Killing Women: The Playlist
Human beings are obsessed with murder. We want to be creeped out and terrified. We also want to get into the mind of those who kill. Luckily, the vast majority of us will only experience murder through art. Millions of people love crime novels, horror movies and murder-centric television shows like CSI.
However, songwriters are not laggards to the phenomenon of murder fascination. Since the beginning of songwriting itself man has crafted horrifying tales of murder.
For this playlist I have selected 30 songs that tell the stories of murdered women. Some are classic murder ballads, while others are more contemporary takes.
What's your favorite murder song?
Killing Women: The Playlist
1. Down In The Willow Garden - David Grisman
2. Delia's Gone - Johnny Cash
3. Tom Dooley - Doc Watson
4. Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
5. Down By The River - Neil Young
6. Delilah - Tom Jones
7. Used To Love Her - Guns N' Roses
8. Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon
9. Omie Wise - Bert Jansch
10. Little Sadie - Bob Dylan
11. In Search Of Little Sadie - Bob Dylan
12. Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
13. Pretty Polly - The Stanley Brothers
14. Polly Vaughn - The Dillards
15. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
16. Margaret On The Guillotine - Morrissey
17. Over You - Aaron Neville
18. Mattie Groves - The Beers Family
19. Shooting You Down - Faster Pussycat
20. Mind Of A Lunatic - Geto Boys
21. Lonely River Rhine - FSK
22. Knoxville Girl - The Outlaws
23. They're Hanging Me Tonight - Marty Robbins
24. Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash
25. Summer Cannibals - Patti Smith
26. Goodnight Irene - Ry Cooder
27. I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
28. A Good Idea - Sugar
29. Didnt' Mean To Kill Her - Pauls Apartment
30. Diane - Husker Du
"Cruel Sister" by Pentangle
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Were Shakespeare and Poe "tasteless"?
"Blood On The Floor"-Fleetwood Mac
"She's Dead"-Tuff Darts
"Parchman Farm"-Mose Allison
"I Hold Your Hand In Mine"-Tom Lehrer
...and how about these, so the women have their chance?
"The Wedding List"-Kate Bush
"To Keep My Love Alive"-Ella Fitzgerald
until the morning comes - The tindersticks
Die Die My Darling - Misfits
I've Got Rights - Hank Williams Jr.
Lyric: "Down by the river, I shot my baby..."
How is this not about killing women?
Didn't Eminiem have that one song about killing Kim or something?