There are so many obscure horror movie references, some of which I haven't even seen (Lady Frankenstein, The Last House on the Left, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS) in Living Dead Girl, the Rob Zombie hit from his first solo album Hellbilly Deluxe, that even Jim, who abhors the man as a filmmaker, has have to give him his due for shear passion and encyclopedic horror movie knowledge. Even the video, directed by Zombie and Joseph Kahn pays homage to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; a further display of Zombie's movie madness.

I love this song with abandon, it's one of those that, no matter where or when, I turn up really loud and rock out to like the psychobilly I certainly am not.

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Posted on October 29, 2007

Could this really be angry old Sinead O'Connor? She always seemed so cranky that it's hard to imagine her with such carnal passions. It was, at least, a surprise to me at age ten when I was introduced to and fell in love with this song from (surprise, surprise): A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.

In case your memories of this classic aren't quite as clear as mine, the song is featured in the scene where the big haired girl from Just the Ten of Us (which also starred Freddy's original nemesis, Heather Langenkamp) is working out, prepping her guns for the big show down with Freddy when he appears and promptly turns her into a cockroach then puts her in a roach motel “No Vacancies!!”

Again, I can't imagine that this is where O'Connor envisioned this song gaining popularity, but who knows. It comes off her pre-Nothing Compares To You smash album Lion and the Cobra which was recorded when the troubled lass was only twenty years old. There's also a version featuring MC Lyte, remember her? Well, she just comes in about half way through the song as if she wandered into the wrong place at the wrong time–stick with the original.

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Posted on October 15, 2007

This song comes from this influential punk/rockabilly band's first album, also named Los Angeles, which was produced by The Doors' Ray Manzarek (they even cover the Doors song Soul Kitchen). It's loud, it's energetic, it's dark, it's catchy and with the charismatic intertwining of then husband and wife John Doe and Exene Cervenka, it's awesome. Reportedly this was written by Doe and Cervenka about a girl they knew who was racist and generally unliked.

While this song is likely their most famous, they never really gained a mainstream fan base like a lot of the bands they inspired. Still, their name is synonymous with the the west coast punk scene, and is widely considered one of the best albums of all time. Both Cervenka and Doe are still creatively active, she as a spoken word and collage artist and mother to this week's hunk's child; he as an actor (he was Julianne Moore's husband in Boogie Nights) and a solo musician.

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Posted on October 1, 2007

I was racking my brain for a good food song, when bam! it hit me in the kitchen. I wasn't doing anything remotely sexy “by the buttered rooooolls” when it popped in my head, just pouring myself some clamato juice, but once the songs starts, even in your mind, you never want it to stop. I, of course, cannot condone any of the filthy illegal actions this man may be responsible for (his trial starts this week) but in his music, there's an admirable insanity and a really odd sincerity combined with an unsophisticated hilarity that's unsurpassed and just fills me with joy. I think the lyrics of this awesome song should entice you to listen even if you think I'm as crazy as he is for being a fan…

Girl you're in the kitchen/
Cooking me a meal/
Something makes me wanna come in there and get a feel/
Walk around in your t-shirt/
Nothing else on/
Strutting pass, switching that ass while I'm on the phone/
Cutting up tomatoes, fruits and vegetables and potatoes/
Girl, you look so sexy while you're doing the damn thing i want/

Sex in the kitchen over by the stove/
Put you on the counter by the buttered rolls/
Hands on the table, on your tippy toes/
We'll be making love like the restaurant was closed/
How would you like it, baby/
(How would you like that?)/
Tell me right now pretty baby/
(Hey man, I'm gonna call you back)/
Girl you're in the kitchen, chillin in your robe/
I'm sayin to myself she better go put on some clothes/
Tickling and teasing/
Doing that little dance/
Girl, you gon make me lay you down and give it to you one mo 'gain/Girl I'm ready to toss your salad!!!!!!!!!!!!!
While I'm making love, girl I'll be feasting/

Girl you're in the kitchen/
Sweating up a storm/
The oven's on 500/
So you know the kitchen's warm/
Girl you know just how to get into a brother's mind/
Cause here we are still in this kitchen/
Doing it for the third time…

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Posted on September 17, 2007

There's some disagreement as to how In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida got its non sense title, but all histories tell of one person or another being either drunk or on LSD and either mishearing or missaying “in the garden of eden (or venus)”. Of course the how of this song is not as significant as its influence. This composition by Iron Butterfly is considered to be one of the first heavy metal singles which ignited the sounds of Led Zeppelin. The album version is seventeen minutes long, so if you've only heard it on the radio, you've probably only heard a small portion. This song is used in many movies and TV shows, but never as powerfully as this weeks movie pick, Manhunter. (Don't watch this link if you haven't seen the movie!! – But do rent it)

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Posted on September 3, 2007