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Old 15-05-2012, 08:31
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Apologies if there has already been a thread on this, but I wondering what songs when they came on the radio, videos or even single/albums/cd covers used to scare you when you were younger. For me I can remember being scared of the following

1) Ultravox - Vienna - think it is because it sound eerie and I thought it sounded like someones heart beating throughout it
2) Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - apparently when it came on the radio my parents used to say I would freeze and stop whatever I was doing
3) Kate Bush - Babooshka, think both the video and song, anything with the sound of a glass smashing on it
4) Its my Party - can't remember who sang it, but it was really early 80s. I remember my cousin having the single and I am sure if I am not mistaken that the single cover showed a man in a mask and a woman with these really long overgrown finger nails - that used to scare me.
5) Laurie Anderson - O Superman. Even now that song is too weird for me to listen to

Oh by the way you may have gathered by the song choices that I am over 30. Happy to hear other choices whether it be videos, songs, single/album/cd covers etc
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Old 15-05-2012, 08:40
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The one that scared me horrifically was Cotton Eye Joe... by Rednex I think?

But yeah, that one. I used to cry when it came on and my parents still sing it at me now
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Old 15-05-2012, 09:08
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I Before E Except After C by Yazoo from Upstairs At Erics, unsure why, but it scared me a lot.

Also part of Tubular Bells used to scare me.
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Old 15-05-2012, 10:06
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Apologies if there has already been a thread on this, but I wondering what songs when they came on the radio, videos or even single/albums/cd covers used to scare you when you were younger. For me I can remember being scared of the following

1) Ultravox - Vienna - think it is because it sound eerie and I thought it sounded like someones heart beating throughout it
2) Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - apparently when it came on the radio my parents used to say I would freeze and stop whatever I was doing
3) Kate Bush - Babooshka, think both the video and song, anything with the sound of a glass smashing on it

4) Its my Party - can't remember who sang it, but it was really early 80s. I remember my cousin having the single and I am sure if I am not mistaken that the single cover showed a man in a mask and a woman with these really long overgrown finger nails - that used to scare me.
5) Laurie Anderson - O Superman. Even now that song is too weird for me to listen to

Oh by the way you may have gathered by the song choices that I am over 30. Happy to hear other choices whether it be videos, songs, single/album/cd covers etc
Aww. I can understand why though.
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Old 15-05-2012, 10:22
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5) Laurie Anderson - O Superman. Even now that song is too weird for me to listen to
Same here! I still don't like listening to this on my own in the house.

I had an experience when I was younger when I was alone in the flat where I was living at the time, at night, and this came on the radio and I was convinced there was a "presence" in the flat with me - and I'm not the kind of person who spooks out over stuff like that. But obviously something about this song raises my hackles

I think it's a brilliant record though despite this.
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Old 15-05-2012, 12:44
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Shakespeare's sister - Stay, that video constantly scared the sh*t outta me when i was younger, sooooooooo creepy!
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Old 15-05-2012, 12:47
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Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall.

Video = terrifying.
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Old 15-05-2012, 13:36
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Apologies if there has already been a thread on this, but I wondering what songs when they came on the radio, videos or even single/albums/cd covers used to scare you when you were younger. For me I can remember being scared of the following

1) Ultravox - Vienna - think it is because it sound eerie and I thought it sounded like someones heart beating throughout it
2) Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - apparently when it came on the radio my parents used to say I would freeze and stop whatever I was doing
3) Kate Bush - Babooshka, think both the video and song, anything with the sound of a glass smashing on it
4) Its my Party - can't remember who sang it, but it was really early 80s. I remember my cousin having the single and I am sure if I am not mistaken that the single cover showed a man in a mask and a woman with these really long overgrown finger nails - that used to scare me.
5) Laurie Anderson - O Superman. Even now that song is too weird for me to listen to

Oh by the way you may have gathered by the song choices that I am over 30. Happy to hear other choices whether it be videos, songs, single/album/cd covers etc
Spot on on all 5 - esp Vienna. I was born in 74 so was 4-6 when these came out.
+ Another Brick In The Wall as mentioned above + The Specials - Ghost Town
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Old 15-05-2012, 13:47
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Send in the Clowns. I was scared of clowns when I was a kid.
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Old 15-05-2012, 15:20
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Scared by a song??

The closest to that I guess, would be listening to War of The Worlds on my own when i was 8 !
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Old 15-05-2012, 16:44
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The laughter in Thriller. It still creeps me out.
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Old 15-05-2012, 16:47
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The very beginning of Madness - Our House. Scared the crap out of me when i was a lad.
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Old 15-05-2012, 17:13
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My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion absolutely terrified me when it first came out... I was only 4, mind.

JLS The Club Is Alive still gives me night terrrors now, aswell..
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Old 15-05-2012, 19:36
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The boiler by Rhoda Dakar & The Special AKA
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Old 15-05-2012, 19:54
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when i was very young and my parents used to listen to sgt pepper album by the beatles,the song on it "Being for the benefit of Mr.Kite" used to give me the willlies.
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Old 15-05-2012, 19:55
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Scream - Michael Jackson.
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Old 15-05-2012, 20:06
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Video to Breathe by the Prodigy.
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Old 15-05-2012, 20:26
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Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall.

Video = terrifying.
Me too!

I also remember being scared of Annie Lennox in the Sweet Dreams video.
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Old 15-05-2012, 20:28
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None. I can't understand why a song would scare anyone.
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Old 15-05-2012, 20:39
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'Please Mr Gravedigger' by David Bowie. I still can't listen to it.
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Old 15-05-2012, 20:40
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Not so much the song but more the video for Thriller
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Old 15-05-2012, 20:45
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Emeinem was banned in my house for a few years because I was terrified of Stan (I was 7 when it was released).
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Old 15-05-2012, 20:53
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prodigy firestarter even remember hiding under the desk in my room was like ten at the time lol.
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Old 15-05-2012, 20:54
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Stay - Shakesperes's Sister

well the video scared me because my sister used to tell me it was a witch
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Old 15-05-2012, 20:58
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Apologies if there has already been a thread on this, but I wondering what songs when they came on the radio, videos or even single/albums/cd covers used to scare you when you were younger. For me I can remember being scared of the following

1) Ultravox - Vienna - think it is because it sound eerie and I thought it sounded like someones heart beating throughout it
2) Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - apparently when it came on the radio my parents used to say I would freeze and stop whatever I was doing
3) Kate Bush - Babooshka, think both the video and song, anything with the sound of a glass smashing on it
4) Its my Party - can't remember who sang it, but it was really early 80s. I remember my cousin having the single and I am sure if I am not mistaken that the single cover showed a man in a mask and a woman with these really long overgrown finger nails - that used to scare me.
5) Laurie Anderson - O Superman. Even now that song is too weird for me to listen to

Oh by the way you may have gathered by the song choices that I am over 30. Happy to hear other choices whether it be videos, songs, single/album/cd covers etc
It's My Party - Barbara Gaskin and Dave Stewart.
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