Songs about being on the run?
July 7, 2011 10:29 AM Subscribe
A friend of mine is moving across the country soon, and she's asked for music mixes to entertain her on the long drive. I've decided to make a mix entirely of songs about running from the law. I need help finding some.
So far, I've got Tom Waits' "Gun Street Girl," Nick Cave's "Wanted Man," and the Ratatat remix of "Run." What are some others? She doesn't care about genre.
So far, I've got Tom Waits' "Gun Street Girl," Nick Cave's "Wanted Man," and the Ratatat remix of "Run." What are some others? She doesn't care about genre.
Run the Ridges by the Kingston Trio is one of my favorite songs, and also has the added bonus of having a real traveling-across-America feel.
posted by phunniemee at 10:34 AM on July 7, 2011
posted by phunniemee at 10:34 AM on July 7, 2011
Rhianna's "Man Down."
posted by jessicapierce at 10:36 AM on July 7, 2011
posted by jessicapierce at 10:36 AM on July 7, 2011
Damn. Ok, what about Jay-Z's "99 Problems?" Sort of.
posted by jessicapierce at 10:38 AM on July 7, 2011
posted by jessicapierce at 10:38 AM on July 7, 2011
Theme song to COPS?
posted by jessicapierce at 10:38 AM on July 7, 2011
posted by jessicapierce at 10:38 AM on July 7, 2011
PJ Harvey - Big Exit
Space - You and Me vs. the World
posted by neushoorn at 10:40 AM on July 7, 2011
Space - You and Me vs. the World
posted by neushoorn at 10:40 AM on July 7, 2011
Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
The Beatles - Run For Your Life (kind of)
Bonus:
Jewel and the Rubies - Kidnapper (about the law coming after someone)
posted by cardioid at 10:44 AM on July 7, 2011
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
The Beatles - Run For Your Life (kind of)
Bonus:
Jewel and the Rubies - Kidnapper (about the law coming after someone)
posted by cardioid at 10:44 AM on July 7, 2011
Styx, Renegade
Bob Marley, I Shot the Sheriff
Paul McCartney, Band on the Run
The Dubliners (or pretty much anybody), Whiskey in the Jar
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:47 AM on July 7, 2011
Bob Marley, I Shot the Sheriff
Paul McCartney, Band on the Run
The Dubliners (or pretty much anybody), Whiskey in the Jar
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:47 AM on July 7, 2011
Um... "Good Ol' Boys," the theme song of The Dukes of Hazzard? (They've been in trouble with the law since the day they were born.)
posted by chowflap at 10:50 AM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by chowflap at 10:50 AM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
Loreena McKennitt - The Highwayman
N.W.A. - Fuck Tha Police
(mefireader - I was just about to post that Bobby Fuller video myself. The go-go dancer is hilarious!)
posted by saturngirl at 10:59 AM on July 7, 2011
N.W.A. - Fuck Tha Police
(mefireader - I was just about to post that Bobby Fuller video myself. The go-go dancer is hilarious!)
posted by saturngirl at 10:59 AM on July 7, 2011
The Midnight Rider does not tell us from whom he is fleeing (he's gone by the point of carin', after all). However, it's a good fugitive song.
Originally by the Allman Brothers, but I prefer the Willie Nelson cover.
posted by BrashTech at 11:03 AM on July 7, 2011
Originally by the Allman Brothers, but I prefer the Willie Nelson cover.
posted by BrashTech at 11:03 AM on July 7, 2011
Desperado?
posted by jessicapierce at 11:09 AM on July 7, 2011
posted by jessicapierce at 11:09 AM on July 7, 2011
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty
Johnny Cash - Wanted Man
posted by eunoia at 11:21 AM on July 7, 2011
Johnny Cash - Wanted Man
posted by eunoia at 11:21 AM on July 7, 2011
(Great idea, by the way. You should totally post the resulting mix to 8tracks.com.)
posted by laze at 11:26 AM on July 7, 2011
posted by laze at 11:26 AM on July 7, 2011
Off the top of my head:
Travis Tritt, "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde"
Wayne "The Train" Hancock, "Johnny Law"
Steve Earle, "Copperhead Road"
Robert Earl Keen, "The Road Goes on Forever"
Shemekia Copeland, "Never Going Back to Memphis"
Steve Earle, "Tom Ames' Prayer"
Steve Earle, "Billy And Bonnie"
Crooked Still, "Little Sadie"
I know I have a few more kicking around somewhere, just let me check my files...
posted by MonkeyToes at 11:48 AM on July 7, 2011
Travis Tritt, "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde"
Wayne "The Train" Hancock, "Johnny Law"
Steve Earle, "Copperhead Road"
Robert Earl Keen, "The Road Goes on Forever"
Shemekia Copeland, "Never Going Back to Memphis"
Steve Earle, "Tom Ames' Prayer"
Steve Earle, "Billy And Bonnie"
Crooked Still, "Little Sadie"
I know I have a few more kicking around somewhere, just let me check my files...
posted by MonkeyToes at 11:48 AM on July 7, 2011
Jimmy Webb and Mark Knopfler, "The Highwayman"
And I can't believe I forgot the amazing "Molly-O" from Steve Earle's latest.
"In the shadow of a chestnut tree I hide
sword and a pistol by my side
Yeah, along came a traveler, laid him low
All for the love of my Molly-O....
Now men have died for lesser things
vengeance, country, God and kings
some day I'll swing from the gallows pole
One last dance for my Molly-O."
posted by MonkeyToes at 11:52 AM on July 7, 2011
And I can't believe I forgot the amazing "Molly-O" from Steve Earle's latest.
"In the shadow of a chestnut tree I hide
sword and a pistol by my side
Yeah, along came a traveler, laid him low
All for the love of my Molly-O....
Now men have died for lesser things
vengeance, country, God and kings
some day I'll swing from the gallows pole
One last dance for my Molly-O."
posted by MonkeyToes at 11:52 AM on July 7, 2011
I am near tears that no one has mentioned Indiana Wants Me.
posted by sageleaf at 11:58 AM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by sageleaf at 11:58 AM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
John Hiatt, "Tennessee Plates"
"...It was somewhere in Nevada, it was cold outside
She was shiverin' in the dark, so I offered her a ride
Three bank jobs later, four cars hot wired
We crossed the Mississippi like an oil slick fire
"If they'd known what we was up to they wouldn't let us in
and now we landed in Memphis like original sin
Elvis Presley Boulevard to the Graceland gates
See we were lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates..."
posted by MonkeyToes at 12:02 PM on July 7, 2011
Simon and Garfunkel - Somewhere They Can't Find Me
Kardinal Offishal - Graveyard Shift
Dr. Dre - Deep Cover
posted by foursentences at 12:04 PM on July 7, 2011
Kardinal Offishal - Graveyard Shift
Dr. Dre - Deep Cover
posted by foursentences at 12:04 PM on July 7, 2011
"I Killed Sally's Lover" by the Avett Brothers (WARNING: video is Live version)
posted by psylosyren at 1:03 PM on July 7, 2011
posted by psylosyren at 1:03 PM on July 7, 2011
"Friend of the Devil" — I like Lyle Lovett's version from the Deadicated album.
posted by Lexica at 1:26 PM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
I've got two reasons why I cry away each lonely nightNot sure if the Boiled in Lead song "Newry Highwayman" fits; the on-the-run part is only implied.
The first one's named sweet Ann-Marie, and she's my heart's delight
The second one is prison bait, the Sheriff's on my tail
And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail
posted by Lexica at 1:26 PM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
Not entirely sure that Sydney is on the run... but it sure sounds like it.
posted by i_am_a_fiesta at 1:27 PM on July 7, 2011
posted by i_am_a_fiesta at 1:27 PM on July 7, 2011
Eastbound and down by Jerry Brown
Locked (in the trunk of a car) by The Tragically Hip is about trying to get away from police, too
posted by glaucon at 1:49 PM on July 7, 2011
Locked (in the trunk of a car) by The Tragically Hip is about trying to get away from police, too
posted by glaucon at 1:49 PM on July 7, 2011
Bruce Springsteen - State Trooper (this is my ultimate driving in the middle of the night song)
posted by crowyhead at 1:55 PM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by crowyhead at 1:55 PM on July 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
We have this whole Bonnie and Clyde concept album (it's not the film soundtrack but is related) by Flatt and Scruggs that is pretty great.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 2:02 PM on July 7, 2011
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 2:02 PM on July 7, 2011
Marty Robbins: El Paso
Sting: I Hung My Head
Grateful Dead: Friend of the Devil
posted by jcworth at 2:32 PM on July 7, 2011
Sting: I Hung My Head
Grateful Dead: Friend of the Devil
posted by jcworth at 2:32 PM on July 7, 2011
Public Enemy - Get The Fuck Outta Dodge
IRON MAIDEN - Murders in the Rue Morgue
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
posted by Ian Scuffling at 3:24 PM on July 7, 2011
IRON MAIDEN - Murders in the Rue Morgue
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
posted by Ian Scuffling at 3:24 PM on July 7, 2011
A little esoteric perhaps, but Borrowed Wings by Jim White (dead criminals who come back to earth by stealing angels wings)
The Road Goes On Forever and the Party Never Ends - Robert Earl Keen
posted by elendil71 at 3:34 PM on July 7, 2011
The Road Goes On Forever and the Party Never Ends - Robert Earl Keen
posted by elendil71 at 3:34 PM on July 7, 2011
The incredible PWEI's Not Now James, We're Busy:
Cops get excited and grin with glee;
They got themsevles a celebrity!
Seven cars give chase
"You're in the clear...it's the race of the year!"
"Faster Soul Master, they're coming at you from all directions,
Speed's your protection...Don't look behind ya
'til south Carolina"
posted by pompomtom at 7:09 PM on July 7, 2011
Cops get excited and grin with glee;
They got themsevles a celebrity!
Seven cars give chase
"You're in the clear...it's the race of the year!"
"Faster Soul Master, they're coming at you from all directions,
Speed's your protection...Don't look behind ya
'til south Carolina"
posted by pompomtom at 7:09 PM on July 7, 2011
Belle and Sebastian - White Collar Boy
posted by to recite so charmingly at 7:28 PM on July 7, 2011
posted by to recite so charmingly at 7:28 PM on July 7, 2011
Billy Joel: The Ballad of Billy the Kid
Love the piano and harmonica in that song.
posted by Omniscience Fatigue at 7:57 PM on July 7, 2011
Love the piano and harmonica in that song.
posted by Omniscience Fatigue at 7:57 PM on July 7, 2011
Wu-Tang vs. The Beatles - Run
And I don't even know why they chasin' me for
Cuz I'm dirty like the corner in the bathroom floor
So I run through the alley, when I come through the block
Runnin' so fast, you would think I'm chasin' the cops
Right in broad daylight, in the middle of winter
I can't go to jail, my mother cookin' chicken for dinner
posted by j03 at 1:49 AM on July 8, 2011
And I don't even know why they chasin' me for
Cuz I'm dirty like the corner in the bathroom floor
So I run through the alley, when I come through the block
Runnin' so fast, you would think I'm chasin' the cops
Right in broad daylight, in the middle of winter
I can't go to jail, my mother cookin' chicken for dinner
posted by j03 at 1:49 AM on July 8, 2011
Idiot Wind by Bob Dylan (They say I shot a man named Gray...)
posted by TomSophieIvy at 10:14 AM on July 8, 2011
posted by TomSophieIvy at 10:14 AM on July 8, 2011
I got no home I can go back to
Got no one to call a friend
I can't find the place I started
I can only guess how it will end.
Keep them hounds off my trail
These jailers off my back
Get these bracelets off of me
A little rain to hide my track.
-Boiled in Lead, "Hide My Track"
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 11:07 AM on July 10, 2011
Got no one to call a friend
I can't find the place I started
I can only guess how it will end.
Keep them hounds off my trail
These jailers off my back
Get these bracelets off of me
A little rain to hide my track.
-Boiled in Lead, "Hide My Track"
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 11:07 AM on July 10, 2011
Jimmy grew up so fast
Then he met me at the pass one day
Said, you`re a wanted man
Take your brother`s hand
I`ll be running with you anyway
So we rode late in the night
Like the fires on the desert sand
Til one day, the posse caught us
Cause the sheriff always gets his man
Gimme some water
Cause I killed a man
On the Mexican border
Cool, cool water
I need a little water
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 11:11 AM on July 10, 2011
Then he met me at the pass one day
Said, you`re a wanted man
Take your brother`s hand
I`ll be running with you anyway
So we rode late in the night
Like the fires on the desert sand
Til one day, the posse caught us
Cause the sheriff always gets his man
Gimme some water
Cause I killed a man
On the Mexican border
Cool, cool water
I need a little water
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 11:11 AM on July 10, 2011
Response by poster: Wow! Thanks, everyone! This is going to be the best playlist ever!
posted by katillathehun at 9:48 PM on July 10, 2011
posted by katillathehun at 9:48 PM on July 10, 2011
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