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by **Jason²** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:48 pm

I've always thought The Eurythmics "Here Comes The Rain Again" was pretty darn spooky...

by **dcs84** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 2:35 pm

To this day 'Warm Leatherette' by the Normal always weirds me out with lyrics like:

Warm Leatherette melts on your burning flesh
You can see your reflection in the luminescent dash

A Tear of Petrol is in your eye
the handbrake, penetrates your thi

by **subverted2002** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:04 pm

'Nemesis' by Shriekback definitely belongs on such a list. So does a deceptively sweet-sounding song by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - 'My Wife and My Dead Wife'. I love this one, the subject matter is subtle, yet disturbing!

'Meninblack' - (The

by **Grayson** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:11 pm

I forgot to add Echo & the Bunnymen's fabulous "The Killing Moon" to my earlier contribution to this thread. I was watching the new trailers at Apple's QuickTime movie trailers site and saw the trailer for the new director's cut of "Donnie Darko" http://w

by **cubby** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:24 pm

Here a few more for the list:

Siouxsie and the Banshees-Voodoo Dolly, Nightshift, Candyman
Bauhaus-Stigmata Martyr(the middle section where Peter Murphy moans/screams in Latin still creeps me out)
New Order-The Perfect Kiss (I always thought this had

by **philware** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 10:40 am

Bauhaus - Bella Lugosi's Dead (triple ditto)
Iggy Pop - Funtime (only because of the scene in David Bowie's movie "The Hunger")

by **mare_idol** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 1:01 am

YES!! "Black Planet" is really scary.

So is "Mask" by Bauhaus.

by **dead_irony@yahoo.com** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 12:36 pm

GRAYSON!
I love The Flaming Lips and their cover of "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is terribly creepy! I love it, but it sounds like Wayne Coyne is singing it while making a voodoo doll, complete with hair stolen from his beloved.
Or maybe I'm reading t

by **hexicon** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:00 pm

In a slightly different sense of "creepy" . . . Oingo Boingo's "Little Girls" creeped me out even back when I was of nymphet age.

by **Grayson** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:39 pm

<I>GRAYSON!
I love The Flaming Lips and their cover of "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is terribly creepy! I love it, but it sounds like Wayne Coyne is singing it while making a voodoo doll, complete with hair stolen from his beloved.
Or maybe I'm readin

by **cementkite** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:48 pm

Two come to mind: The Cure's "Pictures of You" and The Cars' "Moving in Stereo" are quite haunting in sound.

by **Nakedprey** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:24 pm

Joy Division - Atrocity Exhibition

by **EchoBeachBunnyBoy** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:37 am

Just recalled another one:

"Legion" by Severed Heads
[}:)]

by **Pseudo_Echo_01** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 5:06 pm

his eyes - pseudo echo

by **ExRat** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:22 am

Katrina and the Waves - "Walking on Sunshine".....gives me the creeps anyway.[xx(]

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