“Happy Little Xenomorph On Jello” copyright 2016 00individual TLL
May 25, 1979 in the U.S. and September in the U.K., Ridley Scott’s movie “ALIEN” closed out the ’70s decade with a horrifying, yet seductively thrilling adventure – not since “The Exorcist” had 00individual experienced a movie as a drug.
Both were actually film-making at its absolute finest wherein physiological and psychological altered-states are experienced – that for their time, and now, were mind-blowing experiences.
A week or two prior to the ALIEN’s U.S. release, 00individual was able to acquire a VIP showing of the 20th Century Fox movie at a small screening theater in the main M.G.M. Culver City studios lot for families of employees – 00individual’s Dad was a Cine-Technician.
ALIEN’s opening scene’s Point Of View walk down a short corridor to the sleep pods immediately draws one into the ship’s close quarters, making one seem to be part of the crew – 00individual knew there was no escape, he was in for a heart-pounding adrenaline-rush ride.
Aware of H.R. Giger’s art, 00individual shunned any advance knowledge of the ALIEN creature’s design so as not to spoil the shared sight of the beast. Back in ’79 it was much easier to keep secrets as there was no internet, only radio, TV, newspapers, and magazines. One could self-censor one’s data intake as media was generally sought out – not like current force-fed overkill – whether self-censored or not.
Today Giger’s style is everywhere and influenced an entire generation of artists,
That said,
Happy Little Xenomorph On Jello presents these
TOP 13 HALLOWE’EN ALBUM TRACK GEMS!
CRANK ‘EM UP!
The Kingsmen
Haunted Castle – 1963 – 2:48
Righteous B side to “Louie, Louie”
The Ventures
He Never Came Back– 1964 – 2:04
“AAAAaaaa!”
Jumpin’ Gene Simmons
Haunted House– 1964 – 2:32
“Bells started ringin’ and chains rattled loud, I knew I’d moved in a haunted house.”
Them
Mystic Eyes – 1965 – 2:44
“One Sunday mornin’, we been walkin’, down by the ol’ graveyard, …”
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
I Put A Spell On You – 1968 – 3:43
Many have done great interpretations of this classic; Nina Simone‘s version from her album of the same name reached No. 120 Pop and No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in 1965; it also reached No. 49 on the UK singles chart that year, and No. 28 when it was reissued in 1969. The version by The Alan (the Animals) Price Set reached No. 9 in the UK in 1966 and No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s version reached No. 58 on the U.S. Hot 100 in 1968. The band later performed it at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. In the UK, Bryan Ferry‘s version, covered on the album Taxi, reached No. 18 in 1993. The version by Sonique reached No. 36 in 1998 and No. 8 on reissue in 2000. Marilyn Manson recorded a cover of the song for his 1995 album Smells Like Children. Jeff Beck, with vocals by Joss Stone, covered the song on the album Emotion & Commotion in 2010. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 53rd Grammy Awards. And apparently there are hundreds of other artists’ versions.
However,
while Screamin’ Jay Hawkins‘ version is the classic, and is the basis for being the manic originator of shock rock live, it is the version that The Crazy World of Arthur Brown covered on their truly great 1968 Psychedelic Rock self-titled album, reaching No. 7 in the US and No. 2 ib the U.K.,that truly delivers. Arthur Brown was and is a very unique individual and his version exhibits what the efforts of putting a spell on someone can do to one’s mental state.
But the mad end to what one would do to hold on to a love that was slipping away rocks out and is operatic and beautiful and unhinged.
Dr. John, the Night Tripper
I Walk On Guilded Splinters – 1969 – 7:39
“… roll outta my coffin, drink poison in my chalice, pride begins to fade an y’all feel my malice.”
Fleetwood Mac
the Green Manalishi (w/the Two-Prong Crown) – 1969 – 4:37
“Don’t you come creepin’ ’round makin’ me do things I don’t wanta do.”
Bloodrock
D.O.A. – 1970 – 8:28
Planning their trip back to L.A. from Aspen, 00 and his road trip buddy met two girls who asked if they could hitch a ride back to L.A. They were cool and everyone was itchin’ to get back to L.A. so they left right then, on Hallowe’en.
Once on the road, all four decided to celebrate the best they could and decided to drop some acid to make the long day to night to day drive a little more fun.
After a while on the road at night when you’re out in the middle of nowhere with the blackness of eternity spread out in front of you it can cause you to lose your bearings and that’s without the hallucinogens.
Toss in the spirit of Hallowe’en and you have a spooky brew; especially when you’re coming on real good to the psychedelics and reality starts to change as space and time seem to mesh and the only thing that is keeping you from spinning off into oblivion are the center-divider reflectors.
Those continuous bright flecks of metal repeating so fast that they almost form a line, really helps, otherwise you’d have no bearings at all except that stars equal up and everywhere else other than your “star track” is deep space. Scary fun!
Touching back down long enough to remember that since 00 was driving he controlled the airwaves. He turned the radio dial but it stuck on a rock station – and the beginning of the rest of the trip began, … again, … for the first time.
“Bloodrock 2” the newest album by the Texas hard rock band Bloodrock was released earlier that month and 00 had heard the infamous long album version of D.O.A. – and that’s the song that played on the radio, crystal clear from out in the void; the ominous goth tonnage of heavy metal Rock ‘n” Roll in the throes of dismemberment and death.
The lyrics, “I remember we were flying low and hit something in the air” – that’s just what they were doing! They were definitely flying, high actually, but low enough relatively speaking – so the song’s message had a creepy reality check.
Now this is probably the last song that you’d want to hear on Hallowe’en in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night in the middle of a psychedelic trip – but since that was the hand they were dealt, they let it ride – the whole grueling but extremely cool eight minutes of blood, guts and death and raucous Rock ‘n’ Roll and guitar solos – creepy cool shit.
Oddly enough no one freaked and they actually all had some fun getting a little scared and giddy from hearing it – again “synchronicity of strangeness” at work – like attracts like – when you’re strange and weird you attract the strange and weird. Incidences like that hold truths to sacred rituals and the power they possess.
Several hours before daylight 00 finally pulled over, so as not to fall asleep at the wheel, and had amazing psychedelic Hallowe’en sex with his Female Shotgun Rider once they cuddled-down in the front seat.
Soon they were all asleep and off into psychedelic-tinged Spooky Hallowe’en Dreamland.
Peter Bardens
Don’t Goof with A Spook – 1970 – 7:30
“… when your flesh begin to creep and crawl and your back up against the wall …”
Lucifer (Mort Garson)
Black Mass – 1971
CRANK IT UP!
Kathy Dalton
Cannibal Forest – 1973 – 4:19
” … ‘cuz we got nothing to eat but each other now – lost in the Cannibal Forest.”
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Photos of Ghosts – 1973 – 5:24
“Beside a dried up fountain lie five dusty tomes with faded pasted pictures of love’s reverie. Across each cover is written, “Herein are Photos of Ghosts.”
Bauhaus
Bela Lugosi’s Dead – 1979 – 9:36
“Bela Lugosi’s dead, the bats have left the bell tower, the victims have been bled, red velvet lines the black box, Bela Lugosi’s dead.”
