# Songs about creepy/pervy/weird people? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065 "2007-11-28T19:00:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/61 "2007-11-28T23:39:23Z")
Tom Waits – “What’s He Building?” (creepy neighbor) Sufjan Stevens – “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” (yeah, that one) The Jesus Lizard – “Mouthbreather,” “Karpis,” “Blockbuster,” probably others (weird houseguest, prison rapist, one seriously belligerent individual, respectively) ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/62 "2007-11-28T23:45:41Z")
**Steely Dan** ’s **Everyone’s Gone to the Movies** gives us a certain _Mr. LaPage_, a pedophile who is showing the young 'uns his _films in the den, teaching them a new game to play and letting them see what they never have seen._ You can have a listen with the youtube clip [here](http://youtube.com/watch?v=caHoPtlGvHU) . ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/63 "2007-11-28T23:47:20Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Tom Lehrer had a few of these: \*\*The Old Dope Peddler I Hold Your Hand in Mine The Masochism Tango \*\* and others. [/QUOTE] And, of course, [“The Irish Ballad.”](http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer/irish.htm) [“Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.”](http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer/pigeons.htm) [“Smut.”](http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer/smut.htm) And (arguably) [“I Got It From Agnes.”](http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer/agnes.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/64 "2007-11-29T00:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=bordelond] Which reminds me of “Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads. [/QUOTE] And there’s Richard Thompson’s “Psycho Street.” [http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Thompson\_Richard/Rumor\_And\_Sigh/Psycho\_Street/87766.html](http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Thompson_Richard/Rumor_And_Sigh/Psycho_Street/87766.html) ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/65 "2007-11-29T00:39:05Z")
The Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black” _I watch the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes…_ And all of “Goin’ Blind” by KISS. The whole song is about an old geezer in love with a 16 year old girl. Creeps me out even now. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/66 "2007-11-29T00:49:11Z")
[QUOTE=BaneSidhe] And all of “Goin’ Blind” by KISS. The whole song is about an old geezer in love with a 16 year old girl. Creeps me out even now. [/QUOTE] So is The Knack’s “My Sharona” – well, ambiguously: _Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a dirty mind. Always get it up for the touch of the younger kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M My Sharona…_ ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/67 "2007-11-29T00:51:08Z")
Creep - Radiohead (man I love that hook) ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/68 "2007-11-29T00:53:01Z")
Another Weird Al one is “[Do I Creep You Out](http://www.alsongs.com/index.cfm?view=alsong&songnumber=184).” ---
**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:** [November 29, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/69 "2007-11-29T02:00:57Z")
Another Alice Cooper song: _“Ballad of Dwight Fry”_ ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/70 "2007-11-29T02:06:21Z")
“Edge of the World” by Faith No More “Your House” by Alanis Morissette I don’t know if the song “Diary” by Bread was about a creepy/pervy/weird person, but damned if it didn’t turn out that way. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/71 "2007-11-29T02:08:28Z")
Shy by Sonata Arctica. Not so much pervy, but creepily obsessed. I can see how you are beautiful, can you feel my eyes on you, I’m shy and turn my head away Working late in diner Citylite, I see that you get home alright Make sure that you can’t see me, hoping you will see me Sometimes I’m Wondering why you look me and you blink your eye You can’t be acting like my Dana (Can you?) I see you in Citylite diner serving all those meals and then I see reflection of me in your eye, oh please Talk to me, show some pity You touch me in many, many ways But I’m shy can’t you see ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/72 "2007-11-29T02:13:19Z")
**Excitable Boy** by Warren Zevon \*He took little Susie to the Junior Prom, Excitable boy, they all said… And he raped her and killed her, then he took her home, Excitable boy, they all said… excitable boy. After ten long years they let him out of the home, Excitable boy, they all said… And he dug up her grave, and builtt a cage with her bones, Excitable boy, they all said… excitable boy. Well he’s just an excitable boy!\* ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/73 "2007-11-29T02:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Stone] **Excitable Boy** by Warren Zevon [/QUOTE] Psst… see post #9. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/74 "2007-11-29T02:24:42Z")
Seriously? This far in and no mention of _Every Breath You Take_ by the Police? That’s got to be the most direct one of all. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/75 "2007-11-29T02:26:27Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] “Mean Mr. Mustard” – Beatles [/quote] And don’t forget “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” which was about a (however whimsical) young man going on a killing spree of women on campus. > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > “Fiddle About” (Uncle Ernie) – The Who And what a doozy! It’s about a “deaf, dumb and blind kid” who gets molested by his uncle: > [@The Who](#): > > I’m your wicked Uncle Ernie; > I’m glad you won’t see or hear me, > As I fiddle about, fiddle about, fiddle about. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/76 "2007-11-29T02:37:03Z")
A couple by Oingo Boingo. Insanity:\* And the alchoholic bastard waved his finger at me His voice was filled with evanglical glee Sipping down his gin and tonics While preaching about the evils of narcotics And the evils of sex, and the wages of sin While he mentally fondles his next of kin My mind has wandered from the flock you see And the flock has wandered away from me And he waved his hypnotizing finger at me\* And of course, Only A Lad: \*Johnny was bad, even as a child everybody could tell Everyone said if you dont get straight Youll surely go to hell But johnny didnt care He was an outlaw by the time that he was Ten years old He didnt wanna do what he was told Just a prankster, juvenile gangster His teachers didnt understand They kicked him out of school At a tender early age Just because he didnt want to learn things (had other interests) He liked to burn things The lady down the block She had a radio that johnny wanted oh so bad So he took it the first chance he had Then he shot her in the leg \ Hes underprivileged and abused Perhaps a little bit confused His parents gave up they couldnt influence his attitude Nobody could help The little man had no gratitude And when he stole the car Nobody dreamed that he would Try to take it so far He didnt mean to hit the poor man Who had to go and die It made the judge cry\* Gee, who would have thought that Danny Elfman had a dark side? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/77 "2007-11-29T02:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=gallows fodder] Tom Waits – “What’s He Building?” (creepy neighbor) [/QUOTE] Ooh, good one. I’m not sure who’s creepier – the guy building the thing or the paranoid neighbors. It has a kind of “The Monsters are Due On Maple Street” feel. I love the way Waits stretches out “consulting business in Indoneeeesia” ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/78 "2007-11-29T02:46:07Z")
[Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mmm_Mmm_Mmm_Mmm) by the Crash Test Dummies. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/79 "2007-11-29T02:57:28Z")
“Kinko the Kid Loving Clown”–I don’t know who wrote it. Also those Nightstalker songs (there’s one by the Kinks and one by AC/DC) ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065/80 "2007-11-29T02:58:11Z")
[QUOTE=BaneSidhe] The Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black” _I watch the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes…_ _…snip…_ [/QUOTE] Paint It Black is about the singer mourning the death of his love. It mentions the funeral cars: > [@](#): > > I see a line of cars and they’re all painted black > With flowers and my love both never to come back > I see people turn their heads and quickly look away > Like a new born baby it just happens every day I thought all the ones I would have named were already named, but I don’t see “Ted, Just Admit It” by Jane’s Addiction. Not only is it about Ted Bundy and the sensationalist news coverage of his murders, but it also has snippets of a statement from Ted himself in the song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-creepy-pervy-weird-people/428065.md?page=5)