I'm completely obsessed with songs about obsession- so much so that I'm writing a screenplay for a short about a celebrity stalker for my dramatic writing class. So I was dreaming that it would be an actual movie and now I need to pick the soundtrack, and a good one, 'cause otherwise MTV won't endorse it (haha).
What I have so far:
Escape- Enrique Iglesias
Every Breath You Take- Police
Possesion- Sarah McLachlan
Loom- Ani DiFranco
Secret- Maroon 5
Blondie: One Way or Another
run for you life by the beatles
Smashing Pumpkins: Ava Adore
Barenaked Ladies- The Old Apartment
Everything but the Girl- Missing
...and I've bookmarked a bunch of sites that list stalker songs. What have you got?
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"I am tired of being your savior/ And I am tired of telling you why"- ani difranco, "Origami"
hahaha, stalker songs, thats great. now i want to listen to your list! the only song that instantly comes to my mind is another police song- don't stand so close to me.
Young teacher the subject Of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him so badly Knows what she wants to be Inside her there's longing This girl's an open page Book marking She's so close now This girls is half his age
Don't stand to close to me
la la la la
i think its a very classic obsession song, although for a true stalker song, i like to think of the soundtracks to Halloween and other Jason type horror movies.
Thinking, of an offspring or greenday song. she's drunk again and ready to score....
I had a semi stalker dedicate this song to me (not because of the above line, that is all I can remember right now. Haha) Needless to say that song makes me think S T A L K E R !
Skipping beats, flashing jeeps I am struggling Daydreaming, been sitting, the corner cafe And I'm left in bits, recovered tectonic, trembling You get me everytime
Why'd you have to be so cute It's impossible to ignore you Must you make me laugh so much It's bad enough we get along so well Say goodnight and go
Follow you home You've got your headphones on And your dancing Got lucky, beautiful shot You're taking everything off
Watch the curtains, wide open And you fall in the same routine Flicking through the TV Relaxed and reclining And you think you're alone
Oh why'd you have to be so cute It's impossible to ignore you Must you make me laugh so much It's bad enough we get along so well Say goodnight and go
One of these days You'll miss your train, and come stay with me It's always say goodnight and go We'll have drinks and talk about things And any excuse to stay awake with you You'd sleep here, I'd sleep there But then the heating may be down again At my convenience We'd be good, we'd be great together Go
Why'd you have to be so cute It's impossible to ignore you Must you make me laugh so much It's bad enough we get along so well Say goodnight and go
Isn't there a song by that guy that was on American Idol about hiding in the closet? ETA: Found it. Clay Aiken-Invisible. "If I was invisibleThen I could just watch you in your room" Just one of the fine lyrics to this song .-- Edited by theotherjess at 14:19, 2005-09-11
Can I just say I've had the crappiest weekend ever (even though its my freaking b-day) and just the topic of this post made me laugh. But I loved being reminded of this song Jess and it made me laugh outloud. Now I want to go download some of these songs.
theotherjess wrote: Isn't there a song by that guy that was on American Idol about hiding in the closet? ETA: Found it. Clay Aiken-Invisible. "If I was invisibleThen I could just watch you in your room" Just one of the fine lyrics to this song .-- Edited by theotherjess at 14:19, 2005-09-11 Can I just say I've had the crappiest weekend ever (even though its my freaking b-day) and just the topic of this post made me laugh. But I loved being reminded of this song Jess and it made me laugh outloud. Now I want to go download some of these songs.
Glad to be of service .
I never knew there were so many stalker songs! Creepy...
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This is a semi-hijack, but after my ex husband & I split up he made me a CD of all kinds of songs - he called it a swan song CD. I still laugh every single time I pick it up - I listen to it every once in a while to remind me how insane he really was & how he didn't really know me at all - afterall, if he was trying to get me back, wouldn't he have made a cd full of songs I liked???? ( my new husband noted this when i let him listen to it, i thought he had a good point).
I could list the songs for you but I don't think they are really "stalker" songs, just pitiful ones! LOL
Editted to add: I think what you are doing is so cool!
-- Edited by laken1 at 10:27, 2005-09-12
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On a humorous note, I love Goldfinger's "Stalker" -- Now I have it in my head (oh oh oh she's out of her tree-ee ...)
ooh ooh ooh ohhhhhhhhhhh WOO!!!
she calls me on the phone hoping that im home (and that im all alone) but when i say hello i only hear dial tones (she thinks that im her own) out side my window she crept watching my every step ooh ooh ooh shes following me ooh ooh ooh shes out of her tree ooh ooh ooh shes off of her rocker I wanna marry my stalker ooh ooh ooh ohhhhhhh ooh ooh ooh WOO!!! sometimes she says shes my mom looks like she doesnt belong (shes my own peeping tom) flowers everyday the cops theytell her to stay 500 feet away she sleeps on my door step she hasnt heard me yet ooh ooh ooh shes following me ooh ooh ooh shes out of her tree ooh ooh ooh shes off of her rocker I wanna marry my I wanna marry my I wanna marry my stalker this morning she wasnt there I hope she still cares I almost gave up hope but today i awoke to a private note She said shes going to jail for going through my mail but she'll stay on my trail ooh ooh ooh shes following me ooh ooh ooh shes out of her tree ooh ooh ooh shes off of her rocker i wanna marry my stalker ooh ooh ooh shes following me ooh ooh ooh shes out of her tree ooh ooh ooh shes off of her rocker I wanna marry my I wanna marry my I wanna marry my stalker ooh ooh ooh ohhhhh i wanna marry my stalker
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This is a semi-hijack, but after my ex husband & I split up he made me a CD of all kinds of songs - he called it a swan song CD. I still laugh every single time I pick it up - I listen to it every once in a while to remind me how insane he really was & how he didn't really know me at all - afterall, if he was trying to get me back, wouldn't he have made a cd full of songs I liked???? ( my new husband noted this when i let him listen to it, i thought he had a good point). I could list the songs for you but I don't think they are really "stalker" songs, just pitiful ones! LOL Editted to add: I think what you are doing is so cool! -- Edited by laken1 at 10:27, 2005-09-12
Thanks. I just hope I can really get it off the ground once I'm finished with the class (early January). When it's done, I'll post a link to the treatment & script. Keep the suggestions coming! These are great!
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My favorite stalker song is Shadow by the Burden Brothers. And when they do it live... swoon! I want to be stalked by them (or a certain guitar player but I suppose that's another thread:wink). I bolded my favorite part. Is it kind of sick that I want to be stalked? Granted by a rock star but still...
I don't want to tie you down I don't want to break your stride So if you got to go then go And I will be the shadow at your side You know I got to find out Just what you're made of So this is your song now This is your song now
And I am the shadow at your side I am the shadow
So won't you put a light on And put it in your window To let me know you're at home To let me know you're alone Know that I am waiting Always watching Let me follow Let me follow
My favorite stalker song is Shadow by the Burden Brothers. And when they do it live... swoon! I want to be stalked by them (or a certain guitar player but I suppose that's another thread:wink). I bolded my favorite part. Is it kind of sick that I want to be stalked? Granted by a rock star but still... I don't want to tie you downI don't want to break your strideSo if you got to go then goAnd I will be the shadow at your sideYou know I got to find outJust what you're made ofSo this is your song nowThis is your song nowAnd I am the shadow at your sideI am the shadowSo won't you put a light onAnd put it in your windowTo let me know you're at homeTo let me know you're aloneKnow that I am waitingAlways watchingLet me followLet me followAnd I am the shadow at your sideI am the shadowLet me follow youI willLet me follow youLet meAnd I am the shadow at your sideI am the shadow
OMG- that song is so creepy that it's my new favorite!! I have to go download it right now!!
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"I am tired of being your savior/ And I am tired of telling you why"- ani difranco, "Origami"
blubirde wrote: My favorite stalker song is Shadow by the Burden Brothers. And when they do it live... swoon! I want to be stalked by them (or a certain guitar player but I suppose that's another thread:wink). I bolded my favorite part. Is it kind of sick that I want to be stalked? Granted by a rock star but still... I don't want to tie you downI don't want to break your strideSo if you got to go then goAnd I will be the shadow at your sideYou know I got to find outJust what you're made ofSo this is your song nowThis is your song nowAnd I am the shadow at your sideI am the shadowSo won't you put a light onAnd put it in your windowTo let me know you're at homeTo let me know you're aloneKnow that I am waitingAlways watchingLet me followLet me followAnd I am the shadow at your sideI am the shadowLet me follow youI willLet me follow youLet meAnd I am the shadow at your sideI am the shadow OMG- that song is so creepy that it's my new favorite!! I have to go download it right now!!
It's a great song. Let me know if you can't find it and I'll email it to you.