# What songs are "sinister" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-are-sinister/324658 "2005-10-03T23:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-are-sinister/324658/81 "2005-10-12T20:52:56Z")
**Nebraska** by Bruce Springsteen is pretty spooky. It’s amazing how powerful a guitar and harmonica can be. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-are-sinister/324658/82 "2005-10-13T12:54:10Z")
> [@Coil](#): > > To have and to hold? Really? In what way? > > Can’t comment on the new one until I buy the album on Monday. Musically, I find it very dark and sinister. The same with “Nothing’s Impossible”. Lyrically, neither are particularly threatening. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-are-sinister/324658/83 "2005-10-13T13:38:45Z")
Wow - I thought for sure someone would’ve beat me to this. The song that immediately popped into my mind is by the always-dependably sinister Tom Waits - **Heigh Ho (The Dwarfs Marching Song)** from [Stay Awake](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002GFM/qid=1129210184/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6559372-2118447?v=glance&s=music&n=507846#product-details), the wonderful compilation of Disney songs by different artists. There are a few creepy songs on this album - Hi Diddle Dee Dee (An Actor’s Life For Me)& Desolation Theme by Ken Nordine are particularly disturbing. Also, I always found bIn The Air Tonight\*\* by Peter Gabriel to be pretty sinister. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-are-sinister/324658/84 "2005-10-14T12:07:33Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > Musically, I find it very dark and sinister. The same with “Nothing’s Impossible”. Lyrically, neither are particularly threatening. I’m going to have to put on Music for the Masses when I get home and listen to it a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-are-sinister/324658/85 "2005-10-14T14:22:28Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Also, I always found bIn The Air Tonight\*\* by Peter Gabriel to be pretty sinister. Wrong Genesis member. In the Air tonight was Phil Collins. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-are-sinister/324658/86 "2005-10-14T22:48:29Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Tom Waits has a lot of dark, sinister-sounding music. Listen to songs like the twangy “Goin’ Out West,” the noir-sounding “Jockey Full of Bourbon,” “Reeperbahn” (influenced by Weimar-era cabaret music, like Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill), and the self-explanatory “And the Earth Died Screaming.” I have a CD called “Stay Awake” which consists of various artists covering songs from classic Disney films. Tom Waits’ version of “Heigh-Ho (The Dwarfs Marching Song)” is just… creepy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-are-sinister/324658.md?page=4)