Teenage Death Songs of Yesteryear: Can you add to the list?

[annabanana]

The Leader of the Pack

Patches

Teen Angel

[greymattermom]

1. Tell Laura I love her

[ailsagirl]

40. I always found that song to be creepy

[Sneederbunk]

2. Dead Man's Curve

[central scrutinizer]

3. Ode to Billy Joe

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[Iggo]

44. Best. (n/t)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Moody River

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

5. Ramones - 711

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Truly sad song.....

I kissed her and hugged her
And I said good-bye
Last thing I knew
She wouldn't make it alive
Oncoming car went out of control
It crushed my baby
And it crushed my soul
Now all I've got is sorrow and pain
Standing out here in the rain
The crash, shattering glass
The sirens, and pain
It's driving me insane

We was young and in love.
And youre the only girl I'm ever dreaming of

[teach1st]

6. Strange things happen in this world.

[becca da bakkah]

19. Yeah. The Gorey Laurie Story!

[cannabis_flower]

7. Such memories!

When I was about 11, my sister played Leader of the Pack so much at my cousin's house that my cousin told her she would give it to her if she wouldn't play it again.

When we got home, she played it incessantly. One day I saw my 2 year old brother step on it and break it and she always blamed me because I had complained about her playing it so much. I have to admit I didn't try to stop my brother from breaking it, and wasn't sorry it was broken.

[missingthebigdog]

8. Run, Joey, Run

[Iggo]

45. Daddy please don't. It wasn't his fault.

[Freddie]

9. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro

Break out the Kleenex.

Edited to add: actually this song is about a dead housewife, not a dead teenager.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. I *hated* this song

and still do.

[Still Blue in PDX]

27. The Smothers Brothers "Honey House" skit is one of my favorites. Everyone hated that song! nt

[kwassa]

37. It was hysterical. I still remember it.

[3catwoman3]

29. So did I.

If it happens to come on while I am listeining to an oldies station in the car, I switch immediately.

[captain queeg]

10. Last kiss. The cavaliers

Kind of before my time I think but I had a teenage brother about 6-7 years older and I remember him playing it.

[EX500rider]

24. Song:

[AmandaRuth]

11. Last Days of May - BOC

[sl8]

12. D.O.A. - Bloodrock

From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.O.A._(song)

"D.O.A." (Dead on Arrival) is a morbid song by Texas hard rock band Bloodrock released under Capitol Records in early 1971. The eerie song is about an airplane crash victim and his girlfriend dying on the way to the hospital. The version of "D.O.A." released as a single is roughly half the length of the long album version found on Bloodrock 2. The motivation for writing this song was explained in 2005 by guitarist Lee Pickens. “When I was 17, I wanted to be an airline pilot,” Pickens said. “I had just gotten out of this airplane with a friend of mine, at this little airport, and I watched him take off. He went about 200 feet in the air, rolled and crashed.” The band decided to write a song around the incident and include it on their second album.[1]


In March 1971, many US radio stations and high schools banned "D.O.A.". Despite a lack of airplay, the single still reached number 36 on the Billboard chart.

...

I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air

Laying here
Looking at the ceiling
Someone lays a sheet across my chest
Something warm is flowing down my fingers
Pain is flowing all through my back

I try to move my arm
And there's no feeling
And when I look
I see there's nothing there
The face beside me stopped it totally bleeding
The girl I knew has such a distant stare

I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air
I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air

Then I looked straight at the attendant
His face is pale as it can be
He bends and whispers
Something softly
He says there's no chance for me

I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air
I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air

Life is flowing out my body
Pain is flowing out with my blood
The sheets are red and moist where I'm lying
God in Heaven
Teach me how to die

I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air
I remember
We were flying low
And hit something in the air

[nolabear]

46. I kept the radio on at night in high school and that thing scared me half to death.

[geardaddy]

65. My brother had the 45 of that.

I used to get completely terrified listening to it.

[OilemFirchen]

13. Johnny Don't Do It

[sl8]

15. Pull the Plug - Starz

They left the room for a minute or two
Now I know exactly what I'm going to do
It's been so long since your vital signs went
And you don't look the same in that oxygen tent

Now if I get I get caught
I don't care if I get hung
I can't let my baby linger on in an iron lung
Good-bye my sweet
Understand what I've done
You can't suffer no more if the motor won't run

I pulled the plug
I pulled the plug
Yeah, I pull the plug on my love

I pulled the plug
I pulled the plug
Yeah, I pull the plug on my love

Yeah, something like this...

You look so pale
You've lost so much weight
Well, six months ago was the last time you ate
If you would just smile
My tears would come like a flood
But your heart ain't even pumping
Your body's all done

Now if I get caught
Oh, they can give me the chair
At least I know I didn't just leave you lying there
Good-bye my sweet
Understand what I've done
You can't suffer no more if the motor won't run

I pulled the plug
I pulled the plug
Yeah, I pull the plug on my love

I pulled the plug
I pulled the plug
Yeah, I pull the plug on my love

I pulled the plug
I pulled the plug
Yeah, I pull the plug on my love

I pulled the plug
I pulled the plug
Hey, hey, hey, I pull the plug on my love

Oh, I pulled the plug

[lunasun]

16. Don't fear the reaper boc

https://m.

[ret5hd]

17. Pepper

[Leith]

18. Where Oh Where Can My Baby Be?

[Ms. Toad]

35. That'st the one that jumped into my mind. n/t

[ailsagirl]

41. Another creepy song

Especially that eerie, wavering soprano in the background

[saidsimplesimon]

20. This is a fun thread, anna

How about a Classic C&W? 1959

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[teach1st]

22. Wonderful

[annabanana]

38. Oh my yes.

That one makes it sound cheerful.

[EX500rider]

21. Indiana Wants Me-R.Dean Taylor

[saidsimplesimon]

25. This is one of my favs as well.

Then there is Janis Joplin. It has been said that she died of a broken heart.

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[teach1st]

23. Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton

When the mist's a-rising
And the rain is falling
And the wind is blowing cold across the moor
I hear the voice of my darlin'
The girl I loved and lost a year ago

[cloudbase]

26. Ebony Eyes

Everly Brothers

[Anon-C]

28. The Perfect Kiss

[Eugene]

30. Emma (Emmaline) - Hot Chocolate

[TygrBright]

31. Rolling Stones: "Paint It Black"

helpfully,
Bright

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

32. Must not forget pre-disco BeeGees - they had lotsa fun death subjects like mining disaster and

this one about a murderer about to be executed - but served up in a sickenly saccharine kind of way. Needless to say, the 13 yr old me was QUITE smitten!

[Squinch]

33. Johnny Angel - Shelly Fabares

[Glorfindel]

34. Running Bear - 1960

[TheSmarterDog]

36. Jim Carroll - People Who Died

The Buoys - Timothy (p) 1971

[Archae]

39. Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun

(snrrrk)

[ailsagirl]

42. In Patches, the boyfriend decides to kill himself

Really morbid

[Wolf Frankula]

43. Rocky by Austin Roberts

"Rocky, I've never had to die before."

I once worked where that was ALWAYS followed by somebody saying, "You'll manage."

Wolf

[FrankfurtCat]

47. Fly High Michelle- Enuff Z Nuff (1989)

[malthaussen]

48. Everything the Shangri-Las ever recorded. n/t

[EX500rider]

49. Diamond Smiles-Boomtown Rats

Traffic's wild tonight
Diamond smiles her cocktail smile
Tonight she's in heavy disquise
She looks at her wrist to clock the passing time

Weather's mild tonight
She wonders do they notice her eyes
She wonders will her glamour survive
And can they see she's going down a third time

Everybody tries
It's Dale Carnegie gone wild
But Barbara Cartland's child
Long ago perfected the motionless glide

In the low voltage noise
Diamond seems so sure and so poised
She shimmers for the bright young boys
And laugh's "Love is for others, but me it destroys"

The girl in the cake
Jumped out too soon by mistake
Somebody said the whole thing's half baked
And Diamond lifts her glass and says "cheers"

She stands to the side
There's no more to this than meets the eye
Everybody drinks Martini dry
And talks about clothes and the latest styles

They said she did it
With grace
They said she did it
With style
They said she did it all
Before she died
Oh No
I remember Diamond's smile

Nobody saw her go
They said they should have noticed
'cos her dress was cut so low
Well it only goes to show
Ha, ha, how many real men any of us know

She went up the stairs
Stood up on the vanity chair
Tied her lame belt around the chandelier
And went out kicking at the perfumed air

They said she did it
With grace
They said she did it
With style
They said she did it all
Before she died
Oh No
I remember Diamond's smile

[Nac Mac Feegle]

59. I Don't Like Mondays

Also by the Boomtown Rats

[Laffy Kat]

50. This one is a real dog, but "I Want My Baby Back"

Sorry.

[mainstreetonce]

51. Darcy Farrow

John
Denver

[mainstreetonce]

52. Whiskey Lullabye

brad Paisley

[mainstreetonce]

56. He stopped Loving Her Today

George Jones

[aquamarina]

53. Billy Don't be a Hero

[lkinwi]

54. One of my favorites 1974- Billy Dont be a Hero

https://m.

[MontanaMama]

55. Just Like Heaven.

By The Cure.

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
Found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me

[anneboleyn]

57. Blasphemous Rumors Depeche Mode

Blasphemous Rumours
Depeche Mode

Girl of sixteen
Whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists
Bored with life
Didn't succeed
Thank the Lord
For small mercies
Fighting back the tears
Mother reads the note again
Sixteen candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame
It's always the same
She goes down on her knees
And prays
I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing
I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing
Girl of eighteen
Fell in love with everything
Found new life in Jesus Christ
Hit by a car
Ended up
On a life support machine
Summer's day
As she passed away
Birds were singing
In the summer's sky
Then came the rain
And once again
A tear fell
From her mother's eye
I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing
I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing
I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing
I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing
I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing

[lunasun]

60. Good pick . Forgot about that one

[NBachers]

58. Billy and Sue - BJ Thomas & the Triumphs

[LeftInTX]

61. DOA by Bloodrock

This was on the charts when I was in driver's ed! (Lovely!!!)
This video was made by the group later in 1986.

[MiltonBrown]

62. This version of 'Teen Angel' is both great and hilarious IMO

[lunasun]

63. Wayfaring Stranger old song newer cover

older version

all good either way more of dying song than death i guess
does that count?

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

66. Yeah- very nice - could go in that"what songs to play at yr funeral "thread I saw somewhere nt

[lunasun]

64. another dying not dead yet song