Creepy music (4,395 views)

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

I'll start with this from Eurythmics:

[Vels]

[Dark Star]

Frankie Teardrop - Suicide

This song was one of Bruce Springsteen's biggest influences when he wrote Nebraska. Won't spoil the subject matter, but to call it bleak would be an understatement.

Careful With that Axe, Eugene - Pink Floyd

A somewhat obvious choice for this sort of subject, but an early Floyd classic that's still very effective today.

Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan

Literally a horror movie set to music. The opening harmonica sends chills down my spine. Dylan's weathered voice is the perfect narrator for this song.

Dark Star live 10/26/89 - Grateful Dead

Most of you won't have the patience to sit through nearly a half hour of this, but if you do, buckle up.

Sing This All Together (See What Happens) - The Rolling Stones

This song is objectively not very good, but the middle sections goes into some pretty sinister, twisted places.

Under Ice - Kate Bush

Kate's got no shortage of creepy moments in her catalog, but this one is tantamount for me.

[IhateMana]

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[vienna]

I wouldn't directly call it a "creepy" song, but this one always makes me get weird feelings after like half of the song...

[Zedd Squared]

This x100. Amazing dark ambient with epic evil cathedral vibes. Great for reading horror to and such as that.

[clem]

Parodying experimental music as this track is, the sound manipulation is pretty darn cool. The repeated couple of spoken-word phrases, which sound conversational in terms of their wording, whilst being the same voice actually makes for a pretty sinister soundscape.

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

I probably posted a-ha's Sycamore Leaves in the TRP3 version of this thread, so here it is by Savoy (a-ha guitarist and songwriter Paul Waaktaar-Savoy's other band, in which he sings lead) - I'm not sure which version is creepier.

[mrrobot166]

Daughter's record from 2018

[Baronessa]

Lots of songs are about loneliness, but I don't think I've heard a better expression of the oppressive anxiety associated with the feeling than this song. You walk in a void of crunching snow, awaiting for a second pair of footsteps that you don't want to hear. I can literally feel someone grabbing my neck listening to it.

[mjuk2013]

You have a very refined way of expressing emotions very accurately in a manner that is both highly empathetic, yet remaining frivolous in its lyrical nature. As in, you verbalize a common emotive state very relatably, but never lose personalised poetic skills you attach to it. I like it, a natural ability to bend words for own gain and amusement is such a treasure... I imagine it must be?

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

Baronessa is possibly the most eloquent user of the English language on TRP, which is remarkable since it's not even her native language. Anyway, have some creepified carols:

[Danerage]

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Just post some of that spooky ambient shit your made back in the day :P

[Danerage]

Reduplicative Paramnesia

[leafylemontree]

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[Rodney Blazershorts]

Songs that just SOUND like something bad is going to happen

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[Brenda]

I guess the song itself isn't THAT bad, but paired with the music video... it's quite something.

[clem]

Mar 23, 2022 12:37:35 GMT Brenda said:

I guess the song itself isn't THAT bad, but paired with the music video... it's quite something.

Very cursed, but I like this film

[Dark Star]

The band actually nicknamed this the 'evil jam.'

[Deleted]

The Dread from SCP: Containment Breach, plays in the Light Containment Zone.

[galaxyseal]

Unsettling enough in its own right but definitely hits a lot harder in the context of the album. Epic fucking scream at 3:54 though.

[Goober]

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hehe ipts spooky munth

[reneasologuitar]

Oct 31, 2019 23:37:01 GMT Breakfast in D-sharp said:

Very creepy.
Just open your mouth, and say "Hi"!!!!!