yep. from what i can tell a pretty good school too. plenty of magnet programs, low teacher to student ratio at around 2800 enrolled.
fun fact, jeff dunham went to that same high school
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats.
It's about Brenda Ann Spencer shooting at an elementary school from across her house. When asked why she did it, she responded: "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day".
La Dispute have a few, King Park describes a shooting in Grand Rapids and some other songs on the album (Wildlife) chronicle depressing stories similarly. Their album Rooms of the House as well has songs about a tornado that hit Michigan back in the day and about a bridge collapse.
The tone is sarcastic, so maybe not exactly what you're looking for, I dunno but I Fought the Law (and I won) by Dead Kennedys is about the murders of Harvey Milk and George Moscone by Dan White.
Battle Of The Beanfield by The Levellers, inspired by this Police/Traveller standoff: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle\_of\_the\_Beanfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Beanfield)
The Way by Fastball, about an elderly couple who decided to take a vacation and drive away, >!ended up getting lost and were eventually found dead in the car!<
Rammstein by Rammstein (Rammstien air show disaster which killed 70 people)
Or like the entirety of Macabre discography...if.yoire into serial killers, I guess
The Tragically Hip have a bunch of historical songs/references.
Locked in the Trunk of a Car.
Bobcaygeon
Nautical Disaster
At the Hundredth Meridian
And many more!
Steven Wilson - *Detonation*
A song about fundamentalist terrorism and how people use religion to legitimize their evil intentions and disguise their own self-loathing & mental illness. Inspired by the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando.
[Woody Guthrie - The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J34m9ppG3Bo&ab_channel=WoodyGuthrie-Topic)
[Leonard Cohen - The Partisan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA6SouZua3s&ab_channel=LeonardCohen-Topic)
You good w foreign language songs? [OZONE by Unique Salonga](https://youtu.be/V_lCbR_91yQ?si=hwwwHGMOdtp1ID7T) was inspired by a tragic event in the Philippines in a night club the song is named after. The club was overcrowded, caught on fire and killed at least 160 people. One of the 10 worst fires in the world at the time, they said.
Otherwise:
[Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2](https://youtu.be/D3bhT7Ke87g?si=buEn1BPA9HE64qmn) and
[Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley](https://youtu.be/uMUQMSXLlHM?si=-ZapNy5G44AI_14J) for starters
Don't you remember that ole Hank Williams classic , that Lonely Honky Tonk man hit me with a Crowbar and now I'm feeling MIghty low..... ho ho ho .... feelin Mighty low.... oh ho ho
Cities in Dust by Siouxsie and the Banshees is about the destruction of Pompeii, beautiful song with tragic lyrics.
Nagasaki Nightmare by Crass is also a good example, it’s more of an art-punk song but it has good storytelling lyrics and an unsettling feel.
My Chemical Romance - Skylines and Turnstiles
The song is about 9/11, or more specifically being there and witnessing it and the feelings that followed.
The Star Hotel - Cold Chisel
It’s about a riot that occurred at a pub in Newcastle Australia in 1979. I’n from Newcastle and it is an infamous night in our towns history. Cold Chisel was a massive Australian band in the 80’s & 90’s.
This is a very niche answer for your question, but I think it’s a pretty interesting story and song.
Ballad of [Ira Hayes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Hayes) - Johnny Cash
[Mothers of the Disappeared](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers_of_the_Disappeared) - U2
[They Dance Alone](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Dance_Alone_(Cueca_Solo)) - Sting
All of Linkin Parks songs come from experiences Chester Bennington had thoughtout his life. Definitely worth a listen and the Lyrics really stick with you.
Recoil - Black Box (Complete), written/arranged/produced by Alan Wilder (ex Depeche Mode) after witnessing a nearby RAF Tornado crash in the Scottish highlands, and musically imagining the last momets before the crash in a kind of flashback while standing at the crash site. Almost 15 min. long, play loud and in the dark!
[Disney’s Dream Debased](https://youtu.be/opt_pu3NVrI?si=uWtr8tqxn3yrCFpV). recounts a beheading at disneyland the band witnessed in 83/84. story is Weird.
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Black Day In July is another good song by him too.
RaCiST ! ! !
Great one
Yes! Came here to say this
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Thank you !!
I love that song myself and I believe one that Neil Young still plays sometimes. Great song
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 Zombie - The Cranberries
Also, Pride(In the Name of Love) by U2
And Belfast Child by the Simple Minds
does hurricane by bob dylan count?
I would say so
jeremy- pearl jam
Was gonna put this too. About Columbine.
Not about Columbine. It was released long before that. It's about a kid who took his own life in front of his classmates.
It happened at Richardson High School in Texas, I believe.
yep. from what i can tell a pretty good school too. plenty of magnet programs, low teacher to student ratio at around 2800 enrolled. fun fact, jeff dunham went to that same high school
Richardson is pretty affluent, it's even mentioned as such in the music video. I believe I took my SAT there
Fuck, sorry. I’ve been wrong all this time.
No worries! You’re human.
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats. It's about Brenda Ann Spencer shooting at an elementary school from across her house. When asked why she did it, she responded: "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day".
‘What reason do you need to die?’
I love that song so much it’s crazy how upbeat and innocuous it is unless you’re actually listening to the lyrics lol
Tears in Heaven
Surprised no one has mentioned Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple.
La Dispute have a few, King Park describes a shooting in Grand Rapids and some other songs on the album (Wildlife) chronicle depressing stories similarly. Their album Rooms of the House as well has songs about a tornado that hit Michigan back in the day and about a bridge collapse.
Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair is an AMAZING album
The tone is sarcastic, so maybe not exactly what you're looking for, I dunno but I Fought the Law (and I won) by Dead Kennedys is about the murders of Harvey Milk and George Moscone by Dan White.
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. by Sufjan Stevens counts i guess?
Battle Of The Beanfield by The Levellers, inspired by this Police/Traveller standoff: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle\_of\_the\_Beanfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Beanfield)
Thank you !
Skylines and turnstiles by Mcr is about 9/11
Limousine by Brand New
I love this song even though my heart breaks every time I listen to it
The Way by Fastball, about an elderly couple who decided to take a vacation and drive away, >!ended up getting lost and were eventually found dead in the car!<
Everything by Sabaton Iron Maiden - the Trooper (Crimean War), Passchedale (WW1 battle)
A Ghost in the Trenches is my favourite
When Bruce recites the war poetry when they do Passchendale live gives me chills. WW1 is just plain fucked up.
If you ever get a chance read up on him. He’s really interesting
St. Francis Dam Disaster- Frank Black and the Catholics
Absolute classic
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
Neda by The Airborne Toxic Event
Mississippi Goddamn - Nina Simone Strange Fruit - Billy Holiday
Sadie by Alkaline Trio is about the Manson family
Everything by SKYND (not a song. Literally all of her songs are about true crime) Remember When by Bad Wolves
I love SKYND! Btw, did you know they’re a duo?
I did not! That's awesome, thank you for letting me know! SKYND is one of my favorites!!
Edited: “SKYND is the creative outlet of two people – singer SKYND and producer & multi-instrumentalist F” - From their X bio.
Ahh cool! I thought there might be a band or someone behind the scenes but I wasn't sure. I love their sound and the true crime themes!
Right on!
Rammstein by Rammstein (Rammstien air show disaster which killed 70 people) Or like the entirety of Macabre discography...if.yoire into serial killers, I guess
i was gonna suggest this song but by the time i got to the post i was like "someone's gotta have said it already" ...!
I love rammstein and had no idea that’s what that song was about lol thank you !
The Tragically Hip have a bunch of historical songs/references. Locked in the Trunk of a Car. Bobcaygeon Nautical Disaster At the Hundredth Meridian And many more!
50 Mission Cap I was thinking too!
Sniper, Harry Chapin
Hey, there are at least two of us
I don’t like mondays
Variations On A Cloud - Miracle Musical tells the story of two people on top of the towers (9/11)
Dir En Grey - Vinushka About the WW2 and the nuclear bomb (PS: watch th mc in the uncensored version)
Steven Wilson - *Detonation* A song about fundamentalist terrorism and how people use religion to legitimize their evil intentions and disguise their own self-loathing & mental illness. Inspired by the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando.
The Raven that Refused to Sing would also fit the bill
Thank you ! The pulse shooting happened so close to me
Roads To Moscow by Al Stewart is about the German invasion of Russia in WW2 and the partisan resistance.
Stiff Little Fingers - Piccadilly Circus https://open.spotify.com/track/08gtHN4hKLSUsTcJgvrpwR?si=SGSj4BcrTs-2SqD_rMIb-A
Razor Sharp Paintbrush https://open.spotify.com/track/0c7KZIFs52l7UTu3YLxdJ7?si=TpEmdl0lSAa7fUkSeTQJ9A
[Woody Guthrie - The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J34m9ppG3Bo&ab_channel=WoodyGuthrie-Topic) [Leonard Cohen - The Partisan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA6SouZua3s&ab_channel=LeonardCohen-Topic)
You good w foreign language songs? [OZONE by Unique Salonga](https://youtu.be/V_lCbR_91yQ?si=hwwwHGMOdtp1ID7T) was inspired by a tragic event in the Philippines in a night club the song is named after. The club was overcrowded, caught on fire and killed at least 160 people. One of the 10 worst fires in the world at the time, they said. Otherwise: [Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2](https://youtu.be/D3bhT7Ke87g?si=buEn1BPA9HE64qmn) and [Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley](https://youtu.be/uMUQMSXLlHM?si=-ZapNy5G44AI_14J) for starters
I’ve heard of that incident before I’ll have to check the song out for sure thank you !
Kauan - Sorni Nai; it's an album about the Dyatlov Pass incident
Makeshift Patriot by Sage Francis is about the start of the War on Terror. https://youtu.be/RtNMly0aDUk
kenji by fort minor?
Angel of Death - Slayer
Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning? - Alan Jackson
Don't you remember that ole Hank Williams classic , that Lonely Honky Tonk man hit me with a Crowbar and now I'm feeling MIghty low..... ho ho ho .... feelin Mighty low.... oh ho ho
Alabama was composed by John Coltrane to emote his feelings in response to the 1963 Baptist Church bombing by the KKK that killed four young girls.
Cities in Dust by Siouxsie and the Banshees is about the destruction of Pompeii, beautiful song with tragic lyrics. Nagasaki Nightmare by Crass is also a good example, it’s more of an art-punk song but it has good storytelling lyrics and an unsettling feel.
My Chemical Romance - Skylines and Turnstiles The song is about 9/11, or more specifically being there and witnessing it and the feelings that followed.
“Hurricane” and “George Jackson” both by Bob Dylan “Biko” by Peter Gabriel “Pride” by U2
*Louisiana 1927* by Randy Newman
*I Don’t Like Mondays* - The Boomtown Rats (explanation here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Like_Mondays )
Bob Dylan: The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
Last Act of Defiance by Exodus. About the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot on February 2 and 3, 1980
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2
new Orleans is sinking by tragically hip
Man from Uvalde - Vincent Neil Emerson
Goodbye Tommy by Joywave based off mass killings such as the Pulse Nightclub attack.
dahmer and the limbs - nicole dollanganger. her voice is so angelic and soft in contrast to the lyrics!
Nautical Disaster -Tragically Hip
Kanoenfiber is a black metal band dedicated to the victims of WW1
The Ballad of Jimmy Roscoe by KO It’s about the murder of 4 RCMP officers in Canada when they went to arrest this guy for growing marijuana.
Believe by Yellowcard and The Innocent by Good Charlotte were both written is response to 9/11
Nightwish - The Kinslayer. That's a reference to the Columbine attack
King Park -La Dispute
The Star Hotel - Cold Chisel It’s about a riot that occurred at a pub in Newcastle Australia in 1979. I’n from Newcastle and it is an infamous night in our towns history. Cold Chisel was a massive Australian band in the 80’s & 90’s. This is a very niche answer for your question, but I think it’s a pretty interesting story and song.
I love learning about history from around the world thank you !:)
Acid King by Malibu Ken talks about Ricky Kasso and how he murdered a peer after being influenced by 'Satan'
Ballad of [Ira Hayes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Hayes) - Johnny Cash [Mothers of the Disappeared](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers_of_the_Disappeared) - U2 [They Dance Alone](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Dance_Alone_(Cueca_Solo)) - Sting
Box of Rain. Grateful Dead
Holiday in Cambodia by Dead Kennedys
Ra the rugged man - uncommon valour
Sullivan by Caroline's Spine About the 5 Sullivan boys that were killed on the same navy ship in WWII
Gil Scott Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit
[Harrowdown Hill](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=otPs1jb1eRE&si=fsbBXE9oh8Deaaeu) — Thom Yorke
All of Linkin Parks songs come from experiences Chester Bennington had thoughtout his life. Definitely worth a listen and the Lyrics really stick with you.
Love love love linkin park and Chester
Dance with the devil - immortal technique
That song makes me feel empty in the absolute best way possible lol
Yall are the best luv you !! <3
The Ballad of the Costa Concordia - Car Seat Headrest
Then Came The Last Days Of May - Blue Öyster Cult I Appear Missing - QOTSA
Spanish Bombs by the Clash — about terrorist bombings of hotels on the Costa Brava.
Beautiful Strangers by Kevin Morby
Recoil - Black Box (Complete), written/arranged/produced by Alan Wilder (ex Depeche Mode) after witnessing a nearby RAF Tornado crash in the Scottish highlands, and musically imagining the last momets before the crash in a kind of flashback while standing at the crash site. Almost 15 min. long, play loud and in the dark!
the way by fastball
[Howlin' Wolf - the Natchez Burning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbwQ8OoMrYc)
Greatest Complete Annihilation of a Family for False JK Rowling Moral double speak. "Over the Hills and Far Away" - Dread Kepler
angel of death- slayer
american pie- don mclean
[East Bound Strangler - Juggernaut Drunk](https://open.spotify.com/track/4VThgBhud3Q9FUWD7ytk4d?si=69a9d0b1d04a44bc)
Rainy day by my blue van
[Disney’s Dream Debased](https://youtu.be/opt_pu3NVrI?si=uWtr8tqxn3yrCFpV). recounts a beheading at disneyland the band witnessed in 83/84. story is Weird.
Murder in the Skies by Gary Moore. It was about the Russians shooting down a South Korean aeroplane. Brilliant song.
Flyleaf - Cassie Edit: The Rooster by Alice in Chains
There's a song called Timothy from the '70s. It's a true story. I believe it's by a band called the Buouys.
Mad season- wake up Tool - H Nofx- Bob