Disturbing Songs.

[Hoggy]

I couldn't find the old thread, but I feel this has to be said.

Tori Amos' cover of the metal classic, Raining Blood (by Slayer), is the most disturbing thing I have ever heard. It makes me shivver. It's not disturbing in a rip-your-face-off Slayer fashion, but more a creepy, watching-you-from-the-other-side-of-the-street fashion.

I love it.

Creepy songs are good. Need more creepy songs plz!

[FdL]

From the same album, the cover of the Eminem song is pretty creepy too.

[Amotis]

El-P's Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love) is pretty creepy.

[heretic]

Down with the Sickness by Disturbed.

[Arameus]

'Bad Motor Scooter' creeps me out, but for completely different reasons.

I mean, honestly, what's up with that song?

[Quincunx]

Look again. . . (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44872)

Well-timed resurrection--I was listening to a song which chills me, the soft and quiet and accusatory bits. . .just as well, the lyrics don't ever leave a forbidden topic.

[Gaelbert]

You Touch My Tralala by Gunther

[SurlySeraph]

Down with the Sickness by Disturbed.

Think that one's disturbing? Listen to The Game. It starts out sort of vain but friendly, like a spoiled child, and gradually turns into threatening to murder a girl for lying to him. It's the only Disturbed song I've heard that I genuinely cannot listen to, because it scares the hell out of me.

[Conrad Poohs]

I don't know if it's "disturbing" per se, but Monty Python's 'Medical Love Song' is certainly delightfully wrong as any song, let alone a love song.

[Jack Squat]

I Love the Dead by Alice Cooper.

do I need to explain?

[Rama_Lei]

THe concept is creepy, but as the lead singer described it, "the catchiest and most upbeat song about necrophilia ever" Chrissie Kiss the Corpse by Of Montreal

[Lemur]

I've found numerous Frank Zappa songs disturbing, although maybe not the same kind of disturbing this thread is about. Here's an example (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_DxT2UOyo&mode=related&search=), but it doesn't really do justice to what I mean. Listen to all of Joe's Garage, and see if there isn't anything that bothers you

When I was a little kid, I found "Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung" by Weird Al somewhat disturbing as well. One way or another, I understood the purpose of an iron lung at a young age, and back then the morbidity of the song was a surprise to me.

[Shadow of the Sun]

Yay, you resurrected a thread by me!

*happy dances*

[Icewalker]

Down with the Sickness by Disturbed.

Beat me to it.

[jaqueses]

Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon.

All the bad things you can put in a song, sung like something from the 50's. Listen to those lyrics, and shivers down my spine.

[ZeroNumerous]

I'll Be Watching You - White Rose.

[Jimorian]

Pretty When You Cry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOZ6ptqcbUc) by VAST

The song in itself is pretty creepy, but when I finally saw the video.... yikes.

It's all kinds of awesome IMO, but I'd certainly understand somebody having a major negative reaction to it.

[PlatinumJester]

The Omen theme tune

[SweetLikeLemons]

Guster's Airport Song

So deliciously creepy...

[JabberwockySupafly]

El-P's Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love) is pretty creepy.

El-P! Definitive Jux! My favourite record label! Sweet Sweet Underground Hip-Hop. I don't think there's a single day I go by without listening to something by Aesop Rock, MURS, or El-P. I think it's conditionally impossible for me now.

Anyways, I contributed to the original thread so I may as well contribute to this one as well. A good disturbing and/or creepy song(s) would have to be pretty much anything off the self-titled Mr.Bungle album. I love Mike Patton's work, and virtually everything he does is solid gold, but this album, whilst brilliant, is twisted. Songs like Love is a Fist, Stubb (A Dub), Girls of Porn, Squeeze Me Macaroni, Egg, Quote (Unquote), & Dead Goon are not exactly for the weak of stomach, heart, or sanity at times. Still a darn great album though.

[Powerslave44]

Alive by Pearl Jam is pretty messed up. Same for Jeremy.

[PlatinumJester]

Sex Bomb by Tom Jones. He's like 60. That is wrong on every level.

[Mr Croup]

I'd say Car Chase Terror! by M83, a great song, but definitely quite disturbing, in a nice David Lynch sort of way.

[valadil]

Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt.
Insanity by Oingo Boingo. Actually most anything by Danny Elfman is pretty disturbing, but this is one of my favorites.

[....]

"A Kiss to Build a Dream On" - By Louis Armstrong. Just because of the intro to Fallout 2.

Very old 20s music, like the Charlston. The sound of that music playing through warped and scratched records gives me chills.

[SDF]

As Your Ghost Takes Flight by Saves the Day
John Wayne Gacy, Jr by Sufjan Stevens
Dance With the Devil by Immortal Technique
The End by The Doors
Scream by The Misfits
Also, East Hastings by GY!BE for the atmosphere... (ZOMBIES!)

[FdL]

"Country Death Song" by Violent Femmes. A kickass song, creepy in the tradition of old folk songs.

The Cure - "One Hundred Years".

Lush - "Invisible Man". This little song features a claustrophobic ambience, only slightly countered by the singers' sweet voices even if they turn to be the main reason of creepyness. (Hey, now that I mention that, most everything done by Cranes can be described like that ^^).
Then at some point after cascading ghost voices, there's guitars that screech like shards of glass. Seriously, give this a listen, it rules.

Also honorable mention to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Because he has a tendency to make things disturbing even when being earnest and sweet, let alone when directly trying to deeply disturb his listeners. Win.

[Tom_Violence]

Down with the Sickness by Disturbed.

I think you've confused 'horribly abrasive' with 'actually disturbing'. There are many reasons why I will turn a song off, not all of them because I find it disturbing. :tongue:

[FdL]

I think you've confused 'horribly abrasive' with 'actually disturbing'. There are many reasons why I will turn a song off, not all of them because I find it disturbing. :tongue:

Yeah, I mean, it has to be within some assumed listenability :p

[Chunklets]

"Under My Thumb" by The Rolling Stones - Jagger sounds just plain old evil in that one (Social Distortion's cover of it, on the other hand, rocks!).

"Honey Bee" by Tom Petty. Well, go read the lyrics (http://www.lyricsdepot.com/tom-petty/honey-bee.html), and remember that it's this man (http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/9/9/0/9/509099_356x237.jpg)singing it.

[Powerslave44]

Very old 20s music, like the Charlston. The sound of that music playing through warped and scratched records gives me chills.

That reminds me of something a music teacher played for a class I was in once... if any of you are familiar with what a castrato is, if you can get ahold of and listen to a recording of that it's probably one of the creepiest things you'll ever hear. The picture she had passed around of what this guy was supposed to look like at the time of the recording reminded me of Rodney Dangerfield, but the voice on the recording was just... ridiculous. Creeps me out just thinking about it.

[Amotis]

Lush - "Invisible Man". This little song features a claustrophobic ambience, only slightly countered by the singers' sweet voices even if they turn to be the main reason of creepyness. (Hey, now that I mention that, most everything done by Cranes can be described like that ^^).
Then at some point after cascading ghost voices, there's guitars that screech like shards of glass. Seriously, give this a listen, it rules.

Oh man, how did I forget that? Well... I guess to me it's kinda beautiful in a strong way and that's why I liked it. But it always reminds me of this one classical piece that completely slips my mind (both composer and composition name) but it's basically that. A baritone player with the hugest cojónes ever known to a brass player who cuts through a very subtle ambient melody with this streaming power of strength and fire. Shivers.

[Tor the Fallen]

The sad bit of Beehtoven's Moonlight Sonata. It upsets me so bad I can hardly listen to it.

[FdL]

Oh man, how did I forget that? Well... I guess to me it's kinda beautiful in a strong way and that's why I liked it. But it always reminds me of this one classical piece that completely slips my mind (both composer and composition name) but it's basically that. A baritone player with the hugest cojónes ever known to a brass player who cuts through a very subtle ambient melody with this streaming power of strength and fire. Shivers.

It's all about a song that summons strong emotions. Some songs have that special thing that fires strong things inside you. I don't know if that could be called creepy or disturbing. It can be emotionally overwhelming, in the sense that you are moved to the feeling of the song. Which is totally what great music is about, really.

[Hell Puppi]

Richard cheese: Get down with the sickness (the one featured on the dawn of the dead remake)
He also does some cannibal corpse songs and somehow manages to make them even scarier by doing the disturbing lyrics to happy music and smiling the entire time.

[Argent]

Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt.

Echo that. Also "The Man Comes Around". (Great use during the opening credits for the remake of "Dawn of the Dead" too, if I remember right.)

Another one that icks me out is the Bloodhound Gang: "The Lapdance Song". That's just not right.

[Telonius]

Jeremy, by Pearl Jam. Creepy, in an, "I knew kids who were within a hair's breadth of that," kind of way.

Time, by Pink Floyd. Two lines of that song just haunt me whenever I hear it. "Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines." To me, an aspiring author, this is what fear really is.

Oh, one other one ... Tears for Fears' cover of Radiohead's "Creep." He puts a completely different emotional tone on it than the original, and the effect is pretty disturbing.

[....]

Marilyn Manson's cover of that Beatles song, "Imagine no religion blah blah blah" was pretty creepy.

'Isolated' by Chaism: "The monsters make me hide. I think I'll eat myself alive..."

[Powerslave44]

Marilyn Manson's cover of that Beatles song, "Imagine no religion blah blah blah" was pretty creepy.

That was John Lennon, not the Beatles. Imagine is the title.

[Lord Tirian]

Disturbing songs?

Current 93 - Faust

It's called song, but it's mostly a long track of creepiness.

[Amotis]

Disturbing songs?

Current 93 - Faust

It's called song, but it's mostly a long track of creepiness.

Heeey, points to that. I like Current 93 and more people need to know about them.

Idumæa, with my affinity to Bonnie "Prince" Billy, is very cool.

[Rare Pink Leech]

...
The End by The Doors
...

A more creepy song by The Doors is Celebration of the Lizard, but it's fairly difficult to find.

I found Marilyn Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams (I think that's the title) to be really disturbing.

When The Tigers Broke Free and One Of These Days by Pink Floyd are also pretty disturbing, especially the latter one. Gotta love when the only lyrics in a 5+ minute song are "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces".

[ForzaFiori]

Marilyn Manson's version of Personal Jesus.

[thedavo]

Most of Marilyn Manson's covers are disturbing.

Mainly cos they're rubbish.

I echo whoever it was who said Tori Amos's "Raining Blood", it's utterly disturbing, as is pretty much all of Nine Inch Nails' "The Downward Spiral". "South Of Heaven" and "Dead Skin Mask" by Slayer are pretty disturbing aswell.

Also, Dillinger Escape Plan's cover of Aphex Twin's "Come To Daddy", featuring Mike Patton, manages to be more creepy than the original IMO. Speaking of Patton, Fantomas's "Delirium Cordia" is a long, uncomfortable, unsettling listen.

"Satan's Ice Cream Truck" by Strapping Young Lad is plain wrong.

Finally, for completely different reasons, Richard Cheese's cover of "Rape Me" and this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fc-V3NYckOI).

[Logic]

I think Corky and the Juice pigs song "Dead Puppies" is pretty disturbing. Albeit, a funny disturbing song.

[Hell Puppi]

For some reason i find the Door's 'paint it black' to be really creepy.
I don't know if it's because I played too much twisted metal black back in the day, or because of the imagery I get from the song.

[Semidi]

Prayer - Christian Death off of Only Theatre of Pain. The first time I listened to it I thought that the devil really was in the music. I had to take it off my play lists because I sleep with music going sometimes and waking up to a catholic mass spoken backwards was too creepy.

I want to sex you up - William Shatner. Self explanitory.

Sexy Data Tango - Voltaire. A song about using data from star-trek in... disturbing ways.

[Rare Pink Leech]

For some reason i find the Door's 'paint it black' to be really creepy.
I don't know if it's because I played too much twisted metal black back in the day, or because of the imagery I get from the song.

I think you mean The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" :smallsmile: And yeah, the imagery is pretty disturbing.

[Hell Puppi]

Damn... i thought it to be the Doors for some reason....thanks for correcting me:smallwink:

[Indurain]

Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrodaLzfi5s) Wasn't so creepy now, but when I first heard this song (on the X-Files soundtrack)...it creeped me right out.

God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e0EQlQXoEo) As well as the others already mentioned.

Every Breath you Take - The Police (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnejNGprm3I)

Trapped in the Closet - R. Kelly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUVLNghzLtI) Seriously...what's creepier than R. Kelly in your closet?

[Amotis]

Just to let you know, "God's Gonna Cut You Down" is actually called "Run On" and old folk song. So Cash isn't the first one to record that one at all. Though it is indeed a very good song. Kinda ironic too, with Cash at the helm.

[sealemon]

I'd go with Sympathy for the Devil and Paint It Black by the Stones.

The toadies have several creepy songs in including Tyler, Possum Kingdon, and Jigsaw Girl.

I suppose Bad Moon Rising should get an honerable mention, but the song is just so jaunty! The End Times were never so much fun!

[The Prince of Cats]

Also honorable mention to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Because he has a tendency to make things disturbing even when being earnest and sweet, let alone when directly trying to deeply disturb his listeners. Win.
Yeah, Song of Joy is downright scary... An Australian friend leant it to me and that was how I got into his work. I found Murder Ballads has some very disturbing moments, like "Where the Wild Roses Grow" - his duet with Kylie Minogue.

Someone mentioned Tori Amos, "Me and a Gun" is disturbing. Strangely, the original is a capella but there is a mix with a Madonna song (Erotic?) which makes it even more disturbing.

Radiohead's "Like Spinning Plates" is creepy, in a special way. Having performed "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", I can vouch for that one being quite powerful if you do it right; a very sad and depressing story.

"Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen gets me, but that could just be the irony of a dying man writing about not living forever. In some ways, "The Show Must Go On" is worse...

Dream Theater have a song called "Goodnight Kiss" which makes me uncomfortable.

[Dragonrider]

Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt.
Insanity by Oingo Boingo. Actually most anything by Danny Elfman is pretty disturbing, but this is one of my favorites.

Aww, c'mon! Oingo Boingo is just cool! :smalltongue:
Curses to my dad for corrupting me with all that music that was popular when he was in high school.... :smallbiggrin:

@^: The irony is that "Who Wants to Live Forever" was actually written by Brian May, not Freddie Mercury, before Freddie had told anyone about his illness. Although I suspect that they guessed...I mean, it would be kind of hard not to when you know someone that well.

But yeah. "The Show Must Go On" has definite vibes of prescience.

[reorith]

nymphetamine by cradle of filth makes my skin crawl for some reason.

[Ranis]

Come Sail Away by Styx. Does it make sense? No. Was the man who wrote it on LSD when it happened? Yes.

Is it one of the greatest songs ever? Absolutely.

[FdL]

Yeah, Song of Joy is downright scary... An Australian friend leant it to me and that was how I got into his work. I found Murder Ballads has some very disturbing moments, like "Where the Wild Roses Grow" - his duet with Kylie Minogue.


Sure, you can't go wrong for disturbing factor when tapping into those violent folk songs. I love them. They're USA's cautionary tales.



Someone mentioned Tori Amos, "Me and a Gun" is disturbing. Strangely, the original is a capella but there is a mix with a Madonna song (Erotic?) which makes it even more disturbing.


A mash-up? I got to have this. You know, I do like that particular Madonna song. Hmm...Am I mistaken for "Justify my love"? :S



Radiohead's "Like Spinning Plates" is creepy, in a special way. Having performed "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", I can vouch for that one being quite powerful if you do it right; a very sad and depressing story.


I fail to see it as a story (SS), but Radiohead sure can
create very interesting climates with their songs.

I'd mention a song by Kristin Hersh, called "The Letter", that I personally find harrowing. But probably it reaches you more if you know about her story and what that song means for her. Still, you can tell she's bleeding right into that song, straight from her soul. How I love that woman.

[SurlySeraph]

nymphetamine by cradle of filth makes my skin crawl for some reason.

Same. I mean, the title alone is creepy enough (pedophilia + highly addictive drugs!) - and then the song is, somehow, far more creepy than you could even imagine from the title. That song should not exist.

[Semidi]

Same. I mean, the title alone is creepy enough (pedophilia + highly addictive drugs!) - and then the song is, somehow, far more creepy than you could even imagine from the title. That song should not exist.

Maybe it's just me, but I find it hard to be disturbed by a vocalist who sounds like some sort of satanic cookie monster.

[SurlySeraph]

That's exactly what disturbs me about it. The twisted innocence aspect of it.

[Amotis]

I'd mention a song by Kristin Hersh, called "The Letter", that I personally find harrowing. But probably it reaches you more if you know about her story and what that song means for her. Still, you can tell she's bleeding right into that song, straight from her soul. How I love that woman.

I think knowing her story makes all her music just that much more stronger, more intimate and powerful, that song especially as well as her other acoustic guitar solo stuff. Wonderful wonderful woman, I cannot agree more.

[Vernal]

For some reason I get those 'creeped out' chills when I hear "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells. The lyrics are fine until I picture the crimson being blood falling onto grass and clovers... eeeeeeehhhch.

[TheBoneSplitter]

Maybe it's just me, but I find it hard to be disturbed by a vocalist who sounds like some sort of satanic cookie monster.

Cradle of Filth does not associate with the cookie monster... I don't know what I could say their vocalist sounds like without accidentally insulting them, no sarcasm intended.

I would figure that on its own would disturb a LOT of people.

[Rare Pink Leech]

Has anyone ever heard Black Sabbath's Christmas version of Iron Man? Instead of saying "I am Iron Man" at the beginning, Ozzy says "I am Santa Claus" in the same warped voice. Now that's disturbing to any kid who hears it.

[Scorpina]

The Dresden Dolls do a good line in actually disturbing songs. "Missed Me" is just plain creepy, and "Slide" can be very disturbing. Especially if you're not really listening and it lulls you into a false sense of security before Amanda screams "The orange man's got you!" at the top of her lungs.

[Mr the Geoff]

Hmm, most of the stuff I was going to say has been covered (Hurt, paint it Black, Sweet Dreams etc) but you've missed some fine creepifying stuff.

Family Tree by Megadeth has creeped me out ever since I properly listened to the lyrics.

Prom Queen by Insane Clown Posse is disturbing, and also pretty dire, don't know how that ever got into my mp3 collection.

Practically the whole of Pretty Hate machine by Nine inch Nails (possibly my favourite album at the moment, which shows I like being disturbed) but especially Sanctified and Ringfinger.

Marilyn Manson's acoustic version of White Trash on Smells Like Children.

The version of Mad World off the Donnie Darko soundtrack.

Oh, and anything by S Club Juniors, but that would be for entirely different reasons.

[Shifty]

Anybody ever heard of a fellow by the name of Tom Waits? One of the creepiest songs I've ever heard was Circus, from the album Real Gone. Something about the near-delirious warping of the sounds and the grimy, grisly sort of freak-show ambiance it has really threw me for a loop the first few times I heard it.

Also, the song Poor Edward,or really anything else on Alice, are fairly morbid in their own way. There's a lot of skin-crawliness in his music.

[Amotis]

When I first heard of and heard a bit of Tom Waits I thought he was gimmicky at best. But he really is a unique, if a bit limited and sometimes adolecent (which isn't always bad), songwriter. Much good has come from him. Though creepy? Not really to me. He's voice shows so much strength that it easily transfers to any type of song. Rain Dogs is a great album. The final track, I forget the name, is pure march gold. I see death all over it and it's plain cool. He's a good find and it can indeed creep people out. I personally find it more creepy how perfectly he can create atmospheres I can smell and taste more then hear.

[smellie_hippie]

Third page and nobody has mentioned Gwar? :smallconfused:

OK then... anything by Gwar. FTW.

[okpokalypse]

Anybody ever heard of a fellow by the name of Tom Waits? One of the creepiest songs I've ever heard was Circus, from the album Real Gone. Something about the near-delirious warping of the sounds and the grimy, grisly sort of freak-show ambiance it has really threw me for a loop the first few times I heard it.

Also, the song Poor Edward,or really anything else on Alice, are fairly morbid in their own way. There's a lot of skin-crawliness in his music.

I'm partial to "What's he Building in There."

Another song from back in the day that always was creepy to me (but yet I liked it) was "Christian Woman" by Type-O Negative. Gotta be the full version though, not the radio edit.

[Mysticaloctopus]

Think that one's disturbing? Listen to The Game. It starts out sort of vain but friendly, like a spoiled child, and gradually turns into threatening to murder a girl for lying to him. It's the only Disturbed song I've heard that I genuinely cannot listen to, because it scares the hell out of me.

Ack! Good job I'd lost a minute ago in the Lovecraft thread.

Now, scary songs.

Oingo Boingo - Little Girls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItz-uNjoZA)

Kiss your faith in humanity goodbye.

[Hannes]

Same. I mean, the title alone is creepy enough (pedophilia + highly addictive drugs!) - and then the song is, somehow, far more creepy than you could even imagine from the title. That song should not exist.

Pedophilia? Where? Huh? Nymphs are sexy fantasy creatures, nymphomaniacs are women who are addicted to sex. No pedophilia anywhere.

[Wolf53226]

No pedophilia anywhere.

Maybe not in that song, but....

Ozzy Osborne - Mr. Tinkertrain

Certainly some pedophile vibes in there....<shiver>

OH...and just for sheer disturbing thoughts....

Vanilla Ice - Ice, Ice, Baby (Death Metal/Rap version)

Wasn't it bad enough the first time.

[SurlySeraph]

Pedophilia? Where? Huh? Nymphs are sexy fantasy creatures, nymphomaniacs are women who are addicted to sex. No pedophilia anywhere.

The title isn't from nymph, it's from nymphet. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphet)

[talsine]

Womb and Concrete Rage by :wumpscut: Concrete Rage is just about the hate of a boy for his mother and society, but womb, just listen to it. its deeply creepy and amazing at the same time.

Suicide Picnic and She Bleeds red by Velvet Acid Christ are also pretty creepy.

mmmm, when it comes to music that makes you hate humanity, its all about industrial.

[Susil]

Thinking of Radiohead, what about 'fitter happier'? I mean, I'm not sure it exactly qualifies as a song, but the whole thing never fails to chill me as the computer gets more and more deranged and the guitar effects swell... creepy.

And I was told that somebody once went out and brutally murdered someone after listening to the Beatles' 'piggies'. You listen to the song, you can kida see how it might drive someone over the edge.... :smalleek:

[FdL]

Ooooh, ooh! I remembered another one!

"Kerosene" by Big Black!!!

This defines disturbing to me. The music is grinding and heavy, oppresive and annoying, but still somehow groovy.
It's actually about self inmolation. The lyrics are like opening your head to the logic of a madman.

Hmmm...I wanted to make a joke about how the music matches the lyrics (get it? ^^).

[alchahest]

30,000 feet, by Assemblage 23 - it's basically a man on a cellphone leaving a message for his family. while his plane falls out of the sky. It gets me every single time.

hello, if you’re there pick up the phone.
i’m calling from 30,000 feet above you.
the captain’s just informed us that our plane is going down,
so i’m calling for one last time to say I love you.


Not an Addict, by K's Choice. I don't identify with addiction very well, having never been an addict, but the honesty/pain in her voice when she sings this song is piercing. the lyrics themselves are alright, but it's all about the performance in this one.

Legion, by VNV nation. another song about dying. this one perfectly addresses fears about what happens to you the moment you die. again, lyrics that terrify me.

And what will happen?
Will I dream?
I am too scared to close my eyes.
For a second please hold me.
None can change in me these things that I believe.
But I don't know what happens now.
I am too scared to close my eyes.

there's more but I'm at work and my playlist is at home!

[FdL]

The song that kicks off Bright Eyes' Wide Awake album, "At the Bottom of Everything" has a level of tension, creepiness and bitter surrealism that make it a very interesting listen. The spoken part of the narrative that begins the song, and then leads into the music is gripping. It's a fun little psychotic song.

[Rare Pink Leech]

Here's another one: anything by Celine Dion :smalltongue:

[Shhalahr Windrider]

Every Breath you Take - The Police (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnejNGprm3I)
My dad has a Police "Greatest Hits" album, and I find the whole thing rather creepy when you put it out together. When it's not all obsession as in "Every Breath You Take," the songs are total despair and loss such as "Message in a Bottle." A real downer album, really.

The theme from Suprisia (I've never seen the actual movie) by Goblin always manages to chill my spine. Of course, it's a horror movie, so they're trying to be creepy. That's a whole different thing from what the Police got.

[Koji]

Touched, by VAST

Best band ever or what?

[Athanatos]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to say that James Blunt song that was really big a while back. "Beautiful" or whatnot. Why? Well, first off, the subject matter itself is pretty damn creepy. This is a guy who sees a random woman on the subway (and she's with her boyfriend, no less), and decides that she's really beautiful. But instead of just letting this purely physical attraction go, he interprets her smile as a sign that they should be together forever and starts going on about how he has a "plan" to be with her. Pretty textbook creepy-psycho-stalker stuff.

But the kicker is that the majority of people don't even realize how creepy it is. They're all "oh, it's a touching tragic love story" and whatnot. My ass. This is some pervert deciding that a woman is hot and making plans to steal her from her boyfriend. The concept that this James Blunt guy can write really disturbing songs and still be seen as an innocent romantic type... God, that's creepy. What else can he get away with, I wonder?

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The concept that this James Blunt guy can write really disturbing songs and still be seen as an innocent romantic type... God, that's creepy. What else can he get away with, I wonder?
Well, the song does end, "But it's time to face the truth, I will never be with you." So, even if he doesn't let it go all the way, the singer acknowledges he can't really do anything. So I don't think he continues with the creepy stalking thing. Though it is kinda creepy that his thoughts went as far as they did.

Now, "Every Breath You Take" is straightforward stalking. And I've heard that some people think of that as a pure love song the way you described "You're Beautiful". And that's right up there with using "Born in the U.S.A" as a theme song while running for office. :smallyuk: