Songs that are kind of HAUNTING (in words or beat)

[kimmar067]

....sounds like a fun snappy, toe-tapping tune until you listen to the lyrics:

"Robert's got a quick hand
He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette, hanging out his mouth he's a cowboy kid
Yeah found a six shooter gun
In his dad's closet hidden oh in a box of fun things, I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
Daddy works a long day
He be coming home late, he's coming home late
And he's bringing me a surprise
'Cause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice
I've waited for a long time
Yeah the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger
I reason with my cigarette
And say your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits, yeah
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet..."

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

For me, one of the greatest, most beautiful songs/performances ever recorded - if you can't feel this, you don't have a heart:

Also:

 

[TheFloatingBear]

I agree about "Container!" This is a strange grouping, but all fall into this category for me and I could probably do a "haunting" sub-category for each of the artists!

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

B-52s - Dance this Mess Around

Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

 

[kimmar067]

[...although, in all fairness, MOST of the early Bee Gees songs were sad and haunting...]

 

[kimmar067]

 

[kimmar067]

....51 years later, this song still is haunting to me....

 

[bgirldeb]

[...although, in all fairness, MOST of the early Bee Gees songs were sad and haunting...]

I Started a Joke gets me every time!

 

[kimmar067]

I Started a Joke gets me every time!

 

[ChrisFL]

Great topic!

I know several, but have to think of them!!

Alanis Morissette - Uninvited
U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Aerosmith - Dream On
Disturbed - The Sound of Silence
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Eagles - Hotel California

 

[kimmar067]

Disturbed - The Sound of Silence
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Eagles - Hotel California

"...YOU CAN CHECK OUT ANY TIME YOU WANT,
BUT YOU MAY NEVER LEAVE...."

.....wish this'd happen when I visit a WDW resort....

 

[Dan Murphy]

...and don't forget his OTHER hit:

House of the Rising Sun

Nor Sky Pilot

....I can't listen to this song without breaking into tears:

For sure

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

Fade into You- Mazzy Star

^ Such a good one for this thread.

The entire Painted Veil score is very haunting

I'll also add:

 

[lovin'fl]

If we're doing creepy...

and...

 

[ChrisFL]

Nearly forgot....great opening to a...um.....average movie

 

[BlueStarryHat]

 

[Imzadi]

....sounds like a fun snappy, toe-tapping tune until you listen to the lyrics:

This one too, until you really listen to the first few lyrics:

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again Naturally

In a little while from now
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top
Will throw myself off
In an effort to
Make it clear to whoever
Wants to know what it's like When you're shattered

Left standing in the lurch at a church
Were people saying, My God, that's tough
She stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally

 

[Imzadi]

This is sad & haunting, John Denver wrote the song,
"Leaving On A Jet Plane,"

"Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go"

John died in a plane crash.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

Black Pearl Jam

Nothing Compares To You - Sinead 0’Conner

Silent Lucidity - Queensrhyche

 

[low-key]

I just want to say, I start a music thread get 15-25 replies, then I start one about haunting songs you sickos go nuts

 

[bgirldeb]

DH and I are watching one our favorite x-files episodes tonight, and I remembered some more haunting songs-

from DPO

and the creepiest love song of all (from the Home episode):