Nick Cave's got "The Mercy Seat" which is about a guy in the electric chair.
Or perhaps the excellent Johny Cash cover of this?
Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.
Buffy ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tommyrot - Jul 20, 2009 1:37:41 pm PDT #1339 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hayden - Jul 20, 2009 1:38:11 pm PDT #1340 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
"Sing Me Back Home" is another good one by the Hag. Townes Van Zandt's "Poncho and Lefty" still packs a punch, too.
megan walker - Jul 20, 2009 1:45:02 pm PDT #1341 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Michael Jackson's "Bad"?
"The Mercy Seat"
How does this fit the definition of "happy criminal"?
DavidS - Jul 20, 2009 1:45:30 pm PDT #1342 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How does this fit the definition of "happy criminal"?
He loves that crackling smell of his scalp on fire?
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2009 1:48:19 pm PDT #1343 of 6436
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Amy, you could use some of the songs from Dr. Horrible.
t edit And does "Mack the Knife" count?
dcp - Jul 20, 2009 1:57:21 pm PDT #1344 of 6436
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
What about stuff from Pirates of the Caribbean? I like the theme, and "He's a Pirate."
Scrappy - Jul 20, 2009 2:01:27 pm PDT #1345 of 6436
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hot Rod Lincoln (most versions) [link] The guy ends up in jail, plus it has some fab rockabilly guitar licks. I like the Commander Cody version myself.
"My dad said 'Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot...Rod... Lincoln.' "
tommyrot - Jul 20, 2009 2:50:31 pm PDT #1346 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've never heard it, tommy, but sure!
OK, it's up there....
Amy - Jul 20, 2009 3:28:27 pm PDT #1347 of 6436
Because books.
Ooh, Mack the Knife!
The songs don't really have to be about "happy" criminals, just sort of ... embracing the life of crime. Which I am considering.
I like the Dead's version of "Mama Tried," but Merle Haggard is not exactly my thing.
Ailleann - Jul 20, 2009 3:35:41 pm PDT #1348 of 6436
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" by The Hollies?