Good songs cause debate, and folks are still arguing about whether this 2010 country smash is about suicide or just a young girl who’s grateful for the short life the good Lord has given her. That was the impetus for this wonderfully overwrought ’80s jam, all about a guy who leads with his groin and gets his heart busted. The French phrase le petit mort, or “the little death,” refers to the feeling of transcendence or melancholy that comes with achieving orgasm. “Shoot her one more time again, baby!” he cries, too busy unpeeling a badass guitar solo to get all moralistic.Ĭutting Crew, “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” “I shot her.” As for Hendrix, he ain’t one to judge. “Yes, I did,” he admits in Jimi’s well-known version. Say what you will about Joe, the dude who blasts his cheating lady in this rock ‘n’ roll standard. When Bob wrote, “Mama, put my guns in the ground,” he might have been playing Dylan the soothsayer and commenting on post-Slash Guns N’ Roses. Featured on the soundtrack to 1973’s Pat Garrett & Billy the Kidd, this fatalistic cowboy ballad has proved amazingly unkillable, surviving Eric Clapton‘s 1975 reggae-fication, Avril Lavigne‘s featherweight remake, and regular live airings by Axl Rose. Midway between Dylan the protest singer and Dylan the born-again Christian, there was Dylan the gunslinger, and his aim was true. See also: Top 50 Saddest Songs | Top 30 Breakup Songs| 10 Songs About Depression | 10 Songs About Missing Someone You Love
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