creepy country songs

1985 Back to the Future

By timmukyPosted on March 9, 2010Posted in country music, creepy country songs, music, pop, rocknrollTagged 1985, george strait, husker du, kirsty maccoll, music, paul kelly, pogues, the cureNo Comments

Emusic now has the Pogues catalog, which is cause for celebration and for me cause for a rather vivid flashback to 1985, the year of Rum, sodomy and the lash.

I found the wiki on the year fascinating and foreign, yet strangely familiar. (And yes, the original Back to the Future was based in that year.)

Herewith, the brilliant Pogues classic, “A pair of brown eyes,” and an entertaining, not particularly linear video by Alex Cox (police state! Thatcher!), along with a few other carefully culled selections from that year. Presented without further comment.

PAIR OF BROWN EYES

FROM ST. KILDA TO KINGS CROSS

CLOSE TO ME

LOVE IS ALL AROUND

THE CHAIR

Fancy: Gonna move you uptown

By timmukyPosted on February 11, 2010Posted in country music, creepy country songs, musicTagged bobbie gentry, fancy, reba mcintyre1 Comment

Bobbie Gentry’s “Fancy”, another entry in the creepiest country song ever sweepstakes.

If you know it, you probably know it from Reba’s over-the-top 1990 version. This one is over the top in its own way but the song just comes off way cooler, like something off Dusty in Memphis. (I had to look it up to check, but Dusty never covered this, which is a shame.) Love the set, the body suit, the de rigeur spidery eyes, and Bobbie’s little shuffle strut dance.

From the golden age of Nashville sleaze

By timmukyPosted on January 30, 2010Posted in country music, creepy country songs, musicTagged conway twitty, country music, leisure suit, nashville, you've never been this far before1 Comment

Conway Twitty, far and away, the biggest horndog country music ever produced. This one is borderline sex offender registry material. But great song, and killer pompadour. Bonus points for the awesome vocal “bum-bum-bums”, and workin’ that salmon leisure suit with white shoes.