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AND THE SHADOW BEHIND WALKED WITH HIM<\/strong>: This week\u2019s Horror Roundtable looks at the best horror songs<\/em><\/a>. How awesome. I can\u2019t confine myself to only one; so here are ten. These are off the top of my head, without rifling through the tape\/CD collection. And I\u2019ve declared ballads (e.g. \u201cThe Twa Corbies,\u201d \u201cAllison Gross\u201d) off-limits, because we\u2019ll never get out of here otherwise. So, in no real order (except for the last, which is my favorite):<\/p>\n

1. Delta 5, \u201cShadow.\u201d Classy, glossy stalker song.<\/p>\n

2. Young Marble Giants, \u201cFinal Day.\u201d Not the ultimate apocalypse song\u2013but the two contenders for that title, \u201c99 Luftballons\u201d and \u201cThe Man Comes Around,\u201d aren\u2019t really horror songs, whereas this might be. It\u2019s subtle, creepy and whistly, a whimsical and shivery song.<\/p>\n

3. Martin Tielli, \u201cI\u2019ll Never Tear You Apart.\u201d The tiger waits\/in the bushes by the lake.<\/em><\/p>\n

4. Jane Hohenberger, \u201cTooth Fairy.\u201d The only song I\u2019ve ever seen someone cut off midplay because it was too scary. Her smooth gums gleam\/with no teeth between,\/Lisping, \u201cYou are mine! mine, mine mine mine\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

5. Diamanda Galas, a whole bunch of songs, including \u201cYou Must Be Certain of the Devil\u201d; that one with the eight legs of the Devil crawling up her spine; and the one that starts, \u201cDeep in my heart\/I love you so,\u201d which I think might be called \u201cTony.\u201d<\/p>\n

6. Dead Kennedys, \u201cThe Prey.\u201d Heh-heh-heh.<\/p>\n

7. Two songs quoting Blake\u2019s \u201cThe Sick Rose\u201d\u2013that one from Coil (can\u2019t remember the name\u2026), and the Raincoats\u2019 \u201cOh Oh La La La.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

8. Nina Simone, \u201cSinnerman.\u201d<\/p>\n

9. Siouxsie and the Banshees, \u201cGun.\u201d I don\u2019t know, I get a real Burroughs-Los Bros. Hernandez-SF-horror cartoony vibe from this.<\/p>\n

10. Oh, you knew it was coming: The Cramps, \u201cEyeball in My Martini.\u201d<\/strong> I discuss its theological implications here<\/a>. (The missing line is, \u201cWhat\u2019s this burden that I bear?\u201d)<\/p>\n

Hmm, this list seems to veer randomly from slow-and-creepy to camp-horror. I guess I\u2019m in that kind of mood. \u2026And yeah, I really do love \u201cDon\u2019t Fear the Reaper,\u201d too. Oh! and \u201cThriller,\u201d yeah!<\/em> And \u201cThe End,\u201d and that Siouxsie song with the zombie rhumba (\u201cJoin Hands\u201d?), and \u201cZombie Jamboree,\u201d and hey why not count \u201cI Put a Spell on You,\u201d and and and and\u2026. (HR link via Sean Collins<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"