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Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) (War Mix)

from WAR by I Speak Machine

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about

This tune was actually a part of the soundtrack & score to Jakob’s Wife, and is a cover of the Concrete Blonde track from 1989. The director of Jakob’s Wife, Travis Stevens, asked if I would cover it for the film. Dean ( the co-producer on WAR) & I collaborated on it, creating a beefy, filthy version that was so much fun that we decided to create a version for the WAR album. It just felt right to have it on there, even though it’s a bit of a departure from the album’s narrative. A nice detour.

Dean & I both used our Polyvoks synths ( he has one too) which is one of the nastiest, grubbiest sounding synths ever, manufactured in the Soviet Union in the early 80s. The whole thing is based on a drum part programmed on the Arturia Drum Brute Impact, processed through the Moogerfooger Clusterflux.

lyrics

There's a crack in the mirror
And a bloodstain on my bed
There's a crack in the mirror
And a bloodstain on my bed
Oh, you were a vampire
And baby, I'm the walking dead
I got the ways and means
To New Orleans
I'm going down by the river
Where it's warm and green
I'm gonna have a drink and walk around
I got a lot to think about
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
There's a rocking chair by the window
Down the hall
I hear something there in the shadow down the hall
Oh, you were a vampire
And now I am nothing at all
I got the ways and means
To New Orleans
I'm going down by the river
Where it's warm and green
I'm gonna have a drink and walk around
I got a lot to think about
Oh, yeah

They used to dance in the garden
In the middle of the night
Dancing out in the garden
In the middle of the night


Oh, you were a vampire
And I may never see the light
Oh, you were a vampire
And I may never see the light

credits

from WAR, released April 22, 2022
Written by Johnette Napolitano/ Concrete Blonde

Produced by Tara Busch & Dean Honer

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