Songs of revenge

[bassbeyondreason]

Spiteful, gloating, but deeply wounded:

 

[bassbeyondreason]

You said you loved me
And I believed
Autumn will come
And I know what I'll do
I'll kill your baby
And then I'll kill you.

 

[bassbeyondreason]

 

[william_kent]

revenge on a cosmic scale:


Yabby You - Jah Vengeance

Out of the hills of Zion, comes
Jah lightning.. and thunder
Jah lightning.. and thunder

Jah vengeance surely will come down, on anyone
Who still insists to stay in wicked Babylon
The God shall roam.. and shake the land
The Lord shall roam.. and then, they'll know


Yabby You - Revenge

and the horns cut

 

[bassbeyondreason]

More cuckold murder ballads:

 

[bassbeyondreason]

Horrorcore dragged into deep Southern Gothic racial nightmare territory:

 

[william_kent]

Motorhead - Sweet Revenge

So sweet to see you
Writhe and crawl and scream for life
But I can't listen now
I'm too busy with the knife
I don't hear you laughing
My dismembered friend
I don't hear you laughing
You don't like my sweet revenge

 

[luka]

It's very odd isn't it. This thread is awful, but it should be great. My theory is the songs we imagine exist don't in fact exist

 

[Benny Bunter]

It's very odd isn't it. This thread is awful, but it should be great. My theory is the songs we imagine exist don't in fact exist

You could be right! It is odd, I'm still drawing a blank.
I think I botched it - maybe it should have been more about betrayal rather than pure revenge, could have included "Friend of mine" and stuff like that. Probably also just wanted an excuse to post that K Michelle song.

 

[luka]

definitely not your fault. you were clear about what you wanted. righteous black women scorned singing about taking brutal revenge with performances of maximum sturm und drang intensity and upheavel

 

[craner]

I agree, I can't think of any more. Very strange.

 

[luka]

you can hear them in your head. they're A Platonic Form. Eternal. but do they actually exist?

 

[craner]

I thought TLC's 'Creep' was one, but it isn't.

 

[maxi]

I'll follow you down til the sound of my voice will haunt you

 

[maxi]

your futures in an oblong box yeah

 

[Leo]

 

[Roobric]

Inside a WhatsApp business built on singing revenge tracks

For a reasonable fee, Mozambique’s Sam Chitsama belts out revenge songs about everything from cheating spouses to family disputes.

restofworld.org

 

[Leo]

read a story today about a suspected poacher in South Africa who was trampled to death by an elephant. it's not a song, but sounds vengeful. and then saw another story from a few years ago about a poacher who was killed by an elephant, and then eaten by lions. serves him right, don't fuck with Mother Nature.

 

[Benny Bunter]

Lacks the massive emotional turmoil and drama I was after that makes the K Michelle song in the OP so powerful, but worth posting I suppose.


The search continues...

 

[Benny Bunter]

This is a pretty good example, except I've never liked Kelis' shouty vocal on it. She's not that great a singer.