Songs about Satan

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Inspired by this thread.

There must be lots of songs about Satan, rock & roll being the devil’s music and all. Here’s one I like:

Deadly Handsome Man by Marcy Playground

Got any others?

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I thought for sure the OP would be Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones.

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Fire, by Arthur Brown

Race With the Devil on a Spanish Highway, Al Di Meola

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Sympathy for the Devil, of course. - ninjaed
The Devil went down to Georgia.

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I thought the OP would be “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels.

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I believe Spirit’s “Mr. Skin” is supposed to be about Satan.

Also, Procol Harum’s “The Devil Came from Kansas”.

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N.I.B. from Black Sabbath’s eponymous album.

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I forgot to post my favorite line from Deadly Handsome Man:

“My real name is Mephistopheles
but you can call me Baby.”

It was the first thing I thought of when I was reading the other thread. Don’t know why I didn’t think of Sympathy For The Devil.

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Well, not necessarily rock & roll.

Chris DeBurgh did Spanish Train

Child’s Ballads have the “False Knight on the Road” in which some kid gets involved with some rather obscure word play with the devil. There are lots of versions of this one around.

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Oh, any songs will do. This would make a great playlist.

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Robert Johnson, Me and the Devil Blues.

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Greatest devil song of all: Frank Zappa, “Titties and Beer”

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Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead

Black Rider - Tom Waits

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They say it’s aboutEd Cassady.

“The Weight” by the Band mentions him.

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Well, there’s got to be a lot of gospel songs about Satan. Hell, you got two right here.

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Speaking of whom, there’s a line in the Police song “Wrapped Around Your Finger”: “Mephistopheles is not your name; I know what you’re up to just the same”.

Some of the best lyrics out there: I mean, who else has ever put names like Mephistopheles, Scylla and Charybdis all in one song and made the meter actually work?

Devil’s Got Your Tongue, Abbey Lincoln

Devil in Disguise, Elvis Presley

Devil Woman, Marty Robbins

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Here’s one that will really freak your shit out.Diamanda Galas “The Litanies of Satan”.

I’ve seen her do it live, drenched in blood.

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Well, I made it through the whole thing! That can’t be easy on the vocal chords.

And I asked for songs about Satan, not songs by Satan! :smiley:

Just kidding; thanks for posting that, gaffa. I’m always up for different, off-the-wall stuff. Don’t know if I’ll put it in the mix, though!

Edit: And thanks to everybody else; I haven’t made it through all the links yet. It’ll be easier when I get home from work.

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Lucretia my Reflection

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I’m gonna try real hard to just mention songs that are about Satan, not songs that just mention him in passing or use him as a character or something. Hopefully, that I won’t have my usual 20 bajillion songs-with-links post that seems to end up killing so many threads.

Didjits - Sweet Sweet Satan

Therapy? - Hey Satan - You Rock

I could pretty much just link to every single Venom song, but here’s 3 of my favorites

Venom - Antechrist
Venom - Lucifer Rising
Venom - Regè Satanas

High On Fire - Devilution

ETA: Ha! Just 7 songs this time!