Songs about Danger and Violence

nyadrn · ‎02-24-2018

How many songs have been written about the violence in this world.. probably many more than we realize.

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith

nahchoo · ‎10-27-2020

Violence - Mott The Hoople

It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice.

1968Hoya46 · ‎10-27-2020

Along Came Jones: Coasters (Sweet Sue was almost sawed in half, dynamited and tied to the railroad tracks...all in one song. That’s danger).

DarcyFarrow · ‎10-27-2020

God is a Bullet (Concrete Blonde)

1968Hoya46 · ‎10-26-2020

Secret Agent Man: Johnny Rivers

DarcyFarrow · ‎10-26-2020

Violent (Concrete Blonde)

1968Hoya46 · ‎10-17-2020

Riot In Cell Block No. 9: Coasters

DarcyFarrow · ‎10-17-2020

I Hung My Head (Sting)

DarcyFarrow · ‎10-15-2020

Janey Needs a Shooter (Springsteen)

1968Hoya46 · ‎10-17-2020

Re: Danger

1) Wolverton Mountain: Claude King (He’s mighty handy with a gun and a knife).

2) Big Bad John: Jimmy Dean (Fatal mine cave-in).

1968Hoya46 · ‎10-17-2020

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence: Gene Pitney

DarcyFarrow · ‎10-10-2020

The Bridge (Dolly Parton)

DarcyFarrow · ‎10-06-2020

Killing of Georgie (Part I & II) (Rod Stewart)

"Out of a darkened side street came
A New Jersey gang with just one aim
To roll some innocent passer-by
There ensued a fearful fight
Screams rang out in the night
Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone"

DarcyFarrow · ‎10-01-2020

Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (Cher)

1968Hoya46 · ‎09-27-2020

Johnny Too Bad: The Slickers (from, in my opinion, the best reggae album of all time and one of the best albums period).

DarcyFarrow · ‎09-27-2020

Deathwish (Police)

DarcyFarrow · ‎09-19-2020

Marianne (Tori Amos)

"They said Marianne killed herself

And I said, 'Not a chance'"

DarcyFarrow · ‎09-18-2020

Wedding List (Kate Bush)

"All of the headlines said 'Passion Crime"
'Newly weds Groom Shot Dead
'Mystery Man.' God help the bride
She's a widow, all in red
With his red still wet. She said--"

I'll put him on the wedding list

JohnD131536 · ‎09-19-2020

Killer Joe - the Rocky Fellers

DarcyFarrow · ‎09-09-2020

Me and a Gun (Tori Amos)

From Wikipedia, quoting an interview with Tori Amos in Hot Press: "' How am I alive to tell you this tale when he was ready to slice me up? In the song I say it was 'Me and a Gun' but it wasn't a gun. It was a knife he had. And the idea was to take me to his friends and cut me up, and he kept telling me that, for hours. And if he hadn't needed more drugs I would have been just one more news report, where you see the parents grieving for their daughter.'"