Comments on: Spooky Songs: The Shangri-Las

By: markus

markus — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:22:20 +0000

I loved reading this- my mother had the Shangri-La's greatest hits when I was a kid- “Past, Present and Future” was disturbing, but the one that did it for me was “I Can Never Go Home Anymore”.

In the middle of that song, you have the girls quietly sing “hush little baby, don't you cry…mama won't go away…” the lead singer screams “MAMA!!!!” These heavy, dramatic strings come in, and the girls sing “…and you can NEVER…go home ANYMOOOORE…” (and then another scream of “MAMA!!!”)

THAT gave me the creeps…

By: markus

markus — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:22:20 +0000

THAT gave me the creeps…

By: markus

markus — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:22:20 +0000

THAT gave me the creeps…

By: Tracy Hall

Tracy Hall — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:59:02 +0000

I know I've missed Halloween, but a song that gave me the absolute creeps when I first heard it was the song from The Blair Witch Project. It included snippets from the film, the scariest was the girl saying breathily “Mom, Dad. I'm so scared.” I woke up one morning to hear this on the radio and I felt genuinely afraid. Great song though!

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:54:22 +0000

Great post, but you left out another rather morose tune that was a pretty big hit for them (“I Can Never Go Home Anymore”).

Of course my favorite Shangri-La's tune is a complete 180 degree departure from the rest of their output: the bouncy and swinging “Give Him A Great Big Kiss”, which just goes to show that even the Shangri-La's apparently needed a break from all the doom and gloom.

By: drcastrato

drcastrato — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:32:15 +0000

Maybe this is too obvious, or too intentional, but Radiohead seems to be making a nice career out of creepy music. Their last 4 or 5 albums are loaded with creepers.

By: Floodgate

Floodgate — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:32:53 +0000

A little-known tidbit about “Leader of the Pack” — that is a teenage Billy Joel playing piano on that song.

By: MatthewBolin

MatthewBolin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:34:05 +0000

I just checked it again and it's working fine for me.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:26:41 +0000

How strange is it that I LOVE creepy pop songs. I love them most when others who are listening are just bopping along, then suddenly get it, and then are just shocked and/or horrified.

Horrified, of course, being the most fun.

By: oldetymer

oldetymer — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:01:23 +0000

i would like to hear more of Past Present And Future, but for some reason i only get 29 seconds of it, is it me or is that all there is of it?