# Devil Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871 "2002-08-14T17:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/1 "2002-08-14T17:32:44Z")
Absolutely. Yar! Satan! Um, kill yourself. Or something. _shuffles off dejectedly to a thread with an actual existing OP_ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/2 "2002-08-14T17:34:53Z")
FUCKING HAMSTER!!! Okay, one more try. How many songs are there about the Devil. These are the only three I can recall: _The Devil Took My Guitar, The Devil’s Chasing Me, and the Devil Came Down to Georgia_. Anyone know anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/3 "2002-08-14T18:20:44Z")
_Sympathy for the Devil_ _Devil with the blue dress on_ ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/4 "2002-08-14T18:23:03Z")
_Devil Inside_ _Shout at the Devil_ ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/5 "2002-08-14T18:29:58Z")
_Friend of the Devil_, Grateful Dead _Me and the Devil_, Cowboy Junkies _Devil Woman_, (I forget…Cliff something?) ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/6 "2002-08-14T18:33:36Z")
Oops! Beg pardon, Robert Johnson wrote _Me and the Devil_. The Cowboy Junkies covered it. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/7 "2002-08-14T18:37:20Z")
_Running with the Devil_ ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/8 "2002-08-14T18:38:33Z")
Pretty much anything by Morbid Angel, Deicide, and a whole lot of similar bands. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/9 "2002-08-14T18:38:41Z")
“Running with the Devil” by Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/10 "2002-08-14T18:45:40Z")
_The Number of the Beast_ by Iron Maiden. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/11 "2002-08-14T19:34:36Z")
The Widow and the Devil ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/12 "2002-08-14T19:40:32Z")
Sonic Youth’s _Satan Is Boring_… ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/13 "2002-08-14T19:59:29Z")
Tenacious D’s _Tribute to the Greatest Song in the World_ talks about their encounter with the great horned beast. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/14 "2002-08-14T20:34:42Z")
_Conversation With The Devil_ by **Ray Wylie Hubbard**. BTW, it was _The Devil Went Down to Georgia_ went, not came. **Mark O’Connor** did a follow-up called _The Devil Came Back to Georgia_ featuring a rematch and guest spots by **Charlie Daniels** and **Johnny Cash**. Rap group **KMC Kru** did a spin-off called _The Devil Came Up to Michigan_ where the Devil tried his hand at being a DJ and scratching vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/15 "2002-08-15T01:10:38Z")
“Dancing with Mr. D” (Rolling Stones) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/16 "2002-08-15T17:22:03Z")
And if you don’t insist on lyrics, “Night on Bald Mountain”. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/17 "2002-08-15T18:13:48Z")
**Alice Cooper** : Prince of Darkness (well, duh :)) Brutal Planet Somewhere in the Jungle I Just Wanna Be God It’s Much Too Late Dragontown (although the last two are more about hell than the guy in charge) And pretty much the entire albums: Goes to Hell and The Last Temptation ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-music/123871/18 "2002-08-15T19:23:19Z")
Parody and humor songs: Devil Went Down to Jamaica by Travis Meyer Christmas With The Devil (original version) - Spinal Tap Norman And The Devil - The Frantics Devil With A Blue Plate On - Reverend Billy C. Wirtz Tying A Knot In The Devil’s Tail - Powder Riber Jack & Kitty Lee