Being that this entry arrives on the day of Halloween, you know we had to pick a good one! And continuing with our wicked goth trend on Awesome Song, this week we return to a gothy artist that even featured black nail polish on the cover of one of their LPs! That 1984 album from Ministry, “With Sympathy”, gave us a song that hit a stratospherically spooky #13 spot on the Top 200 - the fantastic tune “Revenge”. In fact, the entire first four songs on the LP are all spectacular and superb examples of the goth/New Wave/synthpop nexus that was rising at the time. After this album, Ministry released a string of singles and 12”s in 1985, the best of which is today’s Awesome Song - “Everyday (is Halloween)” ! Released on a 12” with “All Day” (another great song!), "Everyday is Halloween" is just a marvelous rhythm-synth-chant of a song that perfectly meshes all of the elements we so enjoy. Unfortunately it was also one of the last releases Ministry did as a synthpop group; by 1986 they were abrasively annoying industrial outfit and completely disowned their entire old (vastly superior!) catalog.
But we’ll always have "Everyday is Halloween”!
Halloween Bonus! A two-fer bonus from another artist who did a song that is befitting for Halloween! Killing Joke’s “Love Like Blood” is best known for the iconic guitar sounds that start the tune. It’s a passionate song with a great driving bass and magnificent drums as well. And it features blood so it’s Halloween friendly! Enjoy!
And to wrap up this entry - and an awesome run on Awesome Song - we don't even need to switch albums! We can stay right on the same piece of 1985 vinyl and just flip sides! Because what better song to end with than ….. “Eighties” !
Enjoy everyone - thanks for listening - and keep on being Awesome!
DJ WAS
