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Robin Bannks<p>Murder Ballads</p><p>Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds release their classic on February 5, 1996. Just like the title says .. it's a "crimes of passion" epoch that ended up becoming the band's most successful album. Nick's partner at the time -- PJ Harvey -- helps out and Shane MacGowan and Kylie Minogue are there, too. Listen to Murder Ballads by Nice Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds on Amazon Music ... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nickcaveandthebadseeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nickcaveandthebadseeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/murderballads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murderballads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/altrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>altrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gothicrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gothicrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musicsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicsky</span></a>…</p><p><a href="https://robinbannks.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/murder-ballads/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robinbannks.wordpress.com/2025</span><span class="invisible">/02/05/murder-ballads/</span></a></p>
priryo<p>As a wee aside, "marry me marry me, minister, or else I'll be your priest" is such a gangster line. Tarantino could never.<br><a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/MurderBallads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MurderBallads</span></a></p>
Rachel Cholst<p>HEY! LISTEN: Murder has always been a part of country music, but on Stefanie Joyce's "Resurrection Day," sometimes the person you need to murder is yourself. </p><p><a href="https://adobeandteardrops.com/2023/08/hey-listen-stefanie-joyce-is-reborn-on-rollicking-resurrection-day.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">adobeandteardrops.com/2023/08/</span><span class="invisible">hey-listen-stefanie-joyce-is-reborn-on-rollicking-resurrection-day.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/Americana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americana</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/CountryMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CountryMusic</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/OutlawCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OutlawCountry</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/MurderBallads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MurderBallads</span></a></p>
Siobhán McElduff<p>Enjoying this verse from the Scottish murder ballad 'Jellon Grame'</p><p>My eyes are seething in my head, <br>My flesh roasting also <br>My bowels are boiling with my blood<br>Is that no a woeful woe?</p><p>We just don't write or name ballads like we used to.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ballads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/broadsides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadsides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/murderballads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murderballads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scotland</span></a></p>
Andy Paciorek 💀☕<p>Would like to have ... but way way too expensive ... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MurderBallads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MurderBallads</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Andy Paciorek 💀☕<p>Today's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> delivery ... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MurderBallads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MurderBallads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GraphicNovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicNovel</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
AccordionBruce<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.wales/@mzdt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mzdt</span></a></span> <br>“I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly”<br>by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DirkPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirkPowell</span></a></p><p>“I ain’t playing Pretty Polly or Rosalie McFall <br>I ain’t playing Knoxville Girl, no, none of them at all”</p><p><a href="https://dirkpowellmusic.bandcamp.com/album/when-i-wait-for-you?t=11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dirkpowellmusic.bandcamp.com/a</span><span class="invisible">lbum/when-i-wait-for-you?t=11</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FolkMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FolkMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MurderBallads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MurderBallads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ViolenceAgainstWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViolenceAgainstWomen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensMusic</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NonAccordionContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonAccordionContent</span></a></p>