31 Days of Halloween, Day 6

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Blue Öyster Cult
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Fire Of Unknown Origin
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Joan Crawford

So today's song is another kind of surreal audio horror movie. The verses depict a spooky apocalypse, complete with shivering angels, fat ladies, and Catholic schoolgirls. All of this apocalyptic horror is brought about by, naturally, Joan Crawford rising from the grave. My favorite part is the whispered "Christinnnna.....mother's home...." part. Sadly, I don't have this in MP3 format, so I'll have to embed the incredibly horrible, ill-conceieved video. The song is creepy, and the video is just...ugh. I mean, other than the bad clothes and hair, there's just nothing scary about this at all. Well, actually, the clothes and hair are pretty scary, but still, for optimum effect, let it play and close your eyes. For my money, the best version is the one on Extraterrestrial Live with the extended piano intro and outro.

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Iren says A great choice, by a band that is all too often overlooked as Heavy Metal Fools.. I dig that tune a lot and it's made my monthly playlists in the last year...

Permalink posted 10/06/2007
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sam9muhr says When I first bought _Fire of an Unknown Origin_ and heard this song, my initial thought was, "Are they singing 'Joan Crawford has risen from the dead'?" Then I probably chuckled a little, sang along, and officially confirmed to myself that BOC is baaaddddddaaassssss.

Permalink posted 10/08/2007

31 Days of Halloween, Day 6

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