Oh, meme invention time!

[sinclair_furie]

So I thought of this as I was bored yesterday night/today morning, having finished reading Dream Country, which is ok but has one really good story (Calliope). Which is creepy and wrong in all the right ways. So, flist, you should do this too, and ask me to upload if you want the songs:

Top Five fucking creepy Songs, in no particular order:

• Vendetta Red cried Rape on their Date with Destiny- Vendetta Red
Tim introduced me to Vendetta Red, for which I am eternally grateful. They're supposed to be screamo or scream punk (yes, laugh at my wit, please) or some such business. But they're awesome good fun. The best lyrics in this song are "Oh Holy Grace, they made love to your face with a boxcutter," which is just the most brilliant description of torture ever.


• Pictures- Timo Maas featuring Brian Molko
Ah, this song makes me happy, because the thought of Brian Molko as some creepy stalker is fun. And porn! "I won't hurt you,/unless you ask me to/hurt you/boy/and take off your clothes." And then he gets all The Picture of Dorian Gray and says "I wanna take pictures of you/boy/You won't age a day/in freeze frame."


• John Wayne Gacy, Jr.- Sufjan Stevens
Hey, for some variety have Sufjan Stevens! Oh songs about serial killers, beautiful and heartbreaking. It's one of my brother's favorite songs, and it just... makes you shiver. In a good way. With my flist being the mad indie rockers you are, I'm sure all of you already know this song and love it, but still:"And on his best behavior/In a dark room on the bed he kissed them all/He'd kill ten thousand people/With a sleight of his hand"


• A Letter to Dominique- Louis XIV
Heh, it's obnoxious and creepy. Actually it seems to be about a suicide, but eeeh. Who doesn't love fake British cock rock?
Um. Lyrics, now. "Dear Dominique I wrote to tell you you’re delightful/Still I know you want to strangle on a mouth full/Of gasoline or to be tied up and stoned."


• A Cautionary Song- The Decemberists
  
Hurrah Decemberists! And prostitution! And what your mother does when you're asleep! Really, go read all the lyrics.
But for you, I shall quote the a creepy bit:"With dirty hands and trousers torn/They grapple 'til she's safe within their keeping/A gag is placed between her lips/To keep her sorry tongue from any speaking, or screaming." That's the cool thing about The Decemberists: consistently brilliant lyrics, even if the song itself is just ok.

How depressing is it that Marilyn Manson didn't even make it onto the list once? That man is all talk and false advertisement, I swear, his songs are all actually about how superficial society is and pop culture revolutions or the commercialization of religion and the conservative backlash against abortion. At best, he radiates darkness and generalized hatred. (But I love him for his sexy voice)
Which makes me think that no self respecting serial killer would be inspired by Manson. Or Rammstein. They haven't got that sophisticated cruelty you need to be a truly successful serial killer.

Comments

[oohfeisty.livejournal.com]

very good idea for an entry, i like this

[sinclair-furie.livejournal.com]

:D
Yes, now you go do it too.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_winterlost/]

Yeah, like I told you, Calliope was the only awesome one in there.

Cautionary Song! Very nice.

Echo and the Bunnymen have some very creepy awesome songs too, "My Kingdom" is one that stands out:

I chop and I change and the mystery thickens
There's blood on my hands and you want me to listen
To brawn and to brain when the truth's in the middle
Born of the grain like all good riddles
B-b-burn the skin off and climb the roof top
Thy will be done
B-b-bite the nose off and make it the most of
Your king- kingdom kingdom kingdom

More

[http://users.livejournal.com/_winterlost/]

Here. I meant more here.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_winterlost/]

And who could forget the classic Bauhaus' Bela Lugosi's Dead, which practically gave birth to creepy goth music? It's not so much fucking creepy as beautiful-goth-creepy though.

DUDE! Also by the Decemberists, Odalisque! Fucking creepy and dark as hell!

Fifteen stitches will mend those britches right
and then rip them down again
sapling switches will rend those rags alright
what a sweet sound it makes

I love that song. Makes me shiver each time.

Okay, I'll stop hogging your comment-space now. Eh. I should make my own list, but I'm no longer as inspired as I was.

[sinclair-furie.livejournal.com]

Feel free to hog my comment space. Echo and the Bunnymen sound cool.

[garnet14.livejournal.com]

totally agree with "Which makes me think that no self respecting serial killer would be inspired by Manson. Or Rammstein. They haven't got that sophisticated cruelty you need to be a truly successful serial killer."

[sinclair-furie.livejournal.com]

Hahah.
In retrospect, I'm rather disturbed that I can, in all seriousness, casually use the phrase "truly successful serial killer."

[semicolin.livejournal.com]

"JOHN WAYNE GACY, JR" IS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN.

[queenof-sarcasm.livejournal.com]

"John Wayne Gacy, Jr." is such a great song, disturbing as the lyrics are. And all Louis XIV songs are obnoxious. It's, like, an unwritten rule.

On a completely unrelated note, what day are you getting to MIT?

[sinclair-furie.livejournal.com]

20th August.
Louis XIV wins at obnoxious sexual objectification, man.

[queenof-sarcasm.livejournal.com]

That they do.

And I'm flying up on the 20th too, although jet lag won't be an issue on my end.

[sinclair-furie.livejournal.com]

:)
I'm flying up from North Carolina, actually, hopefully four days there will alleviate jet lat. :)

[queenof-sarcasm.livejournal.com]

...That would help things a bit.

[sinclair-furie.livejournal.com]

Yes.
Totally unrelated, I'm really getting into the college thing. I've made five "Scare the Roommate" Playlists already! They're kind of incomplete though.