# Raw songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492 "2011-03-13T02:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/21 "2011-03-14T18:03:31Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/22 "2011-03-14T19:58:26Z")
[“Can’t Let Go,”](http://www.allmusic.com/song/cant-let-go-t2596383) as interpreted by Lucinda Williams. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/23 "2011-03-14T21:07:28Z")
[Whipping Post](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv3RWqFlvJs)- Allman Brothers ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/24 "2011-03-14T22:01:15Z")
[“Our Town”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9IUj1mDENg) by Iris Dement ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/25 "2011-03-14T22:31:17Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > The Replacements, [Unsatisfied.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_NzPt8YyD8). I can’t think of anything pithy to say, this song is just what I think of when someone says “raw.” Came in to post exactly that. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/26 "2011-03-14T23:09:48Z")
I’d second koeeoaddi’s “Waltz #2” > [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](#): > > Bright Eyes - [Poison Oak](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjHACWmO0jQ) That one doesn’t grab me, but “[Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow75NkJHJFg)” does. The Honorary Title “[Everything I Once Had](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-0jo9ILIxY)” Alexz Johnson “[Skin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIUxEuB2FXg)” The Offspring “[Gone Away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=numCZoBFcv4)” The Pale Pacific “[Sucker Punch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U99xkHGhMqU)” Cat Power “[He War](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVqNnqEDO8)” Damien Rice “[Rootless Tree](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rndltmm3oE)” Ani DiFranco “[Untouchable Face](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipUdoUcNmKI)” The National “[Available](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMrMFA2fMYs)” (losing respect for someone is a loss, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/27 "2011-03-15T00:07:37Z")
“Something to Believe In,” by Poison, was based in part on the death of lead singer Bret Michaels’ best friend. > [@](#): > > My best friend died a lonely man > In some Palm Springs hotel room > I got the call last Christmas Eve > And they told me the news > > I tried all night not to break down and cry > As the tears rolled down my face > I felt so cold and empty > Like a lost soul out of place “Landed” by Ben Folds is pretty raw, also. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/28 "2011-03-15T00:10:32Z")
Klaus Nomi songs Purcell’s “Cold Song” live Dying of AIDS, he really seems to be staring Death in the face. > [@](#): > > What power art thou, > Who from below, > Hast made me rise, > Unwillingly and slow, > From beds of everlasting snow! > > See’st thou not how stiff, > And wondrous old, > Far unfit to bear the bitter cold. > > I can scarcely move, > Or draw my breath, > I can scarcely move, > Or draw my breath. > > Let me, let me, > Let me, let me, > Freeze again… > Let me, let me, > Freeze again to death! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3hGpjsgquqw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeAoAChgKKAgwIABABGGUgXShOMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCwkccIuWDpbPWuIZDYqNA_HXmFdw "Klaus Nomi\_The Cold Song (live)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGpjsgquqw) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/29 "2011-03-15T00:15:51Z")
Practically anything by Robert Johnson, but “Love in Vain,” and “Hellhound on my Trail” in particular. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/30 "2011-03-15T00:18:46Z")
Growing up, I thought nothing could be more raw than Nine Inch Nails’ [Hurt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJKVKglIRs&feature=related). Then, of course, Johnny Cash [covered](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go)it. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/31 "2011-03-15T01:25:13Z")
St. James Infirmary Frankie And Johnny Danny Boy The Rueben James Oh, My Darling Clementine (if you skip the last verse!) And what’s that more recent song about the cowboy who goes to visit his girlfriend in the Mexican cantina and gets shot? ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/32 "2011-03-15T02:20:44Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > And what’s that more recent song about the cowboy who goes to visit his girlfriend in the Mexican cantina and gets shot? [El Paso - Marty Robins?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3JB51NH_M) Not what \*I’d \*call ‘raw’, but opinions differ… ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/33 "2011-03-15T03:23:10Z")
> [@Rrose\_Selavy](#): > > Klaus Nomi songs Purcell’s “Cold Song” live > Dying of AIDS, he really seems to be staring Death in the face. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGpjsgquqw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGpjsgquqw) I thought again about my contribution to this thread and decided that my choice wasn’t so much raw as it was heartbreaking. I think your choice isn’t really raw either. But it is absolutely the best treat I have had in a long, long time. What an insanely superb performance. And thank you so much for the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/34 "2011-03-15T03:25:56Z")
Warren Zevon [Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKHFWpaTUmY) [My Shit’s Fucked Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDdqubE7zQ&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Voluble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4af34b/32.png) [@Voluble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voluble)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/35 "2011-03-15T04:36:35Z")
[In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/36 "2011-03-15T12:25:31Z")
Two from the Rolling Stones’ _Sticky Fingers_, my all-time favorite album: [Sway](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4azW-ICtju8) [Sister Morphine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C39kQoprfP0) ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/37 "2011-03-15T12:28:33Z")
Had the iPod on shuffle this morning and a pretty raw one came up…Screaming at a Wall by Minor Threat. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/38 "2011-03-15T12:44:07Z")
**O.K., I should have asked this before my earlier posting when I made a wild guess, but what does “raw” mean in the context of music and this thread? I’ve never heard it so used before.** ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/39 "2011-03-15T12:52:59Z")
Holy crap. How could I have forgotten: [Neil Young - Tonight’s the Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LVIi7pzZI) A tribute to Bruce Berry, one of his roadies who died of a heroin overdose. Raw. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492/40 "2011-03-15T13:12:33Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > **O.K., I should have asked this before my earlier posting when I made a wild guess, but what does “raw” mean in the context of music and this thread? I’ve never heard it so used before.** Either the tone of the music itself or the plaintive, open, and exposed feeling of the lyrics or the singer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-songs/574492.md?page=3)