Sorry I've been away for a couple of days and didn't have any internet access. So that's a good reason to have this song with a couple of extra versions. "Psycho" has to be the greatest murder song ever... and that is a big call, I know. Because there are plenty of them out there and by some top names like Johnny Cash and Nick Cave. It was written by Leon Payne in 1968 after going to the movie "Psycho". It has been stated elsewhere that he wrote it about the University of Texas shootings in 1966 by Charles Whitman... but Leon's daughter Myrtie Le Payne has confirmed that it was actually after her father had been to the movie and it had nothing to do with the Texas shootings. The lyrics are just fantastic and it's hard to believe it was written in the 60's. Eddie Noack was the first to record it in 1968 and quite a few others have since. This version by Teddy Thompson is the favourite of mine... from the versions I have heard. Elvis Costello also did a great cover of it. The Teddy Thompson version was on the 'Psycho' (remake) movie soundtrack from 1998. In fact, the only good thing about that remake was the soundtrack itself. Anyway, back to the song "Psycho"... it has some of the best lines you will ever hear and in particular the final line, which is nothing short of genius.
The final line, as I mentioned above, is the final blow that really finishes it off. "Mama why don't you get up?"
The version below is the originally recorded one by Eddie Noack.
The version below is the Elvis Costello one.
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