like, and that it’s something she saw in a somewhat neutral light. Hmmm, up until now I’d always assumed that that verse was describing an unrelated party, or perhaps a party ostensibly for a child where most of the people just make it into a regular (albeit somewhat reserved in a Scandinavian family-friendly way) party. But if the five year old is smoking cigars, yeah, that’s a bit creepy. ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/132 "2008-12-15T21:21:28Z")
I haven’t seen this one named yet but Edge of the world by Faith no more. I think it’s suppose to be creepy, and it is very effective, here’s a sample of the lyrics: Lay your head on my shoulder Its not the point That Im forty years older You can trust me Im no criminal But I’d kill my mother To be with you [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/faith+no+more/edge+of+the+world\_20052642.html](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/faith+no+more/edge+of+the+world_20052642.html) ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/133 "2008-12-15T23:30:11Z")
We’ve got this far and no-one’s mentioned Pearl Jam’s _Alive_? The singer’s mother chooses to tell her son that his “father” isn’t actually his father, and then molests him because he looks like his (dead) real father - only he’s… uh… Alive. And then the next verse has the narrator repressing the memory. I’m always squicked out by Alanis Morisette’s _You Oughtta Know_, but mostly because it has Alanis sucking off Full House’s Uncle Joey in a cinema. Try to argue that that image doesn’t stay with you. From the lighter side of metal, of course: [QUOTE=Spinal Tap] You’re sweet, but you’re just four feet And you’ve still got your baby teeth You’re too young And I’m too well hung But tonight I’m gonna rock you… [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/134 "2008-12-15T23:51:26Z")
RE: “Happy Together” by the Turtles > [@Asylum](#): > > I don’t get what’s creepy about this song. I looked up the lyrics and it looks like it’s about a guy who has a crush on a girl or it’s about a relationship in it’s earliest stages and he’s imagining their future. Typical teenage sappiness to me. I dunno, to me it is just too obsessive and one-sided. Imagine the song being sung to someone who is NOT that interested in the guy at all. Especially when he throws in the line, “How is the weather?”. It’s probably just me though. Kind of reminds me of the song _It’s No Good_ by Depeche Mode: > [@](#): > > I’m going to take my time > I have all the time in the world > To make you mine > It is written in the stars above > The gods decree > You’ll be right here by my side > Right next to me > You can run, but you cannot hide > > Don’t say you want me > Don’t say you need me > Don’t say you love me > It’s understood > Don’t say you’re happy > Out there without me > I know you can’t be > 'Cause it’s no good ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/135 "2008-12-15T23:59:41Z")
Definably off the beaten path of common rock music but some “drone” music is crazy creepy even without any words. Sunn O))) and notably the song Báthory Erzsébet is a song that even without words can somehow creep the @#$% out of me. Apparently the lead singer is incredibly claustrophobic. For the song he locked himself inside of a coffin with a microphone to get a few bits of vocals. It vocals are slowed way down but the effect is intensified. …Alice Cooper ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/136 "2008-12-16T00:14:05Z")
A friend and I found a song called Swallow My Load on an obscure metal compilation. Unfortunately I can’t remember the name of the band that did it, but I do recall laughing my ass off when I heard it because the lyrics were s over the top nasty. If I could find it, it would fit in here so perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/137 "2008-12-16T03:08:07Z")
How about “I’ll Be There” by The Escape Club in the early 90’s? The gist of it is that the narrator has died, but he’s still watching over his girlfriend or whoever. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/138 "2008-12-16T03:26:06Z")
[Suicide - “Frankie Teardrop”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXCC7_Nu7o8) End thread. ---
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/139 "2008-12-16T03:44:24Z")
Hollywood 7 - Jon English (is he the killer or not?) I am the Walrus - Beatles (made me feel funny when I was little, custard and dead dogs eye and all that) Oh Carol - Smokie (‘she said I’m not 16 if you know what I mean’ but in the meantime this guy has a raging hardon for her … ergh.) ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943/140 "2008-12-16T03:55:05Z")
“Aqualung” by Jethro Tull, anyone? Sorry if someone already mentioned it…that is ONE CREEPY SONG! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943.md?page=8)