# Playlist: Dangerous Strangers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444 "2016-09-09T17:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/1 "2016-09-09T17:36:17Z")
Here’s a bit of an offbeat request. I’m putting together a playlist of songs about mysterious, dangerous strangers. Examples I already have include: - _Dangerous Stranger_ by Be Bop Deluxe (of course!): - \*Red Right Hand\* by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: - \*The Loner\* by Neil Young Help adding to the list is much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/2 "2016-09-11T14:27:55Z")
_Strangers In The Night_? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/3 "2016-09-11T14:55:46Z")
I’m not sure I understand it well enough to know whether it fits, but maybe Bob Dylan’s [Man in the Long Black Coat](http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/139058/)? ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/4 "2016-09-11T15:01:49Z")
_Riders on the Storm_ by The Doors. _The Man Comes Around_ by Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/5 "2016-09-11T17:48:22Z")
Ronnie James Dio - Don’t Talk To Strangers - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOF0i4I8EcA) BLACK SABBATH - No Stranger To Love - Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers - YouTube ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/6 "2016-09-11T18:10:45Z")
The first thing that springs to mind for me is Leonard Cohen’s “[The Stranger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3HTvlDFbm4)”. For a _really_ dangerous stranger there’s another Nick Cave song called “[The Kindness of Strangers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqy2ty-QE40)” off his _Murder Ballads_ album. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/7 "2016-09-12T13:32:48Z")
Oooh, some great examples here! Thanks, and keep 'em coming! **Thudlow Boink** , “Man in the Long Black Coat” is _exactly_ the sort of thing I’m looking for. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/8 "2016-09-12T14:46:41Z")
AC/DC - “Night Prowler” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/9 "2016-09-12T15:30:40Z")
You can’t get much more dangerous than the first verse of[Vehicle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud2B_eWCyH4), by the Ides of March. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/10 "2016-09-12T15:47:50Z")
Tom Waits, [“Black Wings”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i3cEdaM6y4) (maybe not exact, but it came to mind) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/11 "2016-09-12T16:32:25Z")
Shooting Star, “Last Chance”: [Last Chance - Shooting Star (lyrics) HD - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFWFIya2xGU) _“And the stranger said to them / I have been upon the mountain / I have witnessed forces like cannons that can ram you to the ground”_ Ayreon, “The Stranger from Within”: [Ayreon - The Stranger From Within - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTSCE6AzfE) _“He’s a stranger / I don’t know where he’s coming from / Is he a danger to me or just another man?”_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/12 "2016-09-12T18:09:06Z")
Dead Kennedys - [The Prey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceObPBJsO5M). ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/13 "2016-09-12T19:20:55Z")
Cowboy Junkies - [Floorboard Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWqgjL3R9WE) _Look under his floorboards, Mama / I don’t trust his silly grin / He’s got a beat-up Rambler, Nebraska plates / And I ain’t getting in_ ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/14 "2016-09-12T21:12:19Z")
Rolling Stones: “Midnight Rambler” ---
**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:** [September 12, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/15 "2016-09-12T21:14:20Z")
[_Moon over Bourbon Street_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i_0PkOqLKA), by Sting. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/16 "2016-09-12T21:46:53Z")
The first thing I thought of was Eurythimics’ [‘Love is a Stranger’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6f593X6rv8). Maybe that isn’t exactly what you’re looking for– –but [‘Missionary Man’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Q3cp3cp88) might be. [‘The Disillusionist’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxkJPbRy8HU) from The Church’s song of the same name may or may not be a stranger, but he’s plenty strange. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/17 "2016-09-12T22:01:53Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > For a _really_ dangerous stranger there’s another Nick Cave song called “[The Kindness of Strangers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqy2ty-QE40)” off his _Murder Ballads_ album. Or like half the songs off that album. “Song of Joy,” “Where the Wild Roses Grow,” etc. Marty Robbins - Big Iron (best known of late from Fallout: New Vegas) Toadies - Possum Kingdom. I don’t think anyone knows what it’s about, but the narrator is menacing. Kompressor - [Never Talk to Strangers](http://www.musica.com/imprimir.asp?letra=73660) (maybe not :)) ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444/18 "2016-09-13T05:19:40Z")
[Blackjack David](https://youtu.be/EItvQldTGog) - Dave Alvin cover of a traditional [song](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raggle_Taggle_Gypsy).