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Songs About Death

Discussion in 'Tilted Art, Photography, Music & Literature' started by Baraka_Guru, Jul 5, 2013.

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  1. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Pretty straightforward. Songs about killing, dying, loved ones lost, contemplating the inevitable, etc.

    Sorry if this thread ends up being a downer, but that's reality for you. Chin up.

    This first one was one of my early forays into this musical theme. I loved it as an angst-ridden teen. (Just wait until 3:56, yo.)

    Okay, I still like it. (I really should revisit early Metallica soon. It's been a while.)


    View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnzs8wl6E


    This is a classic of course.


    View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_swaxOidGU
     
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 5, 2013
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  2. warrrreagl

    warrrreagl Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Land of cotton.
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  3. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

     
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  4. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Did you say horror punk?

    ...

    Prime directive: Exterminate the whole human race.



    Come, sweet death; one last caress.



    The corpses all hang, headless and limp...



    Target locked; system checked; enter code.

     
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  5. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell
    Heard this one for the first time a few weeks ago. I had to pull over because I was crying so much.




    Then there's this one:



    I reach to the sky and call out your name
    And if I could trade, I would.
     
    CinnamonGirl, Jul 5, 2013
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  6. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    MOAR.

    ...

    Good morning and goodbye...



    Science more powerful than god himself...



    Is that what I want?



    You're a bat out of hell; I'm a sucker from space...

     
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  7. Craven Morehead

    Craven Morehead Very Tilted

    Location:
    third rock from the sun
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  8. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Baraka_Guru, Jul 5, 2013
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  9. mixedmedia

    mixedmedia ...

    Location:
    Florida
    Oh, I have songs for this thread. Just you wait 'til I get home.
     
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  10. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
     
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  11. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell



    I have no idea why the only good video is set to anime. *shrug* Anyway, when this first came out, it was a delicious little twist ending. There was an article in the local paper (or it might have been AP, I don't remember) about how country music is a lot more dark and violent than a lot of people think. Um, well...duh. It was a pretty dumb article. I like the song, though.
     
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  12. mixedmedia

    mixedmedia ...

    Location:
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  13. AlterMoose

    AlterMoose Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Pangaea

     
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  14. mixedmedia

    mixedmedia ...

    Location:
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  15. Stan

    Stan Resident Dumbass

    Location:
    Colorado
     
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  16. mixedmedia

    mixedmedia ...

    Location:
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  17. Craven Morehead

    Craven Morehead Very Tilted

    Location:
    third rock from the sun
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  18. redux

    redux Very Tilted

    Location:
    Foggy Bottom
    On a more melancholy note and the death of one's child

     
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  19. mixedmedia

    mixedmedia ...

    Location:
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  20. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

    Location:
    Wolf 359
    First thing I thought of -


    Mack the Knife. I am fond of the recording Kevin Spacey did for the recent Bobby Darin movie but I have to go with Ella for this with Bing's cover from the "Bing with a Beat" album ranking very high as well.


    Another obvious one from one of my favourite albums of the past 20 years -


    The Wallflowers - One Headlight

     
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