This week's Friday List will run afoul of the law: songs of crime, punishment, jail, lawmen, etc. NITPICKY RULE: Let's leave out murder/killer songs, which we did awhile back, and we'll reprise for some future list. I hope JohnG and DanO contribute--there's never a cop around when you need one.

Fingerprint File--Rolling Stones
I Fought the Law--Bobby Fuller 4/The Clash
Jailhouse Rock--Elvis Presley
Watching the Detectives--Elvis Costello
Raised on Robbery--Joni Mitchell
Breakin' the Law--Judas Priest
Jailbreak--Thin Lizzy
Lawman--Jefferson Airplane
State Trooper--Bruce Springsteen

Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
Peter Gunn - The Art of Noise and Duane Eddy
Dragnet '88 - The Art of Noise
Police and Thieves - Junior Murvin
Police and Thieves - The Clash
F**k tha Police - N.W.A.
Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio

album:

Band on the Run - Wings

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
San Quentin - Johnny Cash
Ghetto Bird - Ice Cube

album:

Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
Wanted Dread and Alive - Peter Tosh
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
At San Quentin - Johnny Cash

artist:

The Outlaws (UK)
The Outlaws (US)

You're Under Arrest - Serge Gainsbourg
Heroes and Villains - The Beach Boys
Caught by the Fuzz - Supergrass
Five O, Five O (Here They Come) - 69 Boyz Featuring K-Nock

album:

You're Under Arrest - Serge Gainsbourg

Hawaii Five O - The Ventures
Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield
The Pusher - Steppenwolf

album:

Hawaii Five O - The Ventures
Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

artist:

Fun Lovin' Criminals

Lawyers in Love - Jackson Browne
It's a Good Feeling (Riot) - Joe Bataan
There's a Riot Goin' on - Sly and the Family Stone

album:

Lawyers in Love - Jackson Browne
There's a Riot Goin' on - Sly and the Family Stone
Riot - Joe Bataan

Riot on Sunset Strip - Standells

album:

Riot on Sunset Strip - Standells

Stick Up – Honey Cone
Little Robbers – The Motels
The Prisoner – Howard Jones
Prisoner – Sheena Easton
Prisoner – Barbra Streisand
Prisoner of Your Love -- Player
Perfect Crime – Guns ‘n’ Roses
Cosy Prisons – a-ha
Stealin’ – Uriah Heep
Stealin’ – Queen
Steal Me Blind – Alison Moyet
Thieves in the Temple – Prince
Arrested by You – Dusty Springfield
The Honeythief – Hipsway
Thief of Hearts – Melissa Manchester
Thief in the Night – Rolling Stones
The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime) – Peter Schilling
Listen Like Thieves – INXS
Renegade – Styx
Love is a Crime – Anastacia
Back Stabbers – The O’Jays
Blood from the Bandit – Kim Carnes
Crime of the Heart – Kim Carnes
Crimes of Passion – Pat Benatar
Fingerprints – Leonard Cohen
The Law – Leonard Cohen
My Old Man’s Got a Gun – Olivia Newton-John

I Can't Drive 55 -- Sammy Hagar

30 Days In The Hole-Humble Pie
Thunder Road-Robert Mitchum
Thief In The Night-J.D. Souther
Dead Man Walking-Bruce
Take The Money & Run-Crosby & Nash
Take A Message To Mary-Everly Bros.
I've Gotta Get A Message To You-Bee Gees
Care Of Cell 44-Zombies

I Shot the Sheriff -- Eric Clapton, Bob Marley

"Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie

"... and he sat down next to me and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?"

I said, "I didn't get nothing, I had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage." He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?"

And I said, "Littering." And they all moved away from me on the bench there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I said, "And creating a nuisance." And they all came back, shook my hand, and we had a great time on the bench, talkin about crime, mother stabbing, father raping, all kinds of groovy things that we was talking about on the bench ...

Life In Prison - the Byrds (or Merle Haggard)

Long Black Veil - the Band

Gunslinger Man - the Long Ryders

The Big Heat - Stan Ridgway

Drive, She Said - Stan Ridgway

Maxwell's Silver Hammer - the Beatles

He's In the Jailhouse Now - Jim Kweskin

Tell It To the Judge On Sunday - the Long Ryders

Holloway Jail - the Kinks

prison song - graham nash

Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
Steal Away - Robbie Dupree
Breakout - Swingout Sister
Criminal - Fionna Apple
Untouchables - Billy Idol
Just a Job to Do - Genesis
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash
Crockett's Theme - Jan Hammer

"High Sheriff Blues"-Charley Patton
"Parchman Farm Blues"-Bukka White
"District Attorney Blues"- "
"Levee Camp Moan"-Son House
"Mississippi Jailhouse Blues"-"

"Willie The Wimp" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Tin Pan Alley" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Victim Of Life's Circumstances" - Delbert McClinton / The Geezinslaws
"Copperhead Road" - Steve Earle
"The Road Goes On Forever" - Robert Earl Keen / Joe Ely
"Police On My Back" - The Clash
"Julie's On The Drug Squad" - The Clash
"Stay Free" - The Clash

One Chain (Don't make No Prison)-Four Tops
(later covered by Santana)

Mama Tried - Merle Haggard/Grateful Dead
Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard/Grateful Dead
Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers/Grateful Dead
Hurricane - Bob Dylan (sorry if I missed this on the list already)

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive-Merle Haggard & The Strangers
In The Jailhouse Now-The Soggy Bottom Boys
The Great Filling Station Holdup-Jimmy Buffett
Little Criminals-Randy Newman
Up In Indiana-Lyle Lovett

"The Ballad of Bonnie And Clyde" - Merle Haggard
"Stealing People's Mail" - Dead Kennedys
"The City Sleeps" - MC 900 Foot Jesus
"When You're Hot You're Hot" - Jerry Reed
"Federales" - Joe King Carrasco

Let's be honest pretty much half of what Merle Haggard wrote were great prison songs.