Top Ten Ghost Story Songs?

[animalogic]

Click to view

What songs do you know that contain an actual ghost story? Stan Ridgway's "Camouflage" is a song in the classic ghost story form about a dead marine who wants to come back just once and save a rookie grunt in a fire fight. There are also plenty of great old ballads that have narratives about ghosts, the best being "The Unquiet Grave" (Child #78

Comments

[lachupacabra]

the ghost of anne boleyn!
i forget who did it tho.
im sure i know some other ones but my brain is fried this second.
;)

[animalogic]

That's rings a bell! I think you put it on a tape you gave to Jenni. But I don't remember who did it either :(.

[abbie_carfax]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Her_Head_Tucked_Underneath_Her_Arm

[lachupacabra]

YESSSSS!!!!
thats the song!
:D

Don't Deny the Morrissey!!

[abbie_carfax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8V82TXOzm0 Ouija Board, Ouija Board

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l36eO6BwPq8 The beauteous Love Vigilantes by New Order

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFD-HxPpP_U&feature=PlayList&p=5114AB30E313B8EE&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=27 La Llorona

[spiritualmonkey]

The Pogues, Turkish Song of the Damned

Lexi recommend The Jazz Butcher, Bad Dream Lover

[animalogic]

The Pogues! That's perfect and I had utterly forgotten about it. The other one I'll have to consider longer. But it fits the bill.