Psychopaths in Song
It’s our sixth article in the space of 24 hours – which is insane. But if you can stomach one more, here’s a musical interlude…
Psychopaths, they’re everywhere. At work. In government. On the telly. And in music, too. There are many songs out there that were clearly written with psychopaths in mind – and many others which probably weren’t but which fit the theme nonetheless.
The following is a list of ten very well-known songs by ten very well-known artists, from a variety of genres and eras, that – as I am going to argue – are all about psychopathy. You are invited to listen to them while reading and decide for yourself whether I am right.
Blank Space – Taylor Swift (2014)
Let’s face it, Taylor Swift basically admits to being a psychopath in Blank Space – especially if the rumours are true that this is actually how her relationships proceed. Among the best lines are: “I can show you incredible things: magic, madness, heaven, sin”; “Boys only want love if it’s torture”; “I can read you like a magazine”; “Love’s a game, wanna play?”; “I’ll find out what you want, be that girl for a month, but the worst is yet to come”, “You’ll come back each time you leave, cos darling I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream”. Even the title says it all: a blank space in an empty soul waiting to be filled by some unsuspecting sucker.
Cry, Cry, Cry – Johnny Cash (1957)
This one’s told from the perspective of an unhappy – and irritatingly moralising – husband of a female psychopath. The song is a warning about the consequences of the psychopath’s promiscuous and dishonest behaviour – the implication being that if she carries on as she’s going, she’ll end up completely alone:
“When your fickle love gets old, no one will care for you
Then you’ll come back to me for a little love that’s true
I’ll tell you no and you’re gonna ask me why, why, why
When I remind you of all of this and you’ll cry, cry, cry”
Gee, that sounds horrible. Maybe I should listen to what Mr. Cash is saying and take heed.
I probably won’t.
Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra (1964)
OK, so this one isn’t actually anything to do with psychopaths – but it could be. It reflects the initial seduction phase of our relationships down to a tee. The joy of infatuation, the beauty of the exotic Other, the ‘sky’s the limit’ promises, and the whisking away of the target from everyone she knows – it’s all here. Not surprising really; as a probable psychopath himself, Sinatra knew what he was talking about.
Grenade – Bruno Mars (2010)
In short, this is about being in love with somebody who couldn’t care less about you. The narrator has been manipulated to the point where he would do absolutely anything for the psychopath in his life – even though he knows the psychopath wouldn’t lift a finger for him. From the lyrics: “If my body was on fire, you’d watch me burn down in flames.” But Bruno Mars is probably not singing from personal experience: just look at that man; would you be able to hurt those sad puppy dog eyes? Mind you, his girlfriend’s pretty hot too, so she could do even better.
I’m Still Standing – Elton John (1983)
Though this is primarily a song about survival and recovery – and shows that people can grow enormously after dealings with a psychopath – there are a few lines that suggest the sort of person John was singing about, especially the first verse:
“You could never know what it’s like
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
And there’s a cold and lonely light that shines from you
You will wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use”
Despite the song’s joyful melody, I can certainly sense a deep bitterness behind the lyrics’ bravado. Much like the spiel of our good friends over at Psychopathy Awareness. Maybe it’s time they took a leaf out of Idina Menzel’s book.
Killer Queen – Queen (1974)
According to the band, the killer queen in question is a high class escort, but there are some strong psychopathic overtones about her character too. Not only is she “well-versed in etiquette” and speaks “just like a baroness” (when she needs to), she’s also “guaranteed to blow your mind”, “playful (or faithful, depending on who you believe) as a pussy cat” and has an “insatiable appetite”. So here we have the temptation of the ‘bad girl’ (or bad boy) psychopath laid bare, even after you know what she is.
Wanna try?
You wanna try.
Special shout out to Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy as well, for showing the other end of the charm spectrum: the perfectly polished gentleman lover.
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem (ft. Rihanna) (2010)
We’re a long way from the gentleman psychopath here; instead this one’s barely keeping a lid on his rage. Luckily for him, Rihanna’s addicted and though she keeps leaving, she never stays away for long. In her refrain, there’s more “watch[ing] me burn” and we learn she loves the pain. Yeah, you take it.
In Eminem’s bit, he fakes being sorry over the number of times he’s promised to change but lied (“Sound like broken records playing over but you promised her”), he blames his girl for being just as bad as he is (“Your temper’s just as bad… you’re just the same as me”) and then finally comes clean about his true self: “I know I’m a liar. If she ever tries to fucking leave again, Imma tie her to the bed and set this house on fire”.
Girl, you’ve scored!
Master of Puppets – Metallica (1986)
A song all about control. There really are fewer things finer than exercising power over somebody else, either overtly or covertly, and here Metallica capture it perfectly. There’s the ecstasy of power, but there’s also its brutality and all-consuming addictiveness. And the song goes even further. For the more power you have over somebody, the less they cease to be an individual, more just an extension of yourself, a toy. A word of warning, for your current and future dealings with psychopaths: you’d better obey your master.
She’s Always A Woman – Billy Joel (1977)
Another female psychopath- you’re doing well here, ladies! But this one is a bit different. Here, the singer seems fully aware of what his lover is. He describes her in fine detail: she’s a liar, she’s a thief, she’s manipulative, she’s selfish, she’s cruel – but she’s also fragile, child-like, intelligent, persevering, charming and brings out the best – and worst – in you. And this is what the singer truly believes. Because, despite (or perhaps because of?) her psychopathic characteristics, he is head over heels in love. Could that stem from the realisation, with “the most she can do is throw shadows at you” (she can only hurt you if you let her), that really she’s harmless?
The Devil Went Down To Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band (1979)
Here we are at the end, with the ultimate psychopath. It’s Old Scratch himself! There are two levels to my reasoning for this song’s inclusion – well, three, this song’s freaking awesome! But the two important levels are (i) the concept of soul-stealing, the Devil’s favourite hobby, is very similar to the topic I outlined above with Metallica’s help: total possession of somebody else. When I was a young kid, I convinced dozens of my classmates to ‘give me their souls’ à la Bart Simpson, and I treasured the power it gave me over them, both perceived (in my child’s brain) and real (the other kids bought into the fantasy too). Anyway, that’s a tangent. The other level to my reasoning is (ii) the cunningness of the devil. He ‘loses’ the game and plays a far inferior fiddle solo to the young boy Johnny. But that doesn’t matter, because he’s already played on the boy’s pride in order to trick him into gambling with his immortal soul – sacrilege, which is a carnal sin. The best part of all this? Johnny goes away thinking he’s won. He taunts the Devil, and tries to humiliate him further by replaying his winning solo. But when he dies, the Devil will get the last, cruel, delicious laugh. Because Johnny’s a sinner. And he’s going to burn.
So there you have it
What do you think, am I on the mark? Are there any I missed?
(On that subject, here’s a list, some gleaned from online, others from off the top of my head, of some other well-known songs reportedly about psychopaths. Because I’m so generous, I’ve included a link to every song… except one. Bonus prize for finding the dud!
- 2 Minutes to Midnight – Iron Maiden (mainly here because I always mishear the lyrics, but my version is better… naturally)
- Bad Romance – Lady Gaga (Gaga goes psycho)
- Bad To The Bone – George Thorogood (dig that riff!)
- Behind Blue Eyes – The Who (If this doesn’t generate sympathy for the devil, I don’t know what will)
- Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve (“You’re a slave to money then you die” – good choice Jay Bones)
- Civil War – Guns ‘N’ Roses (kind of what this blog is about)
- Creep – Radiohead (A very perceptive side-on look into the psychopathic psyche)
- Every Breath You Take – The Police (stalker’s anthem)
- I Can’t Decide – Scissor Sisters (“I could throw you in the lake or feed you poisoned birthday cake”)
- I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats (inspired by one of those school shooters your country breeds like rats)
- I Got Your Number – Stereophonics (Welsh people are cute when they’re angry)
- I Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift (playing the victim, very psychopathic…)
- I’m Only Gonna Break Your Heart – Taio Cruz (He was big when I was in high school – not so long ago)
- Jolene – Dolly Parton (Isn’t begging disgusting?)
- Mirrors – Justin Timberlake (“It’s like you’re a mirror, staring back at me…”)
- Mirror Man – Ella Henderson (probably more a narcissist, but we’re right flexible here at No Psychos, plus he looks like Rumplestiltskin, my favourite fairy tale)
- Murder On The Dancefloor – Sophie Ellis Bextor (Yet another pyromaniac, like my father)
- Oops, I Did It Again – Britney Spears (well at least she feigns remorse…)
- Poison – Alice Cooper (the lovable nutjob of the music industry)
- Psycho Killer – Talking Heads (Qu’est-ce que c’est ?)
- Run For Your Life – The Beatles (“little girl” – small, insignificant piece of nothing)
- Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye (It’s over. Get over it.)
- Sympathy For The Devil – Rolling Stones (already name-dropped several times, can you tell I like this song?)
- Take A Bow – Rihanna (This damn Rihanna can’t catch a break…)
- The Devil In I – Slipknot (the obligatory heavy metal entry)
- This Charming Man – The Smiths (I don’t see the connection myself, but everybody bangs on about it)
- Trouble Maker – Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida (another willing victim…)
- Welcome To The Jungle – Guns ‘N’ Roses (what life with a psychopath is like)
- (You’re The) Devil in Disguise – Elvis Presley (the Tywin Lannister of rock ‘n’ roll)
- Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie (“Making love with his ego…”)
@GeneticPsycho (Tina) 11:04 on May 29, 2015 Permalink |
Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_-U6dcTEOg
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James 11:28 on May 29, 2015 Permalink |
How did I forget?
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Amaterasu Solar 15:14 on May 29, 2015 Permalink |
Overall, I was enjoying the whole, agreeing, and really, I have no beef at all but on the side note of the perception that We breed school shooting here stateside. In fact, they have been psyops (Sandy Hook) and taking teen suicides and calling them “school related” to include them in a fabricated number. The number of REAL school shooting here? Zero.
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James 15:25 on May 29, 2015 Permalink |
Hmm, not sure many would be on your side there, Amy.
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Amaterasu Solar 16:24 on May 29, 2015 Permalink |
Over here it’s a given outside the media. [shrug]
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James 16:29 on May 29, 2015 Permalink |
Well, you’d know better than me on that account.
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@GeneticPsycho (Tina) 16:06 on June 20, 2015 Permalink |
“tigerscomeatnight” on Reddit suggested these:
Bob Dylan – positively 4th street
The Zombies – She’s Not There
Steely Dan – Reelin In The Years
The Foundations – Build me Up Buttercup
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James 19:01 on June 20, 2015 Permalink |
Nice
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James 14:25 on July 8, 2015 Permalink |
Mercy – Duffy (remembered courtesy of Chart Day on Radio 1)
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James 20:03 on July 9, 2015 Permalink |
Please Don’t Leave Me – P!nk (from the same late 2000s cohort as Duffy)
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James 16:39 on July 9, 2015 Permalink |
Save Me – Queen. The lyrics http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/queen/saveme.html
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James 17:37 on July 18, 2015 Permalink |
Womanizer – Britney Spears
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James 16:40 on July 19, 2015 Permalink |
Bad – David Guetta & Showtek, ft. Vassy
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James 21:53 on July 29, 2015 Permalink |
One beloved of the Psychofree lot: I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
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Oliver 16:56 on August 1, 2015 Permalink |
Life in the Fast Lane – The Eagles
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James 11:01 on August 6, 2015 Permalink |
Where Is The Love? – The Black Eyed Peas
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James 12:12 on August 6, 2015 Permalink |
Left Outside Alone – Anastacia
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James 11:59 on August 16, 2015 Permalink |
Jar Of Hearts – Christina Perri
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James 14:47 on December 2, 2015 Permalink |
Pedestrian at Best – Courtney Barnett (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-nr1nNC3ds)
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James 10:59 on January 1, 2016 Permalink |
Living In The Sunlight – Tiny Tim (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71RCAyLS1M)
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James 05:42 on January 5, 2016 Permalink |
I love seeing which songs you like.
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James 09:46 on January 4, 2016 Permalink |
Heart Of Glass – Blondie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU)
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@GeneticPsycho (Tina) 19:51 on January 4, 2016 Permalink |
You have the option of editing your post to add songs, instead of making each one a comment.
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James 05:41 on January 5, 2016 Permalink |
No. You have the option of editing my post. I don’t. There’s no way for me to edit my posts once they’ve been published.
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@GeneticPsycho (Tina) 07:22 on January 5, 2016 Permalink |
Hmmm, I didn’t know that until now. Carry on, then.
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James 08:44 on January 5, 2016 Permalink |
I have actually told you a few times. Never mind.
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James 15:22 on January 5, 2016 Permalink |
Easy Lover – Phil Collins and Philip Bailey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkRKT6T0QLg)
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whatdoyouqantittobe 10:44 on January 11, 2016 Permalink |
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls.
People think it’s a love song, but it’s written from a perspective of a sociopath
“And you can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming or the moment of truth in your lies”? “And I don’t want the world to see me because I don’t think that they’ll understand?” – just a few examples, but it couldn’t be anymore blatant
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James 11:33 on January 11, 2016 Permalink |
Thanks for your contribution. I agree. Nice catch!
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whatdoyouwantittobe 00:23 on January 12, 2016 Permalink |
My dear, thank you for the most interesting blog posts, been reading for a couple days now, very well written! I rarely comment on blogs but when I got to this topic “Iris” immediately popped up in my head and I just couldn’t resist lol.
I was surprised when I listened to the lyrics for the first time – surprised because I didn’t expect that particular singer to have such an insight and surprised that more people didn’t cath on. “You’re the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be and I don’t wanna go home right now” – I’m guessing most are hearing the first part but the emphasis is on “right now”. And then when he says “and all I can taste is this moment”…”and sooner or later it’s over”…That’s exactly how it feels when someone is in the moment, I was stunned! There were a few other songs when I listened and went like “yes!” but none of them as “in your face” as Iris.
P.S. I see that I (of course) misspelled both my “name” and “any more” in my initial post ugh Sorry about that, it happens sometimes when I fire off a response in a hurry.
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whatdoyouwantittobe 00:56 on January 12, 2016 Permalink |
P.P.S.
Another song that fits the bill IMO is Doro – Love Me In Black.
And then there are songs like “I am a liar” by Henry Rollins – they somewhat capture the essence, but don’t feel genuine. They try hard. It sounds like he read one too many “Beware of psychos, manipulators, liars and conmen!” articles, accompanied by that travesty that is PCL-R checklist (everyone is a psychopath according to that), then went and wrote a song lol. Okay, that’s enough commenting for me (for now) 🙂
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James 04:48 on January 12, 2016 Permalink |
You are very welcome 🙂 Comment whenever you like, my dear. I had a listen to Love Me In Black, and it is very overt in describing that typical sadist who loves you just to torture you.
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prettyvacantx 14:54 on January 12, 2016 Permalink |
Panic! at the disco:
Nicotine
This is Gospel
Miss Jackson
Fall out boy:
American beauty/American psycho (duh)
Irresistible
Novocaine
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James 15:03 on January 12, 2016 Permalink |
Good choice. I’ll give them a listen now.
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James 15:26 on January 12, 2016 Permalink |
Ironically, American Beauty / American Psycho seems the least psycho.
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prettyvacantx 15:40 on January 12, 2016 Permalink |
Well, which was your favourite? 😀
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James 17:44 on January 12, 2016 Permalink |
Novocaine. I always prefer Fall Out Boy over PATD.
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James 19:12 on January 13, 2016 Permalink |
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber
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James 19:12 on January 13, 2016 Permalink |
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James 07:02 on January 22, 2016 Permalink |
Cheeky Bond trio:
Goldfinger – Shirley Bassey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy_PJODH3p0)
Thunderball – Tom Jones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0x7QiJI1g)
The World Is Not Enough – Garbage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C5NLfYdZaE)
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James 11:26 on January 23, 2016 Permalink |
You Don’t Own Me – Grace (ft. G-Eazy) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SeRU_ZPDkE)
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James 12:35 on March 5, 2016 Permalink |
And of course the original, by Lesley Gore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUjeR01wnU)
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James 16:39 on January 28, 2016 Permalink |
Une femme battue chante de son “amoureux” psychopathe violent (en français) / A battered woman sings about her violent psychopathic “lover” (in French):
Attila Marcel – Béatrice Bonifassi / Sylvain Chomet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUuLX4lMeo0)
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nowve666 10:26 on January 29, 2016 Permalink |
Another Stalker song, The Cars, “You Might Think.” Makes stalking look cute.
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nowve666 14:06 on January 30, 2016 Permalink |
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James 14:11 on January 30, 2016 Permalink |
Danke
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Laurie 02:27 on January 30, 2016 Permalink |
Master of Puppets is about addiction.
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James 05:53 on January 30, 2016 Permalink |
Most of these songs have different interpretations to the one I have given, yes.
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Anonymous 12:36 on January 30, 2016 Permalink |
Moves Like Jagger. I used to love the song (and still do but now only because it reminds me of what I DON’T want ever again:) But this was a great list!
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James 13:25 on January 30, 2016 Permalink |
Good spot! I think yours is the best user contribution to this article so far.
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James 12:35 on March 5, 2016 Permalink |
Me, Myself and I – G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K533gW3boIY)
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Bothorth 13:48 on January 17, 2017 Permalink |
Liar (Motörhead).
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Anonymous 07:38 on February 15, 2017 Permalink |
Nomy – psychopath. I think it describes as the person is going crazy.
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Setsuna 07:42 on February 15, 2017 Permalink |
Nomy – Psychpath (I think it describes the prosessus of going crazy and as persone try fighting his awful desires.
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James 12:52 on February 15, 2017 Permalink |
Thanks. I love it.
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Setsuna 10:29 on February 16, 2017 Permalink |
Sorry for double post, at first I thought that my post failed. I’m glad you loved the song.
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Setsuna 10:47 on February 16, 2017 Permalink |
Dope stars inc.- Kiss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DiLTRimdpI
Emilie Autumn & ASP – Liar (Manic Depressive Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMrdkb_Bzl8
Drowning pool – Tear away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCSs5QggRUk
I’m not sure whether the first two songs about sadists or pcychopaths but the last one sure about a pcycho.
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hsantares 15:05 on March 17, 2017 Permalink |
Animals – Maroon 5
Puppet – The Saturdays
Does anyone else fixate on certain songs, listening to them intensely and then getting bored of them and moving on to find another ‘addictive’ song? Definitely a habit of mine
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James 00:29 on March 18, 2017 Permalink |
Lots of people do that. Personally, my musical tastes are too wide (as you can probably see from this list) to tolerate just one song on repeat, even if only for a short time.
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James 12:50 on April 12, 2017 Permalink |
Live to Win – Paul Stanley – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OvpzForHyU
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James 17:47 on April 25, 2017 Permalink |
Got loads of ideas for this today.
Devil Woman – Cliff Richard – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tuAkdlLhTE
Dog Eat Dog – Alun Armstrong as Thénardier, from the musical Les Misérables – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipfpP0__aTk (robbing corpses for profit, “as a service to the town”); Beggars At The Feast – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3IfWQhgfIQ (after the violent deaths of both his kids, the ultimate gloat song as to why psychopaths always come out on top – plus he gets a huge applause at the end!)
Every Day I Love You Less And Less – Kaiser Chiefs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkg4cwJp1Y (when we’re getting bored of you)
I Don’t Care What You Think (as long as it’s about me) – Fall Out Boy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhMGKSRIwGM
I Feel Pretty – Julie Andrews – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0uiCkY67Rg
I Love It – Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY
I Think I’m Wonderful – The Damned – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UKSrbVPH1c
If I Were A Boy – Beyonce – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpsOqh8q0M
I’m Bored – Iggy Pop – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8Gj7Wl0Gk
I’m Every Woman – Chaka Khan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xuUdI1an0
I’m Free – The Who – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux1vBolJf5Q
Lips Are Moving – Meghan Trainor – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDc_5zpBj7s (from the perspective of the person who’s been dumped / gone “no-contact”)
Master Of The Universe – Hawkwind – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3W7ch0oLeA
No Feelings – The Sex Pistols – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHiGR0iuTUo
Stronger – Kanye West ft. Daft Punk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsO6ZnUZI0g
That Don’t Impress Me Much – Shania Twain – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZTK6xJ1Bw
Under My Thumb – The Rolling Stones – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYTLJ8YHi4
You’re So Vain – Carly Simon – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g
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James 14:43 on April 26, 2017 Permalink |
Which is your favourite, Fran?
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nowve666 16:49 on April 26, 2017 Permalink |
You mean among the new ones? No Feelings by The Sex Pistols. You know, I have a music blog and I hadn’t even thought of including The Sex Pistols. I’ll have to correct that omission at once. https://kiasmusic.wordpress.com/ It’s not a psychopathic music blog. Just my favorites. I also really like Under My Thumb by the Stones. I gotta add that to my music blog too. I love Iggy Pop but not that one that much. Ever hear Dirt by Iggy Pop? That’s more masochistic than psychopathic.
I love You’re So Vain by Carly Simon but that’s more narcissistic. I guess I Feel Pretty is also narcissistic. I see you have I Am a Rock which I also had in my psychopath page https://kiasherosjourney.wordpress.com/2017/01/07/psychopathic-songs/
Which are your faves?
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James 18:51 on May 2, 2017 Permalink |
Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRgb4SJ1uk
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James 20:42 on May 9, 2017 Permalink |
Linger – The Cranberries – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s
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James 19:01 on May 11, 2017 Permalink |
Karma Chameleon – Culture Club – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtkIB2D3ye0
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Dre2001 07:53 on August 17, 2017 Permalink |
My Personal Sound Track:
-R&B
Dark Times – The weeknd
Adaptation – The weeknd
Wicked Games – Weeknd
Suit & tie – Justin & Jay Z
Secret – Maroon 5
-Rap
No love – Eminem
Allure – Jay-z
Lucifer – Jay-z
My first song – Jay-z (pretty much the whole black album)
Renegade – Em/Jz
I mean it – G-Eazy
H.U.M.B.L.E – Kendrick
Who Shot Ya – B.I.G
Am I A Psycho? – Tech N9ne
-Rock
She’s So Heavy – Beatles
All Along the watch tower – Dylan
Devil’s Dance – Metallica
Paint it, Black – Stones
Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster
Bad Company – Bad Company
Ballad of Dwight Fry – Alice Cooper
Am I Going Insane? – Sabbath
House of rising sun – The animals
-Blues
Crossroads – “Clapton”
Old Devil – Bo Carter
Hell Hound on my trail – Robert Johnson
Hurt – Cash
-Miscellaneous
Seven devils – florence
Let me try again – Sinatra
That’s life – Sinatra
Strangers In the Night – Sinatra
My way – Sinatra (Sinatra just like Cash and Jay-z [YES JAYZ] are most likely to have a lot of songs that fits “My way” of seeing things)
Sinnerman – Nina Simone
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James 09:41 on October 22, 2017 Permalink |
Where’s All The Kiddies At? – ‘Pennywise the Clown’ (from It) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB9elf-mecE – especially good for predatory paedophiles.
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nowve666 10:18 on October 22, 2017 Permalink |
Funny coincidence. I was just reading about pedophilia. I might be writing a blog soon.
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James 18:09 on October 23, 2017 Permalink |
About pedos? I wouldn’t touch that one. People will talk.
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nowve666 22:34 on October 23, 2017 Permalink |
That they will. I’ve been rather nonplussed by some of the attitudes I’ve encountered in FB groups designated as “psychopathic.” So many are indistinguishable from those of NTs. Every time I encounter an opinion that is unofficially verboten, I take it as a challenge. As Ayn Rand said, “There are no bad thoughts, just the refusal to think.” Something like that.
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James 19:34 on October 24, 2017 Permalink |
If there’s one thing paedophiles (all of them, not just child predators) and psychopaths have in common, it’s an instinct that some things are just not for sharing with anyone else.
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nowve666 18:18 on October 26, 2017 Permalink |
Well, I finished the blog after all and so far I’ve had favorable responses. Here it is, although you get it in your email too since you follow it. https://kiasherosjourney.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/an-unpopular-opinion/
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James 12:44 on November 6, 2017 Permalink |
Anyone Who Had a Heart – Cilla Black – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUxn6JLwdDY
Ever Fallen in Love – Buzzcocks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPG6Ak5FASk
Maggie May – Rod Stewart – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxtCqs2WFZE
Getting really proud of this list. Could probably write an entire blog just based on all these songs.
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nowve666 14:25 on November 6, 2017 Permalink |
Haven’t you already? Or do you want to consolidate the list in one place? I’m working on a blog post about jealousy. I’m calling it “The Green-eyed Monster” and featuring Taylor Swift’s new song, “Gorgeous.” BTW, what do you think of “Look What You Made Me Do?”
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James 07:09 on November 8, 2017 Permalink |
When I say “blog”, I mean an entire website, not just a post. I refer to No Psychos as the blog, and ‘Psychopaths in Song’ as a blog post; however you seen to use “blog” to mean both. Just FYI.
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nowve666 09:24 on November 8, 2017 Permalink |
Your own entire blog? How exciting! I can’t wait. Yeah. I use those words that way too. Blog and blog post.
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James 08:20 on November 24, 2017 Permalink |
Heathens – Twenty One Pilots – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UprcpdwuwCg
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nowve666 09:32 on November 24, 2017 Permalink |
Oh! I like it. The song I’m currently obsessing about is Ready For It. I don’t know how psychopathic it is but I like it.
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James 09:18 on November 27, 2017 Permalink |
For the list, that’s Ready For It – Taylor Swift – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIft-t-MQuE&w=560&h=315
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James 12:25 on October 27, 2018 Permalink |
One Way Or Another – Blondie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBwRDEFMRY)
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