Prison songs

[jessecuster3]

It kind of snuck up on me when I was listening to a playlist on my road trip, yesterday, but let's put together a playlist of all songs about prison(breaking out, being stuck in, etc.)


The only catch is no repeating an artist. Johnny Cash fans, I am looking at you.


A Start:
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Caught By the Fuzz - Supergrass
Tillamook County Jail - Todd Snyder
Rebels of the Sacred Heart - Flogging Molly

[DWEarhart]

Brick Window by Ministry
Jail by Down

[Jessica Drew]

One that immediately pops to mind: Jailhouse Rap by the Fat Boys

[Sgt. Fuzzy]

It's probably not what you're expecting, but I thought it might be appropriate to post this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcq3VAKjTp0

[Imaginos666]

From Jail to Hell, by Unknown Hinson

http://unknownhinson.com/

[jesse_custer]

The most powerful one I can think of is:

"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos," by Public Enemy.

[Valmore]

"Feltham is Singing Out" - Hard-Fi

[Rob Allen]

Let's see... "Midnight Special" was inspired by the train that ran near a prison at midnight - the legend among the prisoners was that if the train's headlight shone directly on your cell, you would be released soon. Thus the lyric, "Midnight Special, shine your light on me".

Elvis' "Jailhouse Rock" deserves a mention.

Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" mentions being in prison, but isn't really about being in prison.

And in the older-than-the-oldies category, there's "If I Had the Wings of an Angel", which I learned from a Sing Along with Mitch Miller record when I was a kid.

[Spike-X]

Rubber Bullets - 10CC*.














*and yes, I know where their name comes from, thank you.

[GozertheGozarian]

Does Tool's Prison Sex count?

[beetheb]

Does Tool's Prison Sex count?As much as System of a Down's "Prison Song", I'd guess.

[Jonathan Bogart]

Wanda Jackson, "Riot In Cell Block #9"
Jimmie Rodgers, "In The Jailhouse Now"
Sam Cooke, "Chain Gang"
The Kinks, "Holloway Jail"
Merle Haggard, "Branded Man"
The Zombies, "Care Of Cell #44"
The Faces, "Borstal Boys"
Bob Dylan, "Little Sadie"
The Clash, "Jail Guitar Doors"
The Clarendonians, "Rude Boy Gone A Jail"
The Byrds, "Life In Prison"
Ma Rainey, "Chaing Gang Blues"
Jelly Roll Morton, "The Murder Ballad, Parts 1-7"
Wizzard, "Meet Me At The Jailhouse"
Ingram Marshall, "Alcatraz"
Goodie Mob, "Cell Therapy"
Gil Scott-Heron "The Prisoner"
The Mekons, "Institution"
Bob Marley, "No Woman No Cry"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, "The Mercy Seat"
Tom Waits, "Fish In The Jailhouse"
Thin Lizzy, "Jailbreak"
Walt Kelly, "Deck Us All With Boston Charlie"

[beetheb]

Wanda Jackson, "Riot In Cell Block #9"
Jimmie Rodgers, "In The Jailhouse Now"
Sam Cooke, "Chain Gang"
The Kinks, "Holloway Jail"
Merle Haggard, "Branded Man"
The Zombies, "Care Of Cell #44"
The Faces, "Borstal Boys"
Bob Dylan, "Little Sadie"
The Clash, "Jail Guitar Doors"
The Clarendonians, "Rude Boy Gone A Jail"
The Byrds, "Life In Prison"
Ma Rainey, "Chaing Gang Blues"
Jelly Roll Morton, "The Murder Ballad, Parts 1-7"
Wizzard, "Meet Me At The Jailhouse"
Ingram Marshall, "Alcatraz"
Goodie Mob, "Cell Therapy"
Gil Scott-Heron "The Prisoner"
The Mekons, "Institution"
Bob Marley, "No Woman No Cry"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, "The Mercy Seat"
Tom Waits, "Fish In The Jailhouse"
Thin Lizzy, "Jailbreak"
Walt Kelly, "Deck Us All With Boston Charlie"Showoff. ...

[Jonathan Bogart]

Showoff.
'S a fair cop.

[Spike-X]

AC/DC - Jailbreak

[Pinball]

Hello, Dad? I'm In Jail! - Was (Not Was)

[twilight]

Iron Maiden-Hallowed Be Thy Name

"I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime,
Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time,
'Cause at Five O'Clock they take me to the gallows pole,
The sands of time for me are running low"

-Twi

[Schuimend Mormel]

'Tie A Yellow Ribbon' by Dawn. It's about a man who is soon to be released from prison, and if his lover ties a yellow ribbon around an old oak tree, it will be a sign that she still loves him; and if she didn't do it, it means she's moved on.

'Jailhouse Rock' is playing on T.V. RIGHT NOW. The movie reminded me I had to post in this thread. :D

[Spike-X]

Four Walls - Cold Chisel

[Josh S]

X-Raided - Call The Guards
Askari X - Ward of the State
Convicts - Free World
Convicts - This Is For The Convicts
Convicts - Penitentiary Blues
Convicts - I Aint Going Back

[Slam_Bradley]

Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" mentions being in prison, but isn't really about being in prison.


I'd probably go with "Sing Me Back Home" for Hagg. About a man on death row.

Jonathon went with "Branded Man" but that's more about the stigma of being an ex-con.

[Jonathan Bogart]

David Allen Coe, "Oh Warden"
Lightnin' Hopkins, "Jailhouse Blues"

[Spike-X]

Parchman Farm - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

[Laughing Mask]

i fought the law, the clash

[Spike-X]

Dead Man Walking - Bruce Springsteen

[howyadoin]

How 'bout "Billy Austin", by Steve Earle?

[Superbeast]

Lead Belly - Birmingham Jail
Great American String Band - In The Jailhouse Now
Bass Mountain Boys - Take Me In Chains
Mac Wiseman/The Osborne Brothers - Shackles And Chains
The Osborne Brothers - Prisoner's Song
Bass Mountain Boys - These Bars Are So Cold
Mac Wiseman - Doin' My Time
Jimpson & The Axe Gang - No More, My Lord

[Angelus II]

Love You Like I Do, HIM

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

layzie bone-locked down love

krayzie bone-lockdown, shackled up (i know its a one song rule but...)

kci & jojo-life (depresing song about a innocent family man getting life in prison)

NWA-100 miles and runin

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony-Down 71 the getaway (the song is about them breaking one of their members out of death row and escaping on interstate 71 in clevland. very violent and dramatic story)

theres also a ice-t song that escapes me at the momment