Sunday, August 10, 2008

Theme - Prisons

Songs about Prisons, being Arrested and Execution
(which may get divided at some later point).

I'd like to dedicate this list to John Forté, who is, I believe, at least halfway through serving his prison time. His album, I, John, was recorded in between his conviction and sentencing. It was one of my favorite albums of 2002.

"Watch your walk and what you rep Man, these walls got ears
Forget 10 years, I'm off to trial
Suited up and smiled
And if i'm gone, let the songs that I write walk the miles"

  • 18 and Life - Skid Row - (Skid Row)
  • 25 Minutes to Go - Johnny Cash
  • 54-46 Was My Number - Toots and the Maytals
  • Arkansas State Prison - Bobby Womack - (My Perscription)
  • Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders - (Learning To Crawl)
  • Bastille Day - Rush - (Caress Of Steel)
  • Biko - Peter Gabriel - (Peter Gabriel) , covered by Simple Minds
  • Billy Austin - Steve Earle - (The Hard Way)
  • Black Steel in the Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy - (It Takes A Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back) , covered by Tricky
  • Care of Cell 44 - The Zombies - (Odessey and Oracle)
  • Chain Gang Special - Woody Guthrie
  • Christmas in Prison - John Prine - (A John Prine Christmas)
  • Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash
  • Dad, I'm in Jail - Was (Not Was) - (What Up, Dog?)
  • Dead Man Walking - Bruce Springsteen - (Dead Man Walking Soundtrack)
  • Ellis Unit One - Steve Earle - (Dead Man Walking Soundtrack/Sidetracks)
  • Ether - Gang Of Four - (Entertainment!)
  • Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti - (Expensive Shit)
  • Fish in the Jailhouse - Tom Waits - (Orphans)
  • Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
  • Free Satpal Ram - Asian Dub Foundation - (Rafi's Revenge)
  • General Penitentiary - Black Uhuru - (Guess Who's Coming To Diner)
  • Go To Jail - R.L. Burnside - (A Bothered Mind)
  • Hallowed Be They Name - Iron Maiden - (Number of the Beast)
  • He's Doing Time In Jail - Wesley Willis
  • High Plains Drifter - Beastie Boys - (Paul's Boutique)
  • Holloway Jail - The Kinks - (Muswell Hillbillies)
  • House of the Rising Son - The Animals
  • Hurricane - Bob Dylan
  • I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller Four, covered by The Clash
  • I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan
  • I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Treat Her Right
  • I've Got Stripes - Johnny Cash
  • In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmy Rogers, covered by The Soggy Bottom Boys
  • Jailbird - Primal Scream
  • Jailbreak - AC/DC
  • Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy - (Jailbreak)
  • Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
  • John Walker's Blues - Steve Earle - (Jerusalem)
  • The Language Of Violence - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - (Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury)
  • Locked Up - Akon
  • Long Black Veil - Johnny Cash
  • Mercy Seat - Nick Cave, covered by Johnny Cash
  • The Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Penitentiary - Citizen Cope
  • Pray Them Bars Away - Lee Hazelwood
  • Prison Bound - Social Distortion
  • Prison on Route 41 - Iron and Wine
  • Prison Sex - Tool - (Undertow)
  • Prison Song - System Of A Down
  • Riot in Cell Block #9 - The Robins
  • Rude Boys Outta Jail - The Specials
  • San Quentin - Johnny Cash
  • Shut In At Christmas - The Louvin Brothers
  • Sonny's Lettah - Linton Kwesi Johnson
  • Stay Free - The Clash
  • Stem/Long Stem - DJ Shadow - (Endtroducing...)
  • Thirty Days in the Hole - Humble Pie
  • The Tower - Ice-T - (O.G.: Original Gangster)
  • What Jail Is Like - Afghan Whigs
  • Work Song - Nina Simone

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Stay Free-the Clash

Shut in at Christmas-Louvin Bros

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