Published 5/19/2008
by Phillip Mottaz
at The Tripwire
Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included Beck's "Truckdrivin' Neighbors," The Clash's "Guns on the Roof" and David Bowie's "Starman."
Around Halloween time, 2007, The Onion's A.V. Club posted a list titled We Drink Blood: 14 Songs About Vampires , and while most slipped past my eye, "Dracula's Wedding" grabbed every sense I had available and didn't let go for a month. That's right, you read correctly: one full month. How did it infect me so? What is so hypnotic about a series of un-dead call-outs and harpsichord? And how is it that I'm just hearing this song now, after owning The Love Below for four years?
Last question first: we can chalk it up to "Hey Ya!," which I will implicate in the hijacking of the entire album by way of my patented pseudo-scientific theories. In fact, when I first heard the song on that AV Club list, I played the linked YouTube video ...
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