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This is a list of songs about or referencing killers. The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions. This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The lyrics were inspired by Norman Mailer's 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Executioner's Song, written about serial killer Gary Gilmore, and by Truman Capote's 1966 novel In Cold Blood; "Executioner's Song" was the track's working title. [6] Lead singer Bono had read both novels and wanted to try to write "a story in the mind of a killer".
This song is heavily inspired by the story of Jack the Ripper and makes many references to the mythical traits associated with him. [99] The Brazilian thrash metal band Torture Squad also recorded a song based on Jack the Ripper's legend. The song is titled "Leather Apron" and was included on the band's 2003 album Pandemonium.
His bone-dry 1982 acoustic masterwork “Nebraska” was written about Starkweather, and narrated by the killer. At the song’s end, Charlie is asked why he did it, and his reply is plaintive ...
Having premiered the song at an “awful” acoustic open mic performance at Vegas hangout Café Roma, the formative Killers had made the first demo before fully honing the song: “That’s also ...
The song is about the Moors murders that took place on Saddleworth Moor, which overlooks Manchester, between 1963 and 1965. [1] At the time of their deaths, many of the victims were only a few years older than Morrissey (born 1959), who wrote the lyrics of the song after reading a book about the murders, Beyond Belief: A Chronicle of Murder and its Detection by Emlyn Williams.
One of the world's most iconic marketing slogans was inspired by a murderer. Nike first unveiled the "Just Do It" tagline at the end of a television commercial in 1988. Since then it's become one ...
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