The Misfits - MisFits- Collection
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Artist: The MisfitsBrand: MISFITS
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-07-01
Music Label: Plan 9 Records
Soundtracks:
- She
- Hollywood Babylon
- Bullet
- Horror Business
- Teenagers From Mars
- Night Of The Living Dead
- Where Eagles Dare
- Vampira
- I Turned Into A Martian
- Skulls
- London Dungeon
- Ghouls Night Out
- Astro Zombies
- Mommy Can I Go Out & Kill Tonight?
- Die, Die My Darling
- Earth A.D.
- Devilock
- Death Comes Ripping
- Green Hell
- Wolfs Blood
Music reviews of MisFits- Collection
Music Review: "Mommy? Can I go out and.... KILL TONIIIIGHT!?!?!"
Rating: 5 Stars
Happy Horrorween, everybody. With horror film reviews coming from all corners of Amazon in this unholiest of months, I've decided to focus my attention elsewhere for a change. After all, I'm always in horror mode. Right now, I'm in the mood to pimp my favorite sounds of the season; the stuff that oughtta be in your CD player and on your iPod this month when you aren't glued to the couch watching your beloved DVD's of favorites from Halloweens gone by or scanning your cable guide for the season's must-DVR gems. Welcome to my parade of all-time favorite horror/rock albums.
Numero uno. Ladies and gentlemen, I present the often imitated but never duplicated masters of horror/punk, The Misfits. From hell they came! This is their first of two best-of albums and contains a concentrated dose of horror love filled with ghoulish lyrics, fiendish guitar, and the unmistakable voice of the Satanic Elvis himself, Mr. Glenn Danzig. The band often gets tagged with the "hardcore punk" label and at times it is apt, but The Misfits are surprisingly listenable and their sound most often resembles The Ramones more than any hardcore band. Heck, you could easily sing along with most of the songs which often have instantly memorable melodies. With song titles like "Vampira" (an ode to the star of Plan 9 from Outer Space), "Astro Zombies", and "Wolfsblood", how could a horror fan go wrong? In case you think their references coy, they'll occasionally flat out name a song after a classic flick like Night of the Living Dead or Die! Die! My Darling!. When crooning lyrics like "I want your skull" and "they called us walking corpses/ unholy living dead", Danzig is the ideal horror/rock frontman and the music could not fit the mood better.
My favorite tracks on this CD include the low production version of the aforementioned "Vampira" that appears on this disc (which is comprised of alternate versions). You just can't buy that kind of guitar sound. "London Dungeon" is a one-of-a-kind tune that actually doesn't blitz you with buzzsaw guitars, but instead oozes through your speakers to create a menacing atmosphere while caressing your ears with primitive rhythms and Danzig's effortless delivery. And of course, "Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight" is arguably their biggest classic. "Bullet", which can only be described as a twisted love song for the assassination of JFK, is yet another standout track on an album of standout tracks.
Have a gander at these lyrics:
"President's bullet ridden body in the street
Ride, Johnny, ride
Kennedy's shattered head hits concrete
Ride, Johnny, ride
Johnny's wife is floundering
Johnny's wife is scared
Run, Jackie, run
Texas is an outrage when your husband is dead
Texas is an outrage when they pick up his head
Texas is the reason that the president's dead"
I personally can't think of anything more tasteless, can you? Moving on.
While the music is timeless, the CD itself hasn't aged all that well and is long overdue for a remastering. It'll sound cool in your CD player so long as you're used to old-school punk production values (or lack thereof), but if you plan on putting it onto your iPod you may want to download MP3Gain or another program that allows you to raise the digital playback volume to match the more modern music on your MP3 player. This is my only complaint. I'm still scraping money together for The Misfits Box Set, which contains all the tracks from both collections and much more for a Halloween present for myself, but if you're looking to get your first dose of The Misfits than this is a pretty good place to start. It isn't the original versions of the songs, but considering the number of tracks on this disc compared to the albums proper, this is better bang for your horror/punk buck. Any and all punk rock fans must pay homage to these guys, and horror fans should hail them as well. Nobody has ever done either like they did.
Description of MisFits- Collection
No Description Available.Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 14-SEP-1990
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