"I Fought The Law", although that's an example of a contrite criminal.
"Homicide" by 999 seems more like the theme you're going for.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
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.
Theodosia - Jul 21, 2009 2:24:34 am PDT #1350 of 6436
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Fred Pete - Jul 21, 2009 4:44:25 am PDT #1351 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
"I Fought The Law", although that's an example of a contrite criminal.
"House of the Rising Sun" also fits the contrition theme.
If you allow use of illegal drugs into the picture, you can go a long way -- Eric Clapton's "Cocaine," for starters. Plus a lot of songs of the '60s that have raised the "are they or aren't they" question -- "Eight Miles High," "White Rabbit," "Whiter Shade of Pale." Or, for songs that may be about sexual practices that were illegal in many places at the time -- "Yummy Yummy Yummy," "Rock Me Gently."
And even though, strictly speaking, there isn't any criminal activity going on (except maybe the reason Mr. Baker's secretary had to leave town, and what people can see because Widow Jones wouldn't keep her window shades all pulled completely down), I have to mention "Harper Valley P.T.A." If only because it's one of the great unsung protest songs of the '60s.
msbelle - Jul 21, 2009 4:50:11 am PDT #1352 of 6436
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
This is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley Hypocrits.
annnnndddd now I will have an accent for the rest of the day.
Tom Scola - Jul 21, 2009 4:54:17 am PDT #1353 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My folks bought me a BITCHIN CAMARO,
And no insurance to match.
So if I happen to run you down,
Please don't leave a scratch.
I ran over some old lady,
Some night at the county fair.
And I didn't get arrested,
Because my Dad's the Mayor!
Amy - Jul 21, 2009 4:54:57 am PDT #1354 of 6436
Because books.
Or, for songs that may be about sexual practices that were illegal in many places at the time -- "Yummy Yummy Yummy," "Rock Me Gently."
Wait! How is "Rock Me Gently" about illegal sexual practices?! I ... remember that song from childhood.
Fred Pete - Jul 21, 2009 6:27:36 am PDT #1355 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
It was also a favorite of mine when it came out. But I was later told that it's rumored to be about receiving oral sex for the first time. Based largely on the lines "On your face, I see a trace of love" and, from the chorus, "I have never been loved like this before."
And in 1974 or thereabouts, when the song came out, oral sex was illegal in quite a few states.
Of course, there's plenty of room for other interpretations, which is why I said "may" be about, etc. The songwriters can tell us what they really meant.
Hayden - Jul 21, 2009 6:47:08 am PDT #1356 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Jeez, if you wanna throw statutory rape into the mix, you're opening the door to about 50% of all rock music from all the way back to "Work With Me, Annie" through "I Saw Her Standing There" and on to "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman."
javachik - Jul 21, 2009 7:46:52 am PDT #1357 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
And "Young Girl".
Sophia Brooks - Jul 21, 2009 7:54:47 am PDT #1358 of 6436
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Now I have "girl, You'll be a woman soon" stuck in my head.
Steph L. - Jul 21, 2009 7:55:41 am PDT #1359 of 6436
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Sophia, I was about to post that!
Also "Little Sister." Ick.