As opposed to just scary (Madonna, for instance, isn't eerie, she's more
stupefying.... And then there's Britney, who I would put in the category of
"vomitive" -- speaking of which, thanks, Skip, for the Joan Jett letter -- I
haven't picked up Rolling Stone in years and would be sorry to have missed
her righteous wrath and esp. the part where she goes off on the little Pat
Benatar fan).
Fleetwood Mac, "Albatross," "Man of the World," "Oh Well," "Love That
Burns," a lot of their Peter Green-era stuff.
Good ol' Angelo Badelamenti's "Twin Peaks" soundtrack, that main theme is
ultra spooky. Badelamenti is a master of eery.
Nino Rota's "Juliette of the Spirits" soundtrack
The Hal Wilner-produced Closed on Account of Rabies: Tales of Edgar Allan
Poe, esp. "The Masque of the Red Death."
Dave Ray & Tony Glover's "HIV Blues" from 1990's "Ashes in My Whiskey" --
kind of a "TB Sheets" for the end of the millennium.
John Cale's "Paris 1919"
Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows"
Whole swathes of Nick Cave, but esp. "The Mercy Seat" and his version of
"Long Black Veil"
Ann Peebles' "I Can't Stand the Rain"
Beth Orton's "Stolen Car" Most of her stuff I find boring, but there's
something weird about that song. The Hal Hartley video was super weird.
Slim Harpo's voice.
Pat Hare's "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" on the excellent James Cotton/Junior
Parker/Pat Hare release "Mystery Train" from 1990 -- esp. because Mr. Hare
was already in jail for murdering his baby by the time the song saw the
light of day.
Johnny Adams w/ Aaron Neville singing "Never Alone" on Adams' last album,
"Man of My Word"
Johnny Dowd's "Wrong Side of Memphis"
Human Sexual Response, "Land of the Glass Pinecones," "Marone Moan," "Anne
Frank Story" and "The Day the Dolls Came to Life."
Yes, the closer it gets to Christmas, the more I'm in the mood for
Halloween.....
Parry
