OT: Pop music about lawbreaking

[johnnyc]

Well.....you did ask for pop music.....

 

[johnnyc]

 

[johnnyc]

 

[lne001]

 

[meyers7]

Night Prowler - AC/DC

 

[meyers7]

Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

 

[DaddyChoc]

Just watched "Straight "outa Compton" this morning.
I'm not in to Hip Hop, Rap or whatever the proper term might be for it but, "duck* the Police" has to be right up there.

Notwithstanding the preceding comment, the several movies featuring this genre of music (9 Mile, Crash, Straight) have been really great and involving movies with great soundtracks.

8 Mile is great, I didn't get into Crash... and Get Rich or Die Trying is good as well

 

[meyers7]

Machine Gun Blues - Social Distortion.

 

[DogBoy]

Well done . . . . . . This was my next post but already posted my share!

 

[wire chief]

I was counting on Meyers to indicate the tunes from this century, but alas...

 

[Dove]

Judas Priest - "Breakin' The Law"
The Police - "Murder By Numbers"
Black Uhuru - "Great Train Robbery"
Bon Jovi - "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Steel Pulse - "Roller Skates"

 

[Zorro]

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and my favorite version of stack-o-lee.

 

[Zorro]

 

[Scud49]

"Shot a man in Denver".....

 

[Zorro]

Odd historical fact; The three actual events that were later immortalized in the murder ballads "Stack-O-Lee", "Frankie and Johnnie" and "Duncan and Brady" all occurred within a ten-year period and within a few blocks of each other. Of course, it is open to question whether these old ballads, of each of which there are about as many versions as there are performers, fit the intended category as "pop" music, but are all quite interesting, to me at least. So here is one more, then I will shut up.

 

[Zorro]

Oh, wait, wait; just one more.

 

[FairView]

One of the lesser known songs off the amazing Tapestry album:

 

[Zorro]

Hope asked me to post this. Personally, The Clash is unknown territory. Not my bag at all.

 

[Scud49]

One great tune, Warren Zevon:

 

[johnnyc]

 

[johnnyc]

 

[johnnyc]

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[JordyG]

Just the opening line of this song is enough to send us parents for our guns.

 

[Replicant]