Heist/ crime songs


Just listened to Charlie Robisons “desperate times” great heist gone wrong song , right up there with “the road goes on forever “ I can’t really think of any popular or rock for that matter crime tunes. They’re all Americana or country .?

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The Escape of Old John Webb - Kingston Trio - better than Tom Dooley

Street Fighting Man - Stones

Ring Cycle by Wagner - theft, fraud, slaving, rape, theft, murder, incest, murder, fraud - and that’s before the last opera opens

 

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

Jimmy Hendrix - Hey Joe

The Clash - Bank Robber, Tommy Gun

Ween - Buenas Tardes Amigo

The Smiths - Suffer little children

Sonic Youth - Death Valley 69

Judas Priest - Breaking the Law

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Grateful Dead - Dupree's Diamond Blues; Stagger Lee; El Paso; Mexicali Blues

Bob Dylan - Pretty Boy Floyd