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Dad Rock Daily: Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Scream (1978) More post-punk than goth on this debut, but still plenty of angst and eyeliner to go around. Laudable Lyrics: This limbo is no place to be a digit in another space. https://t.co/NNScTvwPcH
Dad Rock Daily: Head East - Flat As A Pancake (1974) Perfectly fine Midwestern rock that really doesn't get the airtime on AOR stations that it deserves. Laudable Lyrics: People, stop your pushin' and try to learn that nothin' can be gained by tryin' to … https://t.co/KtyHMqXtPA
Still Voices - The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) "Ignorance can be educated. Crazy can be medicated. But there is no cure for stupid." - Anonymous https://t.co/OVlbLt4jX1
Quatermass and the Pit (1967) The supremely rational Prof. Quatermass must cope with Martian grasshoppers and the devil. The kind of smart and fun we rarely get anymore. TIL: If you're going to try and use science to explain Satan, you may as well make it as entertaining as this.
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) Expedition in search of a flower that grants eternal youth gets gobbled up by big snakes. The monkey out-acts everyone. TIL: The Peristeria, or Holy Spirit Orchid, won't grant everlasting life, but it will remind you of who does.
Hour of the Wolf (1968) Horror ala Ingmar Bergman. Easy to parody, but a masterpiece of tension and dread nevertheless. TIL: Fitzgerald called the hour halfway between midnight and dawn 'the dark night of the soul,' which in spiritual terms is a crisis one's journey toward God.
Dad Rock Daily: Nazaretth - Hair of the Dog (1975) Milestone on the road to metal, particularly for the attitude. Laudable Lyrics: Standin' up for Jesus, that's your thing, but you're standin' on people's hearts. Charity is a virtue to be praised, better… https://t.co/0IovW3W640