Songs that describe/ celebrate gun violence, murder etc

[Rigadog]

It seems to me there's a bunch of them.


"Walking down the road with a pistol in your hand, Johnny you're too bad, too bad..."

"it's twenty-one men that I've put bullets through, and Sheriff Pat Garret's gonna make 22..."

"You should've told me you was married baby, so she pulled out a 45 and let me have it right smack between the eyes... That's the way the girls are in Texas, That's the way the girls are in Texas... She was guilty and I was dead, what do you think that old judge said? Awww that's just the way the girls are down here in Texas - Case dismissed!"

[Bob Adams]

Re: Songs that describe/ celebrate gun violence, murder etc

Listen to some gangsta rap. Plenty of examples. Forced to endure that garbage when I attempted to skate in a local roller rink.

[phiil]

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“Woke up this morning, got yourself a gun”(sopranos theme)
Rooty-toot-toot three times she did shoot, right through that hardwood floor (Frankie and Johnny)

[phiil]

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O’er the rockets red glare, bombs bursting in air…..

[Rigadog]

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"Bang-Bang, I shot him down, Bang-Bang he hit the ground..." Sonny and Cher

[John Smith]

Re: Songs that describe/ celebrate gun violence, murder etc

I don't think songs, tv shows, etc. influence people to do bad things.

That said, it would be an interesting tactic to suggest banning such things as they may influence people to shoot people. That argument would be no less valid than the ones the right makes about youngsters being taught about stuff that might turn them gay.

[wizbang 13]

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ol'school dancehall, i used to jus luv eet

[Rigadog]

Re: Songs that describe/ celebrate gun violence, murder etc

I don't think songs, tv shows, etc. influence people to do bad things.

That said, it would be an interesting tactic to suggest banning such things as they may influence people to shoot people. That argument would be no less valid than the ones the right makes about youngsters being taught about stuff that might turn them gay.

Not suggesting a link just noting how the subject makes it's way into music

[wizbang 13]

Re: Songs that describe/ celebrate gun violence, murder etc

Listen to some gangsta rap. Plenty of examples. Forced to endure that garbage when I attempted to skate in a local roller rink.

wow Bob you still strap'em on ?

[Rigadog]

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This is the song that got me thinking about this: Dylan, "Stuck Inside of Mobile with The Memphis Blues Again". No harm done, just shooting at a fire though.

"Grandpa died last week, and now he's buried in the rocks and everybody still talks about how badly they were shocked, but me I expected it to happen, I knew he'd lost control when he built a fire on main street and shot it full of holes..."

[John Smith]

Re: Songs that describe/ celebrate gun violence, murder etc

Not suggesting a link just noting how the subject makes it's way into music

Apparently, it sells. It's interesting to note this is true, it seems, on tv shows up to a point. NCIS Los Angelus has ended. The only NCIS that seems it may go on forever, is the original. While the LA version had shootouts in virtually all of their episodes, gun fire was rather rare in the original NCIS series.

Years ago westerns were a big thing, and guns were a big part of westerns. They had magical six guns that never ran out of bullets.

Seems that violence brings a substantial audience. And sells a lot of music. I don't know why that is.

[SaltyD from BC]

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Hey Joe where you goin with that gun in your hand

[Jimmy W]

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Some of these mornings going to wake up crazy
Going to grab me a gun kill my baby
Nobody's business but mine
Ain't nobody's doggone business how my baby's treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own

Some of these mornings going to wake up boozy
Going to grab my gun, going to kill old Suzie
Nobody's business but mine

MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT - Nobody's Dirty Business [1928]

[Jimmy W]

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R.L. Burnside - Just like A Bird Without A Feather 1968

[Jimmy W]

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Don't Take Your Guns To Town by Johnny Cash

Filled with rage then
Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw
But the stranger drew his gun and fired
Before he even saw
As Billy Joe fell to the floor