# Help me ID this song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/798386>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 9, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/798386 "2017-10-09T15:27:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/798386/1 "2017-10-09T15:27:21Z")

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I can hear it in my head but cannot think of enough lyrics to look it up.  
The main song is a monotone (like 88 Lines about 44 Women but that’s not the song) and IIRC about people the singer knew and how they died.  
The verses end with “They were all …” (I can’t remember the rest) and then the chorus is a wailing guitar.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/798386/2 "2017-10-09T15:29:52Z")

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Nevermind.  
As soon as I hit post I remembered  
“Pepper” by Butthole Surfers

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/798386/3 "2017-10-09T15:32:59Z")

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Despite the fact you solved your mystery, the way you described the song sounds more like “People Who Died” by Jim Carroll.

They were all my friends/and they died!"

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**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/798386/4 "2017-10-09T15:33:12Z")

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[Jim Carroll - People Who Died](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bOjc70f4p8)  
Ummm… Never mind. Everyone beat me to it.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/798386/5 "2017-10-09T15:58:06Z")

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