Earth-Angel Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Ola I'm looking for some songs to put together that specifically mention surgical procedures, hospitals, illness/sickness. Things like Wires by Athlete is a good example, but they needn't be sad songs Thanking you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Farin will soon mention an album by a slimy band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 There's "Plastic Surgery" by Adam And The Ants, but it's pretty grim stuff, tbh. Laced with cruel, ironic humour. A favourite track of mine, Devo - "The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise" might just about, at a pinch, fit the bill. It refers to a cold white (hospital) room, where she (my baby) "picked up a pen from beside her bed and wrote me a scribbled note". Again, the subject matter is a bit, how you might say, darkly humourous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 or maybe longly *drums fingers* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by The Adverts contains plenty of references to procedures, equipment, bandages, hospital rooms, etc. In fact, just send me a CD and I can probably do this compilation myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) Farin will soon mention an album by a slimy band I have no idea what you mean aaaaaaaanyway, I know a certain album by the wonderfull band Eels called "Electro-Shock Blues" that has some songs you could be interested in almost all songs could be used, but just to give some examples: Hospital Food or The Medication's Wearing Off not really 'happy' songs, but they fit the theme Edited October 9, 2008 by Guest okay, so it took a while... sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by The Adverts contains plenty of references to procedures, equipment, bandages, hospital rooms, etc. I would have thought of that one next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I have no idea what you mean You're a big fan of Eels, right? "Slimy" means viscous, slippery, etc. And the eel, it is a slimy fish, and no mistake. aaaaaaaanyway, I know a certain album by the wonderfull band Eels called "Electro-Shock Blues" that has some songs you could be interested in almost all songs could be used, but just to give some examples: Hospital Food or The Medication's Wearing Off not really 'happy' songs, but they fit the theme So, anyway, you get there in the end, one way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 ^ yes, I knew that... it was just my attempt at being funny again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Don Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 But then again there's… Weird Al Yankovic--Like a Surgeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 How about Bowie's "All The Madmen" "Dont set me free, Im as helpless as can be My libidos split on me Gimme some good ole lobotomy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 "The First Cut Is The Deepest" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 ...and of course, "Sister Morphine", The Rolling Stones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Are you interested in songs about mental illness, or just physical illness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumboXL Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I'm looking for some songs to put together that specifically mention surgical procedures, hospitals, illness/sickness. How about dying? Bloodrock's song D.O.A. : Laying here looking at the ceiling Someone lays a sheet across my chest Something warm is flowing down my fingers Pain is flowing all through my back I try to move my arms and there's no feeling And when I look I see there's nothing there The face beside me stopped it totally bleeding The girl I knew has such a distant stare I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air Then I looked straight at the attendant His face is pale as it can be He bends and whispers something softly He says there's no chance for me I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air Life is flowing out my body Pain is flowing out with my blood The sheets are red and moist where I'm lying God in Heaven, teach me how to die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 19th Nervous Breakdown - Rolling Stones Paranoia Blues - Paul Simon St. James Infirmary Blues - Cab Calloway Manic Depression - Hendrix Psychotic Reaction - Count Five Twisted - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Crazy - Patsy Cline They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 The Hospital Song ~ 10cc Nobody sends me birthday cards Nobody brings me flowers I'm just here for operations I've been out for hours When I come to I'll wet my bed `Cos when I get mad I sink so low As matron knows I get off on what you give me, darling I get off on what you give to me Yeh, I get off on what you give me, darling I get off on what you give to me And when I go to that seedy ward Up in the sky You'll be waiting With a hypodermic needle And a graph Here comes the dark (I'm grateful for my anaesthetic) Out goes the spark (Delirious and apathetic) When I come to I'll wet my bed And when I get well I'll take revenge I'll wreak my wrath On all blood donors And their sisters Visiting time and flowers When sister brings that bedpan round I'll p*ss like April showers I get off on what you give me, darling I get off on what you give to me Yeh, I get off on what you give me, darling I get off on what you give to me And when I go I'll die of plaster casting love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 (edited) Here's a considerably less dark song on that subject. Needless to say, if I were doing "hospital time," this is the song I'd prefer. A Part Of Me, A Part Of You (The Hospital Song) - by Danny Lopes, Sr Everytime I look at you I just don't know what to do When I see you Since you came into my life Such a change in me I can't explain Ever since I met you While strollilng through the park one sunny day It was love when I first saw you And this love I really feel down deep inside It's not often that I feel this way But since you came into my life You have now become a part of me And I, a part of you Source: Moe Keale CD Aloha Is A Part of Me - The composer, saw a lovely young girl strolling in a park and was inspired to write this song. She became his first wife, Mary Ann. Daniel Antone Lopes, Sr., a prolific composer, worked for Queen's Hospital 23 years. He volunteered his services after he retired and serenaded many patients with this song that became known as The Hospital Song. Edited October 10, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Are you interested in songs about mental illness, or just physical illness? I'm looking for physical illness songs mostly, but mental illness would count as well Thank you for the ideas so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 how could I forget to mention The Drugs don't Work ~ the Verve also Girl, You have no Faith in Medicine ~ The White Stripes "Medication" or "I think I lost my headache" ~ QotSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 "When Under Ether" - PJ Harvey sounds just the ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I'm looking for physical illness songs mostly, but mental illness would count as well Thank you for the ideas so far! Try "Never Thought" by Roger (RCPM) and "Psychosis" by... guess who. If I was a killer, how would I kill? I'd use the government. If I was a dreamer, what would I dream? I'd dream about yesterday. If I was a dancer, where would I dance? Out in the graveyard! You can say anything that you wanna say Be anything that you wanna be Pray anywhere that you think that you gotta pray, yea. Don't you count on me. If I was a teacher, what would I teach? I'd teach corruption. If I was a preacher, what would I preach? I'd preach hypocrisy. If I was a dancer, where would I dance? Out in the graveyard! You can say anything that you wanna say Be anything that you wanna be Pray anywhere that you think that you gotta pray, yea. Don't you count on me. Me............Yea. If I was a gambler, what would I bet? I'd bet your life. If I was an angel, what would I save? I'd save my money. If I was a dancer, where would I dance? Out in the graveyard! You can say anything that you wanna say Be anything that you wanna be Pray anywhere that you think that you gotta pray, yea. Don't you count on me. You can say anything that you wanna say Be anything that you wanna be Pray anywhere that you think that you gotta pray, yea. Don't you count on me. ********************* Also, "Flagpole Sitta" ~ Harvey Danger "Just Like A Pill" ~ Pink "They're Coming To Take Me Away" ~ Xiv Napoleon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udo Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Day Too Soon by Sia has the line Darling I will stitch you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out -– The Replacements Transfusion -- Nervous Norvus [smaller] and here's a 'stretch' [/smaller] Dear Doctor -- The Rolling Stones [smaller]Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged There's a pain where there once was a heart I'm sleepin, it's a beatin' Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it Right there in that jar? .... So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged You can put back my heart in its hole Oh mama, I'm cryin' Tears of relief And my pulse is now under control[/smaller] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 The White Stripes have a thing for this: Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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