Non-"Genre" Songs That "Spook" You Anyway
I'm sure there's already a thread for this, but I wouldn't know the title.One of mine has always been 13 QUESTIONS by Seatrain. Especially the opening lines -Deep in the darkest hour / Of a very heavy...
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I'll never forget how dramatic I CAN SEE FOR MILES was back then...not only for the lyrics but also the sound in true stereo.It inspired Paul to write HELTER SKELTER.
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That's just it, I like to listen to the title repeated so many times, and the "Eiffel Tower and Taj Mahal" part and the music itself, which are enjoyably weird to me, and somehow ignore the angry...
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"The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia" always creeped me out as a kid, it sounded like the record was being played at the wrong speed!
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Plus, it doesn't really have a single innocent character except the brother, and even he seems all set to commit murder. (Not that I think what "Andy" and the brother's wife did was awful, but it...
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Count Brickenstein wrote:"The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia" always creeped me out as a kid, it sounded like the record was being played at the wrong speed!"Ode to Billy Joe" always did it for...
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"Ode to Billy Joe" falls in a similar category. While the song doesn't exactly creep me out in the same way as "Georgia", its subtly downbeat tone and dark implications certainly leaves a listener...
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It also evokes a gloomy mood of Southern Gothic that I've always found sorta eerie.Great song, though!
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Mora & Count (Brickenstein) good call on both Ode to Billy Joe and The Night the Lights Went Out...I would now add to that creepy Southern Gothic vibe this wonderful gem of a...
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I have a pretty comical PERSONAL case of this. One time as I was waking up from a nightmare, the song GOT TO GIVE IT UP by Marvin Gaye was playing at a low volume on the radio. It had nothing to do...
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Krick Wurkheiser wrote: I've been collecting Nick Cave's stuff since BOY'S NEXT DOOR.
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Koukol 5 wrote:I've been collecting Nick Cave's stuff since BOY'S NEXT DOOR.I'm afraid I didn't have the advantage of age there - I was born the same year as HENRY'S DREAM - but I have been exploring...
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Do you like CRIME AND THE CITY SOLUTION, Krick?I actually prefer Simon's voice over Nick's.
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Thanks, Koukol. Those were really cool tunes. Not sure if I've heard C&TCS before, but that was good. I prefer Nick's voice myself, but can't complain about Bonney's.
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In my younger days (high schoolish), I had bought five or six new albums earlier in the day, had stacked 'em on the record player, turned it on, and passed out in bed. I woke up to the sounds of loud...
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After an incredible ride of musical genius (all of disc one, or album sides 1&2 back in the days of vinyl)Disc 2, track 2 "THE WAITING ROOM" from Genesis' 1974 magnum opus THE LAMB LIES DOWNON...
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Black Sabbath's "FX" on their Vol. 4 album...just cause it really creeps me out (in an Innsmouth, gibbous ichor kind of way)- Jay
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