When I saw the promo at the bottom I knew it had to be this song that came out when I was a kid! So creepy,especially if you hear it in the dark for the first time from my friend after church. 😆
This reminds me of the 1970 song “Timothy” by the Buoys where the miners ate their friend or the 1960 song “Teen Angel” by Mark Dinning where she goes back for his ring and gets hit by a train! So sad!
Last Kiss another , similar one... We were out on a date in my daddy's car.. ...The screamin' tires, the bustin' glass The painful scream, that I heard last... - About Timothy, I remember someone telling me the jacket of the 45 had an image of a mule on it. So seems maybe, if you wanted to see it that way, it was Timothy the mule had to make the ultimate sacrifice.
@marksink1652 The mule, as I understand it, was the record label's insistance that there be an alternate explanation to cannibalism. But according to Rupert Holmes, who wrote the song, that was NOT the original intent, as his intent was to get the song banned, and thus IN DEMAND, so cannibalism it is.
My friend became a fan of Bloodrock and then so did I. Ended up buying all their albums. It was this song on the radio started it no doubt. If it ever got banned in my neck of the woods, small town VA/WV, I never knew about it. band camp... banned decamped... went on to play somewhere else, in other parts... but who or where... none can say.
It's amazing. I too was 11 in '71, I had to go down to the record store and buy me a 45 of this song. I had recently been introduced to a New Band called Black Sabbath 😊 also rocked with Steppen Wolf. But yeah, this was a very dark Song 🎸
@@cathyshaw-kalloo237 I was actually introduced to Sabbath by the daughter of my Dad's boss, She was 14 or 15. She played me Paranoid and I was Hooked, started playing guitar and later became a Heavy Metal guitarist/singer/song writer.
1971 I was 11/12. I had a Sony AM/FM clock radio with a pillow speaker. I would go to sleep nearly every night listening to Top 40 radio in DFW. DOA came on one night and that siren sound woke me up. I was still on the edge of sleep. The words “We were flying low . Hit something in the air”, freaked me out!! I never listened to the song again. I won’t listened to it today. It has such an ominous dark sound and it creeps me out. Growing-up on 70’s music was great! Thanks for the flashback. I hope I can go to sleep tonight. 😬😅
1971 I was a 15 year-old HS Freshman and learning to drive. I also had a miniature transistor radio with earphone. Fell asleep often listening to Top 40 radio with Larry Lujack, et al., on Chicago's WLS "The Big 89" from across the lake in Michigan's Lakeshore. Learned a lot of music that way.
@@normslivinski7483 -You played in The Buoys?? That is why you are the professor of rock. I am a professor of chemistry. I play music prior to class every day. I teach Gen Zs about REAL music. Timothy is now on my playlist.
@@Gizathecat2 Holmes said he did not realize it was related to real life tragedy. When the label found out (after song was a hit), label tried to convince people that Timothy was a mule.
True. I remember reading about it in the book The Worst Rock & Roll records of All Time (1991) and was like, “Are they serious” and tracked down the song. After listening, I was like “Oh yeah, this is crap!”
Sfivestring65ify : "Never heard it. It would be cool if you could cover it." And i thought, "it would be fun if Lucy Thomas covered it." But that_ll only happen if she goes to hell to play with the damned, which includes the Rolling Stones and their fans, i should think.
I never heard of this song until you covered it, professor. The DOA I know and love is on VHII. It would be cool if you could cover it.
When I saw the promo at the bottom I knew it had to be this song that came out when I was a kid! So creepy,especially if you hear it in the dark for the first time from my friend after church. 😆
This reminds me of the 1970 song “Timothy” by the Buoys where the miners ate their friend or the 1960 song “Teen Angel” by Mark Dinning where she goes back for his ring and gets hit by a train! So sad!
Dang. I guess I’d put “Timothy” out of my mind. That song is darrrk. Good call on both those songs.
Last Kiss another , similar one...
We were out on a date in my daddy's car..
...The screamin' tires, the bustin' glass
The painful scream, that I heard last...
- About Timothy, I remember someone telling me the jacket of the 45 had an image of a mule on it. So seems maybe, if you wanted to see it that way, it was Timothy the mule had to make the ultimate sacrifice.
@marksink1652 The mule, as I understand it, was the record label's insistance that there be an alternate explanation to cannibalism.
But according to Rupert Holmes, who wrote the song, that was NOT the original intent, as his intent was to get the song banned, and thus IN DEMAND, so cannibalism it is.
@@marksink1652 I forgot about Last Kiss! One person commented below that the mule was a CYA by record company and author said it was a miner.
LOVED that crazy song. It was the inevitable culmination of the death rock era that started with’Leader Of The Pack’, ‘Teen Angel’ and the rest.
So true!
Don't Forget "Bat Out of Hell."
My friend became a fan of Bloodrock and then so did I. Ended up buying all their albums.
It was this song on the radio started it no doubt. If it ever got banned in my neck of the woods, small town VA/WV, I never knew about it.
band camp... banned decamped... went on to play somewhere else, in other parts... but who or where... none can say.
The FCC just needs to F-off. I'm sick of all the moral policing on radio and TV
Geez. That 45 reminds me I left mine at the house I just sold. 😢
Fitting that you are wearing Alice In Chains. Dark music indeed.
this song creeped me out, I was 11 in 1971. Hearing it again now is *still* creepy.
It's amazing. I too was 11 in '71, I had to go down to the record store and buy me a 45 of this song. I had recently been introduced to a New Band called Black Sabbath 😊 also rocked with Steppen Wolf. But yeah, this was a very dark Song 🎸
@@Mike-bx4ww you were way ahead of me... I was still in the world of AM radio, lol. it wouldn't be till 2 years later that I discovered real music.
Dito I was 11 but really liked this song, I thought we (friends) were the only ones who even knew the Album !
@@cathyshaw-kalloo237 I was actually introduced to Sabbath by the daughter of my Dad's boss, She was 14 or 15. She played me Paranoid and I was Hooked, started playing guitar and later became a Heavy Metal guitarist/singer/song writer.
I still have the album, Bloodrock 2.
1971 I was 11/12. I had a Sony AM/FM clock radio with a pillow speaker. I would go to sleep nearly every night listening to Top 40 radio in DFW. DOA came on one night and that siren sound woke me up. I was still on the edge of sleep. The words “We were flying low
. Hit something in the air”, freaked me out!! I never listened to the song again. I won’t listened to it today. It has such an ominous dark sound and it creeps me out. Growing-up on 70’s music was great! Thanks for the flashback. I hope I can go to sleep tonight. 😬😅
1971 I was a 15 year-old HS Freshman and learning to drive. I also had a miniature transistor radio with earphone. Fell asleep often listening to Top 40 radio with Larry Lujack, et al., on Chicago's WLS "The Big 89" from across the lake in Michigan's Lakeshore. Learned a lot of music that way.
wimp. wuss. coward. imagine being so weak you avoid a song and accept you "can't" hear it.
More than Timothy?
My first thought! 🤪
What about TIMOTHY by the BUOYS????
Thank you! I played in the Buoys.
@@normslivinski7483 -You played in The Buoys?? That is why you are the professor of rock. I am a professor of chemistry. I play music prior to class every day. I teach Gen Zs about REAL music. Timothy is now on my playlist.
‘’Timothy” was written by Rupert Holmes who went on to have a major hit in 1980. Remember “Escape-The Pina Colada Song?”
@@Gizathecat2 Holmes said he did not realize it was related to real life tragedy. When the label found out (after song was a hit), label tried to convince people that Timothy was a mule.
Still have this record. They were hometown musicians here in Burleson, TX.
I own this album. Will have to pull it out and play it again.
I've heard this song. If there's a darrker, grimmer song then i don't know what it is.
This song freaks me out even with the lights on.
I remember. Happy New Year too .
Morbid songs are something else. I'm here for them.
Love the Jar of Flies shirt!!!
Very creepy. Gives me an old Black Sabbath vibe.
"Beaker Street" a Mon-Sat 11pm - 6am alt music show 1967-1978 on KAAY-AM📻 LRArk played it for years & often.
Oh I remember this! My brother had the 45…
Creepy!
The biggest problem with the song….it’s just not very good.
True. I remember reading about it in the book The Worst Rock & Roll records of All Time (1991) and was like, “Are they serious” and tracked down the song. After listening, I was like “Oh yeah, this is crap!”
Sfivestring65ify : "Never heard it. It would be cool if you could cover it." And i thought, "it would be fun if Lucy Thomas covered it." But that_ll only happen if she goes to hell to play with the damned, which includes the Rolling Stones and their fans, i should think.
NO RADIO PLAYED IT
No radio played it or No! Radio did play it?
@ProfessorofRock Great example of why punctuation matters 😀
@@ProfessorofRock- The California stations played it. Very haunting song.
It was played on KOMA in Oklahoma City. Otherwise I would not even know it existed.
@@DebbieOlandeseis that pronounced COMA 😮