A quick list, and then I really need to actually do my job while I'm at my job....
Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun
Jay-Z - 99 Problems
Kurupt - Behind the Walls (it's a song about the HBO show Oz, but it involves prisons, so....)
Mark Chesnutt - Bubbe Shot the Jukebox (glancing reference to LE)
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
Notorious B.I.G - Mo Money, Mo Problems (glancing reference to LE)
Snoop Dogg - Murder Was the Case
System of a Down - Prison Song
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Damn, nobody said NWA’s Fuck Tha Police yet.
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Pardon me if a lot of this is grossly offensive and wrong; but it might add breadth to your effort.
“Dead Cops,” MDC, 1982
“Police Truck,” Dead Kennedys, 1980
“I Fought the Law,” sonny Curtis, best covered by The Clash in ‘77
“Know Your Rights,” The Clash, 1982
“In the City,” The Jam, 77
“X Offender,” Blondie, 76
Ignore Alien Orders
Couple more I found skimming through my iTunes library.
Songs about or mentioning police/police interaction:
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Anti-Flag - Police Brutality
NOFX - Puke on Cops
The Clash - I Fought the Law
Judas Priest - Breaking the Law
House of Pain - Jump Around
Songs about jail/court:
Murder By Death - At the End of the Road
Slash - 30 Years to Life
Both, sort of:
Jamey Johnson - High Cost of Living
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What about:
Vicki Lawrence/Reba McEntire - "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Darth_Uno beat me to one of my favorite songs. I'm a big fan of non mainstream country. These are just a few I can think of..
Lots of songs about prison.. I particularly like Chris Stapleton's "Death Row"
another haunting one is "Billy Austin" by Steve Earle...
Robert Earl Keen Jr's.. song "Shades of Gray".. has it all, booze, weed, stolen cattle, tryin to get to Mexico, getting busted by the Feds..
you've got Chris LeDoux's light hearted "Photo Finish"..
and finally, we have "Bible on the Dash" by Corb Lund... a funny song about fooling the cops and border patrol.
added on edit.. my favorite funny cop chase song... CW McCall's "CJ5 with a 4 wheel drive"....
Last edited by AKDoug; 09-24-2019 at 01:11 AM.
Junior Brown also has "My wife thinks you're dead".. with a police reference in the chorus.Originally Posted by BehindBlueI's
What immediately popped into my head had to do with tin soldiers.....
Ohio, by Neil Young.
I’ll provide links to make it easier
Rick James-Mr. Police
https://youtu.be/qUKYiOfFCHo
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg-187 On An Undercover Cop
https://youtu.be/q_rQ7bFJhuw
Denzel Curry-Narcotics
https://youtu.be/oX2nLrTN8yM
Akon-Locked Up
https://youtu.be/14PgWitIbSk
Body Count (Ice T)-Cop Killer
https://youtu.be/Vu1vrb-cvwU
Social Distortion-Prison Bound
Social Distortion-99 to Life
John Prine-Christmas in Prison
Johnny Cash/Waylon Jennings-There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
Tom T. Hall-A Week Inside a Country Jail
Springsteen-Johnny 99
T.O.N.E.Z./Gangstagrass-On the Run
Last edited by Hambo; 09-24-2019 at 06:28 AM.
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