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some killer tunes
Created by:	johnny_luddite
Tracks:	12
Length:	01:01:17
Keywords	1. murder 2. ballads 3. killing
Created on	6/8/07 1:19am
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Songs about murder and murderers seem to have been around pretty much since the beginning. Tales of murder seem to fascinate newspaper and tabloid readers today and those who enjoyed popular song hundreds of years ago were no different, it seems. Here are some murder songs, ancient and not so ancient.

tracklist

1	Taj Mahal : Frankie & Albert
	It does not matter if it is Frankie & Albert, or Frankie & Johnny as the song was later known. She shot him dead because he done her wrong! SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from Taj's Blues Length: 00:04:00
	Track Description: It does not matter if it is Frankie & Albert, or Frankie & Johnny as the song was later known. She shot him dead because he done her wrong! SHOW LESS
2	Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds : Stagger Lee
	The problem was which Nick Cave recording to include. He is the King of murder ballads, in my eyes anyway. In the end, I thought it seemed fitting that his version of one of the older and better known examples of the genre made an appearance. SHOW MORE
	Track 2 from Murder Ballads Length: 00:05:15 Year: 1996
	Track Description: The problem was which Nick Cave recording to include. He is the King of murder ballads, in my eyes anyway. In the end, I thought it seemed fitting that his version of one of the older and better known examples of the genre made an appearance. SHOW LESS
3	Neil Young : Down By the River
	This is one of those songs that makes me want to pick up a guitar whenever I hear it. In fact, I had almost lost track of the lyrics, so transfixed have I always been with Young's stodgy guitar jam. They bear examination though! "Down By The River, I shot my baby...dead, I shot her dead." That sounds like a confession to me, book him Danno, murder one! SHOW MORE
	Track 3 from Decade Length: 00:08:59 Year: 1976
	Track Description: This is one of those songs that makes me want to pick up a guitar whenever I hear it. In fact, I had almost lost track of the lyrics, so transfixed have I always been with Young's stodgy guitar jam. They bear examination though! "Down By The River, I shot my baby...dead, I shot her dead." That sounds like a confession to me, book him Danno, murder one! SHOW LESS
4	Fairport Convention : Matty Groves
	Another tale of revenge, this time in less than merry olde England. Matty and the his Lordship's wife have hooked up, and both pay the terrible consequence. SHOW MORE
	Track 4 from Liege & Leaf Length: 00:08:09
	Track Description: Another tale of revenge, this time in less than merry olde England. Matty and the his Lordship's wife have hooked up, and both pay the terrible consequence. SHOW LESS
5	Marty Robbins : They're Hanging Me Tonight
	My Dad always had Marty Robbins records round the house, and I listened to them at an early age, aware then that songs with stories in were cool. Marty seemed to end up dead in a lot of his, and I have to admit that they were the ones I liked, like "El Paso" and this one. SHOW MORE
	Track 5 from Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Length: 00:03:08
	Track Description: My Dad always had Marty Robbins records round the house, and I listened to them at an early age, aware then that songs with stories in were cool. Marty seemed to end up dead in a lot of his, and I have to admit that they were the ones I liked, like "El Paso" and this one. SHOW LESS
6	Johnny Cash : Folsom Prison Blues
	How could I leave this one out. "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die." Things like this happen when the cable goes on the fritz! SHOW MORE
	Track 6 from At Folsom Prison and San Quentin Length: 00:02:42
	Track Description: How could I leave this one out. "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die." Things like this happen when the cable goes on the fritz! SHOW LESS
7	John Lee Hooker : I'm Bad Like Jesse James
	John Lee talk sings his way through describing how his boys are going to kill his former friend. John Lee had taken this guy in, only for him to boast that he nailed his wife. Now, as he talks to the soon to be victim, he confesses that he does not know exactly how his men will finish the job, only that they will 'get the job did.' "They may shoot you, they may cut you, they may drown you. They gonna take care of the job in their own way..." SHOW MORE
	Track 7 from The Very Best Of Length: 00:05:21
	Track Description: John Lee talk sings his way through describing how his boys are going to kill his former friend. John Lee had taken this guy in, only for him to boast that he nailed his wife. Now, as he talks to the soon to be victim, he confesses that he does not know exactly how his men will finish the job, only that they will 'get the job did.' "They may shoot you, they may cut you, they may drown you. They gonna take care of the job in their own way..." SHOW LESS
8	Muddy Waters : County Jail
	Muddy shot his old lady, there was no one to put up bail, and so the judge sentenced him to 99 years, a common sentence in blues murder songs I have found. Killer slide guitar from the master here as well. SHOW MORE
	Track 8 from Hoochie Coochie Man Length: 00:06:06
	Track Description: Muddy shot his old lady, there was no one to put up bail, and so the judge sentenced him to 99 years, a common sentence in blues murder songs I have found. Killer slide guitar from the master here as well. SHOW LESS
9	Buddy Guy : Innocent Man
	After all these confessions, it is refreshing to hear Buddy protest his innocence. Well he would, wouldn't he. What is not in question, with me anyhow, is how great this sounds. It mutates into Mannish Boy towards the end, and just sounds fucking brilliant in the way not much really does. SHOW MORE
	Track 9 from Buddy's Baddest: The Best Of Buddy Guy Length: 00:05:29
	Track Description: After all these confessions, it is refreshing to hear Buddy protest his innocence. Well he would, wouldn't he. What is not in question, with me anyhow, is how great this sounds. It mutates into Mannish Boy towards the end, and just sounds fucking brilliant in the way not much really does. SHOW LESS
10	Queen : Bohemian Rhapsody
	I have gone on record more than once declaring my hatred for this hoary old chestnut, but you know what, this mix would not be the same without it. Dear old Freddy and his "Bismillah, we will not let him go" do have a place in my musical world, and that place is here! SHOW MORE
	Track 10 from A Night At The Opera Length: 00:05:54 Year: 1975
	Track Description: I have gone on record more than once declaring my hatred for this hoary old chestnut, but you know what, this mix would not be the same without it. Dear old Freddy and his "Bismillah, we will not let him go" do have a place in my musical world, and that place is here! SHOW LESS
11	Tom Jones : Delilah
	There was never any question that Tom Jones would be here. Any murder ballad that managed to crawl into the top 10 all over the world is worthy of inclusion. SHOW MORE
	Track 11 from The Best of Tom Jones Length: 00:03:26
	Track Description: There was never any question that Tom Jones would be here. Any murder ballad that managed to crawl into the top 10 all over the world is worthy of inclusion. SHOW LESS
12	The Brian Setzer Orchestra : Mack The Knife
	Tom Jones never managed to do a Bobby Darrin though and get a hit with a song with original lyrics by Bertholt Brecht telling the story of a crazed serial killer. This version is fun. SHOW MORE
	Track 12 from VaVoom! Length: 00:02:48
	Track Description: Tom Jones never managed to do a Bobby Darrin though and get a hit with a song with original lyrics by Bertholt Brecht telling the story of a crazed serial killer. This version is fun. SHOW LESS