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Creepiest song ever?

#161
After 40-odd years of liking this song for its groove and catchy chorus (but not really giving it much thought otherwise), I only recently found out it was deliberately written to be creepy, and basically make the listener feel like a creep for enjoying the song:



"Hot Child In The City" - Nick Gilder

Despite the song's innocent and catchy pop stylings, the tune is based on Gilder's experiences witnessing child prostitution. "I've seen a lot of young girls, 15 and 16, walking down Hollywood Boulevard with their pimps. Their home environment drove them to distraction so they ran away, only to be trapped by something even worse. It hurts to see that so I tried writing from the perspective of a lecher – in the guise of an innocent pop song."
Hot Child in the City - Wikipedia

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#162
I can't remember the song title, but it was a recording by Robert Johnson. Just him and his guitar. There was something about the way he sang it that really spooked me out. A very uncomfortable feeling came over me for some reason.

Even if I found out what song it was I won't listen to it again.
 
#164


I'm walking with a killer and I'm gonna need that ride
We rolled through the night
Through the cornfields of East 35
I didn't know I should have
I didn't know it was my night to die
But it really was
I had no desire for hopes or holidays
Yet our eyes meet
I slide to him, my thigh's sticking on the seat
I'm a dark star
I'm done
I glow the headlights as they hit the street
I am blinding
I'm walking with a killer and I'm gonna need that ride
We walked through the night
Through the cornfields of East 35
I would not survive
I didn't know it was my time to die
I'm going out
I'm a dark star
I'm done
I glow in the headlights as I hit the street
All the way home he kissed me
 
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#174
Kind of hard to listen to because it is so long and has a piano solo and kazoo solo. Lyrics are great! (Produced by Pete Townsend)



Accidents
Thunderclap Newman
I see Johnny in the middle of a roundabout, playing
In his hand was a paper aeroplane
Then I looked around
And he was gone
Am I to blame
I see Mary standing by the river side, waiting
She thinks the queen is coming by
Then I looked around
And she was gone
Why
There's a thousand answers that I don't know
I don't know
I know how
There's a thousand feelings that I can't show
I can't show
Just right now
I see Simon standing on the railway bridge, spotting
He's waiting there to see the fastest train
Then I looked around
And he was gone
Am I to blame
I see Jimmy climbing on the milkman's van, laughing...
Now Mary and Johnny are all together
And Simon and Jimmy are free
To touch anything and everything they see
I see Jimmy climbing on the milkman's van, laughing
On his feet were a pair of granddad's shoes
Then I looked around
And he was gone
Are we to lose
Life's just a game, you fly a paper plane, there is no aim (18x)
 
#176
djaxup said:
Oh yeah, good one. Carmina Burana / Oh Fortuna is also pretty creepy.
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Apart from the Spring revels, oh Fortuna is a fairly happy part of Carmina Burana. Creepiest goes to Cignus ustut cantat, about a goose who has been cooked, literally...this production was done with Carl Orff consulting on the designs and dance he originally intended There's a great version at 2:30 OF THIS amazing high tenor

ONCE I LIVED ON LAKES
The roasted swan sings:

Once I lived on lakes,
once I looked beautiful when I was a swan.

Misery me!
Now black and roasting fiercely!

The servant is turning me on the spit;
I am burning fiercely on the pyre;
the steward now serves me up.

Misery me!
Now black and roasting fiercely!

Now I lie on a plate,
and cannot fly anymore, I see bared teeth:

Misery me! etc.
 
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#178
This song “Kim” by Eminem always creeps me out. Not posting a link to the song because it’s just that disturbing and convincingly done. a quick google search will find it. It’s about a guy that kills his ex’s family. Eminem used his real wife and daughters names in the song and was having marital problems at the time. It’s all done in the First person perspective. it’s soo raw and done so convincingly it gives me chills just thinking about it.
 
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