DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '24 I => Current Talk '08 II => Topic started by: borgosi on August 20, 2008, 04:44:39 AM
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Are there any songs that were not in DS that, for some unknown reason, remind you of Dark Shadows? I was just listening to a CD that has "Lara's Theme" from Doctor Zhavigo on it and when it came on I couldn't help be think that the song should be from DS. Do any songs have that effect on you that aren't from DS? The CD I was listening to is called Fireside Piano by Newell Oler.
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Many They Might Be Giants songs remind me of Dark Shadows, for the oddest reasons. Also, for some inexplicable reason, The Skins by Scissor Sisters. Go figure.
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Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
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"Love Song for a Vampire"
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Two Joni Mitchell tunes bring up DS for me:
Song to a Seagull makes me think of the waves crashing below Widow's Hill.
Court and Spark brings up images of lonely Barnabas, always looking for the love he cannot find.
David
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The 80's synth-pop band Book of Love had a song called "Witchcraft" that has always reminded me of DS. It's a song about casting a spell on an unrequited love. There's even a direct reference in the lyrics: "Angelique takes Barnabas/From Josette/With spiders ten".
Guess I can't really claim that it reminds me of Dark Shadows for some unknown reason. [ghost_rolleyes]
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Yes, it's from the CD Lullaby. There are alot of songs inspired by Dark Shadows. Here are a few that I know about. Some I found on my own and "Penny Dreadful" as well as other fans turned me on to some of them.
There's
Light In The Shadows by own very own Julie Gates if you contact her she'll let you know where you can get a copy.
Didn't Have The Time...................................................................................Dalloways
Barnabas Collins..........................................................................................Lone Ronger
Dark Shadows.............................................................................................The Moon-Rays
Barnabas Collins, Love Bandit.....................................................................Kenya Collins
The End Of Time..........................................................................................The Damned
Dark Shadows Theme..................................................................................Oneiroid Psychosis
Angelique...Majenta Jets
When Panthers Roamed Arkansas................................................................Kate Campbell
Barnabas Collins Has More Skeletons In His Closet Than Vincent Price.........Oval Protrait
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Maggie Evan's Acid..........................................................................................The Missing Ringfinger
There's a whole CD of music inspired by Dark Shadows, maybe more.
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Also, for some inexplicable reason, The Skins by Scissor Sisters. Go figure.
Hmmm - now that you mention it, I can see that with regard to the verses and the chorus - but especially when it comes to the bridge (which is where my sig comes from - but you obviously already knew that [ghost_wink]) if one goes with the intended connotation because it's a perfect depiction of Barnabas' motivations when it comes to his long line of SYTs, though particularly 1970PT's Roxanne. [ghost_rolleyes]
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Actually, I was just joking about it because of your signature, but it can be interpreted that way.
Darn, I had another one that reminded me of DS, but it's totally left me. [ghost_azn] Guess I'll be running back here as soon as I do remember it. [ghost_wub]
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I love the Scissor Sisters. I didn't know what there name meant for the longest time though.[ghost_nowink]
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Honestly didn't know a thing about them; still don't know much. I just Googled MB's sig to try to find out what it was from (yeah, I do weird stuff like that). That's the only song by them I've heard. Just not my favorite genre, nothing against them, though.
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It's all good. :)
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When I was working on DREAMS OF THE DARK, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" from TITANIC was playing everywhere, all the time. I heard it about a thousand times on my way to and from Lyndhurst, which I visited while I was writing the book. The lyrics struck me as an apt theme for NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS...even though I'm not a real big Celine Dion fan, and I wouldn't really use the song as a theme for NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS.
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I just remembered what the song I wanted to mention was. Bleeding Love. Not one of my favorite songs though, and that was a bad pun, I know.
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4 Minutes To Save The World by Madonna and Justin Timberlake because the Leviathan plotline concerned all the world and not just the Collins family. [ghost_wink]
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Calcutta by Lawrence Welk. Don't ask me why, because I don't know.
Gerard
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Yeah. Back at the Blue Whale. That somg rocks.
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Good one, JtW! LOL!!!!!!! [stfl]
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Whenever I hear the Theme from Dark Shadows, it instantly reminds me of Dark Shadows. Don't ask me why, it just does.
I'm not above stealing another person's comedic premise. I cannot be shamed.
Paul Buckmaster the orchestral arranger has as his sound the same cello/bass viol sound Robert Cobert did. PB arranged the strings on early Elton John albums and did the Carly Simon record "Haven't Got Time For The Pain", as well as the 12 Monkeys soundtrack.
I don't know the Scissors Sisters except that they like Elton John, which is cool, and did a song with him, and I think a song of theirs may have been on a Dr Who last year.
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Even before I made my video of it, Caramelldansen always gave me images of Carolyn at the Blue Whale. [ghost_tongue2]
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Good Lovin' by The Rascals reminds me of Quentin. Call it a whim.
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Bad Moon Rising by CCR.
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The Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett and dedicated to that devious hateful woman I love to hate. ANGELIQUE!
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"Brandy" by Looking Glass, with its seaport theme, has always reminded me of DS - the Blue Whale in particular.
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Roland -- right with you on Brandy (even though in the song it's a western port). [ghost_wink]
When HoDS and NoDS came to the theater as a double-feature in '73, Maggie May by Rod Stewart was on the charts. Though the lyrics themselves didn't have any connection with DS, well, there was, you know, Maggie... so... there it was.
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Whenever I hear "These Boots are Made for Walkin", I invariably think of Carolyn in white go-go boots dancing at the Blue Whale!
The title theme song from VALLEY OF THE DOLLS always makes me think of Vicki Winters arriving in Collinsport on the train.
"Sweet Dreams" by the Eurythmics - I always flashback to the Dream Curse storyline.
Blondie's "One Way or Another" - my brain conjures up images of a werewolf chasing one of the DS ingenues through the forest surrounding Collinwood.
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When I was working on DREAMS OF THE DARK, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" from TITANIC was playing everywhere, all the time.
OMG I did not know that you wrote that book. I just picked it up used...sorry no royalties...off amazon. I just started it I am only at the beginning but it got me hooked from the first page. Can't wait to finish it.
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The Memory of Trees by Enya.
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"Careful What You Pack" by They Might Be Giants reminds me of DS. I get images of Barnabas constantly watching Vicki without her knowing.
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I agree about "Brandy" by Looking Glass. That and "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay"
by Otis Redding always brings DS to mind for me.
2 other songs leap to mind now.
"Kiss From A Rose" by Seal and "Six Feet From The Edge" by Creed.
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"If I Only Had a Brain" - I think of Victoria Winters
"If I Only Had a Heart" - I think of Angelique
"If I Only Had the Nerve" - I think of Willie Loomis
[ghost_grin]
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[rofl10]
Hm... "Where Your Eyes Don't Go" (by TMBG, again) reminds me of the Dream Curse storyline.
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"If I Only Had a Brain" - I think of Victoria Winters
"If I Only Had a Heart" - I think of Angelique
"If I Only Had the Nerve" - I think of Willie Loomis
[ghost_grin]
BRILLANT I TELL YOU! JUST BRILLANT!!! :)
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Another one is Building A Mystery by Sarah McLachlan.
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AWW good one bluefielder I absolutely adore that one.
BLOODLETTING by Concrete Blonde reminds me of DS because they played it during some of the promotion for the 1991 DS.
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Enigma: Knocking on Forbidden Doors ....makes me think of Barnabas.
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Someone already mentioned "Love Song for a Vampire" by Annie Lennox, but I just want to add it here too because it's perfect for Barnabas' story. Another song that reminds me a lot of Barnabas and Josette is "Even in Death" by Evanescence.
I know there are a lot more, because it's gotten to the point where I look for possible DS-related meanings in songs now. [nerd]
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The song American Dream by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band always reminded me of DS when I was a teen. I even live in Augusta Georgia.
Here's how it starts,
I beg your pardon, mama, what did you say?
My mind was drifting off on Martinique bay.
It's not that I'm not interested, you see;
Augusta, Georgia is just no place to be.
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Hey Magnus! us old guys not only like DS, but we like Elton John! Was thinking of an old EJ song "Have mercy on the criminal" It was scored By Paul Buckmaster and has that old movie feel to it. I guess it would be the first verse that reminds me of DS.
" Have you heard the dogs at night
Somewhere on the hill
chasing some old criminal
and I guess there out to kill.
Oh there must be shackles around his feet
and mother in his eyes.
Stumbling through the devil dark
with hound pack in full cry"
(I feel like Bernie Taupin)
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And another Elton John song, Funeral for a Friend:
The roses in the window box
Have tilted to one side.
Everything about this house
Was born to grow and die.
Gerard
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Strange Magic by ELO- Haunting Rhythm..quite lovely though [ghost_smiley]
The Scientist by Coldplay ..Lost Love and all that [ghost_smiley]
Love Song for a Vampire- Beautiful video on You tube on this one [ghost_tongue2]
You Can't Always Get What you Want by Rolling Stones [ghost_tongue]
Can't Get No..Satisfaction...Ditto [ghost_blink]
No Matter What by Badfinger [ghost_wub]
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I find the songs Teardrop by Massive Attack and Worry About You by Ivy reminiscent of DS (the latter more than the former) - strange, considering the fact that they're themes for other TV series.
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Very cool, BC1958 and Gerard... I got thinking about Danny Bailey, then was reminded of one of the more recent greats from Eltonbernie, from 2001.
DARK DIAMOND
Oh, I'm a dark diamond
I've turned hard and cold
Once was a jewel with fire in my soul
There's two sides of a mirror
One I couldn't break through
Stayed trapped on the inside, wound up losing you
Tell me how does it work
How do you make things fit
Spent all my life trying to get it right
I've put it together and it falls apart
I thought to myself I might understand
But when the wall's built
And the heart hardens
You get a dark diamond
Dark diamond
Oh, I'm a dark diamond
But you're something else
You read me more than I read myself
The one star I could count on
Only comet I could trust
You burnt through my life to the true meaning of love
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I love Elton's music from most all era's as well.
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Within Temptation - The Truth Beneath The Rose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPjPy6gAmXA&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPjPy6gAmXA&feature=related)
lyrics (http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Truth-Beneath-The-Rose-lyrics-Within-Temptation/1A7451DC4AA979424825729900120AA9)
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Wow! I just listed to 'The Truth Beneath The Rose'. I really like it. I'm reminded of Quentin.
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The song "Confessions of the Vampire" from the musical Tanz der Vampir...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOnS9uKESBk
Reminds me of Barnabas somewhat, especially the regret in lines like "The split goes through my very soul/Its a wound that never mends/Our desires are elusive/And the hunger never ends..."
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Wow! I just listed to 'The Truth Beneath The Rose'. I really like it. I'm reminded of Quentin.
Ditto! That is PERFECT for him -- especially for those who see the darker more complicated character, as opposed to those who see only a womanizing drunk with no depth.
And some I don't think were used yet (unless I'm so slap happy I managed to miss something):
Meatloaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Light -- Quentin and Jenny
I Dreamed a Dream (Fantine in Les Mis) -- Jenny
I'm Just a <guy> Who Cain't Say No (Oklahoma) -- Quentin
The Man that Got Away (A Star is Born) -- Julia
Empty Chairs and Empty Tables (Les Mis) -- Quentin
This Nearly was Mine (South Pacific) -- Barnabas
Two out of three Ain't Bad (Meatloaf) -- Julia
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Several songs from the Killers' album Hot Fuss, are reminiscent of the relationship between Barnabas and Josette:
"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" and "Midnight Show"[spoiler]Maggie's kidnapping and Josette's death on Widow's Hill[/spoiler]
"Mr. Brightside"[spoiler]Barnabas reflecting on Jeremiah and Josette placed under the love curse[/spoiler]
"Everything Will Be Alright"[spoiler]Barnabas accepting that Josette is gone after she appears to him in the Leviathan arc[/spoiler]
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Someone already brought up My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion and that's a good one, but I think it better applies to Barnabas in regards to Josette. Think about it, it did take a long time, but he was able to manage to get past his obsession with Josette....first with Roxanne in 1970 PT, then with Angelique in 1840 (gag!).
Obsession....I ALWAYS think of Angelique when I hear this song...always. And it also suits Barnabas' feelings toward recreating his beloved Josette.
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Here Comes The Rain...by Eurythmics!
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Another vote for Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde.
Some Velvet Morning by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood. Eerie, very bizarre.
And a forgotten song by Jim Stafford: The Swamp Witch. More of a poem set to music than an actual song. Very different than his usual output of novelty tunes.
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"Bargain With The Devil" by Franco Micalizzi
It is the main theme of CHI SEI? aka BEYOND THE DOOR.
This European movie is a cross of The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby
The song is about a man who sells his soul to the devil to be with a woman.
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bABR8A7wv-k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bABR8A7wv-k)
I would love it if someone could make a Dark Shadows music video of it.
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Nancy Sinatra's cover of the Beatles' "Run For Your Life" has always struck me as the perfect Angelique song:
Well, I'd rather see you dead, little boy
Than to see you with another girl
You'd better keep your head, little boy
Or you won't last in my world
You'd better run for your life if you can, little boy
Hide your head in the sand, little boy
I catch with another girl
That's the end, little boy
You know that I'm a wicked chick
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can't spend my whole life trying
Just to make you toe that line
Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I said
And, baby, I'm determined
'Cause I'd rather see you dead
Too bad there was no MTV back then. A video of Nancy as Angelique would have been a blast!