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Songs of Obsession...? Putting together a 'Mix Tape' of sexual fixation/obsession... in the vein of "Every Breath You Take." Suggestions? posted by eatdonuts to media & arts (73 comments total)
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"Venus in Furs"... the most beautiful song about S&M. Originally by The Velvet Underground. Also check out the fantastic cover version by the black metal band, Krieg. posted by hellhammer at 1:11 PM on May 23, 2006 [1 favorite]
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Angel - Massive Attack (not explicitly, but it gives me that impression)
Less serious:
almost anything by Peaches or Dj Assault posted by utsutsu at 1:14 PM on May 23, 2006
I Want You by Elvis Costello. Creepy, yet kind of sexy. posted by jrossi4r at 1:16 PM on May 23, 2006
"Hope" by the Descendents
"Waiting In Vain" by Bob Marley
"Bad Obsession" by GNR
"If I Think" by Mudhoney posted by johngoren at 1:17 PM on May 23, 2006
Yeah, definitely I Want You. posted by johngoren at 1:17 PM on May 23, 2006
I did a whole radio show on this once! My theme was more "stalker" than "obsession" but there is a lot of overlap. Some of them are highly creepy and some of them are better than others:
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Fleetwood Mac - I Got It In For You
Animotion - Obsession
Cinerama - Dance, Girl, Dance
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
Hall and Oates - Private Eyes
The Handsome Family - Arlene
Herman's Hermits - Silhouettes
Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times (Now and Then)
Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him
Randy Newman - Suzanne
Steve Earle - More Than I Can Do
The Beatles - Run For Your Life
Diana Ross & The Supremes - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
You might be interested in the 2002 film, Cherish, which is based on the creepiness of pop music. The film's soundtrack will surely have some answers. posted by JMOZ at 1:18 PM on May 23, 2006
"Prince Charming" by Brother Ali is a beautifully sly look at at obsession/possession. Subtly blatant is how I would describe it. posted by n-clue at 1:18 PM on May 23, 2006
Blondie, "One way or Another." posted by buxtonbluecat at 1:18 PM on May 23, 2006
'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' -- (of so many covers of it, including Diana Ross, Jimmy Somerville, Pet Shop Boys, etc.) posted by ericb at 1:26 PM on May 23, 2006
Live - "I Alone"
Foo Fighters - "Walking After You" posted by PenDevil at 1:29 PM on May 23, 2006
"I Only Want You" by Eagles of Death Metal posted by JekPorkins at 1:31 PM on May 23, 2006
The Flaming Lips - "Mountainside" posted by jennyb at 1:32 PM on May 23, 2006
The Beatles - "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
Sarah Mclachlan - "Posession"
Cheap Trick - "I Want You To Want Me" posted by arto at 1:49 PM on May 23, 2006
I did a mix CD with a very, very creepy obession theme going; I culled out ones that were situation specific and threw in two more from a breakup CD. Some of these may not fit your theme exactly - obsession can be very personal. For example, I think that 'So Alive' (Love and Rockets) is about obsession, but I don't think that many people would agree.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Straight to You
The Sisters Of Mercy - First and Last and Always (mostly the chorus.)
Marilyn Manson - I Put a Spell on You (there are other versions, but I think this one has the best 'crazy obsessed' tone)
VAST - Temptation AND Pretty When You Cry
Shakespear's Sister - Stay
k.d. lang - Constant Craving
Melissa Etheridge - I Wanna Come Over posted by cobaltnine at 1:53 PM on May 23, 2006
Garbage - There's a jazz/acoustic version of "You Look So Fine" floating around. posted by SpecialK at 1:54 PM on May 23, 2006
On the "over-jealous boyfriend" side of things, you could use "No One Else" by Weezer or "Run & Hide" by the Watchmen. posted by Johnny Assay at 1:55 PM on May 23, 2006
I always found U2's "I Will Follow" a little creepy... posted by sauril at 1:56 PM on May 23, 2006
"You Better Run" by Junior Kimbrough posted by Atom12 at 2:06 PM on May 23, 2006
"The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails posted by saladin at 2:26 PM on May 23, 2006
I Touch Myself - The Divinyls posted by hootch at 2:28 PM on May 23, 2006
"Losing My Religon" by REM, which actually has nothing to do with religon.
"I Can See For Miles" by The Who is in the same vein as "Run for Your Life"
"Hot Summer Nights" by The Aquabats is absolutely hilarious.
"Dear Yoko" by John Lennon has always struck me as slightly creepy and obsessive, but that's probably just me. posted by martinX's bellbottoms at 2:32 PM on May 23, 2006
Can't Let Go - Roxy Music
Can't Let Go - The Hollies
Can't Let Go - Lucinda Williams posted by chocolatepeanutbuttercup at 2:33 PM on May 23, 2006
Normally I don't like when people type out lyrics to songs in this sort of thread, but I llove this song:
"With tears in my eyes/ you had to say goodbye/ you had to go but couldn't tell me why/ you said something about you were moving to Alaska" posted by martinX's bellbottoms at 2:35 PM on May 23, 2006
"Sign Your Name Across My Heart" by Terence Trent D'Arby
"Come to My Window" Melissa Etheridge posted by I_Love_Bananas at 2:35 PM on May 23, 2006
ohh, and Alanis Morrisette's Uninvited... spooky and beautiful. posted by trinarian at 2:42 PM on May 23, 2006
"But If You Go" by MC 900 Ft Jesus. Light, creepy, funky, funny all at the same time. posted by ldenneau at 2:46 PM on May 23, 2006
Want - Jawbreaker
Sea Foam Green - Jawbreaker
Shirt - Jawbreaker
Fireman - Jawbreaker posted by joe lisboa at 2:48 PM on May 23, 2006
"Insanely Jealous" by the Soft Boys. A sinister song with crescendoes of creepiness. posted by ROTFL at 4:11 PM on May 23, 2006
Can it be that no one has mentioned Enrique Iglesias' "Escape" yet? You can run, you can hide, but you can't escape his love... Bonus points if you consistently mishear "hide" as "die." posted by posadnitsa at 4:11 PM on May 23, 2006
nine inch nails' remake of Adam Ant's Physical on the broken disc is the most seething song of obsessive desire that I can think of. posted by dong_resin at 4:16 PM on May 23, 2006
"Ike's Rap III/Your Love Is So Doggone Good," Isaac Hayes
"Sweetest Perfection," Depeche Mode
"Watching Alice," Nick Cave
"Ode to Boy," Yaz
"More" and "Hometime," Alison Moyet
Songs on the bubble:
"The Great Pretender," Brian Eno
"Aisha," Death In Vegas/Iggy Pop
"We Were Meant To Be," Hefner
"Ready Or Not (Can't Hide From Love)," Delfonics
"Fall In Love With Me," Iggy Pop posted by Vervain at 4:31 PM on May 23, 2006
If you like film scores, Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo". posted by freakystyley at 5:22 PM on May 23, 2006
"dig it up" - Hoodoo Gurus
"wrapped around your finger", "roxanne", "the bed's to big without you" - The Police
possibly billions of songs by morrissey, billy bragg and leonard cohen. posted by Tixylix at 5:32 PM on May 23, 2006
Bleu - "Watching You Sleep"
Corey Hart - "I Wear My Sunglasses at Night"
Tom Waits - "Alice" and "Watch Her Disappear"
Nina Simone - "Lilac Wine"
The Dismemberment Plan did a cover of "Crush" by Jennifer Paige, originally a pop song, that in their hands became super creepy.
There are several versions of "Not In Love" that also fit the bill in a sort of "I doth protest too much" kind of way: 10cc, Tori Amos, Enrique Iglesias, possibly more
Sophie B. Hawkins - "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" (stfu, i love that song)</small) posted by granted at 5:36 PM on May 23, 2006
I too affirm that "Insanely Jealous" is a great song. posted by josh at 5:39 PM on May 23, 2006
Darren Hayes - "Creepin' Up On You"
Clay Aiken - "Invisible" posted by divabat at 6:09 PM on May 23, 2006
Nerf Herder - “Sorry”
and, from the other side of the obsession,
XTC - “Another Satellite” posted by notbuddha at 6:44 PM on May 23, 2006
Pere Ubu - Codex (Extremely creepy. "I think about you all the tiiiiiimmme...")
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
The Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady
Art Brut - Emily Kane
The 6ths - Kissing Things
The Magnetic Fields - (Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy
The Seeds - Can't Seem to Make You Mine Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache (*shudder*)
Helene Smith - I am Controlled by Your Love
The Cars - Touch and Go
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Pixies - Cactus
Frank Sinatra - I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (or Nina Simone, Billie Holliday, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, etc.)
Little Anthony & The Imperials - Goin' Out Of My Head posted by hydrophonic at 7:00 PM on May 23, 2006
Smashing Pumpkins - Lily (My One and Only) posted by Zozo at 7:10 PM on May 23, 2006
Queensryche, Gonna Get Close to You.
I dial your telephone each and every afternoon
I wait by your door till you're asleep at night... posted by Wolfdog at 7:21 PM on May 23, 2006
Untouchable Face by Ani Difranco posted by web-goddess at 11:31 PM on May 23, 2006
Since I didn't see it mentioned in a quick skim, there are sites dedicated to mix tapes.
Possession by Sarah McLachlan. posted by rhiannon at 12:01 AM on May 24, 2006
"Here with Me" - Dido posted by epugachev at 12:53 AM on May 24, 2006
"Your House" - Alanis Morrisette. She breaks into his house and hangs out for the afternoon.
"Everybody Here Wants You" - Jeff Buckley posted by goo at 3:54 AM on May 24, 2006
Cypress Avenue. From Van Morrison's masterwork, Astral Weeks.
And if I'm caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue
And I'm conquered in a car seat
And I'm looking straight at you posted by Neiltupper at 3:44 PM on May 24, 2006
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