Which oldie has the creepier lyrics?

[last_texas_dem]

"Johnny Get Angry" by Joanie Sommers vs. "The Snake" by Al Wilson

Both of these songs kinda creep me out. I like "The Snake" as a song and don't care for "Johnny Get Angry." I think "Johnny Get Angry" is creepier because I'm assuming it wasn't meant to be creepy, while "The Snake" is, which makes "JGA" even more creepy!

"Johnny Get Angry" (Hal David-Sherman Edwards)

Johnny, I said we were through
Just to see what you would do
You stood there and hung your head
Made me wish that I were dead
CHORUS
Oh, Johnny get angry, Johnny get mad
Give me the biggest lecture I ever had
I want a brave man, I want a cave man
Johnny, show me that you care, really care for me
Every time you danced with me
You let Freddy cut in constantly
When he'd ask, you'd never speak
Must you always be so meek?
CHORUS

Every girl wants someone who
She can always look up to
You know I love you, of course
Let me know that you're the boss
CHORUS
Johnny, get angry, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
FADE


"The Snake"

On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
'Oh well,' she cried, 'I'll take you in and I'll take care of you'
'Take me in oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman,' sighed the snake

She wrapped him up all cozy in a coverture of silk
And then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk
Now she hurried home from work that night as soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she'd taken in had been revived
'Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman,' sighed the snake

Now she clutched him to her bosom, 'You're so beautiful,' she cried
'But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died'
Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tight
But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite
'Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman,' sighed the snake

'I saved you,' cried that woman
'And you've bit me even, why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm gonna die'
'Oh shut up, silly woman,' said the reptile with a grin
'You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in
'Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman,' sighed the snake

[ET Awful]

1. If you want a real creepy song, look up the lyrics to Code Blue

by True Sounds of Liberty (T.S.O.L.)

Now that is some creepy shit :) (and a little too much to just post at DU).

[last_texas_dem]

3. You're right about that

Those were some truly creepy lyrics!

[ET Awful]

4. And to think . . . that used to be my type of music back when I was

a young pup.

[last_texas_dem]

6. Yeah

I like all kinds of music but don't always have the stomach for some of the truly graphic stuff. Some of the creepier stuff is fascinating in some sense, though.

[swag]

2. Those are good, alright.

Right up there with "Knoxville Girl" as performed by the Louvin Bros. and "He Hit Me and It Felt Like a Kiss."

[last_texas_dem]

5. Yep- definitely creepy

"Knoxville Girl" may take the cake; pretty graphic stuff!

Another truly disgusting one is "Mr. Turnkey" by Zager and Evans. (These guys had one massive hit with "In the Year 2525"; this song, their follow-up didn't even chart- for understandable reasons.) The song appears to be about a guy who rapes a woman who "led him on" and by the end of the song is bleeding to death after nailing his hand to the prison wall.

"Mr. Turnkey"

Mr Turnkey, it's 10 pm in Wichita Falls
August 16, 1969 and I'm in some bar
Mr Turnkey, I need a woman and I'm ain't getting far
I never was the kind of man a woman looked for.

But Mr Turnkey, she looked at me with flirting eyes
Mr Turnkey, she was loveier than oil lights
Mr Turnkey, she led me on, she led me on,
She knew she wasn't going to let love her.

Mr Turnkey, there's been a rape in Wichita Falls
Mr Turnkey, I'm sitting here crying in my coveralls
Mr Turnkey, I don't want to be the man I am
Mr Turnkey, I'm calling from block number 4
Mr Turnkey, you ain't never seen nothing like this before
Mr Turnkey, I nailed my wrist to your wall, I'm going home

Mr Turnkey, I'm calling from block number 4
Mr Turnkey, I ain't got the strength to call once more
Mr Turnkey, I'm crying, hanging here dying
Tell her I'm sorry

[TNDemo]

7. I always found Riders of the Storm creepy.

What was that about?

[last_texas_dem]

8. I'm not sure

It definitely has a creepy feel to it, though.

I always thought that the second verse might be about a hitch-hiking killer, but wasn't sure about much else going on in the song!

"Riders on the Storm"

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we’re born
Into this world we’re thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm

There’s a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin’ like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah

Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah

Wow!

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we’re born
Into this world we’re thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm