Satan Songs
 

Not sure that this warrants it's own thread, but I'm posting this here rather than in a recommendations thread in favor of greater visibility. If the mod-squad decides to relocate it, so it goes.

I'm doing a presentation for one of my classes in which I discuss the components of the contemporary mythology of the Satan character as found in various forms of media - exorcism movies, political cartoons, church sermons, works of fiction, and, as I'm sure you saw coming, in music.

If you would all be so kind as to post some of your favorite diabolical ditties, tunes of the tempter, anthems of the antichrist, ballads of Beelzebub, and lullabies of Lucifer, I would greatly appreciate it.

It's usually Satan On The Beach by these guys, but since there's no Youtube vid, I will post this one:

Alrighty my dear, here is some that I thought of:









Woe to You Oh Earth and Sea
for the Devil sends the beast with wrath
because he knows the time is short
Let him who hath understanding
reckon the number of the beast
for it is a human number
its number is six hundred and sixty six.

I lived alone
my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind

What did I see?
Could I believe?
That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy

Just what I saw
in my old dreams
were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?

'Cause in my dreams
it's always there
the evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair

Night was black
was no use holding back
'Cause I just had to see
was someone watching me
In the mist
dark figures move and twist
was all this for real
or just some kind of hell
6-6-6 the Number of the Beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Torches blazed and
sacred chants were phrased
as they start to cry
hands held to the sky
In the night
the fires are burning bright
the ritual has begun
Satan's work is done
6-6-6 the Number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight

This can't go on
I must inform the law
Can this still be real
or just some crazy dream?
but I feel drawn
towards the chanting hordes
seem to mesmerise...can't avoid their eyes
6-6-6 the Number of the Beast
6-6-6 the one for you and me

I'm coming back
I will return
And I'll possess your body
and I'll make you burn
I'll have the fire
I'll have the force
I'll have the power
to make my evil take its course

here's an interesting one from Chris de Burgh (yeah I know :rolleyes:) in which God and the Devil play poker for the souls of the dead...

Bauhaus - Party of the First Part

Classic dueling with the devil on a fiddle

I can't believe I didn't think of this one. Good call! I've always wanted to watch The Devil and Daniel Mouse because of that.