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* TheoryOfADeadman has the song "Villain":
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* In the same vein as John Milton, [[Music/TheRollingStones "Please allow me to introduce myself/I'm a man of wealth and taste..."]]
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* In the same vein as John Milton, [[Music/TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Please allow me to introduce myself/I'm a man of wealth and taste..."]]
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-->''[[JustHereForGodzilla The villain is the one]] [[TheVillainMakesThePlot that you came to see]]''
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** Often subverted in the lyrical content, however. A lot of black metal is individualistic in the NietzscheWannabe tradition, while death metal tends towards either nihilism or more traditional "punk ethics". In these cases, the Evil Is Cool aesthetics are intended to be provocative and anti-social, rather than to be taken at face value. It's much less a rejoicing in actual evil as it is simply an embracing of this trope at an aesthetic level. Lyricists are aware that people, and they themselves, find villains, darkness, and horror to be interesting. As bands like CannibalCorpse have said, very few extreme metal bands take their own lyrics seriously, and those who do are usually rather unstable. As Black Sabbath also stated, they're intended to be viewed much in the same light as horror films. A lot of bands simply use their music as a VillainBasedFranchise.
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** Often subverted in the lyrical content, however. A lot of black metal is individualistic in the NietzscheWannabe tradition, while death metal tends towards either nihilism or more traditional "punk ethics". In these cases, the Evil Is Cool aesthetics are intended to be provocative and anti-social, rather than to be taken at face value. It's much less a rejoicing in actual evil as it is simply an embracing of this trope at an aesthetic level. Lyricists are aware that people, and they themselves, find villains, darkness, and horror to be interesting. As bands like CannibalCorpse Music/CannibalCorpse have said, very few extreme metal bands take their own lyrics seriously, and those who do are usually rather unstable. As Black Sabbath also stated, they're intended to be viewed much in the same light as horror films. A lot of bands simply use their music as a VillainBasedFranchise.
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* Music/{{Powerman 5000}}'s "Super Villain" song. That is all.
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* Music/{{Powerman 5000}}'s "Super Villain" song. That is all.Also their song "Do Your Thing."
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* This is a key part of the appeal of {{Gangsta Rap}}pers such as [[Music/{{EazyE}} Eazy-E]], Music/TheNotoriousBIG, KoolGRap, [[Music/{{IceT}} Ice-T]] and Music/{{NWA}}.
* [[Music/{{Thriller}} No mere mortal can resist.. the evil of..]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA The Thriller!]]
* Jace Everett's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0eQL5R3bw4 Bad Things]]. There's a reason it was used as the theme song for Series/TrueBlood.
* In the same vein as John Milton, [[Music/TheRollingStones "Please allow me to introduce myself/I'm a man of wealth and taste..."]]
* The majority of all [[BlackMetal black]] and DeathMetal rejoices in evil, be it Satanism, genocidal misanthropy, [[ThoseWackyNazis National Socialism]], the violent kind of Odin-worship, or any other [[EvilTastesGood flavour]] of evil.
** Often subverted in the lyrical content, however. A lot of black metal is individualistic in the NietzscheWannabe tradition, while death metal tends towards either nihilism or more traditional "punk ethics". In these cases, the Evil Is Cool aesthetics are intended to be provocative and anti-social, rather than to be taken at face value. It's much less a rejoicing in actual evil as it is simply an embracing of this trope at an aesthetic level. Lyricists are aware that people, and they themselves, find villains, darkness, and horror to be interesting. As bands like CannibalCorpse have said, very few extreme metal bands take their own lyrics seriously, and those who do are usually rather unstable. As Black Sabbath also stated, they're intended to be viewed much in the same light as horror films. A lot of bands simply use their music as a VillainBasedFranchise.
* Without a doubt, the coolest song in Music/TheDecemberists' RockOpera ''The Hazards of Love'' is [[VillainSong The Rake's Song]], which happens to be a man casually telling the story of how he nonchalantly [[OffingTheOffspring murdered all his children.]]
* Music/{{Powerman 5000}}'s "Super Villain" song. That is all.
* ''Dr. Steel''. Many fans like him not for the music, but for the incredibly cool Steampunk Villain getup.
* There's this line from Music/BillyJoel's "Only the Good Die Young":
-->''They say there's a heaven for those who will wait''
-->''Some say it's better but I say it ain't''
-->''I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints''
-->''The sinners are much more fun''
** As Joel himself points out, however, this is a subversion, as neither this nor the rest of what the singer says seems to be very convincing to Virginia.
* TheoryOfADeadman has the song "Villain":
-->''Everybody wants to be like me''
-->''[[JustHereForGodzilla The villain is the one]] [[TheVillainMakesThePlot that you came to see]]''
* [[VillainSong "In the Flesh", "Run Like Hell", and "Waiting for the Worms"]] from ''Music/TheWall'' by Music/PinkFloyd are all about the main character hallucinating about being a Neo-Nazi. They are also some of the best songs on the album.
** The film version takes it further, with "In the Flesh" being an orchestral reprise at a Neo-Nazi rally, "Run Like Hell" showing the Neo-Nazis attacking various minorities, and "Waiting for the Worms" featuring an animated sequence with [[RuleOfCool goose-stepping hammers]].
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* This is a key part of the appeal of {{Gangsta Rap}}pers such as [[Music/{{EazyE}} Eazy-E]], Music/TheNotoriousBIG, KoolGRap, [[Music/{{IceT}} Ice-T]] and Music/{{NWA}}.
* [[Music/{{Thriller}} No mere mortal can resist.. the evil of..]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA The Thriller!]]
* Jace Everett's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0eQL5R3bw4 Bad Things]]. There's a reason it was used as the theme song for Series/TrueBlood.
* In the same vein as John Milton, [[Music/TheRollingStones "Please allow me to introduce myself/I'm a man of wealth and taste..."]]
* The majority of all [[BlackMetal black]] and DeathMetal rejoices in evil, be it Satanism, genocidal misanthropy, [[ThoseWackyNazis National Socialism]], the violent kind of Odin-worship, or any other [[EvilTastesGood flavour]] of evil.
** Often subverted in the lyrical content, however. A lot of black metal is individualistic in the NietzscheWannabe tradition, while death metal tends towards either nihilism or more traditional "punk ethics". In these cases, the Evil Is Cool aesthetics are intended to be provocative and anti-social, rather than to be taken at face value. It's much less a rejoicing in actual evil as it is simply an embracing of this trope at an aesthetic level. Lyricists are aware that people, and they themselves, find villains, darkness, and horror to be interesting. As bands like CannibalCorpse have said, very few extreme metal bands take their own lyrics seriously, and those who do are usually rather unstable. As Black Sabbath also stated, they're intended to be viewed much in the same light as horror films. A lot of bands simply use their music as a VillainBasedFranchise.
* Without a doubt, the coolest song in Music/TheDecemberists' RockOpera ''The Hazards of Love'' is [[VillainSong The Rake's Song]], which happens to be a man casually telling the story of how he nonchalantly [[OffingTheOffspring murdered all his children.]]
* Music/{{Powerman 5000}}'s "Super Villain" song. That is all.
* ''Dr. Steel''. Many fans like him not for the music, but for the incredibly cool Steampunk Villain getup.
* There's this line from Music/BillyJoel's "Only the Good Die Young":
-->''They say there's a heaven for those who will wait''
-->''Some say it's better but I say it ain't''
-->''I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints''
-->''The sinners are much more fun''
** As Joel himself points out, however, this is a subversion, as neither this nor the rest of what the singer says seems to be very convincing to Virginia.
* TheoryOfADeadman has the song "Villain":
-->''Everybody wants to be like me''
-->''[[JustHereForGodzilla The villain is the one]] [[TheVillainMakesThePlot that you came to see]]''
* [[VillainSong "In the Flesh", "Run Like Hell", and "Waiting for the Worms"]] from ''Music/TheWall'' by Music/PinkFloyd are all about the main character hallucinating about being a Neo-Nazi. They are also some of the best songs on the album.
** The film version takes it further, with "In the Flesh" being an orchestral reprise at a Neo-Nazi rally, "Run Like Hell" showing the Neo-Nazis attacking various minorities, and "Waiting for the Worms" featuring an animated sequence with [[RuleOfCool goose-stepping hammers]].
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