Episode 18
“The Ghost Inside Your Head When We Are Through”
Welcome. Here are what passes for show notes. The reason the playlist is in the format you find it is because I really need a life. The very overwrought explanation can be found here.
Format is:
Artist/Band Name – “Song Name” – Album Name – (Band’s/Artist’s Country of Origin, Year of Song’s Original Release)
Now with Bandcamp links (where available), and if they’re not, I include Amazon links.
Accept – “Fast as a Shark” – Restless and Wild – (Germany, 1982) – Amazon
If you’ve already seen Demons and just want to rewatch the scene in question, here it is. I know it’s tempting–if you haven’t seen the film–to just go and watch it. But trust me, it won’t be as gonzo/impactful without the context of the rest of the movie. So if you haven’t seen the movie before–stay away.
Diablo Swing Orchestra – “Mass Rapture” – Pandora’s Piñata – (Sweden, 2012) – Bandcamp
The Damned – “Black is the Night” – Black Is the Night: The Definitive Anthology – (UK, 2019) – Amazon
Robot Koch feat. Grace – “People Are Strange” – Death Star Droid – (Germany, 2009) – Bandcamp
Kanaku y El Tigre – “El Funeral” – Caracoles – (Peru, 2011)
Molchat Doma – “??????” – ????? – (Belarus, 2018) – Bandcamp
Okay, I can’t figure out at the moment how to get the Cyrillic letters to display properly when the post is published. So here’s an image of what it’s supposed to look like in the meantime.
Jeffrey Lewis with Jack Lewis & Anders Griffen – “If You Shoot the Head, You Kill the Ghoul” – It’s the Ones Who’ve Cracked That the Light Shines Through – (USA, 2003) – Bandcamp
They Might Be Giants – “I Left My Body” – I Like Fun – (USA, 2018) – Bandcamp
The Gothic Archies – “The World is Very Scary Place” – The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events – (USA, 2006) – Amazon
Ted Cassidy – “The Lurch” – (USA, 1965)
As promised, now you can learn it:
Anita O’Day & the Oscar Peterson Quartet – “Old Devil Moon” – Anita Sings the Most – (USA/Canada, 1957) – Amazon
Big Bob Kornegay– “At the House of Frankenstein” – The Fiesta Rock n Roll b-side – (USA?, 1958) – Bandcamp
Alex Bartha & His Hotel Traymore Orchestra – “It Must Be Swell” – Tiger Rag/It Must Be Swell single – (USA?, 1980) – Bandcamp
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters – “The Yodeling Ghost” – Black Ball Ferry Line b-side – (USA, 1982) – Amazon
It’s a swinging, happy tune but listen to the lyrics. Dude didn’t get the girl he wanted so he said “I’ll show you, I’ll go out in the snow and pull a Jack-Torrance-at-the-end-of-The-Shining and then haunt you and yodel at you incessantly.” It’s true: some guys will do anything to avoid therapy.
Bessie Smith – “Haunted House Blues” – (USA, 1924) – Bandcamp
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox feat. Wayne Brady – “Thriller” – Jazz Me Outside Pt. 2 – (USA, 2018) – Amazon
Capt. Clegg & the Nightcreatures – “Transylvania Terror Train” – Capt. Clegg & the Nightcreatures – (USA, 2009) – Amazon
Los Saicos – “Cementario” – (Peru, 1965) – Bandcamp
Twanguero feat. Ara Malikian – “Raska Yu” – Electric Sunset – (Spain/Lebanon, 2018) – Amazon
Roky Erickson – “I Walked With a Zombie” – Roky Erickson & The Aliens – (USA, 1980) – Bandcamp
Eels – “Your Lucky Day in Hell” – Beautiful Freak – (USA, 1996) – Amazon
Showbread – “George Romero Will Be at Our Wedding” – Age of Reptiles – (USA, 2006) – Amazon
Gerard Way – “Baby You’re a Haunted House” – (USA, 2018) – Amazon
Los Tiki Phantoms – “Papá Soy Una Zombie” – Papá Soy Una Zombie EP – (Spain, 2013) – Bandcamp
Creeper – “Spiders in Her Hair” – Sounds From the Void EP – (UK, 2021) – Amazon
The Ventures – “Fear (main title from one step beyond)” – Ventures in Space – (USA, 1964) – Amazon
Lou Rawls – “Season of the Witch” – Your Good Thing (is about to end) b-side – (USA, 1969) – Amazon
Redbone – “The Witch Queen of New Orleans” – (USA, 1971) – Amazon
The Amino Acids – “Return of the Attack of the Curse of the Son of the Astro Squid” – Destroy the Warming Sun – (USA, 2004) – Bandcamp
One-Eyed Doll – “You’re a Vampire” – Something About a Dragon? – (USA, 2012)
Tom Waits – “What’s He Building?” – Mule Variations – (USA, 1999) – Bandcamp
Baroness – “Board Up the House” – Yellow & Green – (USA, 2012) – Bandcamp
Nina Simone – “I Put a Spell on You” – I Put a Spell on You – (USA, 1965) – Amazon
