Tito & Tarantula — After Dark
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Watching her
strolling in the night so white
Wondering why
it's only after dark
In her eyes
a distant fire light burns bright
Wondering why
it's only after dark
I find myself in her room
feel the fever of my doom
Falling falling
through the floor
I'm knocking on the devil's door yeah
In the dawn
I wake up to find her gone
and the note
says "only after dark"
Burning burning in the flame
now I know her secret name
You can tear her temple down
but she'll be back and rule again yeah
In my heart a deep and dark
and lonely part
wants her and waits for
after dark (x4)
strolling in the night so white
Wondering why
it's only after dark
In her eyes
a distant fire light burns bright
Wondering why
it's only after dark
I find myself in her room
feel the fever of my doom
Falling falling
through the floor
I'm knocking on the devil's door yeah
In the dawn
I wake up to find her gone
and the note
says "only after dark"
Burning burning in the flame
now I know her secret name
You can tear her temple down
but she'll be back and rule again yeah
In my heart a deep and dark
and lonely part
wants her and waits for
after dark (x4)
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They listened to the Doors.
LOL--everyone who posts with a pic of Salma Hayek gets an automatic +1 and a "like"
yofitofu wrote:
This is exactly how the Doors sounded, except Jim was singing.
This is, frankly, how the Doors should have sounded.
This is exactly how the Doors sounded, except Jim was singing.
nawebb wrote:
coloradojohn wrote:
I had an ex with similar attributes...pleasure that leads to pain..
Yeah, this song; burns me to hear it... Well, everybody always said my ex- looked like Salma and J-Lo in one... It hurts most After Dark
I had an ex with similar attributes...pleasure that leads to pain..
This is, frankly, how the Doors should have sounded.
deadheadmark wrote:
That's what I used to think... Not anymore after I re-watched it for the first time after many years last year. The song remains great, though.
Fantastic song, certainly has a mood to it. and apparently a never ending video with Selma dancing in the movie From Dusk Till Dawn...Great Flick by the way...
That's what I used to think... Not anymore after I re-watched it for the first time after many years last year. The song remains great, though.
Fantastic song, certainly has a mood to it. and apparently a never ending video with Selma dancing in the movie From Dusk Till Dawn...Great Flick by the way...
Nice! ...1st time that I have ever heard this band! ...I hope to hear more!
tunedog wrote:
Well now that you put it that way, I do love this song.
nawebb wrote:
DaidyBoy wrote:
Weirdly, I thought it was pretty compulsive. I don't have any issue with odd, just when it feels crappy. I watched a David Lynch short film the other day about a cop interrogating a monkey and was I left feeling pretty let down.
That short film was brilliant in its oddity!
Weirdly, I thought it was pretty compulsive. I don't have any issue with odd, just when it feels crappy. I watched a David Lynch short film the other day about a cop interrogating a monkey and was I left feeling pretty let down.
unclehud wrote:
Robert Rodriguez always heads for the gutter quickly, then wallows in it. And I love this move for its absurdity!
I suppose you also didn't enjoy Sin City?
Weirdly, I thought it was enjoyable and pretty compulsive. I don't have any issue with odd, just when it feels crappy. I watched a David Lynch short film the other day about a cop interrogating a monkey and was I left feeling pretty let down.
Robert Rodriguez always heads for the gutter quickly, then wallows in it. And I love this move for its absurdity!
I suppose you also didn't enjoy Sin City?
Weirdly, I thought it was enjoyable and pretty compulsive. I don't have any issue with odd, just when it feels crappy. I watched a David Lynch short film the other day about a cop interrogating a monkey and was I left feeling pretty let down.
DaidyBoy wrote:
Robert Rodriguez always heads for the gutter quickly, then wallows in it. And I love this move for its absurdity!
I suppose you also didn't enjoy Sin City?
I've just watched this movie on the strength of this song. To be precise, this clip. I've never seen a movie go down the tubes so quick. I couldn't bear to finish it. She is godlike, though.
Robert Rodriguez always heads for the gutter quickly, then wallows in it. And I love this move for its absurdity!
I suppose you also didn't enjoy Sin City?
I've just watched this movie on the strength of this song. To be precise, this clip. I've never seen a movie go down the tubes so quick. I couldn't bear to finish it. She is godlike, though.
pyocin wrote:
I think the guy immediately behind Salma's (ahem!) behind is not enjoying the show. A bit too close...
It's unclear to me why that would make someone enjoy it *less*.
I think the guy immediately behind Salma's (ahem!) behind is not enjoying the show. A bit too close...
It's unclear to me why that would make someone enjoy it *less*.
pyocin wrote:
I think the guy immediately behind Salma's (ahem!) behind is not enjoying the show. A bit too close...
Funny! though I don't know if that's too close or not close enough.....and dang if this song doesn't bring that image to mind EVERY time I hear it now....like Pavlov's dog or something. Long Live RP!!
I think the guy immediately behind Salma's (ahem!) behind is not enjoying the show. A bit too close...
Funny! though I don't know if that's too close or not close enough.....and dang if this song doesn't bring that image to mind EVERY time I hear it now....like Pavlov's dog or something. Long Live RP!!
I can dig it
blotto wrote:
blotto wrote:
hell yeah
blotto wrote:
blotto wrote:
hello
blotto wrote:
blotto wrote:
Salma Hayek dancing through my imagination again.
nawebb wrote:
I think the guy immediately behind Salma's (ahem!) behind is not enjoying the show. A bit too close...
I think the guy immediately behind Salma's (ahem!) behind is not enjoying the show. A bit too close...
nawebb wrote:
Hell yeah,
Hell yeah,
nawebb wrote:
Ask and you shall receive!! Nice ...thanks ;-) Long Live RP!!
Ask and you shall receive!! Nice ...thanks ;-) Long Live RP!!
lizardking wrote:
if only it was a 'bouncing to the music' gif...then it would be even better :8-)
if only it was a 'bouncing to the music' gif...then it would be even better :8-)
hell yeah
blotto wrote:
blotto wrote:
hello
blotto wrote:
blotto wrote:
Salma Hayek dancing through my imagination again.
Must have listened to Break on Through to the Other Side by the Doors just before composing this
I hear this and it conjures up Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell 
uh Ritchie —————- yeah surehello
blotto wrote:
blotto wrote:
Salma Hayek dancing through my imagination again.
I've a slightly different memory with this tune. Used to work late shift at a Kinko's. On nights where the mind was working in overtime after work, I'd just get in the car and drive. Usually the poison of choice while driving around was Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM (which is so very helpful for one who overthinks and is given to flights of fancy and seeking imaginative escapes from the factual constraints of reality).
Anyway, this was often chosen as the bumper tunes, especially at the top and bottom of the hour when they'd break for network news.
Ah, good times…
Anyway, this was often chosen as the bumper tunes, especially at the top and bottom of the hour when they'd break for network news.
Ah, good times…
Nice.
It starts off like a slowed-down version of "Gloria" (Them, et al)
If I were stuck on a deserted island, and I could only take one clip from a movie, this would be it.
crank it up
think of Salma
muy bueno
think of Salma
muy bueno
blotto wrote:
if only it was a 'bouncing to the music' gif...then it would be even better :8-)
I liked that pic so much last time, I made it my phone wallpaper.
if only it was a 'bouncing to the music' gif...then it would be even better :8-)
I liked that pic so much last time, I made it my phone wallpaper.
Salma Hayek dancing through my imagination again.
Yeah, this song; burns me to hear it... Well, everybody always said my ex- looked like Salma and J-Lo in one... It hurts most After Dark
Jelani wrote:
This one's for you, pi31415. Salma's a vision, no matter what she's wearing.
Oh and hey, cool song.
blotto wrote:
kcar wrote:
Think with your hands, do you?
Mr Rodriguez's High Point : ) (could use a skanky-fun vampire flik about now)
love it ....
This one's for you, pi31415. Salma's a vision, no matter what she's wearing.
Oh and hey, cool song.
blotto wrote:
I think it is healthy to think of Salma Hayek at least once a month.
kcar wrote:
Think with your hands, do you?
Mr Rodriguez's High Point : ) (could use a skanky-fun vampire flik about now)
I highly recommend the latest album "Back Into Darkness" and the remastered version of "Tarantism"
After Dark = 10/10
After Dark = 10/10
Giving men raging boners since 1996. But yeah, I love this tune too:)
Will62 wrote:
Not sleazy at all, felt the same way...............................
Please good folk - don't assume I am sleazy but I can't remember when I ever felt more 'alive' (nudge nudge wink wink) than watching Salma sashay onto the catwalk to this tune. Have loved this track from the first moment.
Siiiiigggggghhhhh. a 20 from me - 8 for the ears and 12 for the eyes
Siiiiigggggghhhhh. a 20 from me - 8 for the ears and 12 for the eyes
Not sleazy at all, felt the same way...............................
This is soooo funky! 8.5
zesty ! movie sound track has chets speech part one and two well worth the peso's
Snaky
Love it
solid 8 or nine
solid 8 or nine
Please good folk - don't assume I am sleazy but I can't remember when I ever felt more 'alive' (nudge nudge wink wink) than watching Salma sashay onto the catwalk to this tune. Have loved this track from the first moment.
Siiiiigggggghhhhh. a 20 from me - 8 for the ears and 12 for the eyes
Siiiiigggggghhhhh. a 20 from me - 8 for the ears and 12 for the eyes
brilliant.
.....Salma.....drooooool
now that's what I call a show !
blotto wrote:
I struggle to think of days that are not good for that. Good music; good film. pxd
It's a good day to think of Salma Hayek
I struggle to think of days that are not good for that. Good music; good film. pxd
SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
I love watching this clip. . . it reminds me of Mrs Poacher. . .
“Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind.”
-Midsummer Night’s Dream
I was going to ask what Poacher thought of your post, but hey it looks like he doesn't mind. Why the name change, SD?
I love watching this clip. . . it reminds me of Mrs Poacher. . .
“Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind.”
-Midsummer Night’s Dream
I was going to ask what Poacher thought of your post, but hey it looks like he doesn't mind. Why the name change, SD?
Nothing better than commuting to work half asleep with RP on the phone knowing you guys are still asleep dreaming of Salma Hayek.
It's a good day to think of Salma Hayek
This so works...
Hellman, it's Friday night in Vermont and -14
everything sounds good
thanks RP
everything sounds good
thanks RP
lemmoth wrote:
... Or maybe an edgy ELO version (=
Or David Lynch?
... Or maybe an edgy ELO version (=
Or David Lynch?
Written for Roy Orbison maybe??
bstevens1951 wrote:
A slightly wacked-out latin version of the Doors (it's his voice, and the composition is similar) I like it!
True. ThePoose wrote:
And Break on Through to the Other Side.
kcar wrote:
It's like the second cousin of "Moonlight Drive", "The Crystal Ship" and "Blue Sunday."
Yes, yes it is.
kcar wrote:
It's like the second cousin of "Moonlight Drive", "The Crystal Ship" and "Blue Sunday."
Yes, yes it is.
A slightly wacked-out latin version of the Doors (it's his voice, and the composition is similar) I like it!
SO cool!
fatcatjb wrote:
I love watching this clip. . . it reminds me of Mrs Poacher. . .
I love this song...but when you hear it in context with the video...oh my
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxxgvA8rlM&feature=kp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxxgvA8rlM&feature=kp
I love watching this clip. . . it reminds me of Mrs Poacher. . .
I love this song...but when you hear it in context with the video...oh my
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxxgvA8rlM&feature=kp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxxgvA8rlM&feature=kp
bev wrote:
Oh yes! Tito Larriva is like, the coolest dude ever...when I lived in L.A. the Plugz and Cruzados ruled!
I had the opportunity to hang out with Chalo Quintana a few times who was also a member of those two bands. He eventually went on to play with The Havalinas, Social Distortion, Cracker and a few other bands.
Oh yes! Tito Larriva is like, the coolest dude ever...when I lived in L.A. the Plugz and Cruzados ruled!
I had the opportunity to hang out with Chalo Quintana a few times who was also a member of those two bands. He eventually went on to play with The Havalinas, Social Distortion, Cracker and a few other bands.
Visions of Salma Hayek are a good for the soul on a Monday.
Sounded like 'aftershocks' from Roy Buchanan and The Doors, much thanks Radio Paradise.
You're welcome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxxgvA8rlM&feature=kp
Johnny_Wave wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxxgvA8rlM&feature=kp
Johnny_Wave wrote:
Not familiar with this song, but it's very cool. A 7
Not familiar with this song, but it's very cool. A 7
k-man wrote:
That's a good point; I stand corrected. There are those other things: the general "spooky" feel, twangy, echo guitar, deep reverb on emoted, screaming vocals, etc...
At first, I thought this was a long lost Doors tune... Why is that?
Proclivities wrote:
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
Then how come I don't hear the Doors in hundreds of other songs that are in a minor key?
No, that is not the reason, there are others (such as the haunting vocals, yadda yadda).
Proclivities wrote:
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
Then how come I don't hear the Doors in hundreds of other songs that are in a minor key?
No, that is not the reason, there are others (such as the haunting vocals, yadda yadda).
That's a good point; I stand corrected. There are those other things: the general "spooky" feel, twangy, echo guitar, deep reverb on emoted, screaming vocals, etc...
True.
ThePoose wrote:
ThePoose wrote:
And Break on Through to the Other Side.
kcar wrote:
It's like the second cousin of "Moonlight Drive", "The Crystal Ship" and "Blue Sunday."
Yes, yes it is.
kcar wrote:
It's like the second cousin of "Moonlight Drive", "The Crystal Ship" and "Blue Sunday."
Yes, yes it is.
A little bit more digestable from the current playing list. Due to Tarantula's Poison?
SiMama wrote:
Yowza is an understatement.
Can see Salma slinking across the bar room floor with the snake....yowza
Yowza is an understatement.
At first, I thought this was a long lost Doors tune... Why is that?
Proclivities wrote:
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
Then how come I don't hear the Doors in hundreds of other songs that are in a minor key?
No, that is not the reason, there are others (such as the haunting vocals, yadda yadda).
Proclivities wrote:
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
Then how come I don't hear the Doors in hundreds of other songs that are in a minor key?
No, that is not the reason, there are others (such as the haunting vocals, yadda yadda).
Can see Salma slinking across the bar room floor with the snake....yowza
And Break on Through to the Other Side.
kcar wrote:
It's like the second cousin of "Moonlight Drive", "The Crystal Ship" and "Blue Sunday."
Yes, yes it is.
kcar wrote:
It's like the second cousin of "Moonlight Drive", "The Crystal Ship" and "Blue Sunday."
Yes, yes it is.
pi31415 wrote:
Thanks kcar !
Pleasure's all mine...
Thanks kcar !
Pleasure's all mine...
Thanks kcar !
Thanks for Salma pic!
An iconic scene... the song is cool as well but it will always get second billing for me. (lucky snake... sigh.)
This song fn rocks, and always love getting images of Salma Hayak in my brain.
I like this wiki description: Tito & Tarantula are a chicano rock/stoner rock band formed in Hollywood California in 1992. The band is best known for its songs, "After Dark", "Back to the House That Love Built", "Strange Face of Love", and "Angry Cockroaches", as well as for its role in Robert Rodriguez's film From Dusk Till Dawn as the band performing at the "Titty Twister".
Proclivities wrote:
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
Well ok then. I shall 8 it.
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
Well ok then. I shall 8 it.
The more I hear this, the more I like it. : )
MoonDweazel wrote:
This is what I was thinking. Maybe it's something about the vocal style.
Me three. Vocals and guitar both.
This is what I was thinking. Maybe it's something about the vocal style.
Me three. Vocals and guitar both.
Salma, no other words needed
I love the swarminess of this song...kinds creepy. Great video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg0aw-jETDY
anabel wrote:
I heard Jefferson Airplane... I like it very much!
This is what I was thinking. Maybe it's something about the vocal style.
I heard Jefferson Airplane... I like it very much!
This is what I was thinking. Maybe it's something about the vocal style.
Jelani wrote:
This one's for you, pi31415. Salma's a vision, no matter what she's wearing.
Oh and hey, cool song.
blotto wrote:
Think with your hands, do you?
love it ....
This one's for you, pi31415. Salma's a vision, no matter what she's wearing.
Oh and hey, cool song.
blotto wrote:
I think it is healthy to think of Salma Hayek at least once a month.
Think with your hands, do you?
I think it is healthy to think of Salma Hayek at least once a month.
Love the song, was turned on to Tito after watching the movie. Always liked Salma though!
Also on the Droid. Mood par excellence.
Proclivities wrote: I hear it too.. but its about the mood.. and the way he sings it..
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
......
..........such a GREAT live band..... a 10 for the live-memories from germany.....
..........such a GREAT live band..... a 10 for the live-memories from germany..... yofitofu wrote:
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
Why do I hear shades of The Doors in this song?
Because the song is in a minor key and it's a relatively common chord progression.
Los Plugz
It's about time I got visions of Salma in my head on a Friday afternoon.
fredriley wrote:
If you frame the question a bit more meaningfully you'll get a proper answer. Rhetorical questions are likely to be treated as trollings. Do please bear in mind that blues is at the base of all rock and/or roll, and a good part of other genres of Western music, much as sonata form, say, is the basis of much of classical music.
doubt it
If you frame the question a bit more meaningfully you'll get a proper answer. Rhetorical questions are likely to be treated as trollings. Do please bear in mind that blues is at the base of all rock and/or roll, and a good part of other genres of Western music, much as sonata form, say, is the basis of much of classical music.
doubt it
This makes me thirsty.
Aren't these two playing soccer in the UEFA final on Sunday?
Delightfully evil! 
Cool Stuff, I like!
Now I'll have to go look for the clip with Salma dancing. Really dancing with a real snake?
moshevelvul wrote:
Oh yes! Tito Larriva is like, the coolest dude ever...when I lived in L.A. the Plugz and Cruzados ruled!
ex - Cruzado and ex of the Plugz.....Tito that is....Cruzado's really rocked live - in a sorta cheezy way....
Oh yes! Tito Larriva is like, the coolest dude ever...when I lived in L.A. the Plugz and Cruzados ruled!
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...and the PSD button has just delivered The Church - "Under the Milky Way" for me. Yay!
This feature has really made an already fantastic station even better.
...and the PSD button has just delivered The Church - "Under the Milky Way" for me. Yay!
This feature has really made an already fantastic station even better.
Man that snake can dance! 
...keeping this great music coming is keeping me from going and I'm just gonna be late again...
mmhhhhh, Salma...
jhorton wrote:
If you frame the question a bit more meaningfully you'll get a proper answer. Rhetorical questions are likely to be treated as trollings. Do please bear in mind that blues is at the base of all rock and/or roll, and a good part of other genres of Western music, much as sonata form, say, is the basis of much of classical music.
What is it about you blues people who want to hear the same music over and over again, decade after decade?
If you frame the question a bit more meaningfully you'll get a proper answer. Rhetorical questions are likely to be treated as trollings. Do please bear in mind that blues is at the base of all rock and/or roll, and a good part of other genres of Western music, much as sonata form, say, is the basis of much of classical music.
Outstanding! What a treat. This is a soundtrack I pull out once in a while.
Lumpy13 wrote:
Yes but the attacking vampires would be a major buzz-kill.
yes, vampire attacks are a MAJOR buzzkill...
Yes but the attacking vampires would be a major buzz-kill.
yes, vampire attacks are a MAJOR buzzkill...
ozzie1313 wrote:
Yes but the attacking vampires would be a major buzz-kill.
This song, with Tarantino's direction, and Hayek's sensuality was the most erotic scene I have ever seen in the movies. I wanted to go back to drinking/drugging after 28 yrs sober if I could find this bar: perfect place to drink tequilla and do acid.
Yes but the attacking vampires would be a major buzz-kill.
yeah - T n T ! 
This song, with Tarantino's direction, and Hayek's sensuality was the most erotic scene I have ever seen in the movies. I wanted to go back to drinking/drugging after 28 yrs sober if I could find this bar: perfect place to drink tequilla and do acid.
Yet more proof that Jim Morrison is not really dead
Jelani wrote:
Bump (and grind)
love it ....
Bump (and grind)
yofitofu wrote:
It's like the second cousin of "Moonlight Drive", "The Crystal Ship" and "Blue Sunday."
Yes, yes it is.
Why do I hear shades of The Doors in this song?
It's like the second cousin of "Moonlight Drive", "The Crystal Ship" and "Blue Sunday."
Yes, yes it is.
8-Most Excellent!
jhorton wrote:
What is it about you snarky people who have five-second attention spans and no imagination?
What is it about you blues people who want to hear the same music over and over again, decade after decade?
What is it about you snarky people who have five-second attention spans and no imagination?
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