Rock Songs About Death

Danny elfman has gone on to become the premier music man for movies mainly tim burton films and other whimsical endeavors the simpsons theme in the 80s he fronted the band oingo boingo and even performed this hit in rodney dangerfield s back to school.

Rock songs about death. The sullen tones of blues the vivacious antics of jazz the earthly lyrics of country music and the honest declarations of rock music have all contemplated over the meaning of death and how it takes away the ones that we hold dearest in our lives. Life without you by stevie ray vaughan. What follows are 20 of the finest songs about death kicking the bucket biting the dust buying the farm and catching the last train for the coast. Clapton wrote this mournful guitar ballad about his four year old son conor who died on march 20 1991 after he fell out of a window of an apartment on the 53rd floor in new york city.

That being said the inevitability of death has always inspired musicians and has surpassed every perceived genre. For a dancer by jackson browne. Tears in heaven by eric clapton. This funeral rock song was released in 2007 making it a more contemporary tribute for a loved one and a fitting modern rock song for a funeral.

Linkin park s melancholic song shadow of the day describes the difficulty of letting someone go when they are close to death. May these morbid faves live on forever. Though death and dying are sad subjects they are part of life and these pop songs may even help you through a tough time. This list of pop songs about death is ranked from the best to the worst by music fans and pop music aficionados.

Aerosmith i don t wanna miss a thing. Brendan s death song by red hot chili peppers. The skeleton mariachi band in the. Song about death no.

This list has all the best pop songs about death and even includes each song s music video. Song for josh by frank turner. I ll be missing you by diddy faith evans 112. The beatles were so fucking high they let ringo sing a few tunes bill hicks.

Return by ok go. Elephant by jason isbell. Fire and rain by james taylor. Famously written about the death of clapton s young son in 1987 this won a slew of grammys upon release in 1993 including song of the year and is arguably one of the most memorably moving.

64 songs about the death of a friend. If any song can pump life into a dying party it s this one about death.