Sunday, October 11, 2020

Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus

 

"You told me, I've seen it all before

Been there, I've seen my hopes and dreams

A lying on the ground"


Figured I'd slow things down a bit for this week's "spooky" post. Songs used in advertising sometimes take the soul out of a tune you once loved. Instead of coming to your own conclusion about a song's meaning or a sparked memory, the advertiser's image of cars or soap conquer your subconscious.(I guess that's what they get paid for)  I suppose it's similar to reading a book before seeing the movie so you can use your own imagination and interpret the words the author has presented. Songs used in movies however can take certain pieces of music and elevate the way you process them. Whether it's Scorsese playing the Stones or insert any 80's movie with a Kenny Loggins tune, these songs become elevated and sometimes iconic depending on the impact of the scene. (Oh, totally going to post some of my favorite soundtrack tunes at some point....let's just say ole K. Loggins will be brought up again)

I don't believe this song was creepy when it was released into the world in 1988 but once Jonathan Deeme displayed it in one of the more disturbing scenes in 1991's ,"Silence of The Lambs" this tune become infamous. If you've seen the movie you know which scene I'm referring too. The one with a girl in a pit, a toy poodle, lotion, baskets, and a mangina dance. Is that still a PC term? Was it ever?

I believe Silence of the Lambs is a great movie but I prefer the fantastical and supernatural horror pictures rather than the "based on true events" flicks. Real life is scary enough! Speaking of fantastical, the pic from the left is back from 1987 or 88? My Uncle used to work for Coors so this cutout from the Halloween TV promos of the time was in his basement TV room and as a 10 year I found this piece of Elvira art "very interesting." 

The horror flick I wanted to spotlight this week was a new discovery for me about two years ago, !975's "Race with the Devil"!I heard it discussed on one of my favorite movie podcasts, Pure Cinema . The movie stars Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, and Hot Lips from MASH. The cliff's notes version is two couples take an RV trip out to the desert to ride motorbikes (as people do?) when they accidentally witness some type of ritualistic human sacrifice. At that point our Dirt Bike heroes are chased from town to town by some type of cult that as we find out has lot's of reach. Great tagline too..."When you race with the devil...you better be faster than hell!" Cheers everyone.

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