tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post232219681569039976..comments2023-10-19T08:34:33.350-07:00Comments on The Chaos Of Death: Death Inspired MusicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-5149514536110988622008-02-19T19:08:00.000-08:002008-02-19T19:08:00.000-08:00'Richard Cory' is indeed a kind of murder ballad, ...'Richard Cory' is indeed a kind of murder ballad, a groovy murder ballad, in fact.<BR/><BR/>I just realized - on that same album (Sounds of Silence) Paul Simon follows the murder ballad up with a suicide ballad entitled 'A Most Peculiar Man'. What a "Side 2" that is!<BR/><BR/><BR/>...and I just thought of a whole other topic that's been written about to death (sorry) - the 'Paul is Dead' hoax...johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998412002324441278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-74921224167104868312008-02-19T16:19:00.000-08:002008-02-19T16:19:00.000-08:00Here are some more current murder ballads that I c...Here are some more current murder ballads that I can think of:<BR/><BR/>Bob Dylan has written some really good murder ballads. 'The Ballad of Hollis Brown' gives me chills. With pretty minimal lyrics Dylan builds up an enormous sense of hopelessness before Hollis Brown brings about his horrible end. 'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll', on the same album, is also a good murder ballad. <BR/><BR/>Simon and Garfunkle have a song called Richard Cory. It is pretty much a take off of a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson. It is kind of a murder ballad...in a way...sort-ov. Has anyone heard it? would you consider it a murder ballad?<BR/><BR/>Leonard Cohen has a good song about Joan of Arc being burrned at the stake. <BR/><BR/>Atlantic City by Springsteen might be a murder ballad. I think its about a guy whose going to go kill some people and might get killed himself and he wants to spend a nice last night with his lady in Atlantic City. Its actually probably not a murder ballad but would fit nicely in a death mix.<BR/><BR/>Pancho and Lefty by Townes Van Zandt. <BR/><BR/>'Nick Cave has a whole album of murder ballads. It is called Murder Ballads. Some of them are pretty good.<BR/><BR/>Also I have a good version of 'Poor Ellen Smith' by John Hasbrouck (a local musician) it would be interesting to play this song back to back with Johnny's Nico Case version and the version of the box set.pbsebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020150611903057213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-90721529301595613022008-02-19T16:15:00.000-08:002008-02-19T16:15:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.pbsebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020150611903057213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-32236843644493794792008-02-19T13:14:00.000-08:002008-02-19T13:14:00.000-08:00i agree, this is quite the opportunity...though i ...i agree, this is quite the opportunity...though i will refrain from making obvious 'puns'. <BR/><BR/>funny the proliferation of bands with death in their names too...<BR/><I>The Grateful Dead<BR/>Death Cab For Cutie (based on a Bonzo Dog Band song, too)<BR/>The Dead 60s<BR/>The Dead Boys<BR/>Death<BR/>Napalm Death<BR/>The Deathray Davies (ha)<BR/>Sonic Death Monkey (ha x2)<BR/>My Dying Bride </I><BR/>etc...<BR/><BR/>much food for thought!<BR/><BR/>ps I do have a fabulous version of 'Poor Ellen Smith' by Neko Case...a great banjo flecked tune.johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998412002324441278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-24249505424623325902008-02-19T13:04:00.000-08:002008-02-19T13:04:00.000-08:00we should all post our death mixes.we should all post our death mixes.evandebaclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08985365672247056023noreply@blogger.com