He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones?
*You Never Even Called My By My Name{/i] (I think that’s the title) by David Allen Coe
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a damned old train…
If You Get There Before I Do by Colin Raye
Oh, yeah…
And about 75% of church hymns.
Big John—Jimmy Dean
Ode to Billy Joe—???
That country song, Independence Day…I forget who it’s by.
‘Candle in the wind’ and ‘Funeral for a friend’ by Elton John.
‘Dead Babies’, ‘I love the dead’, ‘Killer’ and ‘Millie and Billie’ by Alice Cooper
‘Beheaded’ and ‘Kill the President’ by Offspring
‘American Pie’ by Don McClean
“Green, Green Grass of Home”
…and in the 9th grade, I wrote a depressing ballad about a girl who was killed in a train crash - I was in my morbid phase, I guess…
"Emily – Elton John
“Captain Jack” – Billy Joel
“Ode to Billy Joe” – Bobbie Gentry
“Vincent” – Don McLean
“San Francisco Fan” and “Jack, You’re Dead” – ??? oldies but they were covered by Joe Jackson
DarbyV is my new hero! Did you see that list of cool songs?
That said:
All dead, all dead - Queen
Knockin’ on Heavens Door - Dylan and a BILLION covers
Nobodys Hero - Rush
Tell Laura I Love Her - ???
“People Who Died”- Jim Carroll
Hmm, what was the name of that one:
“I saw your mommy and your mommy was dead!”
By a punk group.
And Green Death by Metallica. Or Megadeth. Darn, it’s hard not being young anymore.
“The Card Cheat” – The Clash
At least two of the songs on Elvis Costello’s The Juliet Letters are suicide notes.
“Only a Lad” – Oingo Boingo
And when he stole the car,
Nobody dreamed that he would try to take it so far
He didn’t mean to hit the poor man,
Who had to go and die.
It made the judge cry.
Some of my favorite Tom Waits songs were already mentioned, but how about “Big Joe and Phoantom 309?”
“My Dead Friend” by the Judybats is a bit obvious.
The Violent Femmes’ “Country Death Song” was already mentioned, but how about “Kiss Off?” (another suicide song)
And I’m doing this at work without being able to rummage through my CDs (as several other posters have also said). Lots of death songs out there.
[ul][li]The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult[/li][li]Ebony Eyes - Everly Brothers[/li][li]Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones[/li][li]Papa Was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations[/li][li]Wreck on the Highway - Springsteen[/li][li]The Damage Done - Neil Young[/li][li][Four Dead in] Ohio - Buffalo Springfield[/li][li]Angie Baby - Helen Reddy (Not proud to know that one, by the way…)[/li][li]Born in the U.S.A. - Springsteen (Brother killed in 'Nam.)[/li][li]Wendell G - R.E.M.[/li][li]Dead Man’s Curve - Jan and Dean[/li]In the Name of Love - U2[/ul]
Rock-n-Rolga
Originally from the Republic of Texas but now I live in Arkansas. In addition to Amon Amarth I also like In Flames, Dark Tranquility, and Opeth.
More metal death songs……
Black Sabbath – Iron Man (implied)
Iced Earth – Watching Over Me
Metallica – Fade to Black
Sentenced – The Suicider, Funeral Spring, Noose, screw it as said earlier – just about every Sentenced Song
Megadeth – Skin o’ My Teeth
Kiss – Detroit Rock City (omplied)
Iron Maiden – The Trooper
Amon Amarth – North Sea Storm
Sepultura - Kaiowas (its an instrumental but its about a tribe who killed themselves protesting actions in the rain forest)
King Diamond – all of the Voodoo and Abigail albums
Non Metal
The Offspring – Gone Away
Willie Nelson – Time of the Preacher
Bad Company – Shooting Star
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys – Across the Alley from The Alamo
Heloise:
I Saw Your Mommy…-Suicidal Tendencies
and I believe Metallica did Green Hell, but it was a cover of a Misfits song.
Speaking of which, most of the Misfits’ stuff was just lousy with death, too.
Of my “Arrogant Worms” CDs still residing in my house, the ones that haven’t been ‘adopted’ by friends…
[ul]
[li]Goin’ Huntin’[/li][li]Don’t Go Into Politics[/li][li]Jesus’ Brother Bob[/li][li]The Christmas Song (definitely NOT the Nat King Cole edition][/li][li]Tokyo Love Song[/li][li]Carrot Juice Is Murder[/li][li]Rippy The Gator[/li][li]Killer Robots From Venus[/li][li]Having Fun Is Bad For You[/li][li]The Fishing Song[/li][li]William Shakespeare’s In My Cat[/li][li]Sam, The Guy From Quincy[/li][li]Kill The Dog Next Door[/li][li]Sex, Drugs and RRSP’s[/li][li]History Is Made By Stupid People[/li][li]Horizon (about a car)[/li][li]Dangerous[/li][li]The Happy Happy Birthday Song[/li]and the classic…
[li]Mounted Animal Nature Trail[/li][/ul]
I’m sure I’d have more if my NEIGHBOR GAVE ME BACK MY CD’S THAT HE BORROWED!!! (Maybe if I type loud enough, he’ll hear me.)
“March to the Scaffold” from Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz.
Well I’ve seen some Maiden but they’ve forgot:
From Here to Eternity
Alexander the Great
Heaven can Wait
Iron Maiden
Killers
Muders in the Rue Mourge
Invaders
Flash of the Blade
Powerslave
Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
The Clarivonent (does the future count? )
The Clansman
Hooks in You
Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter
The Mercinary
there’s more I just can’t think of them now.
Golden Earring:
Going to the Run
Johnny Makebelieve
Jim Croce:
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
You Don’t mess Around with Jim
well he implies a real good beating, if they die you don’t know for sure.
18 and Life by Skid Row
Killed by Death Motorhead
Bomber by Motorhead
1916 by Motorhead
that’s enough for now I think.
What, no Grateful Dead?
Jack Straw
Black Peter
Stagger Lee
Jack-A-Roe
Dupree’s Diamond Blues
Death Don’t Have No Mercy
No no no no no!!!
Dire Wolf, at least two of those songs were old blues songs. “Death Don’t have No Mercy” was done by the Rev. Gary Davis, and Stagger Lee is a very old song covered by everyone from Mississippi John Hurt to Nick Cave.