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joelcrowservo

Jul 04, 2003, 11:05 PM

Is there any song you just cannot STAND to hear, it just gives you the 'heebie-jeebies'? I would have to name "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright. I HATE that song, its damn weird. When I was a kid, it seemed they always played it right before a major storm. So maybe thats it, its so evocative of that it just brings back the creeps full-on. So, anyone else have a musical equivalent to clowns?

MonaMe577

Jul 05, 2003, 12:04 AM

Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine". I make my boyfriend turn it off every time I hear it. Something about that song just freaks me out!! graemlins/afraid1.gif

durstie

Jul 05, 2003, 12:08 AM

that's easy for me cause I hate "Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon with a Passion... I turn it evertime it comes on the radio.

joelcrowservo

Jul 05, 2003, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted By durstie:
that's easy for me cause I hate "Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon with a Passion... I turn it evertime it comes on the radio.graemlins/images/icons/shocked.gif *Oh No! Thats sad, "Werewolves.." is one of my favorite songs of all time! Try one of Warren Zevons LPs, hes a genius!

bearkat77

Jul 05, 2003, 12:28 AM

Anything by Culture Club. graemlins/scream3.gif

Johnna Lynn

Jul 05, 2003, 01:21 PM

I Wanna Be Like You HOO HOO from Disneys
The Jungle Book
Theyre Comimg to Take Me Away HA! HA!
(to the funny farm.....)
I dont remember who wrote this.

motherTheresa

Jul 05, 2003, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:

Theyre Comimg to Take Me Away HA! HA!
(to the funny farm.....)
I dont remember who wrote this.graemlins/psycho.gif *

oh yeah! i'll second you on this one, JL!

how did this God-awful tune ever get recorded

anyway! it MAJORLY sucks! graemlins/thumbsdown.gif

negative creep

Jul 05, 2003, 02:57 PM

Anything by Linkin Park..specially that 'somewhere I belong' song. OR "Boys and Girls" by Good Charlotte.

chaitanya

Jul 05, 2003, 03:23 PM

Oh No! Thats sad, "Werewolves.." is one of my favorite songs of all time! Try one of Warren Zevons LPs, hes a genius!
Yeah !!! Joelcrow's got right !!!
I love that tune !

I just can't stand most of 'today's noise (anti-music....'the list is too long...

Paolo Meccano

Jul 05, 2003, 04:23 PM

'Puppet On a String' by Sandie Shaw has always gone right through me... graemlins/electric2.gif

Johnna Lynn

Jul 05, 2003, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted By motherTheresa:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:

Theyre Comimg to Take Me Away HA! HA!
(to the funny farm.....)
I dont remember who wrote this.graemlins/psycho.gif *

oh yeah! i'll second you on this one, JL!

how did this God-awful tune ever get recorded

anyway! it MAJORLY sucks! graemlins/thumbsdown.gif <hr /></blockquote>Here are the lyrics!
Lyrics: They're Coming To Take Me Away by Napoleon XIV

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They're coming to take me away!

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Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I'd go berserk?
Well. . .

You left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind
And. . .

They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!

You thought it was a joke
And so you laughed
You laughed when I had said
That losing you would make me flip my lid
Right. . .

You know you laughed, I heard you laugh
You laughed, you laughed and laughed
And then you left
But now you know I'm utterly mad!
And. . .

They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!

I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind, unselfish loving deeds?!!
Hah. . .

Well you just wait
They'll find you yet
And when they do they'll
Put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!
And. . .

They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!

To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!

To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!

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SidneyVicious

Jul 05, 2003, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted By bearkat77:
Anything by Culture Club. graemlins/scream3.gif i think your right about that hehehe my cousion used to look like boy george and we used to make fun of her ...we were mean..

EnglishRain

Jul 05, 2003, 07:56 PM

Read the lyrics to "They're Coming To Take Me Away".... graemlins/afraid2.gif

I just realized that was the song that these two girls used to sing all the time! It is SCARY. They sang it with wide eyes and in these crazy voices, which made the thing even worse...

I won't sleep tonight.... graemlins/afraid6.gif

Blackguard

Jul 05, 2003, 09:43 PM

Sussudio by Phil Collins and Madonna's version of American Pie. Collins is just lame and Her version of American Pie missed the mark and went into the realm of plain weird.

Johnna Lynn

Jul 05, 2003, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted By Blackguard:
Sussudio by Phil Collins and Madonna's version of American Pie. Collins is just lame and Her version of American Pie missed the mark and went into the realm of plain weird.My opinion---NEVER LISTEN TO ANYTHING MADONNA SAYS OR DOES, if you do, do the opposite. The most over rated person in pop. She is.

Blackguard

Jul 05, 2003, 09:58 PM

I have to defend Gary Wright. Dream Weaver introduced me to spritual rock. It was so ethereal that it caught my attention first hearing. I was like he really wanted God to hear him sing that song.

joelcrowservo

Jul 05, 2003, 10:35 PM

Well heres something REALLY scary:the B-side of "Theyre Coming To Take Me Away" is the same song, only BACKWARDS. You know what it says backwards? THE SAME DAMN THING! graemlins/images/icons/shocked.gif

Rellevart

Jul 08, 2003, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:
My opinion---NEVER LISTEN TO ANYTHING MADONNA SAYS OR DOES, if you do, do the oppositeRather surprisingly, I repectfully disagree. Although I thinks she's made some questionable choices, she's strong, she's tough, she knows what she wants and she goes for it. She's got an amazing talent for self-promotion. Although I only like a small proportion of her music, I do think she's got a lot going for her. images/icons/smile.gif

But anyway, song that gives me the creeps? How about "Muskrat Love"? EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

Lynner

Jul 08, 2003, 07:53 PM

"They're coming to take me away" ick ick ick!

"If you want to be happy for the rest of your life" Don't remember the artist, don't care to. The song basically tells guys to marry only ugly girls, cuz they're so desparate, they'll do anything for you! Another ick ick ick from me!

ShowTunes

Jul 08, 2003, 08:09 PM

"A Day in the Life" used to give me the creeps when I was a kid. I used to turn off Sgt Pepper before it came on.

Aviva

beatlegirl9977

Jul 08, 2003, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted By ShowTunes:
"A Day in the Life" used to give me the creeps when I was a kid. I used to turn off Sgt Pepper before it came on.

AvivaLOL Same thing with me! I was listening to it with headphones one night as I fell asleep, and that nearly-inaudible chair squeak after that final big note scared me half to death--I thought someone had walked into the room and the floor had squeaked! images/icons/tongue.gif

JDanRyan

Jul 08, 2003, 08:54 PM

I made the mistake of buying Nine Inch Nails' THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL and listening to it. It may well stand up as a classic and a tribute to the genius of Trent Reznor, but it's as easy to listen to as Phillip Glass.

joelcrowservo

Jul 08, 2003, 11:42 PM

Beatlegirls story reminds me of the time I fell asleep with the headphones on, and woke up to "House of the Rising Sun" with its eerie organ. I'd never heard it before I guess, and I freaked!
BTW JDanRyan, is that GL quote from the classic ONeal/Adams stories?

ringo_rama

Jul 08, 2003, 11:43 PM

I love that album but it's frightening as hell. It's even scarier when you find out that it was recorded in the same house that Sharon Tate was murdered at.

onosideboards

Jul 09, 2003, 12:04 AM

yikes, that "they're coming to take me away" song does sound creepy. now i need to hear it!

i become completely enraged when i hear anything by creed, dave matthews band, any of thos faux-punk bands, avril levigne, bob segar...or just about anything on pop and classic rock radio.

but creed creeps me out the WORST. i could throw my remote at them when i see them on tv! that guy really needs to try blinking and smiling once or twice.

Maggie Mae

Jul 09, 2003, 12:16 AM

Well, for sheer creepiness factor, Revolution 9 would be at #1 of my list... *shivers* I don't know what it is about that song that just sends literal shivers up my spine...

I think, given the sick association with the Charles Manson, Helter Skelter would be up there. It's a great song, but when I heard the story about those murders it wrecked it for me.

Non-Beatles songs?: anything by those pseudo-alt-rock bands (Nickelback, Creed, Theory of a Dead Man) because THEY ALL THE SOUND THE SAME!!!;
any of that "death metal" or whatever it's called; and, sadly, a song called "Freedom" by David Gray... it's a really beautiful song, but I was listening to it the day of my friend's funeral, and now I can't listen to it without thinking of him or the funeral.

ringo_rama

Jul 09, 2003, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:
My opinion---NEVER LISTEN TO ANYTHING MADONNA SAYS OR DOES, if you do, do the opposite. The most over rated person in pop. She is.Well, except for that Ray of Light album (and her movies), I kinda like her. She's got spunk. I think she's pretty cool.

BrazilianFlag

Jul 09, 2003, 02:06 PM

Britney Spears' "Sometimes" makes me run for cover. Also Billy Paul's version of "Your Song", for no reason in particular.

HeyBeatle

Jul 09, 2003, 06:57 PM

Basically any of those songs that are intentionally spoken in correctly cause it's "cool", not to be funny or something noble like that. images/icons/wink.gif I heard one today that was called "Right Thurr" It just makes me shudder because I know in two weeks I'll be subjected to most of my generation and the generation below me using the new pronunciation and labelling me as a loser because I prefer to speak my English correctly, or atleast far more correct than they will ever say or know.

Johnna Lynn

Jul 09, 2003, 10:33 PM

BeatleChick

Jul 10, 2003, 12:44 AM

I agree on Muskrat Love, and what about MacArthur's Park, and Honey, and Patches, and Red Rubber Ball, and Green Tamborine, and all those other insipid, terrible things that somehow passed as music?! Oh yea--and most of the new (current) music gives me the creeps, too!

Ahcri Slate

Jul 10, 2003, 12:53 AM

Any thing from the album "Smells like children" by Marilyn Manson. Especially the first track, it sounds like little children screaming and crying. One day I was listening to it with headphones and when I finished hearing that, I threw the discman away from me and turned all the lights on! Really scary! I've never listened to that cd again ever since.

HMVNipper

Jul 10, 2003, 04:51 AM

Originally Posted By Rellevart:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Johnna Lynn:
My opinion---NEVER LISTEN TO ANYTHING MADONNA SAYS OR DOES, if you do, do the oppositeRather surprisingly, I repectfully disagree. Although I thinks she's made some questionable choices, she's strong, she's tough, she knows what she wants and she goes for it. She's got an amazing talent for self-promotion. Although I only like a small proportion of her music, I do think she's got a lot going for her. images/icons/smile.gif

<hr /></blockquote>I'm with you, Rell, Madonna is amazingly astute when it comes to being a woman in the music industry, and God knows she's worked hard for everything she has. I don't care for an awful lot of her music,but I respect her ability not to let anyone step all over her or make her conform to some "old boys' network" idea of how a woman in rock should behave.

As for creepy songs...I'm with Lynn on "If You Want to Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life" -- and also "Under My Thumb" by the Rolling Stones for its perfectly disgusting, sexist, misogynistic lyrics...ewwwwwwww...turn it off every time I hear it...oh, and "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James -- I HATE the echoey effect when he's singing, "criiiiiiiimmmmmmsoonnnnn and cloooooovveeer, ooover anddd ooover...." {shudder} graemlins/afraid1.gif

[ Jul 10, 2003, 04:53 AM: Message Edited By: HMVNipper ]

Rellevart

Jul 10, 2003, 04:58 AM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
"Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James -- I HATE the echoey effect when he's singing, "criiiiiiiimmmmmmsoonnnnn and cloooooovveeer, ooover anddd ooover...." {shudder} graemlins/afraid1.gif Oh EWWW, I don't like that either. It sounds like he's drowning or something. Yuck. And it's too bad about the lyrics to "Under My Thumb" because the music is actually really cool.

george_on_cloud9

Jul 10, 2003, 06:50 AM

One song will give me the creeps!

"YELLOW SUBMARINE"!!!!!! graemlins/afraid4.gif

For Christ Sake! That song when I hear it in the Radio, or in records.... I go Nuts!!!!

pepperland67

Jul 10, 2003, 07:08 AM

I've got a good one. What about that song "In the Year 2525", or whatever it's called? It talks about people turning into pill-popping zombies in the future...kinda reminds you of Huxley's book "Brave New World." Only this song is majorly freaky. "everything you think, do and say, is in the pill you took today, woah woah.." graemlins/afraid2.gif

taxgirl

Jul 10, 2003, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted By pepperland67:
What about that song "In the Year 2525", or whatever it's called? Yes, it's called 'In the year 2525' and performed by Zager And Evans. Who? Zager and Evans images/icons/wink.gif

I used to love this song images/icons/smile.gif It's so 70's.

beatlelover45223

Jul 15, 2003, 02:04 PM

I would have to say all rap songs, give me the creeps, all the same song, just different and lots of times pretty foul words, I see no necessity in the foul language, the world is bad enough. now music is ruined, if you want to call that music graemlins/thinker.gif

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ringo_rama

Jul 15, 2003, 02:37 PM

Madonna's got a cool new video out. Yeah we stopped talking about her a few posts ago, but whatever.

The song that creeps me out is "Rainforests." I don't know the artist, but it's just some people talking about cutting down rainforests. One of the lyrics is "Rainforests are the devil, we've got to kill the devil."

RubberSoul

Jul 28, 2003, 01:27 PM

The inner groove of the Sgt. Pepper album scares me! I especially hate the high pitched sound before the senseless chatter. I made the mistake of telling my brother that I hated it and it hut my ears, so he played the noise non-stop for a full three minutes. That noise is to me what a football in the crotch is for a guy, lol.

I like Revolution 9. The only time it scared me was when it was darrk and I decided to play it backwards. graemlins/afraid1.gif

btlesongirl1024

Jul 28, 2003, 09:52 PM

The song "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden graemlins/afraid1.gif *
and anything by the band System of a Down

darkhorse

Aug 07, 2003, 10:13 AM

I seriously loathe Hall & Oates. Sorry, just had to say that.

DizzymissLizzy909

Aug 07, 2003, 11:31 AM

I hate all of today's hard rock stuff, like Creed, Nickleback, the Offspring, groups like that. Creepy! It's all screaming and banging and swearing and that seems to be it. Oh yeah, and Ozzy Osbourne really freaks me out! I think he's a graemlins/psycho.gif

JDanRyan

Aug 08, 2003, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted By joelcrowservo [excerpted]:
BTW JDanRyan, is that GL quote from the classic ONeal/Adams stories?Yes, it is; my apologies for not confirming this sooner. I was having a conversation about projects, and was complaining a little that if I try my hand at drawing again I'd never get as good as Neil Adams. When the other party replied, "Who?" I got out a reprint of that issue to display the work, re-read it again after that, and the use of the line flowed as easily as a long car trip with a bowman and an Oan...

Savoy Truffle

Aug 08, 2003, 08:36 PM

Emotional Rescue by the Stones. Especially at the end when Mick says "Let me be your knight in shining armour" graemlins/barf3.gif

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joelcrowservo

Aug 09, 2003, 02:42 AM

Originally Posted By JDanRyan:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By joelcrowservo [excerpted]:
BTW JDanRyan, is that GL quote from the classic ONeal/Adams stories?Yes, it is; my apologies for not confirming this sooner. I was having a conversation about projects, and was complaining a little that if I try my hand at drawing again I'd never get as good as Neil Adams. When the other party replied, "Who?" I got out a reprint of that issue to display the work, re-read it again after that, and the use of the line flowed as easily as a long car trip with a bowman and an Oan...<hr /></blockquote>Listen, I just got a old DC Limited Collectors Edition with all the Batman/Ras Al Ghul stories from the early 70s. It has a STUNNING cover, and the art, well...its lost a bit of what I originally saw with much younger eyes, but still, Neal Adams is a master.
Oh yeah..on topic...I cant stand the beer soaked,stinking music of Bob Segar. Oh man his stuff hurts.

Dr.WinnieO'Boogie

Aug 09, 2003, 11:52 AM

The Wall by Pink Floyd
The movie and the album creep me out in a good way, I loves it mucho.

http://www.vintagerock.com/scarfe1.jpg
(for those of who have not seen it, that goulish creature is the main charcter's teacher...)

Oh yeah, especially that part with the trial, oh that's freakin' priceless.

Winnie graemlins/laugh4.gif

Number_09

Aug 09, 2003, 07:50 PM

A word of advice to you all: Never, ever, ever listen to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack when you're trying to sleep... graemlins/sleep1.gif graemlins/afraid1.gif

Anywho, Genesis is pretty messed up and kinda creepy. But I guess Pink Floyd falls into the same category.

Now, as for now-a-dsya stuff; as much as I like rock n' roll, I hate my generation's stuff, Good Charlette, Linkin park, Sum 41, etc, all those wannabe punk "rockers." And pop bands/stars give me the creeps too. I can't remember who said this but "You hafta play instruments to be a band." images/icons/tongue.gif And what's up with rap? It all really sounds the same to me (with a FEW exceptions). It's all f this and f that. Don't those people know how to really make music, or talk normally for that matter. graemlins/fire2.gif graemlins/jail.gif graemlins/scream3.gif

Sorry, I need to rant about these things... graemlins/images/icons/rolleyes.gif

lennonluvr9

Aug 12, 2003, 09:08 AM

The song I hate the most (that I think lots of other people do like) is "American Pie". I cant stand it! It drags on forever and it's so depressing!
~Celeste~

ringo_rama

Aug 12, 2003, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted By darkhorse:
I seriously loathe Hall & Oates. Sorry, just had to say that.Me too. I mean, what can't they go for? That song has some of the most vague, dumb lyrics.