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Has there even been a band or song (of any genre) that leaves a "haunting" feeling? Often these songs are surreal or eerie, but they at the same time stick with you and often become instantly lovable.
For me, a lot of songs by The Doors do this. Especially the album "Strange Days." "Strange Days" lives up to its name, and has no real.. definite sound. The titular track has an eerie, surreal echo to it. Another, "Horse Latitudes" is read like a poem and strange sounds, whips cracking, people screaming and cheering, thumping, and random echoes are heard in the background. There is also, of course, the classic I'm sure everyone knows, "People are Strange." However, the song that haunts me the most from The Doors, is by far, Riders on the Storm. I get chills when I listen to it. "Riders on the storm. There's a killer on the road. His brain is squirming like a toad.."
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-2TNXqEP-Y[/ame]
Another song that does this is "The Alabama Song." While the Doors did a cover (Along with about a billion other artists) its not any particular version that haunts me, its just the song itself. If I had to pick a version though, it would be the creepy, low key and downright ugly version from the 1920s. While its far from a pretty song, for some reason it always manages to get stuck in my head and its one of my favourite songs and I love many of the covers, with the exception of the Manson cover, because I despite Marilyn Manson.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ5k9XIHexs[/ame]
There's also Echoes by my favourite band, Pink Floyd, but its rather long to post here. It however, is my favourite song of all time. Another Pink Floyd song that manages to 'Haunt' me though, would be the bizarre contrasts of Careful with that Axe, Eugene. The haunting, minimal chorus that permeates this track was enough, but when the voice really kicks in.. woah. If you haven't heard the song, I won't spoil it for you: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_nsiNBqjfE[/ame] (I love this music video. While I don't normally like fan made music videos, this song works surprisingly well with The Shinging. That's why I picked this version instead of the Pompeii version, although both are worth looking out for.)
So what bands/songs haunt you?
For me, a lot of songs by The Doors do this. Especially the album "Strange Days." "Strange Days" lives up to its name, and has no real.. definite sound. The titular track has an eerie, surreal echo to it. Another, "Horse Latitudes" is read like a poem and strange sounds, whips cracking, people screaming and cheering, thumping, and random echoes are heard in the background. There is also, of course, the classic I'm sure everyone knows, "People are Strange." However, the song that haunts me the most from The Doors, is by far, Riders on the Storm. I get chills when I listen to it. "Riders on the storm. There's a killer on the road. His brain is squirming like a toad.."
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-2TNXqEP-Y[/ame]
Another song that does this is "The Alabama Song." While the Doors did a cover (Along with about a billion other artists) its not any particular version that haunts me, its just the song itself. If I had to pick a version though, it would be the creepy, low key and downright ugly version from the 1920s. While its far from a pretty song, for some reason it always manages to get stuck in my head and its one of my favourite songs and I love many of the covers, with the exception of the Manson cover, because I despite Marilyn Manson.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ5k9XIHexs[/ame]
There's also Echoes by my favourite band, Pink Floyd, but its rather long to post here. It however, is my favourite song of all time. Another Pink Floyd song that manages to 'Haunt' me though, would be the bizarre contrasts of Careful with that Axe, Eugene. The haunting, minimal chorus that permeates this track was enough, but when the voice really kicks in.. woah. If you haven't heard the song, I won't spoil it for you: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_nsiNBqjfE[/ame] (I love this music video. While I don't normally like fan made music videos, this song works surprisingly well with The Shinging. That's why I picked this version instead of the Pompeii version, although both are worth looking out for.)
So what bands/songs haunt you?
