The Offspring, “Bad Habbit”

The Offspring “Bad Habbit”

uh, DUH!!! Hey Joe, by Jimi Hendrix!!! and a LOT of johnny cash songs

The Clash – “Police on my Back”
The Clash – “Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad”
Johnny Cash – “Folsom Prison Blues”
The Cure – “Killing an Arab”
Bruce Springsteen – “Atlantic City”
Bruce Springsteen – “Meeting Across the River”

Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash
Bad Habit- The Offspring
AND
Informer- Snow

“Dead End Justice” by The Runaways

“I Shot the Sheriff”

Marley or Clapton, your choice.

Cypress Hill-How I Could Just Kill A Man

Ice T and BOdy Count- Cop Killer

Jane’s Addiction-Ted, Just Admit It…

Robbery Assault & Battery- Genesis
Down By the River(I Shot My Baby)- Neil Young & Crazy Horse
30 Days In the Hole- Humble Pie

“I Shot The Sherriff”

Marley or Clapton

“Guns of Brixton” – The Clash

metallica – battery (california penal code 242)

public enemy – black steel in the hour of chaos

the coup – i love boosters!

michael jackson – smooth criminal

nick cave – stagger lee

“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” by U2
“Sex Crime” by Eurythmics
“Criminal” by Fiona Apple
“Drugs” by Talking Heads
“Murder by Numbers” by the Police

I Shot the Sheriff-Bob Marley
I Fought the Law-Bobby Fuller/Clash
Folsom Prison Blues-Johnny Cash
Prison Bound-Social Distortion
Date Rape-Sublime
Cop Killer-Body Count
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos-Public Enemy
Illegal Business-Boogie Down Productions
Steal My Sunshine-Len (kidding)

ummm breaking the law by Judas Priest would seem like the most obvious choice

Joey – Bob Dylan
Folsom Prison Blues – Cash
A Children’s Tale – Slick Rick
Pusherman – Curtis Mayfield
Carolina Drama – The Raconteurs
Hand of Fate, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) – The Rolling Stones
Frank and Jesse James – Warren Zevon
Hurricane – Bob Dylan

I Fought The Law by The Dead Kennedys because theirs beats the Clash’s

Folsom Prison Blues by do I even have to tell you it’s Johny Cash?

Smokin’ In The Boy’s Room by Brownsville Station

Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers

and I’m going out on a limb to say “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” is a crime song because it’s not much of a stretch to figure the girl is dead at the end of the song. It was Leadbelly, after all.

F*&^ The Police by Ice-T

Sensatioanl Alex Harvey Band
-Framed
-Gamblin’ Bar Room Blues
Alice Cooper
-Ballad Of Dwight Fry
-Desperado
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
-Red Right Hand
-Janglin’ Jack
Led Zeppelin
-Gallows Pole
Social Distortion(Live at The Roxy)
-Prison Bound
Frank Zappa(Live In New York)
-The Illinois Enema Bandit

Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash: He has million other songs that fits in this category. Quite a few of them are better, but this song is iconic.

15 – Rilo Kiley: Jenny Lewis makes statutory rape sound sexy and dangerous with this song.

Time Of The Preacher – Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash w/an all-star grunge band: This song is so cool and violent. It actually inspired a comic book.

Through The Morning, Through The Night – Alison Krauss & Robert Plant: Alison never sounded this cold blooded before she sang this murder ballad with a sexual twist.

You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette: Indecent exposure and lewd act performed in public are just some of the crimes commited in this classic song.

Breaking The Law. Judas Priest.

“I Fought the Law” Clash version
“Criminal” Fiona Apple
“Murder By Numbers” Police
“Hey Joe” Jimi Hendrix
“Down by the River” Neil Young
“Big Black Cadillac” John Entwistle
“Trouble” Material Issue

Guns N’ Roses – Perfect Crime, Out Ta Get Me, Shotgun Blues,

Bon Jovi – Right Side Of Wrong

johnny cash – cocaine blues
curtis mayfield – pusherman

“Alison” by Elvis Costello, a song which has been misinterpreted for years as a pretty love song. Grab your lyric sheet and follow along:

Jealous ex learns former beau is now married (”I see you’ve gotta husband now/ did he leave your fingers lying in the wedding cake?”)

becomes sexually jealous (how easy was it for him “to take off that party dress?”)

realizes that she can’t be for him and he can’t be for her (”I can’t stand to see you this way.”)

And so he shoots and kills her. (”My aim is true.”)

An ingenious murder ballad wrapped up as a cozy fuzzy homecoming dance. Does that not deserve attention in this category!

Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
The Clash – Police on my Back
The Clash – Somebody Got Murdered
Bruce Springsteen – Held Up W/out a Gun
Bruce Springsteen – 41 Shots (American Skin)
U2 – Exit
The Beatles – Run For Your Life
The Raconteurs – Carolina Drama
Kings of Leon – Four Kicks
The Smiths – Rusholme Ruffians

Eric Clapton-Cocaine

Grandmaster Flash–White Lines (Don’t Do It)

Whether or not you like hip-hop this is just a great song. No samples, just an awesome backing track and a great rap arrangement.

Ice-T–6 in tha Morning

The lineage of so-called “crime songs” by NWA such as “One Less Bitch” and “Fuck tha Police” can be traced directly to this classic song from the “Rhyme Pays” album, which is a sorely underrated hip-hop classic.

FUCK THA POLICE!!! by N.W.A.

Rap:
“Stan” – Eminem
“F*** tha Police” – NWA
“High Rollers” – Ice-T

Rock:
“I Fought the Law” – The Clash
“I Shot the Sheriff” – Bob Marley
“Meeting Across the River” – Bruuuce
“Rockin’ in the Free World” – Neil Young (does this one count?)
“Killing in the Name of” – Rage Against the Machine
“Breaking the Law” – Judas Priest
“Been Caught Stealing” – Jane’s Addiction
“Lets Lynch the Landlord” – Dead Kennedys
“You Oughta Know” – Alanis Morrissette (see prior explanation)

Country:
“Coc aine Blues,” “Delia’s Gone” – Johnny Cash (both actually a bit superior to Folsom Prison Blues, though actually I think Cocaine Blues is a Woody Guthrie song)
“Goodbye Earl” – Dixie Chicks

Social D, “Prison Bound”

“Alice’s Restaurant”

Mr. ARLO GUTHRIE

“Alice’s Restaurant”

Mr. ARLO GUTHRIE

norwegian wood, the beatles (arson)

Saw a few good picks by my favorite band The Clash, but my fave that fits the category is Bankrobber. Oh and to the previous poster, the Clash version of I Fought The Law, blows away the Dead Kennedys

Jane’s Addiction – “Been caoght Stealing”
The Smiths – “Death of a Disco Dancer”
The Velvet Underground – “I’m Waiting for the Man”
The Clash – “I Fought the Law”

The Clash- I Fought the Law
Eminem- Criminal
Michael Jackson- Smooth Criminal

The Offspring – Come Out and Play!

N,MN.,M

nick cave, stagger lee

0rginal of i fought the law

buries both clash and dks

that’s like trying to steal away ringof fire from big jr cash

Tweeter & the Monkeyman – Traveling Wilburys

El Paso – Grateful Dead

Fiddle About – The Who

I Shot The Sheriff

how has no one else mentioned hey joe!! it’s one of hendrix’s best-known songs!

Suffer Little Children- The Smiths

Cortez the Killer- Neil Young & Crazy Horse

I Don’t Like Mondays- The Boomtown Rats

Polly- Nirvana

Midnight Rambler- Rolling Stones

Sweet and Tender Hooligan- The Smiths

Sunday Bloody Sunday- U2

Down by the River- Neil Young

Subway Song- The Cure

I Kill Children- Dead Kennedys

Ohio- Neil Young