Blood On The Tracks 10
Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” captured cruel detachment in the face of tragedy
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/bobbie-gentry-ode-to-billie-joe-unconscious-cruelty/"></div>Blood on the Tracks returns with a Southern gothic tale of suicide and unconscious cruelty.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/bobbie-gentry-ode-to-billie-joe-unconscious-cruelty/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The grim urban legend of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight”
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/phil-collins-in-the-air-tonight-urban-legend/"></div>A story of a drowning that never was...or was it?<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/phil-collins-in-the-air-tonight-urban-legend/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Fela Kuti’s “Coffin for Head of State” was genuine life-and-death protest music
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/fela-kuti-coffin-for-head-of-state-was-genuine-life-and-death-protest-music/"></div>"He who carries death in his pouch" speaks truth to power.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/fela-kuti-coffin-for-head-of-state-was-genuine-life-and-death-protest-music/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
“Nearer, My God, to Thee” is an apocalyptic stairway to heaven
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/nearer-my-god-to-thee-apocalypse-blood-on-the-tracks/"></div>The last song you hear before the lights go out.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/nearer-my-god-to-thee-apocalypse-blood-on-the-tracks/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Pharmakon’s “Bestial Burden” is a harrowing dirge of survival
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/pharmakon-bestial-burden-dirge-survival/"></div>The sound of a struggle for survival against one's own body.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/pharmakon-bestial-burden-dirge-survival/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The Firstborn is Dead: Two musical epics about Jesse Presley
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-firstborn-is-dead-two-musical-epics-about-jesse-presley/"></div>When two similarly twisted songwriters dive into the same story of dark Americana.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-firstborn-is-dead-two-musical-epics-about-jesse-presley/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
“The Murder of the Lawson Family” is a Christmas nightmare
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-murder-of-the-lawson-family-is-a-christmas-nightmare/"></div>It's way darker than <i>Die Hard</i>.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-murder-of-the-lawson-family-is-a-christmas-nightmare/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
How “Gloomy Sunday” came to be known as “The Hungarian Suicide Song”
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/gloomy-sunday-hungarian-suicide-song/"></div>The strange story of one of pop music's most macabre songs.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/gloomy-sunday-hungarian-suicide-song/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Lisa Germano’s “A Psychopath” is an arrangement of real-life horror
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/lisa-germano-a-psychopath-real-life-horror/"></div>A song that could very likely keep you up at night, because what it depicts is real.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/lisa-germano-a-psychopath-real-life-horror/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The murder ballad of “Stagger Lee” created a gruesome legend
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-murder-ballad-of-stagger-lee-created-a-gruesome-legend/"></div>A tale told over and over again for 100 years kicks off our new series.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-murder-ballad-of-stagger-lee-created-a-gruesome-legend/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->