Do you remember that episode of “Doug” where everyone in Yancey’s class gets all hyped up to see that scary movie? And as it happens our eponymous hero gets all woebegone because he thinks he’s the only person who closed his eyes in a sweat-induced flight-or-fight moment when it came to the “big reveal” of the monster lurking in the shadows?
Well, that dynamic pretty much sums up my history with horror movies.
I used to hate them. I hated anything that was even remotely frightening. I used to actually run out of the room every time the face-melt scene from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” happened. I even had this ritualistic prayer I’d whisper to myself every time I went to bed to ward off the nightmares that would inevitably accrue after viewing something particularly unsettling.
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Oct 31, 2011
Randor's Song of the Week: 10.30.11
"Whomp-a-saurus Sex" by Mochipet from the album Whomp-a-saurus Sex. 2011.
I knew all week I wanted to feature a Halloween-y song, just like last year. You're no doubt sick of hearing the same ol' monster mash thriller that tends to pop up come October's end. Just based on the sheer magnitude of Christmas music and its radio-hijacking persistence in society, how come, then, the so-designed antithesis of the holly jolly season carries the musical weight consisting solely of classics on its Bach? (Ouch, forced pun). I've thus compiled a Halloween playlist that steps outside the usual bounds of tired tricks. Some mention of a Halloweeny trait qualifies a song (i.e. monsters and other spooky stuff), but an appropriate atmosphere can also let it past the bouncer. This makes anything from "All You Zombies" to "E.T." fair game in terms of scope. And while it would be fun to post the entire 10+ hour list here, well... that's not the purpose of these columns.
This weekend I poked through the list and managed to get two worthwhile ditties stuck in my head. One of them now stands in the spotlight before you. The other you keen-eyed readers might have noticed among the TIME top 100 list bombarded by Djandor in her guest post: the 1977 political "Zombie" by Fela Kuti. Both the song and Kuti himself have spurned controversy, which I suggest you read on their respective Wikipedia articles for at least interest's sake. I suppose that's the reason why Mochipet gets the nod instead, though; Halloween has enough flak of its own without 40-year-old political embroilment. Yet, I wanted to second-place it officially for that jazzy, free-flowing style akin to the Return to Forever number I once featured. The societal meanings and undertones adds its own unique study, but again... save it for a heavier post. This one's about electronic dinosaurs.
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