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Best revenge songs
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Some of these are definitely more of the 'jilted lover' kind of songs, but awesome nonetheless. I have highlighted the most appropriate songs in red. I've linked to the songs' lyrics.
• Admiral Freebee - Hope Alone
• Alanis Morissette - Flinch
• Arab Strap - (If There's) No Hope For Us
• Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
• Chris Isaak - Lie To Me
• Chris Isaak - Breaking Apart
• Daryll-Ann - Money Or Love
• Faith No More - Evidence
• Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
• Lyrics Born - I Changed My Mind
• Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
• Motorpsycho - Big Surprise
• The Pipettes - It Hurts To See You Dance So Well
• Placebo - Bitter End
• Primal Scream - Damaged
• Primal Scream - Free
• Robbie Williams - Sexed Up
• The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday
• SoKo - I'll Kill Her
• Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
• Admiral Freebee - Hope Alone
• Alanis Morissette - Flinch
• Arab Strap - (If There's) No Hope For Us
• Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
• Chris Isaak - Lie To Me
• Chris Isaak - Breaking Apart
• Daryll-Ann - Money Or Love
• Faith No More - Evidence
• Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
• Lyrics Born - I Changed My Mind
• Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
• Motorpsycho - Big Surprise
• The Pipettes - It Hurts To See You Dance So Well
• Placebo - Bitter End
• Primal Scream - Damaged
• Primal Scream - Free
• Robbie Williams - Sexed Up
• The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday
• SoKo - I'll Kill Her
• Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Kate Bush - "The Wedding List". Haven't heard it in 20 years- but that's the first song that sprung to mind!
Apparently she bumped off five men. Revenge enough for you?
From Wikipedia: "'The Wedding List', a song inspired by François Truffaut's 1967 film of Cornell Woolrich's The Bride Wore Black about the death of a groom and the bride's subsequent revenge against the killer."
Apparently she bumped off five men. Revenge enough for you?
"Tango Shoes" by Bif Naked (I think that's what it's called) I used to hear it on the radio and it was pretty good.
Well i haven't read the book, but i know taylor swift has written a lot of songs to get back at people. check out her cds. and gives you hell from all-american rejects is a good one too. good luck!
I was in the post office yesterday and heard Carly Simon's wonderful "You're So Vain" (Pity about the shoulder pads in this video - I think her big smile is really cute at the end).
It struck me what a great classic relationship revenge song this is, and made me wonder about other revenge songs. "I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee" is a particularly poignant commentary on love gone wrong. And "you're with some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend" is so harsh! I love how the bitterness contrasts with the happy-go-lucky upbeat tune.
So then I got to thinking about the totally rocking "Song for the Dumped", the first Ben Folds song I heard at Brownie's in the early 90's when he was still playing to small crowds and jumping all over the piano (Mark Bonasera where are you now?). A completely different style but it is also a potential winner.
When I surfed YouTube this morning to find a fitting tribute for a friend's 50th birthday, I knew I was on a roll and would have to blog about revenge songs. I found this song this guy wrote "for" his ex-wife on the occasion of her 50th and laughed until I cried. Not at his lyrics but at his performance (sorry dude). Listening to it again I am already giggling. It only takes about 30 seconds to get the picture, but there is a nice bonus lyric at the very end if you have the stamina.
It struck me what a great classic relationship revenge song this is, and made me wonder about other revenge songs. "I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee" is a particularly poignant commentary on love gone wrong. And "you're with some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend" is so harsh! I love how the bitterness contrasts with the happy-go-lucky upbeat tune.
So then I got to thinking about the totally rocking "Song for the Dumped", the first Ben Folds song I heard at Brownie's in the early 90's when he was still playing to small crowds and jumping all over the piano (Mark Bonasera where are you now?). A completely different style but it is also a potential winner.
When I surfed YouTube this morning to find a fitting tribute for a friend's 50th birthday, I knew I was on a roll and would have to blog about revenge songs. I found this song this guy wrote "for" his ex-wife on the occasion of her 50th and laughed until I cried. Not at his lyrics but at his performance (sorry dude). Listening to it again I am already giggling. It only takes about 30 seconds to get the picture, but there is a nice bonus lyric at the very end if you have the stamina.
Morbid Angel - Vengeance is mine
Manowar - Kill With Power
Kreator - Betrayer
Judas Priest - Screaming or Vengeance
By the way, this all also just great songs of these bands
Manowar - Kill With Power
Kreator - Betrayer
Judas Priest - Screaming or Vengeance
By the way, this all also just great songs of these bands
My favorite is Brand New: Seventy Times Seven
Some lyrics...
So, is that what you call a getaway?
Tell me what you got away with.
Cause I've seen more spine in jellyfish.
I've seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids.
Have another drink and drive yourself home.
I hope there's ice on all the roads.
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt,
and again when your head goes through the windshield.
Some lyrics...
So, is that what you call a getaway?
Tell me what you got away with.
Cause I've seen more spine in jellyfish.
I've seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids.
Have another drink and drive yourself home.
I hope there's ice on all the roads.
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt,
and again when your head goes through the windshield.
Metallica, Seek & Destroy:
Our brains are on fire
with the feeling to kill
And it won't go away
until our dreams are fulfilled
There is only one thing on our minds
Don’t try running away
because you’re the one we will find
Running,
On our way
Hiding,
You will pay
Dying,
One thousand deaths
Our brains are on fire
with the feeling to kill
And it won't go away
until our dreams are fulfilled
There is only one thing on our minds
Don’t try running away
because you’re the one we will find
Running,
On our way
Hiding,
You will pay
Dying,
One thousand deaths
