Music and Murder
Mar. 29th, 2003 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldThe Eurythmics could be a very provocative group. It isn't just their album tracks--there is, for example, the chilling B-side song "Baby's Gone Blue":
And on that note, ebeloic wrote an overview of the disturbing career of serial killer Guy Ghislaim Martineau. This career--very literally cinematic, indeed determined entirely by Martineau's horrendously intimate relationship with film and moving pictures--is disturbing. Some elements remind me of H.P. Lovecraft's stories, particularly his demonic sacrifices but also his films.
And has anyone noted how northeastern North America--New England, but also to a degree Québec and Atlantic Canada--have served as such a seedbed for horror stories? Perhaps it's because of the age of settlement.
Male voice: As he did so, her body slammed backwards. At first it was my impresion when I saw her eyes that she was sleeping but she was already dead ... he called her name ...
Cold
Dead
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,--sweetheart!
Male voice: Oh yes, he called her name ...
Look at the mess
in your party dress!
Baby's gone blue
Male voice: that fixed expression .. she was already dead
Who are you going to send flowers to?
Who are you going to send flowers to?
Male voice: ... Oh yes, he called her name I'll never forget about that, that fixed expression ... it didn't feel right.
Cold
Dead
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,--sweetheart!
Male voice: He called her name ... crash out ... alcohol
Look at the mess
in your party dress!
Baby's gone blue
Male voice: Did you hear about that? ... crying ... At first it seemed ... but she was dead. ... her body slammed backwards ... the first thing ... the first thing ... alcohol ... it didn't feel right ... but she was already dead
And on that note, ebeloic wrote an overview of the disturbing career of serial killer Guy Ghislaim Martineau. This career--very literally cinematic, indeed determined entirely by Martineau's horrendously intimate relationship with film and moving pictures--is disturbing. Some elements remind me of H.P. Lovecraft's stories, particularly his demonic sacrifices but also his films.
And has anyone noted how northeastern North America--New England, but also to a degree Québec and Atlantic Canada--have served as such a seedbed for horror stories? Perhaps it's because of the age of settlement.
