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« Reply #50 on: 15 Mar 2005, 09:17 »
it's more about necrophelia than death, really, but code blue by tsol is fairly happy. i guess, if you're into screwing dead people.
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« Reply #51 on: 15 Mar 2005, 09:23 »
The Aquabats - chemical bomb

"chemical bomb
chemical bomb
eyes melt
skin explodes
everybodys dead

it wont be long
it wont be long
everyones runnin about losin their heads
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« Reply #52 on: 16 Mar 2005, 09:20 »
I'm pretty sure there are a couple of songs by The Faint that are strictly about either death or murder.  but ofcourse while listening to them you cannot help but dance, dance the dance of life.
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« Reply #53 on: 16 Mar 2005, 10:37 »
Skyclad-Helium

The song is about a banker committing suicide. A section:


[Chorus:]
I'm lighter than air - I haven't a care!
Still gravity pulls me under,
Credibility gapes - gullability fills -
They were bringing me down (no wonder)
Square pegs, round holes, last dregs, own goals
Monkey puzzle my fist won't fit inside
Every day nothing new, black and white deja-vu,
Makes me feel I wanna spread my wings and glide!

Should I look - should I leap from this unfairy story?
My life and my filofax flashing before me...
Fly like a rock from the roof to the basement,
The last thing to go through my mind was the pavement!

This is all backed by cheery fiddle jigs. And sung so happily!
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« Reply #54 on: 03 Feb 2006, 00:58 »
Hello, I realize this is a big bump but I stumbled upon this thread as I'm currently in the process of making a mix CD with this general theme and found many of the suggestions here quite useful and good (in fact, about four or five I already had on there before viewing the thread).  

So I would love to heard any more suggestions anyone might have.

Here are some of the songs I've included that haven't been listed here yet:

The Handsome Family, "So Long"
Heavenly, "Escort Crash on Marston Street"
The Microphones, "Ocean 1, 2, 3"
Modest Mouse, "Thinklong"
Smog, "Dress Sexy at My Funeral"
Mirah, "While We Have the Sun"
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« Reply #55 on: 03 Feb 2006, 07:40 »
gg allin - anal cunt
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« Reply #56 on: 03 Feb 2006, 12:17 »
so theres smiths talk but no mention of There is a Light...

good lord.
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« Reply #57 on: 03 Feb 2006, 12:17 »
zeni geva - skullfuck
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« Reply #58 on: 03 Feb 2006, 12:43 »
ghoul - what a wonderfull world,
done in the melody of the origonal byu louis armstrong

Quote from: Ghoul
I see towers of flame, and corpses too
I see the doom, of me and you
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.
I see skies obscured, I see no light
Dark freezing days, dark sleepless nights
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.
The clouds of radiation are so pretty in the sky
Tumours on the faces of the people who survived
I see friends in the past kill each other for food
They're really starving......So will you.
I see babies die, I watch them decompose
They'll hurt much more, than I'll never know
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world
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« Reply #59 on: 03 Feb 2006, 12:47 »
R.E.M. - Try Not To Breathe
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AstroLad

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« Reply #60 on: 03 Feb 2006, 14:48 »
Quote from: wigfried
so theres smiths talk but no mention of There is a Light...

good lord.


Hahaha, funny enough that is the very first song on my mix.  I was going to list it, but people had mentioned the band so I passed, but it really is perfect for my mix.  I'm trying to get songs that aren't crazy silly/pure comedy but also that aren't too somber; I would say "So Long" by The Handsome Family is as far as I'll go on the comedy side (and I might even take it out and just put in another Handsome Family song) and "While We Have the Sun" by Mirah is as far as I'll go on the somber side.

Here is a live version of "While We Have the Sun"- http://media.putfile.com/While-We-Have-The-Sun
The album version has some interesting production, but I like both on their own rights.

Another song I have on the current mix from an already-mentioned band- The Unicorns, "I Don't Wanna Die"
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« Reply #61 on: 03 Feb 2006, 15:13 »
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Skyclad-Helium

The song is about a banker committing suicide. A section:


[Chorus:]
I'm lighter than air - I haven't a care!
Still gravity pulls me under,
Credibility gapes - gullability fills -
They were bringing me down (no wonder)
Square pegs, round holes, last dregs, own goals
Monkey puzzle my fist won't fit inside
Every day nothing new, black and white deja-vu,
Makes me feel I wanna spread my wings and glide!

Should I look - should I leap from this unfairy story?
My life and my filofax flashing before me...
Fly like a rock from the roof to the basement,
The last thing to go through my mind was the pavement!

This is all backed by cheery fiddle jigs. And sung so happily!


I seriously need to get more Skyclad.
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

nescience

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« Reply #62 on: 03 Feb 2006, 15:45 »
Queen - Don't Try Suicide

"Don't try suicide / 'Cause nobody gives a damn"

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Phoenix - Funky Squaredance
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« Reply #63 on: 03 Feb 2006, 16:54 »
Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads (may not be specifically about death but...)
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« Reply #64 on: 03 Feb 2006, 18:00 »
The Faint, oh god how happy I am when I listen to The Faint. I dance like a crazy, crazy girl.

Love and death by The Stills. It's my favorite song by them, and it always makes me smile.

Conrad by Jets to Brazil. It has to be the most upbeat song about suicide I've ever heard. double-edged and super blue/vertically letting the life from you/ casting a new darkness through the room
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« Reply #65 on: 04 Feb 2006, 01:55 »
How odd..I just recently posted "Our Endless Numbered Days" as the album that would be played at my funeral. It is an indescribably incredible album. It is definitely my favorite album of all time that is not a Broadway musical soundtrack.
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« Reply #66 on: 04 Feb 2006, 02:49 »
K's Choice - I Fall Asleep.

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Asleep, asleep, I fall asleep
And I'm never waking up,
I wish I could accept me but I think I'm giving up,
There's so much love and beauty yet to come
I am aware
But what about the other things
I can no longer bear?


Okay so not that uplifting, but it's beautiful.
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« Reply #67 on: 04 Feb 2006, 03:00 »
Oh shit, I saw Of Montreal tonight and it totally reminded me that this song is very appropriate:

Of Montreal - Chrissie Kiss the Corpse

It's all about how a girl kissed a dead woman at a bus-stop.
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« Reply #68 on: 04 Feb 2006, 03:29 »
Ben Folds- "The Luckiest" has a part about death in it.
The Aquabats!- "Hello, Goodnight!" is somewhat about death, i think.
Atom & His Package- "Before My Friends Do"
The Vandals- "The Day Farrah Fawcett Died"
Rancid- "Dead Bodies"
Colossal- "I'll Look at You When the Dying Starts"
Oingo Boingo- "Dead Man's Party"
Voodoo Glow Skulls- "Left for Dead"
Weird Al Yankovic- "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead"
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« Reply #69 on: 04 Feb 2006, 05:12 »
If I never mentioned them a year ago, and I probably wouldn't have:

Inkubus Sukkubus - Kiss of Hades
Inkubus Sukkubus - The Leveller
Inkubus Sukkubus - Underworld
Sol Invictus - December Song
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