This week we take in the best songs about murder, robbery and the criminal class. Below are not only the top three crime songs of all time, but the versions by the artists who best captured the songs' spirit and meaning--according to our panel of experts.
Know any others?
"Mac The Knife" by Bobby Darin
"Cocaine Blues" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
And of course, the song that changed crime, music, and crime music forever,"I Fought The Law" by the Dead Kennedys
Know any others?
"Mac The Knife" by Bobby Darin
"Cocaine Blues" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
And of course, the song that changed crime, music, and crime music forever,"I Fought The Law" by the Dead Kennedys
And....Shit just got real. Dig Gutter reader Jesse Sublet doing some crime ballads you won't get anywhere else...