https://youtube/watch?v=OKRJfIPiJGY Day #10 of Alternative Rock Month: Bela Lugosi’s Dead by Bauhaus. From the album Bela Lugosi’s Dead, released 1979. This was the first single from Bauhaus, which was an early Goth band. This, which is a very dark 9-minute epic on the death of a vampire, is considered the true start of the Gothic subculture. The songs horror-esque lyrics along with the many eerie effects and monotone sound were standards for the rise of Gothic music. “White on white translucent black capes Back on the rack Bela Lugosis dead The bats have left the bell tower The victims have been bled Red velvet lines the black box Bela Lugosis dead Undead undead undead The virginal brides file past his tomb Strewn with times dead flowers Bereft in deathly bloom Alone in a darkened room The count Bela Lugosis dead Undead undead undead...”
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:05:52 +0000
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