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Thursday, Oct 31 2019, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday (HALLOWEEEN!) edition of The Morning Show. "Turns out I was a vampire myself, In the devil town" - Daniel Johnston was one of the artists we lost this year. He passed away on September 11th from natural causes at the age of 58.
"And who shall I say is calling?" | Features folksinger Janis Ian on this song with Leonard Cohen
"Push your old numbers, and let your house ring, 'till I wake your ghost" - R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe guests on background vocals on this opening track from Kristin Hersh's debut solo album
"Let's have a black celebration, black celebration, tonight" - Title track off the fifth studio album from Depeche Mode, released in 1986
"Immortal fear, that voice so clear, through broken walls, that scream I hear" - From the 1987 classic movie "Lost Boys", which features the best mullets ever collected together into one film: bit.ly
"In this age of frozen freaks, the only highs we get are low" - Tones on Tail was a side project created in 1981 with Bauhaus' Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins
"Haunted by your soul, haunted by your hair, haunted by your clothes, haunted by your eyes" - Another offshoot band that arose from the ashes of Bauhaus
"The engine with human blood was damp, the headlight was a brimstone lamp, and in for fuel was shoveled in bones, and the furnace roared with a thousand groans" - Halloween double shot of Love and Rockets!
"My blood is working but my, my heart is...
Dead!" - Black Francis told Esquire about this song that it, "falls into a category I would call biblical. Some stories, mythological or biblical, whether they really happened, some stories resonate. ‘Dead’ specifically is referencing David and Bathsheba."
"I burn, sift the ashes, for reminders, stony things remain" - The Toadies have been playing 25th anniversary shows of 'Rubberneck', find dates here: thetoadies.com
"What's in your head, in your head, zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ie-ie oh" - RIP Dolores O'Riordan, who we lost on January 15th, 2018 at the age of 46 due to tragically drowning after excessive drinking
There's a crack in the mirror, and a bloodstain on the bed, oh you were a vampire and baby, I'm the walking dead" - Opening track off the third album from Hollywood's Concrete Blonde, released in 1990
"I wander through your sadness, gazing at you with scorpion eyes, Halloween... Halloween" - Of COURSE we had to play this one from the queen of goth!
Death Valley Girls will be playing Freakout Fest this November! Find more info here: bit.ly
"Evil blooms, why be good, be beautiful and sad, it's all you've ever had" - Found on the third (and presumably final) album from The Dum Dum Girls
"As your body sinks into my bed, your eyes fall asleep, maybe you don't see me" - Watch L.A. Witch performing this song live on KEXP in 2017 here: www.youtube.com
"What is it like when hell surrounds you?
How hot does it get? I think I've already felt it" - Found on the debut album from Austin's The Black Angels
"As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer, cause I'm in need of some restraint" - Rolling Stones cover, Motorhead style!
"The bats have left the bell tower, the victims have been bled, red velvet lines the black box, Bela Lugosi's dead" - Widely regarded as the first goth rock song, and we're definitely not going to argue with that
"Runnin' with the devil, I'll tell y'all about it" - BRB y'all, gotta go on a run real quick!
"But goodbye to them he had to go, now he’s Casper the friendly ghost" - Another one from Daniel Johnston on this fine Halloween morning
"Satan gave me a taco and it made me really sick, the chicken was all raw and the grease was mighty thick, the rice was all rancid and the beans were so hard, I was getting kinda dizzy eating all the lard" - Well, that's kind of to be expected if Satan gives you a taco, Beck
"Lonely you, lonely me, dancing drunk on Halloween, Atlanta, Georgia rock and roll Halloween"
"I'm all dressed up, nowhere to go
Walkin' with a dead man (oh!) with a dead man"
"The killing moon, will come too soon" - Featured on the spooky 2001 film 'Donnie Darko'
"I am stretched on your grave, and will lie there forever, with your hands held in mine, I'd be sure we'd not sever" - Dead Can Dance will be at the Paramount Theatre on May 3rd: www.stgpresents.org
"And you were right this place is haunted, change the locks we are unwanted, drown me in your heart-shaped locket, and store me in your fur coat pocket" - Watch Devotchka performing live at KEXP in 2018 here: www.youtube.com
"Guilty, haunting, calling, claiming" - Closing track of the fourth LP from Public Image Ltd., released in 1984
"We can be like they are, come on, baby, don't fear the reaper, baby, take my hand" - MORE COWBELL! www.youtube.com
"Well I live with snakes and lizards, and other things that go bump in the night, 'Cause to me everyday is Halloween, I have given up hiding and started to fight" - Single released from Ministry in 1984 and later included on the 'Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984)' compilation
"Every night I burn, scream the animal scream, very night I burn, dream the crow black dream" - The Cure were originally going to use "The Hanging Garden" off their 1982 album 'Pornography' for this soundtrack. They decided to record an original song instead though due to Robert Smith's love for the Crow comic book
"It’s too bad I need time to sleep, forget my problems before I wake, and it’s time to go on, so on!" - My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult appeared in The Crow film while performing during the nightclub shootout scene.
"I want your soul, I will eat your soul, COME TO DADDY" - www.youtube.com
"Years spent in torment, buried in a nameless grave, now he has risen, miracles would have to save" - Here's Ozzy turning into a werewolf: www.dailymotion.com
"Now what's that sound from underneath the door? He's pounding nails into a hardwood floor, and I swear to God I heard someone moaning low" - One of our theme songs as Key Arena gets their years-long makeover right next to us...
"And I say: hello Satan, I believe, it's time to go, me and the devil, walking side by side"
"How'd I arrive in a place like this? Red right hand has the alligator kiss, my hair turns white and my face turns green, but my feet are still moving if you know what I mean" - Satan gave us a taco earlier, and then we had to go running with him, but now he wants us to dance. So tired.
"Got a curse I cannot lift, shines when the sunset shifts, when the moon is round and full, gotta bust that box, gotta gut that fish" - Watch TV On the Radio's spooky vid for this song here: www.youtube.com
"From the dusty mesa her looming shadow grows, hidden in the branches of the poison creosote, she twines her spines up slowly towards the boiling sun, and when I touched her skin, my fingers ran with blood"
"Whatcha doing up atop my roof, creeping across them shingles, you about scared me half to death, girl, what's your name, Ruthie Lingle?" - Opening track off the Denver band's second full length album, 'Low Estate', released in 1998
"Gather round, boys, to this tale that I tell, you wanna know how to take a short trip to Hell?" - Here's the Violent Femmes performing this song live for us in the Gathering Space in 2017, BBQ grill included! www.youtube.com
"Ditch digger, ditch digger, with your arms open wide, embracing and chasing" - From 1992's 'Circa: Now!'
"My body's a zombie for you! The smell of my breath, from the blood in your neck, oh I hold my soul, from the lands unknown" - San Diego duo that's made up of Zach Shields, and some guy named Ryan Gosling who was in some movies or something...
"She had an old suitcase, full of skulls, she kissed my lips, my blood ran cold, I couldn't wait to give my soul" - Check out when Langhorne Slim came by to perform at KEXP in 2018 here! www.youtube.com
"Possessed behind the eyes, well, apart from the frightening, the moaning, the biting, he seemed to be a nice guy" - Here's the video for Jamie T's "Zombie": www.youtube.com
"Painted in a corner and all you wanna do
Is dance down at the Zombie Zoo" - Vocal support from Roy Orbison on this one!
"You hear laughter, cracking through the walls, it sends you spinning, you have no choice" - More Siouxsie on this Halloween edition of The Morning Show!
"Bury me in love, bury me in blood, shield your kisses, take your heart, bury me if it hurts" - From The Smashing Pumpkins debut album 'Gish'
"Must be the season of the witch" - This has been the Halloween edition of The Morning Show, Morgan's got more spooky tunes ahead for y'all!