The Decemberists – Shankill Butchers (4:39)

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The Decemberists’ 2006 album The Crane Wife includes a song about the group, titled “Shankill Butchers”, casting them as bogeymen that mothers tell their children about before bed to get them to behave.

The “Shankill Butchers” were a group of UVF members involved in a large number of loyalist terrorist activities in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the 1970s. The Butchers’ chief notoriety came from late-night abduction, torture and cut-throat murders of random members of the Roman Catholic community, although they killed upwards of 30 people, including a significant number of Protestants, in sectarian attacks, paramilitary feuds, personal grudges and bombing raids.

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davidbowiegirl wrote:
last month

Great song

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futchadoc wrote:
December 2011

First Decemberists song I ever heard - on a mix one of my friends made me way back in high school. Too bad it took me so long to realize how awesome they are and discover more of their music!

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mgudites wrote:
September 2011

Creepy in the best way possible :)

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therealsteppen wrote:
November 2010

Fan-fuckin'-tastic!!!! ;-)

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donttrytogoogle wrote:
August 2010

love.

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BILLTHEBEARD wrote:
May 2010

THANKS NOCTURANA FOR SENDING THIS - ENJOYED THE VIDEO - TA VERY MUCH!

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nocturana wrote:
April 2010

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licoricepizza wrote:
January 2010

oh so sinister

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geachie wrote:
December 2009

amazing track

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UnicornFlower wrote:
November 2009

this song stopped me in my tracks the first time i heard it. so fucking good.

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cailou wrote:
October 2009

such an amazing song :]

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bananablood wrote:
October 2009

i don't really like the decemberists. call me shallow, but the stories in the lyrics are too weird for me to follow or relate to.

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rcbpeixoto wrote:
September 2009

Beautiful

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panicdancelove wrote:
September 2009

this entire album makes me sob. thank you, sad memories.

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fatwang wrote:
August 2009

Joyful!

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cloudblood84 wrote:
August 2009

Amazing

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TheGuessAvenger wrote:
August 2009

Such a lovely, terrifying song. One of my favourites from them. :)

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Fahr3334 wrote:
June 2009

The perfect lullaby...

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TrickyNishidake wrote:
June 2009

Haunting and lovely.

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Purplepig1 wrote:
June 2009

It's wonderful. :3 But it's chilling.

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