You can’t polish a turd as they say – but you can sell it!Jade Goody epitomizes the nations insatiable appetite for shit TV and people who talk it.Is this what the UK is today? Asks Shilpa. Well yes actually it is. But worse than that, maybe, is the fact that ‘this’ is what the UK considers a celebrity. This fat repugnant pig-like troll who complains about someone else’s English (Their s
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Starting off: I purposely didn’t choose ‘I put a spell on you’ as the track tagged track for this entry, because I don’t think it really has all that much of a horror connection, it just happened to be the Screaming Jay song that most people know.Really Screamin’ Jay Hawkins brought a couple of thigns to the world of horror rock that should be pointed out. His connection with the story
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Forget that bit about imitation being the most sincere form of flattery: in music at least, an artist truly pays tribute to another by fully appropriating his work and making it his own. Such is the case on Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits, easily one of the best releases in the frequently tiresome genre of tribute albums. Indeed, the late Screamin' Jay Hawkins delirious take on Waits's voodoo...
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Starting off: I purposely didn’t choose ‘I put a spell on you’ as the track tagged track for this entry, because I don’t think it really has all that much of a horror connection, it just happened to be the Screaming Jay song that most people know.Really Screamin’ Jay Hawkins brought a couple of thigns to the world of horror rock that should be pointed out. His connection with the story
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Happy Birthday to "*Screamin' Jay Hawkins*":http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3nfpxqr5ldje, born on this day in 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio. While many blues and R&B artists understood the importance of a dynamic and audience-grabbing stage show, it's probably safe to say that no one took it to the same level of histrionics and lunacy that Screamin' Jay Hawkins did. From his penchant for ...
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In the late 40's or early 50's, former boxer Screamin' Jay Hawkins wrote the lost-love lament that would become "I Put a Spell on You." It began as a blues ballad, but was transformed in the recording studio in the mid-50's. Hawkins claimed his producer "brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version. I don't even remember making the record. Before...
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I'm most familiar with Screamin' Jay Hawkins through the classic "I Put A Spell On You" (which was the basis of the beat of Biggie's also classic "Kick In The Door"). One day, I saw the end of some obscure Rosie Perez movie on TV and this song started playing. I watched all the way through the credits to find out what the name of this song was (as I did recognize Screamin' Jay Hawkins' voice)...
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| 2 Don't Love You No More |
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| 3 Pretty Girls Everywhere |
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| 4 I'm Lonely |
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| 5 Deceived |
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