Have you guys noticed the songs (like "ring around the rosie" or "london bridge is falling down") that we sang so happily as kids are actually extremely scary and dark? Yet people who do acnolish this pretend its funny and sing anyway. I always thought this was weird.

Give your opinion and additional examples of creepy songs. (they dont have to be childhood songs, just creepy songs

There's a Brazilian child song called "I threw the stick on the cat"
O.o

They actually song about throwing sticks at innocent cats


Also, hooray! Not 5 minutes go by and I already got a comment!

"Have you seen the ghost of John?
Long white bones with the skin all gone!

Oooo! Oooo!
Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?"

It's a weird song. The "crude" translation would be something like this: I spoilered because of its content (it's not above pg-13, but it still may make some people angry. They're trying to ban this song or change it (the thing is people sang this non xalantly (sp?) ever since grandparents were kids. NOW they're trying to do something about this song.

I threw the stick on the cat-cat-cat
But the cat-cat-cat didn't die-die-die
Miss Chica-ca was amased-sed-sed
By the cry, by the cry the Cat gave

Um... yeah. That's a pretty demented song. :/

If you've ever played Dead Space, then you know about how creepy they made "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Ring Around the Rosie" sound. A truly terrifying game. I'd post some links to the songs, but I don't know how appropriate that would be, seeing how it's a gruesome game.

And if you've ever played Lost Odyssey, then you may remember these two songs that play in the Old Sorceress' Mansion. I feel better about linking to them since it's a less... um... horribly graphic game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAML2WYLrYc&feature=relmfu -Old Sorceress' Mansion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CwebIy8UIc&feature=relmfu -Space Distortion

I thought that song was creepy too! Poor Janice.
Anyway I always thought Rock-a-bye baby was creepy. There is also a game in Japan called Kagome Kagome which involves singing a song when going in a circle. The person in the middle is supposed to be a demon and name the person behind them when the song ends.

The teddy bear picnic song always gave me the creeps.

And I got a Silly Songs CD, listened to it. Listening to the words of some of those, though the tunes are upbeat the lyrics are just scary in a way.

"The Cat Came Back the Very Next Day":

"The man around the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight,
He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite;
He waited and he waited for the cat to come around,
Ninety seven pieces of the man is all they found."
-2nd verse of the song.

"Found a Peanut" mentions going the other way after already being rejected from heaven. So needless to say children's songs can be creepy.


Also Bioshock made some songs creepy if you listen to them in that game for those that have played. "How Much is that Doggy in the Window?" And if you play listen carefully the second time you meet a Little Sister and Big Daddy to the song she sings "Mr. Bubbles. This is the part where you are asked "Would you kindly lower your weapon"

What about "Alouette"? The French song teaching body parts? It's about PLUCKING THE FEATHERS OUT OF A LARK'S BODY!

Did you know "ring around the rosie" is actually about the Black Plague in England? There were too many people dying from the disease to berry them all, so they put flowers (posies) in corpses' pockets so that they wouldn't smell as bad when they burned the piles of bodies. Kinda morbid...
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Why are kids singing this!?!?!



Que Strong Sad singing!

I just relized how disturbing this thread this.

What? Did the mass grave fires give it away?


Turns out that's not true. My world just crumbled.
http://nicolaa5.tripod.com/articles/rosie.html

Be careful what you wish for...

Tht ones just rubbing salt in the wound

Sorry
I didn't mean to strike a sour note there.
Let's all just make make up and be friends, OK? OK!

I-I was joking, no need to apoligize

Well I know one where the lyrics aren't exactly creepy but the video will give me nightmares. It's german and it's english translation is "Everything has one end except a sausage which has two" (yes I know that's a lie but...) the thing is the song in question is very um...*ahem* adult and little German children sing this song and it's taught to those learning German in university.