death disc
English
Noun
death disc (plural death discs)
- (music, informal, historical) A phonograph record about teenage tragedy.
- Synonym: tearjerker
- 2005, Mike Evans, Rock & Roll Facts, Figures & Fun, AAPPL, →ISBN, page 32:
- A macabre sub-genre of rock'n'roll singles, the songs on ‘death discs’ were usually about car or motorcycle fatalities, though occasionally referred to real-life deceased stars, and always seemed to involve teenagers!
- 2015, S. D. Tucker, Great British Eccentrics, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
- In Britain, these ‘death discs’ were often banned by the BBC due to their morbid subject matter—which, of course, only made them sell all the better.
Further reading
teenage tragedy song on Wikipedia.Wikipedia