From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V5 #112 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Saturday, May 17 2003 Volume 05 : Number 112 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Really creepy song ["David Bell" ] Re: [RS] They're creepy and they're kooky [Rongrittz@aol.com] [RS] Re: shindell-list-digest V5 #111 [Elizabeth ] [RS] Re: Creepy Songs [BillyP122@aol.com] Re: [RS] Re: Creepy Songs [adam plunkett ] [RS] Hi, Neighbor ["Gene Frey" ] Re: [RS] Hi, Neighbor [ThisWasPompeii@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:20:03 -0400 From: "David Bell" Subject: [RS] Really creepy song The creepiest one I can think of is "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" by Eminem - specifically Tori Amos' version from Strange Little Girls...The story is about a father who has murdered his wife and drives his daughter out to a lake with the body in the trunk. Downright nasty. "Momma said she wants to show you how far she can float..." Tori's delivery should give anyone goosebumps, if the lyrics weren't enough. David ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:20:31 EDT From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] They're creepy and they're kooky Regarding Dave Carter's "Preston Miller" . . . << Ron, do you know when and if this one will see the light of day? >> Yes, actually, I understand that it's about to be released on the upcoming Father's Day tribute album "Songs About Dads Who Murder Their Illegitimate Sons." ;-) RG ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 17:36:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Elizabeth Subject: [RS] Re: shindell-list-digest V5 #111 Vanessa wrote: > And if we can name entire albums, I'd have to > go with Nick Cave's "Murder > Ballads." Ain't a song on there that ain't > creepy. Yes, indeed! I was just about to post the same thought. I think that "Kindness of Strangers" and "Sog for Joy" stick out as being particularly creepy among a wonderfully disturbing bunch. ===== Elizabeth ~~~ "She will fly the flag of nowhere Hidden with the ribbons in her hair And anywhere she goes she knows it's always there Never far away from nowhere" - --Richard Shindell ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 21:52:46 EDT From: BillyP122@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: Creepy Songs I always found Lou Reed's "Harry's Circumcision: Reverie Gone Astray" on his "Magic and Loss" CD rather creepy. Your pal, Billy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:08:01 -0700 (PDT) From: adam plunkett Subject: Re: [RS] Re: Creepy Songs My creepy songs, many have been mentioned: Gillian Welch: Caleb Meyer, April 14th Peter Mulvey: cover of Newman's "In germany Before the War" and Tom Waits' "Clap Hands" Kelly Joe Phelps: "Katy", "Tommy"(although moving as well) Greg Brown: Inabel Sale - --- BillyP122@aol.com wrote: > I always found Lou Reed's "Harry's Circumcision: > Reverie Gone Astray" on his > "Magic and Loss" CD rather creepy. Your pal, Billy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 23:49:33 -0400 From: "Gene Frey" Subject: [RS] Hi, Neighbor Hey you guys, How could I forget? Even creepier than the ones I mentioned earlier, Tom Waits recorded this one, co-written with his wife Kathleen Brennan, on Mule Variations. If you don't know it, it's a spoken piece, and description alone doesn't do it justice. With apologies to all of the digest people out there, here are the lyrics: What's he building in there? What the hell is he building In there? He has subscriptions to those Magazines... He never Waves when he goes by He's hiding something from The rest of us... He's all To himself... I think I know Why... He took down the Tire swing from the Peppertree He has no children of his Own you see... He has no dog And he has no friends and His lawn is dying... and What about all those packages He sends. What's he building in there? With that hook light On the stairs. What's he building In there... I'll tell you one thing He's not building a playhouse for The children what's he building In there? Now what's that sound from under the door? He's pounding nails into a Hardwood floor... and I Swear to god I heard someone Moaning low... and I keep Seeing the blue light of a T.V. show... He has a router And a table saw... and you Won't believe what Mr. Sticha saw There's poison underneath the sink Of course... But there's also Enough formaldehyde to choke A horse... What's he building In there. What the hell is he Building in there? I heard he Has an ex-wife in some place Called Mayors Income, Tennessee And he used to have a consulting business in Indonesia... but what is he building in there? What the hell is building in there? He has no friends But he gets a lot of mail I'll bet he spent a little Time in jail... I heard he was up on the Roof last night Signaling with a flashlight And what's that tune he's Always whistling... What's he building in there? What's he building in there? We have a right to know... Gene F. _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 01:02:14 EDT From: ThisWasPompeii@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Hi, Neighbor Re Tom Waits: ooooooo yeah. And here's another unsettling spoken word song by Waits. Frank's Wild Years Well Frank settled down in the Valley and hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife's forehead he sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road and assumed a $30,000 loan at 15 1/4 % and put down payment on a little two bedroom place his wife was a spent piece of used jet trash made good bloody marys kept her mouth shut most of the time had a little Chihuahua named Carlos that had some kind of skin disease and was totally blind. They had a thoroughly modern kitchen self-cleaning oven (the whole bit) Frank drove a little sedan they were so happy One night Frank was on his way home from work, stopped at the liquor store, picked up a couple Mickey's Big Mouths drank 'em in the car on his way to the Shell station, he got a gallon of gas in a can, drove home, doused everything in the house, torched it, parked across the street, laughing, watching it burn, all Halloween orange and chimney red then Frank put on a top forty station got on the Hollywood Freeway headed north Never could stand that dog Donna in KC, ThisWasPompeii@aol.com ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V5 #112 ***********************************