Cruel Songs

A list from Guardian Newspaper 24 July

Vicious - Lou Reed


Shiver and Shake The Cure

Crow Jane Skip James


Stupid Girl The Rolling Stones
Ether Nas

Ripple The Church

The Cruel Mother Shirley Collins

an unmarried girl who kills her newborn rather than face the community's anger

Blues for Ceausescu Fatima Mansions

Idiot Wind Bob Dylan


Twat John Cooper Clarke
'like the shadow of the guillotine on a dead consumptive's face'