songs about rape

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bulbs (bulbs), Thursday, 6 January 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

geto boys - mind of a lunatic (first verse)

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 6 January 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

Peter Wyngarde - Rape

(Which is a pro-rape song)

Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

polly

the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:04 (twenty years ago)

Diane by Husker Du.

NickB (NickB), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

Chalet Lines - Belle & Sebastian

stew, Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

The Peter Wyngarde song isn't exactly pro-rape, although if you want to read it entirely straight then I can see why you'd have an argument.

The obvious: "Rape Me" by Nirvana.

emil.y (emil.y), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

in the midnight hour?

bulbs (bulbs), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

raping a slave - swans

bulbs (bulbs), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

Tori Amos - Me And A Gun

CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

Hundreds of folk songs

Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

yes.

hickory stick

bulbs (bulbs), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

Fiona Apple - Sullen Girl
Stina Nordenstam - The Man With The Gun

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

Isn't "Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends" by Phil Ochs partly about someone being raped? (My memory may be slightly incorrect.)

emil.y (emil.y), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:36 (twenty years ago)

"Cuddly Toy" maybe

Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)

Cat Power - Names
Bright Eyes - Amy In The White Coat

sibsi (sibsi), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and of course
Patrick Wolf - The Childcatcher

sibsi (sibsi), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting

Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

Sinead O Connor 'Fire On Babylon' (tho it's more child abuse really i suppose)

Stevem On X (blueski), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

Hole - Dick Nail

LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

"Cuddly Toy" maybe
-- Schwip Schwap (schwipschwa...), January 6th, 2005.
do you mean the innocent monkees song ?
this doesn't seem to be about rape

teter pork, Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

It's supposedly about a gang rape by bikers, it was written by Harry Nilsson so a double meaning is possible. Seems more like to be more a piece of casual misogyny:

You're not only cuddly toy that was ever enjoyed by any boy
You're not the only choo-choo train that was left out in the rain
The day after Santa came
You're not the only cherry delight that was left out in the night
And gave up without a fight
Your're not the only cuddly toy that was ever enjoyed by any boy

You're not the kind of girl to tell your mother
The kind of company you keep
I never told you not to love no other
You must of dreamed it in your sleep

You're not only cuddly toy that was ever enjoyed by any boy
You're not the only choo-choo train that was left out in the rain
The day after Santa came
You're not the only cherry delight that was left out in the night
And gave up without a fight
Your're not the only cuddly toy that was ever enjoyed by any boy

Youre not the kind of girl to tell your mother
The kind of company you keep
I never told you not to love no other
You must of dreamed it in your sleep

You're not only cuddly toy that was ever enjoyed by any boy
You're not the only choo-choo train that was left out in the rain
The day after Santa came
You're not the only cherry delight that was left out in the night
And gave up without a fight
Your're not the only cuddly toy that was ever enjoyed by any boy

Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

or the Roachford one....?! i never thought...

oh and
carter usm - her song

peteflynn (piratestyle), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

ohhh, i didn't see that..

peteflynn (piratestyle), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Guns and Roses - It's So Easy

mei (mei), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:53 (twenty years ago)

Gillian Welch -- Caleb Meyer

Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

Wrong Way--Sublime

jenn K (satellitesynth), Thursday, 6 January 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

April March - 'Sugar'

Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Thursday, 6 January 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Nirvana's "Polly"

PIL's "Poptones" is about a man getting raped by another while the cassette played poptones

Scott McFarland (Scott McFarland), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe nobody has mentioned "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" by X.

Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

Wire - "Reuters"

Not about it but mentions it a lot

Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

Alice Cooper - "Raped and Freezin'"

Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

Fugazi, "Suggestion"
Common, "Between Me, You and Liberation"
Heavens to Betsy, "Monsters"

Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

the frogs, "raped"

fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Ted Nugent - "Jailbait" ("Don't put the handcuffs on me, officer! Put them on HER! And I'll SHARE her with you!")

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)

Tesco Vee's Hate Police - "Gang Rape Lullaby"
Anal Cunt - "I Sent a Thank You Card to the Guy Who Raped You"

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

Robert Ashley's "Purposeful Lady, Slow Afternoon"

a woman reads a long descriptive prose account of being raped in a neutral, distended tone ("and then he tried to hold my mouth, and stretch my mouth") as bells chime and ring on top.

Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

I think Tom E. mentioned "Waterloo" long ago.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 January 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

Coward of the County

oorwulliewallpaper, Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

I've always thought rape was implied in Abbey Lincoln's haunting "Tender as a Rose," as well as the Shangri-La's chilling "Past, Present, and Future."

Also, the Decemberists, "Cautionary Song"

mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Lee Hazlewood - The Night Before

It's definitely about crossing a line, but which particular line is open to speculation.

holojames (holojames), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

Also, Blossom Dearie tells a really outre rape joke in her patter on a live album from the '60s.

mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Right. "The Night Before" is one of the most disturbing songs evah!

mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

pharoahe monch - rape
prince - extra loveable (he says 'im on the verge of rape').

splooge (thesplooge), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

Nada Surf - Robot

Daniel Cohen (dayan), Thursday, 6 January 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

arguably, A Little Bit More by Dr Hook

coco, Thursday, 6 January 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

Fugazi - Suggestion

LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Thursday, 6 January 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

Stone Temple Pilots - "Sex Type Thing"

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 7 January 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

Big Black, "Kerosene"
Public Image Ltd., "Poptones"

Pete Scholtes, Friday, 7 January 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

Another obvious: Sublime - "Date Rape"


Damn you, Drew, for stealing Robert Ashley from me!

Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 7 January 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

Judas Priest - Turbo Lover. I remember they talked about in on the MTV.

BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Friday, 7 January 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Husker Du "Diane" (I think)
Mekons "Karen" (I think)
John Anderson "July the 12th, 1939" (a great, great song by the way)

and aren't there some rap songs about Kobe Bryant's ordeal by now?

chuck, Friday, 7 January 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

The end of "Suggestion" is a rape scene as told by an onlooker:

She does nothing to deserve it
He only wants to observe it
We sit back like they taught us
We keep quiet like they taught us
He just wants to prove it
She does nothing to remove it
We don't want anyone to mind us
So we play the roles that they assigned us
She does nothing to conceal it
He touches her 'cause he wants to feel it
We blame her for being there
But we are all guilty

"Kerosene" is a woman:

Jumped Kerosene, now what do we do?
Jumped Kerosene, now what do we do?
Kerosene around, nothing to do
Jumped Kerosene, now what do we do?
Never anything to do in this town
Never anything but jump Kerosene

Pete Scholtes, Friday, 7 January 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

Lou Reed "The Gun"

Not thaat Chuck, Friday, 7 January 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

brown eyed girl
today your love, tomorrow the world

bb, Friday, 7 January 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

"Brown-Eyed Girl" I can sorta see (although not really), but how on earth is "Today Your Love, Tommrrow the World" about rape?

J (Jay), Friday, 7 January 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

Judas Priest, "Eat You Alive" (oral sex at gunpoint, if I remember the PMRC trials correctly; I've never actually heard the song)

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 7 January 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

"Police Truck" by the Dead Kennedys.

Acme (acme), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

'Possession' Sarah McLachlan

The night is my companion
and solitude my guide,
Would I spend forever here
and not be satisfied,

And I would be the one
to hold you down,
kiss you so hard,
I'll take your breath away
and after I'd wipe away the tears,
Just close your eyes dear

Through this world I've stumbled
so many times betrayed,
Trying to find an honest word,
to find the truth enslaved,
Oh you speak to me in riddles and
you speak to me in rhymes
My body aches to breathe your breath,
your words keep me alive,

And I would be the one
to hold you down,
kiss you so hard,
I'll take your breath away
and after I'd wipe away the tears,
Just close your eyes dear

Into this night I wander,
it's morning that I dread,
Another day of knowing of
the path I fear to tread,
Oh into the sea of waking dreams
I follow without pride,
Nothing stands between us here
and I won't be denied,

And I would be the one
to hold you down,
kiss you so hard,
I'll take your breath away
and after I'd wipe away the tears,
Just close your eyes dear...

rep, Tuesday, 11 January 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

Futureheads - "He Knows"

"He was not invited, but he went into her room
It was just a matter of time
He wanted it now, she wanted it soon"

john'n'chicago, Tuesday, 11 January 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

cannibal corpse - "meat hook sodomy"

shut up, Tuesday, 11 January 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

cannibal corpse "stripped raped and strangled"

shut up, Tuesday, 11 January 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

cannibal corpse "fucked with a knife"

shut up, Tuesday, 11 January 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

smoking in the boys room

deeppurpleno1fan, Tuesday, 11 January 2005 23:30 (twenty years ago)

i remember when i was in chicago listening to B96 or 107.5 WGCI there was a girl/guy rap song and there was i think a chorus about how they wanted to kill their father for raping them when they were children or something like that? i thought i was mistaken, but um, i heard it a few times. does anyone know the name?

phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)

nine months pass...
Lightning is striking again
And again and again and again

-- chuck (cedd...), January 6th, 2005.

REVIVE because Chuck repeated this assertion to me last Friday while he was DJ'ing, and it just so happens that I heard the song on the Drive's 10 @ 10 tonight and am Just. Not. Hearing. It. Say it ain't so, people.

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 15 October 2005 02:08 (twenty years ago)

Lightnin' Strikes = Best Chorus Ever, and if I suspected Chuck's assertion were true, it would completely spoil the song for me. But no, I don't hear it either.

Palomino (Palomino), Saturday, 15 October 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

no-one said "Me and a Gun" by tori amos? that's like the only rape song that came to mind.

kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 15 October 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Solger - Raping Dead Nuns

TRG (TRG), Saturday, 15 October 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

Immortal Technique - Dance with the Devil

Ian McIntyre (Cinder), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

eater - "get raped"

one time gaffled 'em up (one time gaffled 'em up), Saturday, 15 October 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

I always felt like the Shangri La's "Past, Present, Future" was right on about rape. And I just adore this song.

Jibé, Saturday, 15 October 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

Tribe 8 - Frat Pig

Niall, Saturday, 15 October 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

Is Last Caress really not on this list? I don't see it...

Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Saturday, 15 October 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Hold Her Down"

Take her arms and hold her down...
Until she stops kicking
Take her arms and hold her down...
Until she she stops moving

And they don’t know her
But what the fuck
They’ve got nothing else they can do
And they’ve no reason
But still they come

And i
Would have a hard time facing you
This crime
The shame of what a man can do

Take her arms and hold her down...
Until she stops screaming
Take her arms and hold her down...
Until she stops breathing

And they don’t know her
But what the fuck
They’ve got nothing else they can do
And they’ve no reason
But still they come

And i
Would have a hard time facing you
This crime
The shame of what a man can do

Take the night back
All they’ve stolen
All we took from you

monkeybutler, Sunday, 16 October 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

no-one said "Me and a Gun" by tori amos? that's like the only rape song that came to mind.
-- kyle (akmonda...) (webmail), Yesterday 8:00 PM. (akmonday) (later) (link)

...

Tori Amos - Me And A Gun
-- CharlieNo4 (starsandheroe...) (webmail), January 6th, 2005 2:32 PM. (Charlie) (link)

CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 16 October 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

"Kerosene" is a woman

No it isn't

DJ Mencap0))), Sunday, 16 October 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...
Isn't "White Houses" by Vanessa Carlton about rape? "My first time, hard to explain, rush of blood, and alittle bit of pain"

someone, Monday, 24 April 2006 23:51 (nineteen years ago)

so does this thread define exactly how much ilm has gone to shit or what

tom west (thomp), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 00:20 (nineteen years ago)

someone, i would interpret that as being about losing your viriginity???? unless there are other words you haven't pasted that make your case better

"FM Doll" by Queen Adreena, fuck that song gives me the fucking shivers

Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

i used to think "One Night in NYC" by the Horrorist was about rape but i don't think it is any more.

Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

"Hearts And Crosses" by Heavenly

andy dale (andy dale), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 04:04 (nineteen years ago)

Stina Nordenstam - The Man With The Gun

interesting, i always thought 'The Man' was The Grim Reaper i.e. death.

derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 06:56 (nineteen years ago)

Slick Rick, "The Moment I Feared"...ends with him getting raped in prison...now THERE'S something you don't normally hear in a rap song!

hank (hank s), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

Kind of a gross thread, but any chance to plug Rat At Rat R, who had a song called Rape that's rather good.

dlp9001 (dlp9001), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

'rape' by zos kia. one of the most unsettling recordings ever committed to vinyl.

stirmonster (stirmonster), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

"Kerosene" is a woman
No it isn't

-- DJ Mencap0))) (lack@of), October 16th, 2005.

And I quote:

"There's Kerosene around, she's something to do
There's Kerosene around, she's something to do"

Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

Dame With A Rod - Juliana Hatfield.

Shooz (shooz), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

Joe Tex, "I Gotcha"

I gotcha, uh-huh, huh
You thought I didn't see ya now
Didn't ya, uh-huh, huh
You tried to sneak by me now
Didn't ya, ha, ha, uh-huh, huh
Now gimme what you promised me
Give it here
Come on

You promised me the day
That you quit your boyfriend
I'd be the next one to ease on in
You promised me it would be just us two, yeah
I'd be the only man kissin' on you, yeah

Now, kiss me
Hold it a long time, hold it
Don't turn it a-loose, now hold it
A little bit longer, now hold it
Come on
Hold it
Hold it
Hold it
Hold it
Now ease up on me now

Good God Hey
The girl's alright, y'all
Ha-ha
Good God

You made me a promise
And you're gonna stick to it
You shouldn't have promised
If you weren't gonna do it
You saw me and ran in another direction
I'll teach you to play with my affection

Now, give it here
You never should've promised to me
Give it here
Don't hold back, now
Give it here
Don't say nothin', just give it here
Come on, give it here, uh
Give it here, uh
Give it here
Give it here
Give it to me, now

Good God
Hey

I gotcha
Shouldn't made a promise to me
I gotcha
You never should've promised to me, gotcha
Give it on, here
I gotcha
You thought you got away from me, didn't ya
But girl, I gotcha
Ha-ha-ha
Oh, I gotcha
Give it on up, I gotcha
Give it on here, I gotcha
You tried to sneak by me, now didn't ya
Ha-ha
I gotcha
Oh, I gotcha

mike a, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, "The Boiler" is practically a direct response to Joe Tex's unwanted advances.

mike a, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

Some inter-species ravishment anyone? It's Jake Thackray and "Brother Gorilla":

Through the bars of a large enclosure
The village ladies intently stared,
Where a gorilla with massive composure
Was impassively combing his hair.
They were shamelessly interested,
Eyeing devoutly a certain spot,
But my mother's especially requested
I refrain from telling you what.
Brother Gorilla!

The door of the circus lock-up,
Where the noble brute had been put,
By an administrational cock-up
Was unwisely left unshut
"I'm going to lose it at last," he cried,
Swinging lissomely out of his cage,
Referring, of course, to his chastity:
He was just at the difficult age
Brother Gorilla!

Those self-same ladies who previously
Had been licking their lips from afar
Did a bunk, which shows how devious
And whimsical women are.
In the path of the lovesick monkey
There were two who wouldn't budge:
A little old lady, all shrunken,
And a petty sessions judge.
Brother Gorilla!

The old girl said "It would be surprising
And unlikely in the extreme
If anyone found me appetising,
And beyond my wildest dreams!"
The judge intoned with tranquillity:
"To take me for a female ape
Would be the height of improbability".
Even judges make mistakes.
Brother Gorilla!

It would be curious and uncanny,
Say, if the choice were up to you
To ravish a judge or a granny
And you didn't know which to do.
If I were in such a position
And the choice had got to be mine,
I'd beg the old lady's permission
But go for grandma every time.
Brother Gorilla!

Though the gorilla is very proficient
In the role of a paramour
His mental equipment's deficient
And his eyesight's awfully poor.
With a Palaeolithic leer
He gave the old lady the miss
And, grabbing the judge by the ear,
Gave him an introductory kiss.
Brother Gorilla!

In time the gorilla's desires
Were more or less gratified.
The judge, being rather biased,
Couldn't see the funny side.
He was kicking and screaming and wailing
When his moment of truth had come,
Like those wretches he orders daily
To be taken away and hung.
Brother Gorilla!

Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

common - i used to love h.e.r.

-+-+-+++, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Hm... I was gonna use this thread to make a CDR of rape songs for my friend who recently got raped, but I'm afraid he may not like most of these songs.

Richard Wood Johnson, Friday, 10 August 2007 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

You are a fucking idiot.

Roffle Roffle, Friday, 10 August 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

why would a CD full of rape songs be a good thing for a rape victim? kdding i guess????

Surmounter, Friday, 10 August 2007 17:16 (eighteen years ago)

if you're not kidding, pls reconsider this gesture.

Surmounter, Friday, 10 August 2007 17:17 (eighteen years ago)

sir mounter, who do you mount, sir?

Richard Wood Johnson, Monday, 20 August 2007 21:54 (eighteen years ago)

I agree with the other posters here. That would be an extremely bad idea. Please don't!

Geir Hongro, Monday, 20 August 2007 23:53 (eighteen years ago)

Patti Smith - "Land"
Steely Dan - "Everyone's Gone To The Movies"

talrose, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 00:44 (eighteen years ago)

I agree with the other posters here. That would be an extremely bad idea. Please don't!

hrmph. duly noted.

Richard Wood Johnson, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 02:30 (eighteen years ago)


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