Horror Rock
Remember the song "If you like piña coladas/ And getting caught in the rain/ If you're not into health food/ And you're into drinking champagne/ . . ."? Pretty annoying, huh? That song was written by Rupert Holmes. Well, in 1971 he wrote a song recorded by one-hit wonder band The Bouys, Timothy. Rupert was at a different stage in his life then. It was before the piña coladas had taken the edge off.
Timothy was about cannibalism."Timothy" is a song written by Rupert Holmes and recorded by the Buoys in 1971, presenting the unnerving story of three men trapped in a collapsed mine, two of whom apparently resort to cannibalism against the third (the eponymous character Timothy). . . . "Timothy" attracted little attention when it was first released, in large part because Scepter Records did not promote the record. Soon, however, it became popular among young listeners who were able to deduce Timothy's fate from the lyrics. Only as the song became more frequently requested did radio stations begin to take note of the song and its unsettling subject matter. Then, just as Holmes and the Buoys had expected, the song started getting banned. Under normal circumstances, a radio ban would be considered the "kiss of death" for a single's prospects on the Billboard music charts, which at that time were based heavily on radio airplay. Yet "Timothy" had already attracted such a great following that as some radio stations banned the song, competing stations would pick it up to meet the demand. As a result, instead of dropping off as expected, the song continued slowly moving up the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Once they realized they had a hit record on their hands, Scepter Records executives tried to claim that Timothy was really a mule, not a person, in order to get radio stations that had banned the song to reconsider.
When I first heard Timothy, I was a little kid. It was a catchy tune, and I was focused on the chorus. I thought it was about someone who disappeared--I don't know--because of inter-dimensional travel or something. Not surprising, considering I had read The Forgotten Door by then and was listening to the Moody Blues, songs like Gypsy and The Best Way to Travel. Eventually, a kid in the neighborhood told me it was a true story about two kids who ate another kid, I was like "huh-uhhhhhuhhhhh!" Then I listened and got the full "eww" feeling.
Trapped in a mine that had caved inThe only other horror rock song I can think of is Bloodrock's D.O.A. "I remember/ We were flying along/ And hit something in the air/ . . . ." I thought that was about an airliner hitting a UFO. Pretty spooky for a kid. And, of course, we thought it was true, whatever it was about. If anyone can think of another one, let me know. Follow me on Twitter.
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Was Joe and me Timothy, Timothy, where on Earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know? Hungry as hell, no food to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat Water enough to drink for two
And Joe said to me, "I'll take a swig,
And then there's some for you." Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do? I must have blacked out just around then
'Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know? Timothy...
Comments
Posted by: soothiewing plover at February 09, 2013 03:39 PM (LPRBM)
No one gets eaten, though.
Posted by: fluffy at February 09, 2013 03:40 PM (xWXuI)
Posted by: madamex at February 09, 2013 03:41 PM (+kvQd)
Posted by: zz soothiewing plover at February 09, 2013 03:41 PM (C0ttM)
Posted by: Timothy at February 09, 2013 03:42 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 09, 2013 03:42 PM (53riN)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 09, 2013 03:43 PM (F3nFt)
Posted by: DOA in Scrambletown, FLA at February 09, 2013 03:43 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: zsasz at February 09, 2013 03:43 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at February 09, 2013 03:44 PM (RRbuy)
Cannibalism is just yucky..
Posted by: Steffie at February 09, 2013 03:44 PM (BDHOa)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 09, 2013 03:45 PM (NTBjC)
REUNITED by Peaches & Herb is about a pyscopathic serial killer who DISMEMBERS his victims and then RE-ASSEMBLES THEM
Posted by: zz soothiewing plover at February 09, 2013 03:45 PM (vyPsz)
watched it happen, I did. Sad, it was
Posted by: DOA in Scrambletown, FLA at February 09, 2013 03:45 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: nucelarjim at February 09, 2013 03:46 PM (r383k)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 09, 2013 03:46 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: nucelarjim at February 09, 2013 03:46 PM (r383k)
REUNITED by Peaches Herb is about a pyscopathic serial killer who DISMEMBERS his victims and then RE-ASSEMBLES THEM
Go on.
Posted by: Ed Gein at February 09, 2013 03:47 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: madamex at February 09, 2013 03:47 PM (+kvQd)
Posted by: Rabban at February 09, 2013 03:47 PM (eYRDZ)
It's about a former silent screen actress who dies alone and becomes the sole source of food for "that hungry little dachshund."
"She was a winner,
that became the doggy's dinner,
She never meant that much to me,
poor, poor Marie..."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 03:48 PM (XkWWK)
I remember,
we were flying low,
and hit something in the air.
For those of you who've never heard of the song, it's (obviously) about a plane crash, told from the POV of a dying survivor.
Posted by: Unemployed since February at February 09, 2013 03:48 PM (06qTP)
Like a ghost don't need a key
Your best friend I've come to be
Please don't think of getting up for me
You don't even need to speak
When I've been here for just one day
You'll already miss me if I go away
So close the blinds and shut the door
You won't need other friends anymore
Oh don't leave home, oh don't leave home
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2013 03:48 PM (amaU1)
Jimmy Dean sang about BIG JOHN who went CRAZY one day and BURIED ALIVE a bunch of MINERS
Posted by: zz soothiewing plover at February 09, 2013 03:48 PM (KeJAW)
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 03:48 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: Food at February 09, 2013 03:48 PM (tuPiK)
Unused lyric:
"Reunite, 'cause I'm using glue..."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 03:49 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Mama AJ, Assault Poiser at February 09, 2013 03:49 PM (SUKHu)
Posted by: mputtre at February 09, 2013 03:49 PM (tvHyA)
Posted by: zz soothiewing plover at February 09, 2013 03:50 PM (GcwH1)
Posted by: Rabban at February 09, 2013 03:47 PM (eYRDZ)
They hit instapundit today, too.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 09, 2013 03:50 PM (53riN)
Posted by: nucelarjim at February 09, 2013 03:50 PM (r383k)
Posted by: Food at February 09, 2013 03:50 PM (tuPiK)
...is about how a cadre of leftists hijack and subvert America early in the 21st century.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 03:51 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 03:51 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: nucelarjim at February 09, 2013 03:51 PM (r383k)
Posted by: zsasz at February 09, 2013 03:51 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: madamex at February 09, 2013 03:51 PM (+kvQd)
Posted by: zz soothiewing plover at February 09, 2013 03:52 PM (LPRBM)
Posted by: Barack Skeet Skeet Husein Obama at February 09, 2013 03:52 PM (+OTLF)
Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best
Excitable boy, they all said
And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy
He took in the four a.m. show at the Clark
Excitable boy, they all said
And he bit the usherette's leg in the dark
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy
He took little Susie to the Junior Prom
Excitable boy, they all said
and he raped her and killed her, then he took her home
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy
After ten long years they let him out of the Home
Excitable boy, they all said
And he dug up her grave and built a cage with her bones
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 03:52 PM (XkWWK)
-Pretty much everything by Rob Zombie
-Pretty much everything by Slayer
-Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden
-Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde
-The Thing That Should Not Be by Metallica
-Possum Kingdom by The Toadies
-Captain Howdy by Twisted Sister
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at February 09, 2013 03:52 PM (a0X91)
That, Timothy and a few others from that era explain quite a bit about where we are right now. It describes the left perfectly.
That Pina Colada song fucking sucked bong water.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at February 09, 2013 03:52 PM (gK+Qm)
Posted by: nucelarjim at February 09, 2013 03:50 PM (r383k)
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I was thinking that this song was done by Black Sabbeth too.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 03:53 PM (tXtOx)
The first time I set foot in her apartment, she had the record player blasting out a top ten tune from an album.
She couldn't understand the lyrics (which was pretty common at the time), and noticing the look on my face she demanded to know what they were. So I recited them with the gleam in my eye that still evokes "the look" from her some 41 years later:
Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls
With bad intent.
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck.
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 03:53 PM (Qxe/p)
I think there was a short-lived genre called "annoying rock" around 1980. Christopher Cross' "Sailing" comes to mind.
Come to think of it, I get "eww" for the pina colada song too. Maybe Rupert Holmes was exploring a different kind of revulsion then.
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 09, 2013 03:53 PM (Iyg03)
Artist - Blood Rock
True story about their drummer who crashed with his girlfriend , she died and he lost an arm or arms...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=6WQptxygSM8#!
Posted by: American Dawg at February 09, 2013 03:53 PM (trA4n)
MR BOJANGLES is about killing LASSIE
Posted by: zz soothiewing plover at February 09, 2013 03:54 PM (BUcLz)
Senator Harry "AQUALUNG" Reid.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 03:55 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: zsasz at February 09, 2013 03:56 PM (MMC8r)
I was only 9 years old. That song scared the hell out of me.
Posted by: Unemployed since February at February 09, 2013 03:56 PM (06qTP)
Why is Chrome giving out a Malware Ahead warning for Ace.mu.nu? I have
been coming here for years and this just started happening. Anyone know?
Liberal douches at Google being liberal douches?
Posted by: Rabban at February 09, 2013 03:47 PM (eYRDZ)
Oh thats just my army of obamaheads making sure you dont infringe on their freedom of expression with your lies.We are doing a concerted effort to isolate all the top conservative sites by spamming any site that tracks viruses and malware.Eventually, you all will lose visitors and the only voice people hear will be mine and my minions.
Posted by: Barack Skeet Skeet Husein Obama at February 09, 2013 03:56 PM (+OTLF)
anyone remember this rumor?
In The Air Tonight is about a witness to a drowning and nobody tried to help.
Posted by: zz soothiewing plover at February 09, 2013 03:56 PM (vanqS)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 03:55 PM (XkWWK)
He owns half of that whole town.
And I wish that he could be ... Richard Corey.
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 03:56 PM (Qxe/p)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0x8S1U7O3w
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 09, 2013 03:57 PM (53riN)
Wow. "Silence of the Lambs" is just so deep on many levels.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 03:58 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: zz soothie at February 09, 2013 03:58 PM (Y4TdB)
Posted by: cool breeze at February 09, 2013 03:59 PM (A+/8k)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 03:59 PM (8sCoq)
Hmm. I guess that is the name of the song.
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 03:59 PM (vTi1t)
And anything by the Misfits.
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at February 09, 2013 03:59 PM (obHYs)
Metallica's One (especially the video) is chilling.
Also Call of the Ktulu
Posted by: The Diddy at February 09, 2013 04:00 PM (FcG0+)
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:00 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:00 PM (XkWWK)
Harry Chapin.
Posted by: Hanoverfist at February 09, 2013 04:00 PM (lQikG)
Posted by: ironbill at February 09, 2013 04:00 PM (Q+4Zh)
Well, except to SMOD supporters...
Posted by: Mama AJ, Assault Poiser at February 09, 2013 04:00 PM (SUKHu)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTkulXMkx_0
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at February 09, 2013 04:01 PM (obHYs)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:02 PM (8sCoq)
it is on U-Tube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1PLT0GljPA
Posted by: American Dawg at February 09, 2013 04:02 PM (trA4n)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:02 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:02 PM (vTi1t)
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
to the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time, and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats...
and they're coming to take me away!!!
The B-side was the whole thing BACKWARDS :
!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT
Posted by: JJ Stone at February 09, 2013 04:02 PM (SUX5l)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:03 PM (8sCoq)
"Walking down the beaches lookin' at the peaches..."
and "Bring on the Nubiles"
"Lemme, lemme, fuck ya, fuck ya..."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:03 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:03 PM (tXtOx)
@61. Godzilla, of course!
Posted by: The Diddy at February 09, 2013 04:04 PM (FcG0+)
Posted by: brak at February 09, 2013 04:04 PM (RBQss)
seriously, none of you had better talk shit about The Little River Band
Posted by: zz soothie at February 09, 2013 03:58 PM (Y4TdB)
That makes me think of things I never thought of, Lady.
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 04:04 PM (Qxe/p)
Alice Cooper - I Love The Dead
Alice Cooper - Cold Ethyl
Judas Priest - Night Crawler
Alice Cooper - Millie and Billie
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Tinkertrain
Ozzy Osbourne - Latimer's Mercy
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Iron Maiden - Killers
.. to name a few. Most of Alice Cooper's music I'd consider to be Horror Rock. If you have the right frame of mind, it's actually pretty funny as it's so over the top.
Posted by: Naqamel at February 09, 2013 04:04 PM (gcE9n)
Posted by: Phil at February 09, 2013 04:04 PM (QzdcC)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 09, 2013 04:05 PM (kdS6q)
I dub this 1lbs. package of venison steaks, currently sizzling in the pan, "Timothy!"
If God hadn't wanted us to eat whitetail deer, He would have made them so damn delicious.
Posted by: Fritz at February 09, 2013 04:05 PM (WM+rJ)
Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans.
http://youtu.be/GHEuSGGmX-c
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 09, 2013 04:06 PM (PMCY9)
Posted by: phlegn at February 09, 2013 04:06 PM (487GH)
"Rock and Roll Heaven."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:06 PM (XkWWK)
Could be that's what you meant to say with the ALL CAPS here and there, but it didn't read that way to me.
On the other hand, I can be kinda sloe on the uptake at times.
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 04:07 PM (LKr5H)
Posted by: ironbill at February 09, 2013 04:07 PM (Q+4Zh)
Posted by: Unemployed since February at February 09, 2013 04:07 PM (06qTP)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 09, 2013 04:07 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Uncle Pinky at February 09, 2013 04:07 PM (lPJCs)
Couldn't get it here in the States. Maybe someday it will be worth some money. It's an old live album.
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:07 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 09, 2013 04:08 PM (J6hHs)
Posted by: Naqamel at February 09, 2013 04:04 PM (gcE9n)
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Like I said, this discussion should be restricted to music prior to metal, death metal, and rap. The era of these three music genre's were nothing but death and brutal pain.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:08 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:09 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: ironbill at February 09, 2013 04:09 PM (Q+4Zh)
to this day nobody knows what Frank Zappa's BROKEN HEARTS ARE FOR ASSHOLES is about
a true mystery..
Posted by: soothie at February 09, 2013 04:09 PM (052zE)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:09 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at February 09, 2013 04:09 PM (obHYs)
Posted by: madamex at February 09, 2013 04:09 PM (+kvQd)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:09 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: Naqamel at February 09, 2013 04:09 PM (gcE9n)
Posted by: The Diddy at February 09, 2013 04:04 PM (FcG0+)
The Possum Kingdom lyrics are pretty creepy:
Make up your mind
Decide to walk with me
Around the lake tonight
Around the lake tonight
By my side
By my side
I'm not gonna lie
I'll not be a gentleman
Behind the boathouse
I'll show you my dark secret
I'm not gonna lie
I want you for mine
My blushing bride
My lover, be my lover, yeah...
Don't be afraid
I didn't mean to scare you
So help me, Jesus
I can promise you
You'll stay as beautiful
With dark hair
And soft skin...forever
Forever
Make up your mind
Make up your mind
And I'll promise you
I will treat you well
My sweet angel
So help me, Jesus
(hey, hey, hey)
Give it up to me
Give it up to me
Do you wanna be
My angel?
So help me!
Be my angel
Be my angel
Do you wanna die?
I promise you
I will treat you well
My sweet angel
So help me, Jesus
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at February 09, 2013 04:10 PM (a0X91)
Posted by: Unemployed since February at February 09, 2013 04:10 PM (06qTP)
"Long Black Veil" is about cold-blooded murder
hell, a lot of country songs are about cold-blooded murder
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:11 PM (8sCoq)
a true mystery..
Posted by: soothie at February 09, 2013 04:09 PM (052zE)
I think it's about turning homo and liking it. On the same album (Sheik Yerbouti) is "Bobby Brown" which is definitely about that theme, though more of a lament.
Hey there, people, Im bobby brown
They say Im the cutest boy in town
My car is fast, my teeth is shiney
I tell all the girls they can kiss my heinie
Here I am at a famous school
Im dressin sharp n im
Actin cool
I got a cheerleader here wants to help with my paper
Let her do all the work n maybe later I'll rape her
Oh God I am the american dream
I do not think Im too extreme
An Im a handsome sonofabitch
Im gonna get a good job n be real rich
(get a good
Get a good
Get a good
Get a good job)
Womens liberation
Came creepin across the nation
I tell you people I was not ready
When I fucked this dyke by the name of freddie
She made a little speech then,
Aw, she tried to make me say when
She had my balls in a vice, but she left the dick
I guess it's still hooked on, but now it shoots too quick
Oh God I am the american dream
But now I smell like vaseline
An Im a miserable sonofabitch
Am I a boy or a lady...i don't know which
(I wonder wonder
Wonder wonder)
So I went out n bought me a leisure suit
I jingle my change, but Im still kinda cute
Got a job doin radio promo
An none of the jocks can even tell Im a homo
Eventually me n a friend
Sorta drifted along into s&m
I can take about an hour on the tower of power
Long as I gets a little golden shower
Oh God I am the american dream
With a spindle up my butt till it makes me scream
An I'll do anything to get ahead
I lay awake nights sayin, thank you, fred!
Oh god, oh god, Im so fantastic!
Thanks to freddie, Im a sexual spastic
And my name is bobby brown
Watch me now, Im goin down,
And my name is bobby brown
Watch me now, Im goin down, etc.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:11 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: soothie at February 09, 2013 04:11 PM (KeJAW)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 09, 2013 04:11 PM (Iyg03)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 09, 2013 04:11 PM (PMCY9)
Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2013 04:11 PM (JJdOG)
Teen Angel was about a dead teenager who got hit by a train.
And of course Lola by The Kinks.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 09, 2013 04:12 PM (xSegX)
Posted by: Fritz at February 09, 2013 04:12 PM (WM+rJ)
http://www.musicstack.com/item/2422061
Posted by: Dave In Guelph at February 09, 2013 04:13 PM (z6e/9)
Posted by: ironbill at February 09, 2013 04:13 PM (Q+4Zh)
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:08 PM (tXtOx)
Would "Tom Dooley" qualify?
It's a beautiful ballad about a guy about to be hanged because he stabbed a girl to death on a mountain.
http://tinyurl.com/7yr9j5g
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 04:13 PM (Qxe/p)
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It was either Zappa or Dr. Hook who sung "Penicillan Penny".
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:13 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: Joel Hodgson at February 09, 2013 04:14 PM (IDypm)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:14 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 09, 2013 04:14 PM (J6hHs)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:15 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:15 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 04:13 PM (Qxe/p)
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Yup. Same as the song (sung by Bobby Gentry) about throwing her child off the Talahatche Bridge. Disturbingly popular at the time now that I look back on it.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:16 PM (tXtOx)
(Sorry for the wall, it's a lengthy song)
Before the story begins, is it such a sin,
For me to take what's mine, until the end of time
We were more than friends, before the story ends,
And I will take what's mine, create what God would never design
Our love had been so strong for far too long,
I was weak with fear that something would go wrong,
Before the possibilities came true,
I took all possibility from you
Almost laughed myself to tears,
(Ha hahahahaha)
Conjuring her deepest fears
(Come here you fucking bitch)
Must have stabbed her fifty fucking times,
I can't believe it,
Ripped her heart out right before her eyes,
Eyes over easy, eat it, eat it, eat it
She was never this good in bed even when she was sleeping
Now she's just so perfect I've never been quite so fucking deep in her
It goes on and on and on,
I can keep you looking young and preserved forever,
With a fountain spray on your youth whenever
'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
Would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
And I know, I know it's not your time
But bye, bye
And a word to the wise when the fire dies
You think it's over but it's just begun
But baby don't cry
You had my heart, at least for the most part
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,
We fell apart, let's make a new start
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah yeah
But baby don't cry
Now possibilities I'd never considered,
Are occurring the likes of which I'd never heard,
Now an angry soul comes back from beyond the grave,
To repossess a body with which I'd misbehaved
Smiling right from ear to ear
Almost laughed herself to tears
Must have stabbed him fifty fucking times
I can't believe it
Ripped his heart out right before his eyes
Eyes over easy, eat it, eat it, eat it
(Eat the shit out of it)
Now that it's done I realize the error of my ways
I must venture back to apologize from somewhere far beyond the grave
I gotta make up for what I've done
'Cause I was all up in a piece of heaven
While you burned in hell, no peace forever
'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
Would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
And I know, I know it's not your time
But bye, bye
And a word to the wise when the fire dies
You think it's over but it's just begun
But baby don't cry
You had my heart, at least for the most part
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,
We fell apart, let's make a new start
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah yeah
But baby don't cry
[Maniacal laughter]
I will (what will you do?) suffer for so long (not long enough)
To make it up to you
(I pray to God that you do)
I'll do whatever you want me to do
(Well then I'll grant you one chance)
And if it's not enough
(If it's not enough, If it's not enough)
If it's not enough
(Not enough)
Try again
(Try again)
And again
(And again)
Over and over again
(Over and over again)
We're coming back, coming back
We'll live forever, live forever
Let's have a wedding, have a wedding
Let's start the killing, start the killing
(You sucking bitch)
[Maniacal laughter]
"Do you take this man in death for the rest of your unnatural life?"
"Yes, I do"
"Do you take this woman in death for the rest of your unnatural life?"
"I do"
"I now pronounce you"
'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
Would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
And I know, I know it's not your time
But bye, bye
And a word to the wise when the fire dies
You think it's over but it's just begun
But baby don't cry
You had my heart, at least for the most part
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,
We fell apart, let's make a new start
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah yeah
But baby don't cry
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 09, 2013 04:17 PM (GEICT)
1. Drones are immoral.
2.Drone strikes cause inordinate civilian casualties.
3.Drones allow us to fight wars without danger.
4. Drones are technologically complex weapons that only rich nations can afford.
5. Obama will be remembered as the drone president.
Actually, history will determine if 5 is true. Make that Four myths.
Posted by: Gloria Steinem at February 09, 2013 04:17 PM (e8kgV)
AC/DC - Night Prowler
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2013 04:18 PM (Vjplh)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:18 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Fritz at February 09, 2013 04:19 PM (WM+rJ)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:15 PM (vTi1t)
Would "MTA" qualify here?
When I was a kid, I actually gave deep thought to somebody's wife handing Charlie a sandwich in an endless loop all because he was a nickel short of fare.
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 04:19 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:19 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: Teh Funny at February 09, 2013 04:20 PM (8dspl)
All the ooey-gooey teenage death songs of the late '50's-early '60's........
Dead Man's Curve and all the rest.
Posted by: Boots at February 09, 2013 04:20 PM (oG66P)
Hey, ho. Let's go,
shoot 'em in the back now...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:18 PM (XkWWK)
Speaking of The Ramones, Pet Cemetery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3J0iwwsq-w
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at February 09, 2013 04:21 PM (a0X91)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 09, 2013 04:21 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 09, 2013 04:21 PM (Y5I9o)
@52 Barack Skeeter,
I got the same malware warning with Chrome. I merely switched to IE, which although is a bit like having sex without a condom, at least the warning in gone.
What's up Rons and Ettes?
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at February 09, 2013 04:21 PM (cCxiu)
Rd, to answer your exit question, "Plush" by the Stone Temple Pilots? That one is borderline, not quite as horrific as a song about cannibalism, but one of the lines is "When the dogs begin to smell her"
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 04:22 PM (0PiQ4)
LOL
Shouldn't that have been "nicced" channeling ace channeling 90 yr old marine with a crew cut?
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 04:22 PM (hDena)
The Creature With The Atom Brain; I Walked With A Zombie; Night of the Vampire; Two Headed Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7aLXehSXAo
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at February 09, 2013 04:22 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2013 04:22 PM (Vjplh)
Is the fishy or not?
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 09, 2013 04:23 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:19 PM (vTi1t)
Didn't some guy ass-rape Billy Jo McAllister, and then he and his girlfriend killed him and dumped the corpse?
It's a hit!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:23 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:23 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: wooga at February 09, 2013 04:23 PM (jgnqm)
Posted by: Boots at February 09, 2013 04:20 PM (oG66P)
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But that was fun bee-bop death.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:23 PM (tXtOx)
http://tinyurl.com/3pmrczs
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 09, 2013 04:23 PM (53riN)
Probably 1964. All the teen girls swooned. Parents talked about seat belts.
Posted by: Adjoran at February 09, 2013 04:24 PM (9uOra)
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 04:25 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at February 09, 2013 04:25 PM (cCxiu)
I just realized all my favorite music is about sick and twisted stuff.
The voices have pointed out that people look at me strangely ...
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 04:25 PM (Qxe/p)
'....our reputations are shot'
Posted by: DOA in Scrambletown, FLA at February 09, 2013 04:25 PM (Dll6b)
http://tinyurl.com/3pmrczs
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 09, 2013 04:23 PM (53riN)
What about last year's election ad of the kids lamenting dying from global warming and no health care. THAT was sickening in a Hitler Youth/Jonestown way.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:25 PM (XkWWK)
For the longest time, I thought the words "the caliope crashed to the ground" were really "the goliath he crashed to the ground." Because he had just finished jacking off. I thought the whole song was one big circle jerk.
Posted by: wooga at February 09, 2013 04:25 PM (jgnqm)
Your life ended fast you took your last breath
Dead in a grave, your final place
The maggots infest your disfigured face
Pus through your veins takes the place of blood
Decay sets in, bones begin to crack
Thrown six feet down left to rot
Brains oozing black down the side of your broken neck
Skull full of maggots
They enter your tomb - maggots - beginning to feast - maggots
Crawling on you - maggots - now they eat you - maggots
Rotting maggots - maggots - infesting your corpse - maggots
Parasites of the dead - maggots - now dwell in your head
Posted by: Whatev at February 09, 2013 04:25 PM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:25 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 04:26 PM (Fely/)
ground" were really "the goliath he crashed to the ground." Because he
had just finished jacking off. I thought the whole song was one big
circle jerk.
What about "revved up like a douche"?
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 09, 2013 04:26 PM (Iyg03)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:23 PM (XkWWK)
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Somehow I think a review of the lyrics is in order. Seems to be a minor descrepency here.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:26 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:26 PM (XkWWK)
And Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Pet Shark"
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:27 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:27 PM (XkWWK)
Not a grizzly death song but could be one of the theme songs for the Horde.
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 04:28 PM (S08dG)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:25 PM (XkWWK)
Absolutely. Anything Obama related wins the nightmare-inducing category...hands down.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 09, 2013 04:28 PM (53riN)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at February 09, 2013 04:28 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 04:28 PM (052zE)
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A song recommended to all acid-dropping novices.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:28 PM (tXtOx)
you've never been loved.
And like a rabbit, gonna grab it,
gonna do it til the night is done..."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:28 PM (XkWWK)
btw, if I say MOLLY HATCHET,
you say...??
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 04:28 PM (052zE)
FRANK FRAZETTA
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:29 PM (XkWWK)
Hope this doesn't put me in the barrel.
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:30 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: Whatev at February 09, 2013 04:30 PM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: DOA in Scrambletown, FLA at February 09, 2013 04:30 PM (Dll6b)
Fallen angels at my feet
whispered voices in my ear
death before my eyes
lying next to me I fear
she beckons me shall I give in
upon my end shall I begin
forsaking all I've fallen for
I rise to meet the end
Also, Voodoo by Godsmack.
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at February 09, 2013 04:31 PM (a0X91)
Posted by: Whatev at February 09, 2013 04:30 PM (A7Wh1)
Q: What did the Mexican firefighter name his twin sons?
A: José and Hose B.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:31 PM (XkWWK)
I'm still trying to figure out "Blinded by the light."
Revved up like a douche another runner in the night?
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 04:31 PM (0PiQ4)
btw, if I say MOLLY HATCHET,
you say...??
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 04:28 PM (052zE)
Jacksonville, FL!!!!!!!
\m/ \m/
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 09, 2013 04:31 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DOA in Scrambletown, FLA at February 09, 2013 04:32 PM (Dll6b)
you say...??
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 04:28 PM (052zE)
Yes, please
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at February 09, 2013 04:32 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 04:32 PM (0PiQ4)
Little River Band is what happened when Satan put together a band for tourring
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:03 PM (8sCoq)
Correction, that was the Bay City Rollers.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at February 09, 2013 04:32 PM (rqlRk)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 04:33 PM (uff2W)
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:33 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: DOA in Scrambletown, FLA at February 09, 2013 04:30 PM (Dll6b)
No but John Sebastian and the Lovin' Spoonful are in the film doing some cool tunes.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:33 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:34 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at February 09, 2013 04:34 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:35 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: PJ at February 09, 2013 04:36 PM (ZWaLo)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:36 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:34 PM (vTi1t)
Another great Nick Lowe song "Rollers Show."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:37 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 04:37 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2013 04:37 PM (Vjplh)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:37 PM (l86i3)
http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/02/dr-benjamin-carsons-amazing-speech-at.html
Posted by: Steve at February 09, 2013 04:37 PM (/wJa/)
Posted by: zsasz at February 09, 2013 04:37 PM (MMC8r)
Wrapped up like a douche. Because a 12 year old boy assumes douche is sold in tight packages. And "runner in the night" is plainly about sexual activity. Anything going on at night is.
Thus the line "she's gonna make it through the night" is heard as "she's gonna make it TO the night." Masturbation.
"Young chaperone, watching the young girls dance." Goes home and jacks it.
"Sneezing, wheezing." jackin it.
"blinded by the light" and the line about "that's where the fun is" when "momma always told me not to" -- because masturbation will make you go blind.
Posted by: wooga at February 09, 2013 04:37 PM (jgnqm)
Posted by: CCR at February 09, 2013 04:38 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: wooga at February 09, 2013 04:38 PM (jgnqm)
Posted by: zsasz at February 09, 2013 04:37 PM (MMC8r)
What song is that?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:38 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:38 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: zsasz at February 09, 2013 04:39 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:39 PM (8sCoq)
A South African Joo. Figures.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:39 PM (XkWWK)
drunk he could hardly stand up. At one point he called back to the bar
to have them send some Jim Beam to the stage. During the guitar solo he
walked to the back of the stage and leaned his whole body against some
Marshall stacks. I didn't think he was going to make it all the way
through.
I saw Molly Hatchet and Pat Travers play a gig in Phoenix and I still have no idea how I got home.
Posted by: Fritz at February 09, 2013 04:39 PM (WM+rJ)
Posted by: Steve Miller at February 09, 2013 04:40 PM (E7Iyp)
Music made no sense to me until the Internet gave me lyrics
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 04:40 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: zsasz at February 09, 2013 04:40 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 04:41 PM (XLQXo)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2013 04:37 PM (Vjplh)
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Reminds me of the old UHF channel program named "Night Flight". Seemed like every week they had the band Angry Samoans. No one ever saw them play because they were always too drunk.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:41 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:41 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 04:40 PM (0PiQ4)
Stacy Q, that was cool it's day. This aint it's day.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:41 PM (l86i3)
I brought you a crate of papaya sounded like I fought you the cradle of fire.
Mine is better.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:42 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at February 09, 2013 04:42 PM (fscec)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 09, 2013 04:42 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 09, 2013 04:42 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 04:41 PM (XLQXo)
I am woman, hear me bitch...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:42 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: meleager at February 09, 2013 04:42 PM (8ai3b)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at February 09, 2013 04:42 PM (fscec)
That's a heavy song. And in todays world, kind of prescient.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:43 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at February 09, 2013 04:43 PM (fscec)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:41 PM (vTi1t)
yes, but we were talking about mis-heard lyrics, and how funny that is
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:43 PM (8sCoq)
the Pure Prairie League's AMY is abducting girls and torturing them
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 04:43 PM (KwX0v)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:44 PM (vTi1t)
Let's not forget good old Alice:
Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin
she got them from the shelf upon the wall
Betty's mommy wasn't there to save her s
he didn't even hear her little baby call
Dead babies can't take care of themselves
dead babies can't take things off the shelf
Well we didn't want you anyway lalalalalalalalalalala
Daddy is an agrophile in Texas
mommy's on the bar most every night
Little Betty's sleeping in the graveyard
living there in burgundy and white
Dead babies can't take care of themselves
dead babies can't take things off the shelf
Well we didn't love you anyway lalalalalalalalalalala
Goodbye little Betty goodbye little Betty so long little Betty so long little Betty Betty so long
Dead babies can't take care of themselves
dead babies can't take things off the shelf
Well we didn't need you anyway lalalalalalalalalalala goodbye little Betty
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at February 09, 2013 04:44 PM (Qxdfp)
Bobby Gentry has historically remained coy about the meaning of her song. According
to her, the main theme of Billy Joe was simply death and dying, and the
ways in which we can be indifferent and oblivious to the suffering of others.
In a 2002 interview with the Florida-based TCPalm.com
website, Herman Raucher, the screenplay writer of the Billy Joe film, recalls
his encounter with Gentry as he tried to figure out the song's meaning:
INTERVIEWER: [You wrote] the screenplay for the Deep South, song-inspired
film Ode to Billy Joe. How did that come about?
RAUCHER: There’s an actor and writer and producer and director
named Max Baer, whose father was the world [heavyweight boxing] champion.
And Max called me because Summer of ‘42 just knocked him out,
and he said, I’ve got the rights to Ode to Billy Joe. Now, you
have to understand that Ode to Billy Joe was, at that time, the largest
selling record in musical history.
I said, ‘Max, what the hell do I know about Ode to Billy Joe?’
He says, ‘I want you to come out here and meet with Bobbie Gentry - I’ll
pay your way out here.’
I said, OK. ... Max and I go to meet her, and I ask her what does the song
mean?
She said, ‘I made it up. I don’t know what it means.’
I said, ‘You don’t know why he jumped off the bridge?’
She said, ‘I have no idea.’
He proceeds to explain that since the song apparently lacked a "true"
meaning, he simply made up his own storyline to explain the lyrics.
Bobbie Gentry is still alive, but has largely fallen from the public radar
screen. She has never published an autobiography, so today it is difficult to
determine if she has ever made any more authoritative statements on the meaning
of "Billy Joe." There is no reason to deny Raucher's story. Many musicians,
notably John Lennon and the Beatles, have frequently made similar statements
indicating that their songs' lyrics don't have a firm meaning and it is instead
up for the listener to determine their significance.
Posted by: nucelarjim at February 09, 2013 04:44 PM (r383k)
Eddie Vedder is always good for abusive relationship songs ("Daughter," "Better Man.")
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:45 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:44 PM (vTi1t)
You got that bass akwards.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:45 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 04:45 PM (8dspl)
He took little Suzie to the Junior PromExcitable boy, they all saidAnd he raped her and killed her, then he took her homeExcitable boy, they all saidWell, he's just an excitable boyAfter ten long years they let him out of thehomeExcitable boy, they all saidAnd he dug up her grave and built a cage with her bonesExcitable boy, they all saidWell, he's just an excitable boy
Posted by: Tatiana at February 09, 2013 04:45 PM (VBamK)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:46 PM (vTi1t)
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes
And Hide
I wanna hold you 'til I die
'Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you
'Til the fear in me subsiiiiiiiiiides
I wanna punch you til you cry
'Til the blood shoots from your eye
I wanna punch you
'Til the hate in me subsiiiiiiiiiides
(ok, made up that last bit)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at February 09, 2013 04:46 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at February 09, 2013 04:46 PM (FsUAO)
They were totally blocked when it was time to record it and the manager just said, "meh, just sing those lyrics." And the rest is history.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:46 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:47 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:47 PM (8sCoq)
Warren Zevon (RIP) had some interesting songs:
Excitable boy, Mr.Bad Example and Roland The Headless Thomson Gunner
Posted by: YIKES! at February 09, 2013 04:47 PM (mETGQ)
See, told ya I hated that song.
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:47 PM (vTi1t)
Took it to mean dressed like a two bit whore out street walking.
Original lyrics, written by Springsteen (talk about a douche) I think may have been different. Never tried to look em up.
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 04:47 PM (aqj6v)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 09, 2013 04:47 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at February 09, 2013 04:48 PM (fscec)
"Torn Between Two Lovers" is about two guys who find out a chick is cheating on them, and they have her drawn and quartered.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:48 PM (XkWWK)
What came after that really confused me, though: "A remma remma remma right."
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 04:49 PM (XLQXo)
Also, the Boss and his cobs are spoiling us kids on weekends. We got Ace on a Saturday! Thanks for putting stuff up on the blog during what is supposed to be your down time.
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (0PiQ4)
She cuts you once, she cuts you twiceBut still you believeThe wound is so fresh you can taste the bloodBut you don't have strength to leaveYou've been bought, you've been soldYou've been locked outside the doorBut you stand there pleadin',With your insides bleedin','Cause you deep down want some moreWhen she says she wants forgivenessIt's such a clever masqueradeShe's so good with her stilettoYou don't even see the bladeYou don't see the blade
Posted by: Tatiana at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (VBamK)
another runner in the night...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (XkWWK)
what is that song that, when it comes on the radio, you can't seem to change the station fast enough?
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Manford Mann at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: nucelarjim at February 09, 2013 04:44 PM (r383k)
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It's fun. Everyone should try it.
Posted by: Charles Manson at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (tXtOx)
That was weird.
The song tells the story of Angie, a young "crazy"
girl who "lives [her] life in the songs" she hears on "rock and roll
radio;" her mental disturbances led to her being removed from school and
having no friends, leaving her to spend most of her time listening to
the radio. One day, a stalker arrives at Angie's house with the intent
to rape
her, but once he enters Angie's room he is disoriented by the loud
music. The song then takes a decidedly surrealistic turn as when Angie
turns the volume down, the boy is said to be sucked into the radio and
disappears. The closing verse describes the boy as Angie's "secret
lover" and that nobody bothers to get an explanation from Angie in
regard to the boy's whereabouts because of her insanity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angie_Baby
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 09, 2013 04:51 PM (Iyg03)
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Alice's stuff was always done with a wink, very tongue-in-cheek, which made it ultimately funny. Early stuff along the lines of "Cold Ethyl," the song about necrophilia:
One thing no lie
Ethyl frigid, Ethyl Eskimo pie
She's cool in bed
she's gotta be, 'cause Ethyl's dead
Ethyl, Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms
Ethyl, Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms
Or maybe "Under My Wheels," where the guy runs over his date with the car:
The telephone is ringing
You got me on the run
I'm driving in my car now
Anticipating fun
I'm driving right up to you, babe
I guess that you couldn't see, yeah yeah
But you went under my wheels
Why don't you let me be
All done in the early '70s before the onset of Death Metal and the like where it became serious and, well, ridiculous.
Posted by: Norman Bean at February 09, 2013 04:51 PM (sTS/8)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at February 09, 2013 04:51 PM (fscec)
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away
I'll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me and love another,
You'll regret it all some day
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 09, 2013 04:51 PM (GEICT)
what is that song that, when it comes on the radio, you can't seem to change the station fast enough?
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (8sCoq)
Dive for the Dashboard Songs!
"Loving You" Minnie Riperton
"Playground of My Mind" Annoying Asshole
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:52 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (8sCoq)
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"Cocaine"
Posted by: Charles Manson at February 09, 2013 04:52 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2013 04:52 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 04:52 PM (1WM2H)
Posted by: Jim Flimsey at February 09, 2013 04:53 PM (T9V22)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at February 09, 2013 04:51 PM (fscec)
I thought he used a ball-peen hammer wrapped in a doily.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:53 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: epobirs at February 09, 2013 04:53 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 04:53 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 09, 2013 04:53 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 04:53 PM (tXtOx)
Hrmmmm
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at February 09, 2013 04:46 PM (FsUAO)
Are you certain that wasn't Dave saying "My god -- it's full of Morons"?
Unrelated:
I've been reading several comments, and I'm totally convinced most of us know all the words to "Louie Louie".
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 04:54 PM (Qxe/p)
"Killing Me Softly" is about a man who kills people with music.
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at February 09, 2013 04:51 PM (fscec)
Don McLean kills people?
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at February 09, 2013 04:54 PM (rqlRk)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:54 PM (l86i3)
not exactly rock but eerie
We'll always be remembered, we'll always be dismembered.
Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b2pl7D4HXc
Album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCl-nx5EnEM
Posted by: Paul at February 09, 2013 04:54 PM (nnEBo)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:54 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2013 04:55 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 04:54 PM (Qxe/p)
And if we don't, we will make them up and swear to god we are right.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:55 PM (l86i3)
'Angie' by Rolling Stones
anything that starts out with tinkly piano
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:55 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:55 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 04:55 PM (h6XiD)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:55 PM (l86i3)
Isn't that how we Morons get through life?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 09, 2013 04:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jones in CO
Bum, bum, bum
1800 Kars for kids 1800 K. A. R. S. for kids
DIE~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 09, 2013 04:56 PM (NTBjC)
The most recent is 'I Will Wait For You' from Mumford and Sons. It was OK for a while but now it raises my hackles when the first chords hit my ears.
Posted by: epobirs at February 09, 2013 04:56 PM (kcfmt)
Anything at all by The Doors. Sorry, it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at February 09, 2013 04:56 PM (rqlRk)
clearly sings it "wrapped up like a deuce, another runner in the night"
which is how I'd always heard it.
Took it to mean dressed like a two bit whore out street walking.
Original lyrics, written by Springsteen (talk about a douche) I think may have been different. Never tried to look em up.
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Chris Thompson is the singer on that MM song (Manfred was the keyboard player). The lyrics are: "revved up like a deuce," as in a deuce coupe (think the Beach Boys song). That's the way Thompson sings it, if you listen. And it's the way Springsteen wrote it.
Posted by: Norman Bean at February 09, 2013 04:57 PM (sTS/8)
She was black, as the night...
and now I denounce myself..
That song is 40 years old this summer. Jeez am I a fossil or what?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:57 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: epobirs at February 09, 2013 04:57 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at February 09, 2013 04:57 PM (rqlRk)
Posted by: Tatiana at February 09, 2013 04:57 PM (VBamK)
I've been reading several comments, and I'm totally convinced most of us know all the words to "Louie Louie".
this is the part I know
ah me, nah me, a panna na me
YEH wa pa nah, na, nanna nah wee
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:58 PM (8sCoq)
1800 Kars for kids 1800 K. A. R. S. for kids
DIE~!!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 09, 2013 04:56 PM (NTBjC)
THREAD WINNER
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:58 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Jim Flimsey at February 09, 2013 04:58 PM (T9V22)
sigh.
Should I denounce myself now?
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 09, 2013 04:58 PM (53riN)
That song is 40 years old this summer. Jeez am I a fossil or what?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 04:57 PM (XkWWK)
I think we are talking about a different Louie. But yeah, I liked that one when I was a kid. Talked a about a white boy falling in love with a black girl. Kind of heavy stuff at the time.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:59 PM (l86i3)
An Alice Cooper song that gets overlooked is the dental nightmare
'Achin' to Get Me' is often overlooked because it was on the same album
as the notorious 'I Love The Dead.' But the sound effect of a tooth
being pulled is really quite cringe inducing.
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The entire "DaDa" album is creepy as hell. Especially that little girl's voice saying, "Dada . . . dada . . . "
Posted by: Norman Bean at February 09, 2013 04:59 PM (sTS/8)
If I had a daily commute that kind of ad would have me seriously considering a satellite radio subscription.
Posted by: epobirs at February 09, 2013 04:59 PM (kcfmt)
1800 Kars for kids 1800 K. A. R. S. for kids
DIE~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 09, 2013 04:56 PM (NTBjC)
OMG I forgot about thatthey should use that song when they waterboard a terrorist
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:59 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 09, 2013 05:00 PM (Iyg03)
Posted by: SLAYER! at February 09, 2013 05:00 PM (FENcQ)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (LL42r)
The opposite of which are what the ex and I started referring to as dork songs after the VW commercial where the guy stays in the car after parking to listen to American Pie to the very end.
I've got a number of those.
I'd Love to Change the World
Stairway
Fooled Around and Fell in Love
And on and on...
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (gS7S1)
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (h6XiD)
Na, I love that song. Failed love. Story of my life.
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 04:54 PM (l86i3)
As much as I love Marty Robbins, you would be wrong about that.
Big Iron was better, but even that isn't the best:
Sloop John B -- especially the Beach Boys version.
Doesn't qualify here, though, because it's not horror in any way.
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (jucos)
Posted by: SUGAR at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (FENcQ)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (u25eL)
so sue me
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (LL42r)
Love it too. I still got the KISS ALIVE II double album. Detroit Rock City is my favorite.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:02 PM (l86i3)
It's summer, and a young boy is out on a work site with his dad who is some type of construction or engineering foreman.
They're trying to clear a pipe that goes through a large hill that's clogged with mud and water.
Dad tries from both sides to push a line through so that they can ream the pipe and clear it for flow but no luck.
Dad notices his boy is just smaller than the pipe and asks him in front of the crew if he'll tie off the line and carry it through for them, using his hands to clear the crap blocking the pipe.
Kid enters the pipe with the line attached and goes head first into a space about the same size as his body.
About half-way there he encounters the blockage but can't quickly clear it. The water is up to his nose, he can't go forward and he can't go back, and claustrophobia kicks in.
The description of his struggle to raise his head even a fraction of an inch, clear the blockage, struggle to move either direction, etc., went on forever.
Eventually he conquers his fear, clears the blockage and makes it through. The old man is proud and the crew treats him like he accomplished a right of passage.
But they weren't with him in the pipe when the psychological meltdown came ....
They never are.
Posted by: Blacksheep at February 09, 2013 05:02 PM (bS6uW)
avalanche to facilitate her budding career in music. True story.
Posted by: Fritz at February 09, 2013 05:02 PM (WM+rJ)
Alice Cooper had several:
Sick Things, I Love the dead, Cold Ethel, etc.
A couple of songs from the Kink's Schoolboys in Disgrace;
Heroin by Lou Reed (either Velvet Underground or solo),
Snowblind friend by Steppenwolf,
Pepper by the Butthole surfers.
Just a few.
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at February 09, 2013 05:03 PM (1qB0e)
But I gotta admit, I'm a mariner and I still think the "My life, my love, and my lady" guy is a dipshit who needs to have his nuts kicked up into his throat.
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 05:03 PM (XLQXo)
Hey, don't make me toss RINGO at ya.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:03 PM (l86i3)
what is that song that, when it comes on the radio, you can't seem to change the station fast enough?
Posted by: Jones in CO
Bum, bum, bum
1800 Kars for kids 1800 K. A. R. S. for kids
DIE~!
NO SHIT!!!!!!!11!
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at February 09, 2013 05:03 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: JarvisW at February 09, 2013 05:03 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 09, 2013 05:04 PM (jucos)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2013 05:04 PM (u25eL)
http://tinyurl.com/b8w5zfz
Great Lee Marvin movie, horrid song.
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 05:04 PM (h6XiD)
Posted by: Golan Globus at February 09, 2013 05:05 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:05 PM (l86i3)
Tom Dooley,
Pretty Polly,
Dark as a Dungeon,
Long Black Veil...
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at February 09, 2013 05:06 PM (1qB0e)
Posted by: Golan Globus at February 09, 2013 05:06 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: GWAR at February 09, 2013 05:06 PM (FENcQ)
what is that song that, when it comes on the radio, you can't seem to change the station fast enough?
Posted by: Jones in CO
Message In A Bottle by The Police
"I'm sending out an SOS"...for...fucking...ever...
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 09, 2013 05:06 PM (GEICT)
named Max Baer, whose father was the world [heavyweight boxing] champion.
And Max called me because Summer of ‘42 just knocked him out,
and he said, I’ve got the rights to Ode to Billy Joe. Now, you
have to understand that Ode to Billy Joe was, at that time, the largest
selling record in musical history.
Posted by: nucelarjim at February 09, 2013 04:44 PM (r383k)
And, just to close the circle, what famous TV series had Max Baer in a starring role?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2013 05:06 PM (673KB)
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 05:06 PM (JxJPF)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2013 05:07 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2013 05:07 PM (Vjplh)
Posted by: Blacksheep at February 09, 2013 05:07 PM (bS6uW)
>>> Roller Coaster by the Ohio Players. There was a murder outside the studio that you can actually hear (screams) on the master tape.
well done, chum
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 05:07 PM (KeJAW)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 09, 2013 05:07 PM (jucos)
studio that you can actually hear (screams) on the master tape.
Urban legend
http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/roller.asp
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at February 09, 2013 05:07 PM (Qxdfp)
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"Beverly Hillbillies" -- Jethro, baby!
Posted by: Norman Bean at February 09, 2013 05:07 PM (sTS/8)
I admit to liking the song...
BETH by KISS
so sue me
Posted by: soothsayer
There's nothing wrong with liking the song "Beth".
Wait -- you're a chick right? Because otherwise, yeah, there might actually be something wrong.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 09, 2013 05:08 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (h6XiD)
"Let Me Get Close To You." Great Hammond B-3 and guitar interplay at the end.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:09 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2013 05:09 PM (JJdOG)
Posted by: Golan Globus
Jim Carrol Band - People Who Died
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 09, 2013 05:09 PM (NTBjC)
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 05:09 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: venus velvet at February 09, 2013 05:10 PM (g94P/)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2013 05:01 PM (u25eL)
Jim Morrison was the best one-octave singer evah!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:10 PM (XkWWK)
studio that you can actually hear (screams) on the master tape.
I remember that. Funny how these stories make it around.
And no one ever stopped to consider perhaps another reason they might have dubbed a scream into a song called "Roller Coaster."
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 09, 2013 05:10 PM (Iyg03)
Oh. Wait. That wasn't a song.....
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 05:11 PM (tXtOx)
Tom Dooley,
Pretty Polly,
Dark as a Dungeon,
Long Black Veil...
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at February 09, 2013 05:06 PM (1qB0e)
"Roots" -- what/who is that?
I see that list and think Kingston Trio, Judy Collins, Johnny Cash, and maybe Tennessee Ernie Ford.
May I offer "Sixteen Tons" in honor of the latter (Bless his pea pickin heart)?
That was my dad's absolute favorite.
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 05:11 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 05:11 PM (8sCoq)
sigh.
Should I denounce myself now?
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 09, 2013 04:58 PM (53riN)
It reminds me in a weird way of "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir," so you are not far off.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:11 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:12 PM (FENcQ)
Drowning Pools
Love that song. Their is a youtube of it with a parrot singing it in his cage. Cracks me up.
Posted by: navybrat at February 09, 2013 05:12 PM (5ClqG)
Posted by: seamrog at February 09, 2013 05:12 PM (SxAus)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:13 PM (FENcQ)
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
Buy for You the Moon - True North
Many others
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 05:13 PM (LKr5H)
Let me set the stage FOR you!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:13 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 05:03 PM (XLQXo)
True, but, hey, no drama, no song!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at February 09, 2013 05:13 PM (53riN)
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 05:13 PM (h6XiD)
Achin' to get me is "Unfinished Sweet", and yeah, its got creepy sound effects.
That is a great album overall.
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at February 09, 2013 05:13 PM (1qB0e)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 05:13 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2013 05:13 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:12 PM (FENcQ)
Barrel. Now. Pass the brain bleach first.
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 05:14 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 05:03 PM (XLQXo)
He's a SAILOR-BOY. Get it??!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:14 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: L, elle at February 09, 2013 05:15 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 09, 2013 04:50 PM (8sCoq)
Anything by Manfred Mann, Bon Jovi, Al Stewart, all Def Leppard after Hysteria, anything off St. Anger (the only Metallica album that was complete and total shit), most grunge music, all '70s music that wasn't hard rock or metal.
As an aside, my favorite Pink Floyd song is Time, but goddamn do I hate the into to that song. It sounds like Salvador Dali having auditory hallucinations while under the influence of absinthe and opium.
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at February 09, 2013 05:15 PM (a0X91)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:15 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:16 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:16 PM (FENcQ)
On days when the parks in Cambridge, MA seem to be short of pigeons, well . . .
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 09, 2013 05:16 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Jim Croce at February 09, 2013 05:16 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 05:16 PM (vTi1t)
This!
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at February 09, 2013 05:17 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at February 09, 2013 05:17 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at February 09, 2013 05:15 PM (a0X91)
Well, if your not busy later......
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:17 PM (l86i3)
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
Posted by: garrett
Barrel. Now. Pass the brain bleach first.
Posted by: jwb7605
You have no soul.
BTW - Flack did an amazing cover of "Someone to Watch Over Me" that, as far as I know, only appeared over the end credit of the movie by the same name.
Gets me every time.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 09, 2013 05:18 PM (kdS6q)
Roots, as in music from the 1920's through the 1940's.
Most of the best of those songs by the Letterman, and Peter, Paul and Mary and the folkies were done earlier by Frank Hutchinson, Jimmie Rogers, The Carter Family, The Stanley Brothers, etc.
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at February 09, 2013 05:19 PM (1qB0e)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:19 PM (l86i3)
Three Time Loser - Rod Stewart (like ACDC's The Jack, it's about getting VD)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2013 05:19 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Ronster at February 09, 2013 05:20 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:20 PM (XkWWK)
Favorite song during Vietnam was "Can't Find My Way Back Home" by Blind Faith.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 05:20 PM (tXtOx)
You can find the song on Youtube.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2013 05:20 PM (673KB)
Think he changed his name, and ran for office...
Posted by: Jim Croce at February 09, 2013 05:20 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 05:21 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:21 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2013 05:21 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:22 PM (FENcQ)
Posted by: Golan Globus at February 09, 2013 05:05 PM (/1U3u)
That could be Closer by Nine Inch Nails or Animal by W.A.S.P.
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at February 09, 2013 05:22 PM (a0X91)
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Pink Floyd is the master of acid blues. They continued where the Zep left off.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 05:23 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: Blacksheep at February 09, 2013 05:23 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Blackie Lawless at February 09, 2013 05:23 PM (FENcQ)
Seen them play in Eugene, Sacramento and GG park, San Francisco. Ugh.
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 05:23 PM (h6XiD)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 09, 2013 05:18 PM (kdS6q)
There was a point in my pathetic life when my wife was pregnant, all of her friends were pregnant, and they were forming a support group for shared babysitting (which happened).
Every time I got home, there they were, there was that song, and they were all crying about god knows what.
Yup. Good times. Good times.
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 05:24 PM (Qxe/p)
True, but they had predicessors.
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 05:24 PM (vTi1t)
>>Seen them play in Eugene, Sacramento and GG park, San Francisco. Ugh<<.
They were great when they were Pigpen's backup band. The Warlocks stuff 1965-66 is most excellent.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:25 PM (FENcQ)
Posted by: Jerry Garcia at February 09, 2013 05:25 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:15 PM (l86i3)
I absolutely hate Shattered. Worst Stones song evah.
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at February 09, 2013 05:26 PM (a0X91)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:26 PM (FENcQ)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 05:26 PM (vTi1t)
Seen them play in Eugene, Sacramento and GG park, San Francisco. Ugh.
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 05:23 PM (h6XiD)
The Dead are like the Special Olympics of Rock. Takes them 20 times as long, but it means so much more...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:26 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 05:26 PM (vanqS)
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 05:23 PM (h6XiD)
Dude, it wasn't them, it was you. Your mind has been welded shut by the evil military industrial complex. They have wounded your soul, here ya go man, take this little piece of paper and put it on your tounge. We love you man, it'll be ok.
Every bad hippy reference.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:26 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: MaryAnn and Wanda at February 09, 2013 05:27 PM (TWR/K)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 05:24 PM (vTi1t)
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I realize that. It's why I'm a big listener to RandB now.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 05:27 PM (tXtOx)
Roots, as in music from the 1920's through the 1940's.
Most of the best of those songs by the Letterman, and Peter, Paul and Mary and the folkies were done earlier by Frank Hutchinson, Jimmie Rogers, The Carter Family, The Stanley Brothers, etc.
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at February 09, 2013 05:19 PM (1qB0e)
Thanks! Now I get it.
Don't you have to include the fifties as well?
Posted by: jwb7605 (Let It Burn) at February 09, 2013 05:28 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at February 09, 2013 05:26 PM (a0X91)
What the hell is Mick singing?
Something about "schvartze, schvartze, schvartze" and either the "crime rate" or "prime rate?"
They suck. Last good album was "Sticky Fingers."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:28 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 05:29 PM (GcwH1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:29 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 05:30 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:29 PM (XkWWK)
Well played!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2013 05:30 PM (673KB)
Lionel Ritchie's "HELLO" is about surprise buttsecks.
as in...Hello!
Posted by: soothsayer at February 09, 2013 05:29 PM (GcwH1)
Actually, you are thinking of "HELLO Dolly!"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:30 PM (XkWWK)
I then suffered through disco but then reanimated for 80's club music, ecstasy & hydro and so on. They hated all that shit.
It's like we grew up on different planets because we were born thirty months apart.
Posted by: Blacksheep at February 09, 2013 05:31 PM (bS6uW)
Justin Beiber's "Icould be your boyfriend" or whatever the heck it is called. Horrible, horriblesong.
Posted by: Grey Fox at February 09, 2013 05:31 PM (kudz2)
(of course that could be wrong names)
Posted by: Infidel at February 09, 2013 05:30 PM (vTi1t)
Oh no, your right,
They do the Jitterbug in Muskrat land.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:32 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:32 PM (FENcQ)
Any YES album, played uninterrupted, with headphones and some herb...
Not that I ever did that. No, really.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:33 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 05:33 PM (XLQXo)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Ballz Und Sheft at February 09, 2013 05:33 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Blacksheep at February 09, 2013 05:31 PM (bS6uW)
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I've found myself outside of many music conversations because I've never liked the Beatles and I've never liked the Stones.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 05:34 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:34 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: justaguy at February 09, 2013 05:34 PM (FmDhr)
Not that I ever did that. No, really.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:33 PM (XkWWK)
No shit, Like 2112 or caress of steel.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on KINDLE finally at February 09, 2013 05:34 PM (l86i3)
I rode my bicycle past your window last night.....
Melanie's " Brand New Key "
nails on a blackboard...was driving to work and heard Dennis Miller screaming an off key version of it and almost drove off the road laughing
Posted by: seamrog at February 09, 2013 05:34 PM (SxAus)
Posted by: Bob Dylan at February 09, 2013 05:35 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:35 PM (FENcQ)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 05:33 PM (XLQXo)
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LOL!
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 05:35 PM (tXtOx)
There was a point in my pathetic life when my wife was pregnant, all of her friends were pregnant...
Posted by: jwb7605
Dude! Well done! High Five!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 09, 2013 05:35 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Grey Fox at February 09, 2013 05:36 PM (kudz2)
I rode my bicycle past your window last night.....
Melanie's " Brand New Key "
nails on a blackboard...was driving to work and heard Dennis Miller screaming an off key version of it and almost drove off the road laughing
Posted by: seamrog at February 09, 2013 05:34 PM (SxAus)
Ironically, this was a huge hit and her career suffered from it because it was such a goof. That said, Melanie has/had one of the most powerful voices in rock. Just as strong as Janis Joplin but much more controlled. Listen to "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:36 PM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 05:38 PM (XLQXo)
Also sends respects to Grey Fox
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 05:40 PM (RlvM2)
Posted by: TexasJew at February 09, 2013 05:41 PM (lD8ju)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2013 05:36 PM (XkWWK)
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Liked Melanie too. Janis Joplin...meh.
Did like Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, for awhile, anyway.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 05:42 PM (tXtOx)
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 05:42 PM (h6XiD)
Clearly the most horrificly-horrifying horror rock is "I'm Too Sexy For My Shirt." The first four lines make it clear that this poor man suffers from some un-named medical condition of mega-extreme hyper-attractiveness that causes him physical pain and limits his ability even to wear clothing.
Later in the song, we learn that this terrifying disorder has alienated him from his feline companion and prevents him even from earning a living as a male model, despite it being transparently clear that this is perhaps the one vocation for which he is best suited. Worst of all, the lyrics reveal that his illness has led to his exclusion (exile or deportation, perhaps) from both greater New York and the entire nation of Japan, undoubtedly implying that there is indeed nowhere, no place, that this lost soul can find acceptance, support, even the possibility of help.
Neither Sartre or Dante ever dreamt of a Hell like this man endures, yet he sings about his plight blithely, as if it were a mere bagatelle, leading the unwary listener to respond to the whole affair as nothing more than antic japery - an existential cri di couer couched in Top 40 cushioning, as if we are invited to mock the performer, to laugh, even to take pleasure in his suffering. And is that not the greatest horror of all?
Posted by: 2nd (Blue) Unicorn at February 09, 2013 05:43 PM (wJliR)
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 05:40 PM (RlvM2)
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OU basketball is like a bunch of monkeys. Give them enough time and they'll do something right. I wouldn't put too much into thinking the Sooner basketball team has suddenly found a winning prowess.
Posted by: Soona at February 09, 2013 05:45 PM (tXtOx)
Liked most of the Beatles.
Nothing from the Stones after Gimme Shelter - Sympathy for the Devil.
Love good hard rock but for me metal and death metal is good for nothin but banging your head against a wall to.
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 05:46 PM (LKr5H)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 05:47 PM (XLQXo)
You people who hate the Dead need to listen to 'Europe 72'.
Fair enough, will give it a spin. heh
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 05:48 PM (h6XiD)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2013 05:49 PM (u25eL)
Lots of remakes, but Roots was a bit over by then.
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at February 09, 2013 05:50 PM (1qB0e)
My guys have taken care of em and while we're pretty good we aren't exactly top 10 material.
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 05:51 PM (kmLUz)
Fair enough, will give it a spin
Well, it's a great example of how good they could be when they got it together. If you would prefer more Experimental Blues, 'Live Dead' is a great option, too.
The problem with the Dead is they hardly ever got it on the same page on the same night...and they really were an act you had to catch live.
The result being 10-15 mediocre sets for each and every smokin' set. But there are some excellent copies of all the great shows available. Best part is they encouraged taping, so you can find evrything they ever did.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 05:52 PM (+hhmk)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 09, 2013 05:52 PM (u25eL)
Belting that out on the grade school playground at recess.
Good times, good times.
Knock Three Times turned into Crap Three Times at my house.
Gotta love the tribal diddies.
So you all have fun tonight; everybody wang chung tonight.
Posted by: The Man From Athens at February 09, 2013 05:54 PM (RXQ2T)
I think me and my guys in The Misfits did a lot of horror rock.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Glenn Danzig at February 09, 2013 05:56 PM (e6h7s)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at February 09, 2013 05:57 PM (XLQXo)
It's been surreal.
Love each other fellow babies.
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2013 05:57 PM (rr5xK)
Melanie's " Brand New Key "
Melanie's politics didn't go over as well with the emerging lefty crowds very well. She was basically a Libertarian and said so.
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at February 09, 2013 05:57 PM (1qB0e)
Posted by: Donna Godchow at February 09, 2013 05:58 PM (E7Iyp)
There was a point in my pathetic life when my wife was pregnant, all of her friends were pregnant...
Posted by: jwb7605
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Dude, you did them all?!?!
Did she ever find out?
Were you ever the governor of Kalifornia?
Posted by: The Man From Athens at February 09, 2013 05:58 PM (RXQ2T)
I saw them at the deadhead Mecca, Eugene, Oregon (1987?) - on liquid acid (not proud of that). CalExpo in Sacramento '90 and GG park '91.
Posted by: 13times at February 09, 2013 06:02 PM (h6XiD)
Posted by: navybrat at February 09, 2013 06:02 PM (5ClqG)
>>I turned EVERY song I sang with the Dead into a horrible nightmare!<<
Yeah, there is that problem on the Europe 72 set.
The Orpheum run in July of 76, though, you had laryngitis.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2013 06:04 PM (PnOz+)
It talks about a killer in Paris who cut up his girlfriend.
Posted by: Rand at February 09, 2013 06:38 PM (A6JXc)
Posted by: Sonya at February 09, 2013 06:41 PM (MwMlc)
Guy knocks up his girlfriend and her dad goes crazy and accidentally shoots and kills her.
We used to sing that song in grade school. Good times, good times.
Posted by: azkag at February 09, 2013 06:53 PM (+Efc5)
Posted by: Richard Gere at February 09, 2013 06:56 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 09, 2013 07:07 PM (jaijr)
And, has anyone here ever heard Don McLean's live version of Yonkers Girl? Fantastic-- and fantastically icky (and yes, it has a happy ending). Can't find a YouTube, so here's the lyrics:
I met a little girl in Yonkers not far from New Rochelle
and every Sunday evening within her home I'd dwell
I went to take a little walk to a dark and lonesome place
I drew a rail from off the fence and smashed her in the face
I then took out a piece of rope and I tied her to a tree
I said that I will kill you here if you won't marry me
I then pulled out my (??) knife - these words I will attest
I said if you won't marry me I'll plunge it through your breast
I then took out my 44 and I aimed it at her head
I said if you won't marry me then I will kill you dead
Then down upon her knees she got - for mercy she did cry
'Oh Donny dear don't kill me here - I'm not prepared to die'
But I did not heed her mournful cries - I only beat her more
Til the ground around her feet was covered with her gore
I took her by her long black hair and I drug her round and round
And I chucked her into the river a-flows by Yonkers town
Go down go down you Yonkers girl with a dark and blackened eye
Go down go down you Yonkers girl - I loved you on the sly
These words she said as she drifted by - they cut me to my heart
'Your love has changed - you are deranged - now you and I must part'
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2013 07:12 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Jimi Hendrix at February 09, 2013 07:18 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Knemon at February 09, 2013 07:35 PM (vb0IJ)
Posted by: Cher at February 09, 2013 07:48 PM (cH2mf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F4ZmfCGzlo
Warm leatherette,
See the breaking glass,
Beneath the underpass.
Warm leatherette,
Feel the crushing steel,
Feel the steering wheel.
Warm leatherette melts,
On your burning flesh,
You can see your reflection,
On the luminescent dash.
Warm leatherette,
A tear of petrol,
Is in your eye,
The hand brake,
Penetrates your thigh.
A tear of petrol,
Is in your eye,
Quick let's make love,
Before we die.
On warm leatherette,
Join the carcrash set.
Posted by: lisalisalisa at February 09, 2013 08:09 PM (YZFpG)
Peter Gabriel, "Intruder"
Many by Steeleye Span, such as:
"Long Lankin" -- "There was blood all in the kitchen/There was blood all in the hall/There was blood all in the parlour/Where my lady she did fall"
"Little Sir Hugh" -- ritual murder (the original ballad is antisemitic, but Prior et al edited the lyrics)
"Allison Gross" -- an encounter with a witch that doesn't end well
"King Henry" -- an encounter with a monstrous thing that does end well
Oingo Boingo, "Pictures of You"
Thunderclap Newman, "Accidents"
And something really obscure: Haystacks Balboa, "The Children of Heaven" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lkx1nONuXs
Posted by: Don at February 09, 2013 08:13 PM (NwobM)
Posted by: clos2thedge at February 09, 2013 08:23 PM (1Eu0J)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Santa_Went_Crazy
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2013 08:42 PM (7B7jB)
While it's not eating Timothy for lunch, it is darkly hilarious.
Posted by: lr68 at February 09, 2013 10:53 PM (lzokh)
But the one that really scared the liver out of me when I was a kid was "D.O.A." From the sirens wailing to the abrupt ending. What a hair-raising, vivid depiction of bleeding out after a car wreck! I heard it in nightmares for years.
"The girl I knew has such a distant stare . . ."
Posted by: beverly at February 10, 2013 03:08 AM (Ikscb)
I am not sure of what criteria the writer would say qualifies as a horror rock song. But I would guess it is deceptively catchy tunes with horror like lyrics.
One such song I would say is TheBeatles song,Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
"Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer came downupon her head."
"Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure she was dead."
Sounds like a kids song but the lyrics say otherwise.
I would also throw in asong or twoby Pink Floyd like"Careful with that Axe Eugene" in which that is the only line in the entire song... if you don't count the scream. And in a similar vain, "One of These Days". Only one line but it's. "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces."
Led Zeppelin's "Gallows Pole" is a jaunty tune thatends in a hanging witha twist.
Pearl Jam's Dirty Frank is pretty good too. Like Timothy, it's about cannibalism... except based on a true story.
Then, of course, there were a whole slew of bands trying to make their mark in Death Metal throughout the 80's and 90's who's stock and trade was trying to write the most evil and/or creepy songs they could think of. Nine Inch Nails anyone?
Posted by: brian448 at February 10, 2013 03:32 AM (DXxi3)
Richard Ramirez, the LA "Night Stalker", was obsessed with the song.
It was also the last song on "Highway to Hell", and Bon Scott choked to death on his own puke shortly after it was released.
Posted by: MidniteRambler at February 10, 2013 09:21 AM (bk97Q)
The band was from northeastern Pa. I knew a couple of the guys in the band growing up.
The song references a mine cave-in which actually happened in a little village called Sheppton in August 1963. Three miners were trapped. Two were eventually rescued. The third -- who had separated from the others -- was killed.
Naturally, there were sick commentaries that the survivors had eaten the deceased.
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