Another Song ID Post

Late 70's or early 80's hard rock/punk; the chorus is "All you people: die! die!". All I recall is lots of guitar and lyrics that are almost yelled instead of sung. Can anybody help me?

-Zeke

I'm pretty sure you're talking about People Who Died by the Jim Carroll Band.

But I could be wrong.

I think Webroach is right, but I thought the song was "sung" more than "screamed".

Mmmmmm. That very well could be it. I was pretty young at the time and I'm not sure I'm remembering the song from the radio or some guys at my summer camp covering it (except they used the lyrics "All you chipmunks, DIE DIE!" - I think they were the kitchen staff). I'm going to have to find it and listen. Thanks guys.

-Zeke

IIRC, the actual lyric is "Those are people who DIED DIED" and the song tells various stories of people who had sad lives or tragic deaths.

Yeah, those are some pretty cheery lyrics!
From webroach's link:

Quote:
People Who Died

By Jim Carroll

Teddy sniffing glue he was 12 years old
Fell from the roof on East Two-nine
Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug
On 26 reds and a bottle of wine
Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old
He looked like 65 when he died
He was a friend of mine

Refrain:
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten
So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan
Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head
Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed
They were two more friends of mine
Two more friends that died / I miss 'em--they died

Repeat Refrain

Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room
Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs
Judy jumped in front of a subway train
Eddie got slit in the jugular vein
And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others,
And I salute you brother/ This song is for you my brother

Repeat Refrain

Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof
Tony thought that his rage was just some goof
But Herbie sure gave Tony some bitchen proof
"Hey," Herbie said, "Tony, can you fly?"
But Tony couldn't fly . . . Tony died

Repeat Refrain:

Brian got busted on a narco rap
He beat the rap by rattin' on some bikers
He said, hey, I know it's dangerous,
but it sure beats Riker's
But the next day he got offed
by the very same bikers

Repeat Refrain; repeat song to Eddie

Copyright Earl McGrath Music/Jim Carroll Music ASCAP (1980)