The Most Frightening Or Unnerving Song
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Old-timey country songs give off some menace.
Case 1; Ed Noack
Australia's Beasts of Bourbon gave this a shot in the 80s but it doesn't hold a candle to the chilly ambience of the original.
Case 2 - This is Buster Scruggs. Not a properly old song, but eekness galore. The song's so mournful it reeks of skeletons. Can almost hear them bones a-rattlin'.
Case 1; Ed Noack
Australia's Beasts of Bourbon gave this a shot in the 80s but it doesn't hold a candle to the chilly ambience of the original.
Case 2 - This is Buster Scruggs. Not a properly old song, but eekness galore. The song's so mournful it reeks of skeletons. Can almost hear them bones a-rattlin'.
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Not at all frightening or unnerving are songs sung in breathy babygirl "sexy"girl vocals. They make me angry, if anything. But hearing Astrid Gilberto literally makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Isn't hair standing up pretty much a fear response, or can it be a just strong aversion response?
Hair standing up (aka piloerection) is a corollary effect of goose bumps, and both effects represent involuntary reflexes.
Goose bumps can be caused by strong emotion of various types, not all of which involve negative or aversive states. For example, both euphoria and sexual arousal can trigger goose bumps and piloerection.
Goose bumps can be caused by strong emotion of various types, not all of which involve negative or aversive states. For example, both euphoria and sexual arousal can trigger goose bumps and piloerection.
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It's odd isn't it how a song can have a particular effect on you? I've always disliked 'Moondance' by Van Morrison. It's a song I've always found creepy, not lyrically, but musically. I think it's the flute that plays in the background, especially the solo warble at the very end. Also for some bizarre reason I always associate it mentally with the type of cartoon graphics that were popular in 60's t.v shows (think the opening sequence of Bewitched). I know the two have no relevance to each other but I just perceive the song as slightly unsettling but I picture it in my mind as a cartoon. Always have and still do to this day.
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I have a high tolerance for what many people consider unnerving music - I even sort of appreciate Diamanda Galas.
The song I can't handle though is DOA by Bloodrock. Just...no. Not even linking a video here
A fun bit of trivia - Bloodrock played at a co-workers prom back in the early 70's. That must have been a real hoot.
The song I can't handle though is DOA by Bloodrock. Just...no. Not even linking a video here
A fun bit of trivia - Bloodrock played at a co-workers prom back in the early 70's. That must have been a real hoot.
I have a high tolerance for what many people consider unnerving music - I even sort of appreciate Diamanda Galas.
The song I can't handle though is DOA by Bloodrock. Just...no. Not even linking a video here
A fun bit of trivia - Bloodrock played at a co-workers prom back in the early 70's. That must have been a real hoot.
The song I can't handle though is DOA by Bloodrock. Just...no. Not even linking a video here
A fun bit of trivia - Bloodrock played at a co-workers prom back in the early 70's. That must have been a real hoot.
I can imagine it would, it's an eerie sort of song. The reason it never gave me the creeps is because, as a small child, I had the idea that it had been used in The Planet of the Apes, specifically in a scene where the apes could fly. I recall vividly watching this in the theater, which is amusing since 1. both the song and the movie came out before I was born, and 2. the scene doesn't exist. 
Next time you hear it, just imagine apes with wings swooping through the air and it will seem less unnerving.
Next time you hear it, just imagine apes with wings swooping through the air and it will seem less unnerving.
I can imagine it would, it's an eerie sort of song. The reason it never gave me the creeps is because, as a small child, I had the idea that it had been used in The Planet of the Apes, specifically in a scene where the apes could fly. I recall vividly watching this in the theater, which is amusing since 1. both the song and the movie came out before I was born, and 2. the scene doesn't exist.
Next time you hear it, just imagine apes with wings swooping through the air and it will seem less unnerving.
Next time you hear it, just imagine apes with wings swooping through the air and it will seem less unnerving.
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I can imagine it would, it's an eerie sort of song. The reason it never gave me the creeps is because, as a small child, I had the idea that it had been used in The Planet of the Apes, specifically in a scene where the apes could fly. I recall vividly watching this in the theater, which is amusing since 1. both the song and the movie came out before I was born, and 2. the scene doesn't exist.
Next time you hear it, just imagine apes with wings swooping through the air and it will seem less unnerving.
Next time you hear it, just imagine apes with wings swooping through the air and it will seem less unnerving.
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I have a high tolerance for what many people consider unnerving music - I even sort of appreciate Diamanda Galas.
The song I can't handle though is DOA by Bloodrock. Just...no. Not even linking a video here
A fun bit of trivia - Bloodrock played at a co-workers prom back in the early 70's. That must have been a real hoot.
The song I can't handle though is DOA by Bloodrock. Just...no. Not even linking a video here
A fun bit of trivia - Bloodrock played at a co-workers prom back in the early 70's. That must have been a real hoot.
Yeah, what is it with Fort Worth? It also gave us Possum Kingdom by the Toadies. Which isn't on the same level of unnerving as DOA but also not something you want to hear while driving around in the middle of the night. (Speaking from experience, here.)
Also, how telling is it that we're both up at 4 AM discussing unnerving songs.
Also, how telling is it that we're both up at 4 AM discussing unnerving songs.
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Yeah, what is it with Fort Worth? It also gave us Possum Kingdom by the Toadies. Which isn't on the same level of unnerving as DOA but also not something you want to hear while driving around in the middle of the night. (Speaking from experience, here.)
Also, how telling is it that we're both up at 4 AM discussing unnerving songs.
Also, how telling is it that we're both up at 4 AM discussing unnerving songs.
