Creepiest song ever?

[consectaneus]

Thin White Rope--creepy in the best possible way and an incredible band all around. I could pick a lot of songs from their catalog but the opening track of their second album is a good one:

 

[ajkula66]

 

[comatosedragon]

"Red Water" by Rehab.

Love the song, it's just a creepy song and subject matter.

 

[comatosedragon]

The important thing to keep in mind while listening to this track is that at no point does anything she sings suggest she has or has ever had any business in this person’s house at all. It’s not necessarily a lover who she discovers is cheating on her; just as likely it’s someone going about their own life with their own actual girlfriend and Alanis is stalking them. Once you really, fully accept how not okay it is that she’s in this person’s home going through their things without their knowledge you have to consider what other violations she may be committing as well.

This is one of those "goosebump" songs -- Gave me goosebumps the first time I ever heard it, and still does today.

 

[friskinator]

 

[Mark Ambler]

Haitian Divorce a bit non PC too!

I'm guessing you know where the name 'Steely Dan' was taken from.

 

[EXCAV8]

Who could forget this gem from the 80's?

 

[monsterthompson]

In case it hasn’t been posted yet. And if it was, it deserves emphasis.

 

[Not yet]

You’re over 200 posts too late. It’s more mopey than creepy.

Good to hear

Creeps me out regardless

 

[factory presets]

Even the title, which seems to be a thinly veiled reference to rape is creepy.

Bubblegum. Whole genre got a 40yo divorcee in the teenage disco creep going on. Slick but childish.

 

[Yellow Bang66]

Whether it's the music, the lyrics, or whatever, what's the creepiest? I'll kick it off with Elvis Costello's "Watching The Detectives" - love how it slowly switches from 3rd person watching to first person:

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Sarah Mclachlan Pocession

the lyrics were actually a letter her stalker sent her.... creeppy AF!

 

[Yellow Bang66]

Whether it's the music, the lyrics, or whatever, what's the creepiest? I'll kick it off with Elvis Costello's "Watching The Detectives" - love how it slowly switches from 3rd person watching to first person:

live:

Another elvis Costello song sung by Fiona Apple gave me chills!

 

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Another elvis Costello song sung by Fiona Apple gave me chills!

Yeah, I love his version of that one too, but hers wins for creepiness.

 

[2112]

These 3 are all from the same album... the first two are #1 and #2 and go together, and the third is the last track on the album.

 

[48thStreetCustom]

 

[Yellow Bang66]

I'll add "Experiment In Terror" to the mix.
Originally by Henri Mancini, this version is a little more upbeat.
Still creepy in a Tarantino/surfer/slasher sort of way ...

What?!?
that aint creepy it sounds like bad porno music! I was expecting eugene levy to start singing Monster chiller horror theatre! Boo! that's "scary!"

 

[factory presets]

Love a creepy soundscape. It's what synthesizers are for. But if you push it too far it stops being creepy and becomes industrial.

 

[Jazz Ad]

This one is an obvious choice to me. I guess it's already been posted, although I haven't seen it.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Also this song by Husker Du but the cover by Therapy? and the associated clip make it even creepier.

 

[WaldoNova]

"Gonna get close to you" is a cover Queensryche did on the Rage for order album. I tried to link to YouTube but my phone won't let me.