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A Moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels.In The Threepenny Opera, the Moritat singer with his street organ introduces and closes the drama with the tale of the deadly Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife, a character based on the dashing highwayman Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (who was in turn based on the historical thief Jack Sheppard).
The song was inspired by the videotaped confession to police that Robert Chambers made the morning after the death of Jennifer Levin. [3] It is a part of the Killers' alleged "Murder Trilogy", three songs detailing the murder of a girl named Jenny, [4] the other two being "Midnight Show" and "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf".
Holly Hunter sings the song as a lullaby in the 1987 film Raising Arizona; an instrumental version of the song plays toward the end of the film. [21] Bon Iver and The Chieftains recorded a version of the song for the 2012 album Voice of Ages. This version of the song can be heard during the closing credits of episode four of Fargo season two. [22]
"A Murder of One" is a song by Counting Crows, released as the fourth single from their debut album, August and Everything After. [1] Frontman Adam Duritz explained the song's meaning as follows: "I can remember being eight years old and having infinite possibilities. But life ends up being so much less than we thought it would be when we were ...
The Kingston Trio's hit song was the inspiration for the 1959 film The Legend of Tom Dooley, starring Michael Landon as Dooley, and co-starring Richard Rust. A Western set in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War , it was not about traditional Tom Dula legends or the facts of the case, but a fictional treatment tailored to fit the lyrics of ...
"Gimme Shelter" [a] is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Jagger–Richards, it is the opening track of the band's 1969 album Let It Bleed. [6] [7] The song covers the brutal realities of war, including murder, rape and fear. [8] [7] It features prominent guest vocals by American singer Merry Clayton.
American Murder Song (sometimes abbreviated AMS) is an American musical act founded in 2016 by cult film composers and performers Terrance Zdunich and Saar Hendelman. The project uses the murder ballad genre to explore American history , especially 19th-century America.
The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter after watching a film adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. The music, containing elements of country and folk music, was composed by Jerry Garcia on the same day. The song tells the story of a man who plays cards with a "dire wolf" on a cold winter's night in "Fennario"; the lyrics have been ...