Masonic references in music (original) (raw)
Adamski
Revolt
Acid House
2015
Futurewaltz
Royal Arch symbol on album cover.
Agents of Change
13 Star General
Hip Hop
2004
"Thug Life"
"DAMN THIS NATION freemasons and their unconscious creation"
Amsterdam
My Father Was A Mason
Pop
1999
Townsend
"Live, Left And Covered"
Angels & Airwaves
Alternative
2009
Geffen
Use of square and compasses emblem
Anti-Flag
State Funeral
Hip Hop
2006
"For Blood And Empire" Columbia
"Skull and Bone, Freemason reigns"
Derek Bailey
Mirakle
Jazz
2000
Tzadik 702397760320
Image of a lodge third degree tracing board on the album cover.
Brian Jonestown Massacre
"interests include a fascination with the Freemasons"
Unconfirmed
Brook Benton
Novelty
1961
Mercury Records
"The farmer said to the boll weevil, 'I see you're on the square'." [MISTAKEN REFERENCE]
Irving Berlin
Call me up some rainy afternoon
Tin Pan Alley
1910
Ted Snyder Co.
"Mum’s the word when we meet / Be a mason, don't repeat"
Blur
Mr Robinson’s Quango
Pop
1995
Food/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (FOODLP14)
"He’s a self-professed savior of the dim right wing / He got respiratory problems and a mason’s ring"
Boxcar
Freemason
Synth pop
1988
Nettwerk/Arista Records
(You broke the promise)
Celtic Connection
Raise the Roof
Folk/Roots
1997
16024 The Celtic Connection
"We'll play the Mason’s Apron 'til the sun comes up."
W. R. Chetwood
The Generous Freemason
Opera
1731
The first masonic opera.
Clutch
Pig Fat Pig
Hip Hop
2000
"Jam Room" River Road Records
"I am Jason the Freemason, what you're selling i do not need."
Nat "King" Cole
Pop
1943
Capitol Records
"everything was on the square."
Common
All night long
Rap
1997
"One day it will all make sense" Cut 10
"Mason’s building Lodges we be in garages"
Craig’s Brother
Masonic
Rock
2001
Tooth & Nail Label, 14604
"Lost At Sea" Cut 3
Dead Kennedys
Frankenchrist
Punk
1985
Alternative Tentacles
Image of a Shriners parade on the album cover.
Deadsy
The Key To Gramercy Park
Rock
2002
Commencement
Jason and Kylie
Alternative
n.d.
"Let’s play freemason. I'll chase you 'round the house while you wear silly aprons."
DJ Vadim feat. Phi-Life Cypher
Ghetto Rebels
Hip Hop
2002
Ninja Tune
"Mankind destroyers, life I'm chasing those freemasons"
DMX
Slippin
Hip Hop
1998
Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood
"I been through mad different phases like Masons."
Dream Theatre
Metal
2009
Roadrunner Records
"Bound by oath and honour / Like the rose and cross."
Duck Sauce
House
2010
Spinnin' Records
Shriner fezes worn in video.
Carlos A. Duque
Ambient
1995
Instinct Ambient
Square and compasses emblem on cover art
Steve Earle
Copperhead Road
Country
1987
"Bought it at an auction at the Mason’s Lodge."
Mesmerized
Club
2005
Capitol
Freemasons Mix (8:09), Freemasons Club Dub (7:16)
Falco
Rock Me Amadeus
Techno
1985
A&M
"1784 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart becomes a freemason."
Fingertwister
Mason Groove
Ambient
2001
Digital Structures
(5:27) Chillosophy Code: 4 031345 898119
Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson
Love On My Mind
house
2005
Skint Records
Gangstar
No Games
Rap
2003
The Ownerz
"Do the knowledge to the master builder blowing a spliff, the new millennium Hiram Abiff."
Master Builder
Space fusion
1974
Virgin (CAROL 1664-2)
Why don't you... "You are my Hiram are you".
You
Grateful Dead
Rock
1995
Ice Nine Publishing
A possible reference to Freemasonry: obscure at best.
Hacienda
Narrowed Eyes
Trip hop
1998
INFRACom!
"Lazy Mason Fills My Bong" (09:46)
George Harrison
Pop
2002
Brainwashed, Capitol
"I'll confess, own up, let’s face it / In my concrete tuxedo"
Hieroglyphics
Hip-Hop
1998
Domino, "3rd Eye Vision"
"Seen a gang of businessmen pilin' out the Scottish Rite"
House of Pain
Jump Around
Rap
1992
"Do you know / about the Masons / about their nation?" "To the 33rd degree, you know that’s me."
The Illuminati
Thrash
2005
Liquor And Poker Music
"the ancient cabal of Freemasons that has been allegedly controlling the geo-political landscape"
Immortal Technique
The Point of No Return
Hip-hop
2004
Caught in a Hustle
"The world is volatile and the street is my education Shaping the nation, like the blueprint of a mason"
K-os (Kevin Brereton)
Follow Me
Rap
2003
Exit (Astralwerks)
"yo, my war's against the foundation of a global united nation / when you men rule the world by the codes of the freemason / hallucinated, by the quest for domination / an equation, which equals the battle station."
Leatherface
Fill Your Boots
Punk
1990
Roughneck Recordings
"Here comes the judge, you can see the freemason in his eyes"
Laura
Is there no help for the widow's son?
Post-rock
2006
Alone Again Records
Instrumental piece, running over eight minutes, has no masonic content.
Little Big Town
Tornado
Country
2012
Capitol Records
In the video, the performers walk past Comer Lodge No. 417.
LCD Soundsystem
Pow Pow
Dance-punk
2010
DFA/Virgin Records
L.O.T.U.G.
Hip hop
1993
Pendulum Records
Square and compasses emblem in video.
King Kill 33°
Hard core
2000
Holy Wood
See James Shelby Downard.
Garage
1991
Hangman Records (UK)
No lyric references cited. See album artwork.
Metal
2008
Scotland
Unreleased : Music For The Apocalypse
Nas and 2Pac
Thugz Mansion
Rap
2004
"Gods Son" Cut 9
"I see faces, cases, judges, masons, lawyers, and cops"
New Bad Things
Freemason Love Triangle
Alternative
1995
Punk In My Vitamins
PNMV 03-7 7
Paris (Oscar Jackson, Jr.)
What Would You Do?
Hip Hop
2003
"Sonic Jihad" Guerrila Funk
"It's the Skull and Bones Freemason kill committee"
Public Enemy
Party for your right to fight
Rap
1988
It takes a nation of millions to hold us back
"Even Masons, they know it, but refuse to show it"
Penal Colony
Freemasons of Enochian Magick
Hardcore
1995
5 Man Job (CLP9512)
"We are the sons / The 23 sons /The freemasons of enochian magick"
Rascalz
Follow Me
Rap
2003
Red1 with K-OS
"Yo, my war’s against the foundation, Of a global united nation, When humans rule the world, By the codes of Freemasons, Hallucinated, by the quest for domination."
Run-DMC
Hip-hop
1986
Arista
A Scottish Rite hat is clearly seen early in the video, although there is no masonic reference in the lyrics.
Scor Zay Zee
Great Britain
Hip Hop
2004
Out Da Ville
"The Queen wears stolen diamonds, Great Britain
Her husband's a Freemason, Great Britain"
Secret Lives of the Freemasons
This Was Built To Make You Dance
hardcore
2005
Astro Magnetics
Soft Cell
The Singles
Techno
1986
Phonogram Ltd.
"Standing to order at the door of Lodge Pink Flamingo, crying in the rain." [also see cover art]
Soul Coughing
Blue eyed devil
Deep Slacker Jazz
1994
Ruby Vroom (Slash/London)
"33 degrees / Six hundred and sixty six / Dig digging it, come on."
Ray Stevens
Comedy
1980
Ahab Music Company, Inc.
"It’s a glorious mess, everybody wears a fez."
Structure of Lies
A Virtue of Silence
Metal
2002
"Abacus" Deep Six Records
Misinformed remarks by guitarist Ryan Butler: interview with Roberto Martinelli for Maelstrom
They Might Be Giants
She’s an Angel
They Might Be Giants
1986
US Bar/None A-HAON 002
I met someone at the dog show
She was holding my left arm
But everyone was acting normal so I tried to look nonchalant.
We both said, "I really love you,"
The Shriners loaned us cars
We raced up and down the sidewalk twenty thousand million times.
Thievery Corporation
Warning shots
Rap
2005
Cosmic Game
Images of square and compasses in video.
Traditional
The Mason’s Apron
Irish Reel
Trad.
for penny whistle, fiddle and pipes
Albert Von Tilzer
Be a Mason
(take it by Degrees)
Tin Pan Alley
1916
Broadway Music Corporation
"Mister Mason was a Mason and a good one too"
Trooper
General Hand Grenade
Rock
1975
MCA (Legend) Records Ltd.
Isabella Band Aid / Wavin' at the Shrine parade / Eatin' toast and marmalade / And getting sticky hands
Ultravox
Hymn
New Wave / Pop
1982
Chrysalis Records
Cover art depicts many masonic symbols.
Unknown
Techno
2006
LimeWire download
"I don't need you, telling me what to do."
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Albuquerque
Comedy
1999
Running With Scissors
"where the Shriners and the lepers play their ukuleles all day long."
Vybz Kartel
Hiphop
2009
Day Break Riddim
"Wi reach 33 degrees a masonry / An mi a seh wait / Heights a evil"