Pop Songs About Death

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Name some pop songs about death.

― Michael Quinion, Friday, 21 February 2003 07:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Strictly pop? No rock songs?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 21 February 2003 07:46 (twenty-three years ago)

eskobar - good day for dying

― Katja (blue), Friday, 21 February 2003 07:50 (twenty-three years ago)

sophia - so slow

― Katja (blue), Friday, 21 February 2003 07:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes only pop. There are a million rock songs about death.

― Michael Quinion, Friday, 21 February 2003 07:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Saint Etienne - "Like a Motorway"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 21 February 2003 07:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Didn't they do this in High Fidelity? And doesn't that make the question automatically cheesy, the same way that "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is automatically disqualified because of its relation to the movie The Big Chill?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 21 February 2003 08:13 (twenty-three years ago)

"people who died"

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 21 February 2003 08:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Seasons In The Sun - Brel (by way of Terry Jacks)

― jack battery-pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Friday, 21 February 2003 08:20 (twenty-three years ago)

leader of the pack - tha shangrilas.

― di smith (lucylurex), Friday, 21 February 2003 08:20 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't really think I'd call the Jim Carroll Band a "pop" band, jim.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 21 February 2003 08:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Curtis Mayfield Freddie's Dead.

― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Friday, 21 February 2003 08:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Jan & Dean - 'Dead Man's Curve'

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 21 February 2003 09:08 (twenty-three years ago)

nick lowe - marie provost

― brains (cerybut), Friday, 21 February 2003 09:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 21 February 2003 10:20 (twenty-three years ago)

The collected works of Scott Walker... especially My Death, but I think that's a Jaque Brel (sp?) cover, isn't it?

Correct me if I'm all factually wrong, I've been hitting the lemsip,...

― kate, Friday, 21 February 2003 10:25 (twenty-three years ago)

it is. and it has also been covered by marc almond.

― Katja (blue), Friday, 21 February 2003 10:32 (twenty-three years ago)

"Teen Angel", "Tell Laura I Love Her", that sort of thing?

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 21 February 2003 10:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Shakespeare's Sister 'Stay' (deals with the prospect of death anyway)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 21 February 2003 11:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Aaron Hall 'I Miss You' (cheesy Rn'B ballad)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 21 February 2003 11:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Bone Thugs / Blazin' Squad 'Crossroads'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 21 February 2003 11:18 (twenty-three years ago)

United States of America - Love Song for the Dead Che (doesn't mention Che excpet for the title, instead a gorgeous and strange song about the tenderness of bereavement - pleas to the departed to return masquerading as unrequited love lyrics - it brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it)

― pulpo, Friday, 21 February 2003 11:34 (twenty-three years ago)

bat out of hell - meatloaf.

― di smith (lucylurex), Friday, 21 February 2003 12:11 (twenty-three years ago)

"Tomorrow Wendy". That song always made me morally indignant. What if some 5-year-old girl named Wendy heard it and was traumatised for life?

― dave q, Friday, 21 February 2003 12:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (boo-hoo!)

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 21 February 2003 13:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Uh, Elton John to thread...

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 21 February 2003 14:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Do "I'll Fly Away" or "O Death" count? Both were covered on the _O Brother_ soundtrack, which was very "pop" (as in popular) indeed. Of course, country songs about death merit a whole separate thread...

― mike a (mike a), Friday, 21 February 2003 17:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Eric Clapton - "Tears in Heaven"
James Taylor - "Fire and Rain"

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 February 2003 17:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Screaming Jay Hawkins

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 21 February 2003 17:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit in the Sky"

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 February 2003 17:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Li'l theme here:

"The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia"

"The Night Chicago Died"

"In the Ghetto"

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 21 February 2003 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)

"I Shot Mr. Lee"--the Bobettes.

"No More the Moon Shines on Lorena" as interp. by Alex Chilton.

― frank p. jones (frank p. jones), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:12 (twenty-three years ago)

"Copkiller" Body Count

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:14 (twenty-three years ago)

"Can't Stand Losing You" - The Police

― mike a (mike a), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:18 (twenty-three years ago)

man oh man does "Spirit in the Sky" kick ass!

― g.cannon (gcannon), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:25 (twenty-three years ago)

bobbie gentry - ode to billie joe

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:28 (twenty-three years ago)

talking heads - "heaven"

― chris smith, Friday, 21 February 2003 18:28 (twenty-three years ago)

cutting crew - (i just) died in your arms"

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:33 (twenty-three years ago)

how 'bout last kiss?

would you include tribute songs like american pie, martin john and abraham or even that puff daddy song about biggie (missing you?)?

― jq higgins, Friday, 21 February 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)

"American Pie"-Don Mclean And "My Way"-Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, or Sid Vicious (all dead)

― Charles McCain, Friday, 21 February 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Oingo Boingo - "Dead Man's Party"

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 February 2003 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)

*dies*

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 21 February 2003 19:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm still so fond of "Tomorrow, Wendy." Not nearly as taken with the "God got his ass kicked" line as I was when I was 13, but still awfully moved.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 21 February 2003 19:23 (twenty-three years ago)

There are innumerable raps about dead homies.

― mike a (mike a), Friday, 21 February 2003 22:11 (twenty-three years ago)

He said "pop" songs guys....

"This Ole House" Shakin' Stevens.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 21 February 2003 22:16 (twenty-three years ago)

lush - "when i die"

― juice (juice), Saturday, 22 February 2003 05:48 (twenty-three years ago)

happy bday JESSJESSJESS!

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 22 February 2003 05:52 (twenty-three years ago)

man oh man does "Spirit in the Sky" kick ass!

Doctor and the Medics or Norman Greenbaum?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 22 February 2003 06:01 (twenty-three years ago)

"My Coffin" by Quasi (and lots more besides)
"Princess And The Pony" by Sean Na-Na
"Your Day Will Come" by Minus 5

― wl (wl), Saturday, 22 February 2003 10:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought it was agreed that there would be no more threads based on discussions from the movie HI FIDELITY.
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― Big Pooba, Saturday, 22 February 2003 23:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Thank you for that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 22 February 2003 23:20 (twenty-three years ago)

the book is called 'How To Cope With Losing Your Pants'

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 22 February 2003 23:22 (twenty-three years ago)

What's Dust in the Wind (Kansas) about?
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Don't fear the reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)

― Big Blue Skies, Saturday, 22 February 2003 23:56 (twenty-three years ago)

"I Shot The Sheriff" not mentioned yet?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 23 February 2003 00:11 (twenty-three years ago)

pink frost - the chills.

― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:22 (twenty-three years ago)

fifteen years pass...

My list. I should've included "Pink Frost."

― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 January 2019 03:33 (seven years ago)

My fave (also, the funniest): Dar Williams - "Alleluia"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZQeW6XPAE0

― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Sunday, 20 January 2019 04:14 (seven years ago)

The Who - Little Billy
Richard & Linda Thompson - Wall of Death, When I Get to the Border

― Hideous Lump, Monday, 21 January 2019 02:18 (seven years ago)

ugh yes Richard and Linda

― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 January 2019 02:27 (seven years ago)

two years pass...

Revive, cos my dear friend told me that a guy who raped her died, and we're trying to make a playlist so we can have a private laugh about it, like good riddance, you pig.

We came up with

"Don't Fear the Reaper"
"Highway to Hell"
"Hell's Bells"
"Candle in the wind"
"My Way"
"Leavin on a Jet Plane"
"The Queen is Dead"
"Fire and Rain"

― Cancel "Orangina", Please (I M Losted), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:14 (five years ago)

My personal favorite when someone I can't stand kicks the bucket:

"Almost Paradise" Ann Wilson and the dude with the headband from Loverboy.

― Cancel "Orangina", Please (I M Losted), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:15 (five years ago)

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