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Offline borgosi

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Songs that remind you of DS
« on: August 20, 2008, 04:44:39 AM »
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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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2008, 05:04:52 AM »
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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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2008, 05:06:28 AM »
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2008, 06:37:45 PM »
"Love Song for a Vampire"
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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2008, 06:50:15 PM »
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.

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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2008, 07:29:23 PM »
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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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2008, 08:38:18 PM »
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.

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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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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2008, 09:06:11 PM »
Quote from: GooberCollins on August 20, 2008, 05:04:52 AM
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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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2008, 10:46:25 PM »
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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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2008, 10:48:24 PM »
I love the Scissor Sisters.  I didn't know what there name meant for the longest time though.[ghost_nowink]
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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2008, 10:52:20 PM »
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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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2008, 11:56:02 PM »
It's all good. :)
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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2008, 12:14:17 AM »
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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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2008, 12:26:09 AM »
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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Re: Songs that remind you of DS
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2008, 12:38:54 AM »
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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