Messer Chups - Difficult Love

Here's my contribution to this holiday's spirit.

2004.

Screaming Lord Sutch - Dracula's Daughter

Happy Halloween!






It was late one night when the moon shone bright
I was passing the cemetery
When a bite on the cheek left me feeling weak
That's where I met vampire Mary

When I looked around I was flat on the ground
With a big black thing above me
Are we gonna get wed or you end up dead
Says now do you love me

Lips of blue, eyes of red
A laugh like gurgling water
But I can't resist that passionate kiss
I'm love with Dracula's daughter

But she gave me a peck
Thus left me a wreck
And said it'll ?
And after that we're gonna meet the old bat
You must come and see my daddy

When we climbed to the tree
And I says can we please pardon my intrusion
Well he gave me a grin and said my you're thin
You could do with a blood transfusion

Lips of blue, eyes of red
A laugh like gurgling water
But I can't resist that passionate kiss
I'm in love with Dracula's daughter

We were wed in June beneath the yellow moon
And we danced around the campfire
Says Mary to me when the clock strikes three
You're a genuine Grade A vampire

Now hear me right if you're out at night
Run as fast as your legs will let you
Cause if you don't run, I'm teeling you son
Mary and I will get you

Lips of blue, eyes of red
A laugh like gurgling water
But I can't resist that passionate kiss
I'm in love with Dracula's daughter

Ginny Arnell - Dumb Head

Ginny Arnell was one of the new American artists left in the wake of British bands. Ginny's song, “Dumb Head”, was catchy and much in the style of female singers of the early 1960's, even using an instrumental passage featuring a kazoo, reminiscent of the 1962 Joanie Sommers hit “Johnny Get Angry”, which successfully used the same effect.

And a cover by Sharades, a 60s girls group, produced by Joe Meek:

Dumb head, I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Dodododo-dodo-dododo

I had him where I wanted him
He was saying he'd be mine
And none could take my place
And I laughed in his face

Well, I made some goofs,
But this one tops them all
So I think I'll go
Bang my head against the wall

Cause I'm a dumb head
I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Dodododo-dodo-dododo

I had him where I wanted him
He was giving me his heart
And begging me to stay
And I just walked away

Well, now I'm convinced that I must be insane
Or else I was born with a peanut for a brain

Cause I'm a dumb head
I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Dodododo-dodo-dododo

I couldn't see the forest through the trees,
The boy I love was down on his knees
And I played the game and acted like a tease,
Somebody kick me please

Cause I'm a dumb head
I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Dodododo-dodo-dododo

Now I'm convinced that I must be insane
Or else I was born with a peanut for a brain

Cause I'm a dumb head
I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Goofy little girl
Just a dumb head
Silly little girl
Just a dumb head
Stupid little girl
Just a dumb girl
Stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Silly little girl...

Joanie Sommers - Johnny Get Angry

Yet another Johnny song!
Johnny Get Angry reached 7# on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.

Johnny, I said we were through
Just to see what you would do
You stood there and hung your head
Made me wish that I were dead

Oh, Johnny get angry, Johnny get mad
Give me the biggest lecture I ever had
I want a brave man, I want a cave man
Johnny, show me that you care, really care for me

Every time you danced with me
You let Freddy cut in constantly
When he'd ask, you'd never speak
Must you always be so meek?

Every girl wants someone who
She can always look up to
You know I love you, of course
Let me know that you're the boss

Johnny, get angry, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...

Boris Vian - Fais moi mal, Johnny

Text by french writer Boris Vian, sung by actress/singer Magali Noël in 1956.

The story is as follows. This girl begs Johnny to hurt her, because she likes to play it rough - but Johnny is a good boy and insists he won't hurt a fly. Eventually, as she insults and ridicules him, he gets really angry and beats up his unfortunate lover.

these people obviously had a lot of fun making the video!



Il s'est levé à mon approche
Debout, il était bien plus petit
Je me suis dit c'est dans la poche
Ce mignon-là, c'est pour mon lit
Il m'arrivait jusqu'à l'épaule
Mais il était râblé comme tout
Il m'a suivie jusqu'à ma piaule
Et j'ai crié vas-y mon loup

Fais-moi mal, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Envole-moi au ciel... zoum!
Fais-moi mal, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Moi j'aime l'amour qui fait boum!

Il n'avait plus que ses chaussettes
Des belle jaunes avec des raies bleues
Il m'a regardé d'un oeil bête
Il comprenait rien, le malheureux
Et il m'a dit l'air désolé
Je ne ferais pas de mal à une mouche
Il m'énervait! Je l'ai giflé
Et j'ai grincé d'un air farouche

Fais-moi mal, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Je ne suis pas une mouche... zoum!
Fais-moi mal, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Moi j'aime l'amour qui fait boum!

Voyant qu'il ne s'excitait guère
Je l'ai insulté sauvagement
J'y ai donné tous les noms de la terre
Et encore d'autres bien moins courants
Ça l'a réveillé aussi sec
Et il m'a dit arrête ton char
Tu me prends vraiment pour un pauvre mec
Je vais t'en refiler, de la série noire

Tu me fais mal, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Pas avec les pieds... zing!
Tu me fais mal, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
J'aime pas l'amour qui fait bing!

Il a remis sa petite chemise
Son petit complet, ses petits souliers
Il est descendu l'escalier
En me laissant une épaule démise
Pour des voyous de cette espèce
C'est bien la peine de faire des frais
Maintenant, j'ai des bleus plein les fesses
Et plus jamais je ne dirai

Fais-moi mal, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Envole-moi au ciel... zoum!
Fais-moi mal, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Moi j'aime l'amour qui fait boum!