It just goes to show that you can be super creepy using only subtlety. The distorted guitar riffs are subtle, the fashion (though dark) is subtle, and the horror they're trying to evoke is dramatic, while also being mysterious. It's not until the end that he starts screaming, but there's a tremendous build up to that point. This also makes the payoff more enjoyable.
Same age, i had the luck to enjoy them in a concert in Athens(1983) -i'm German we lived there at that time- but i was too young to fully realize their magnificence, my mind was at the girl who was with me and i tried to impress(that's how 16 years old boys are...). Few months later i watched "The Hunger", a movie with Bowie and Deneuve, oppening scene was this track and then i felt the explosion in my head, it was like somehow i "carried" the whole impression since the concert and it came up to the surface. Whatever happens i consider this as one of my life's highlights, much more important than all the degrees and the so called "good times in life", Bauhaus for teen was more than mind blowing.
Not bad for a band who could hardly play when they recorded this. First time in the studio & recorded in one take. Kind of tongue in cheek, which didn't go down well with critic's I recall. Despite this, they recorded some amazing, unique songs. Daniel Ash is a very interesting guitarist.
This song was the first number the wrote in 79. A very a head of it's time indeed. Perfect. Ever goth chick in a shopping mall owes everything to this one band . Now it's 45 years later and I can still see goth kids today.
I think this is an actual recording and they are just lipsyncing/pretending to play. It is common practice on shows like this. Ensures the taping goes smoothly.
TOTAL CLASS ! I saw Pete and Bahaus do this exactly the same in front of about 60-80 people at The Flag Club in Wembley in the early 80's. It was one of the most amazing live shows I ever saw, and I have seen hundreds. Best bit was when Pete jumped off the stage in the finale and said 'Get out of my Fucking way' which we all did, He had such presence and charisma - Hope you are recovering OK Pete X
Amazing song. I had a creepy experience with this song though. I always sleep with my spotify playlist and it plays through until random songs are selected. At 2 am in the night I woke up to Bela Lugosi's dead outro when he repeatedly sing/scream oh Bela's undead. Kinda freaked me out a little. And then the next day, the same thing happened AGAIN on the same part of the song lol
The only "creepy" experience I have is with a generation so limited in vocabulary as only forever to use the words "creepy" or "crazy" when referring to things or persons that are "eerie" and situations that are "absurd," trying," unusual," "challenging.". Indeed you Groupthink artists have A WORD FOR EVERYTHING "EERIE," "MALEVOLENT," "MALEFIC," "HORRIFYING," "TERRIFYING,'" ETC, ETC.
It's been a Loong time since Ive seen this. Excellent! Top 5 all time works of art. Puts you there whether you want to or not. This one didn't make it on MTV much, if ever?? Song itself is all you need.
I remember seeing them on 21th November 1981 in Het Paard van Troje (Trojan Horse). A venue in The Hague, Netherlands. Most remarkable about this gig was, that after the first encore the roadies started to switch of and disconnect the instruments, floor lights in the venue were switched on, a DJ started to play music. But a small group of fans (including myself) kept on shouting for more. And at a certain moment the instruments were reconnected, amplifiers switched on and they played this song, which was all new to me, but immediately overwhelming.
My sister found the VHS of this and other music videos of theirs at Goodwill of all places around 2002. It had Telegram Sam on it and this plus Rosegarden Funeral of Sores. I remember listening to this every morning before school and Lou Reeds Vicious album and having no clue how to even relate to anyone else around me but somehow still remaining a social butterfly able to blend in and out of each click and befriend everyone. I noticed the kids who were into harder mainstream stuff like Slipknot and Korn were the antisocial ones getting bullied but I never understood the benefit of not just being nice to everyone (not kissing their a**es or anything) in order to not get singled out. My sister got into H a short time after that and I started experimenting with it and other substances when other kids were just smoking weed and drinking so again in some aspects I couldn't relate yet never judged or wanted to he judged. I think what really set me up to get through it is that I went in with the firm understanding that literally none of those people would matter after 4 years and you wouldn't ever have to see them again if you didn't want to give a chance encounter at the store or something random. If you're having a hard time in that age group and you read this, trust me when I say the kids that you feel like have more going on or to offer than you, they've peaked too early and those years are their glory days that they'll look back on and yearn for even when they're 30 something. You've got your whole life ahead of you and more more potential as you get older than you realize. They'll never be as popular or "cool" or attractive than they are right now and you're just beginning to grow.
White on white translucent black capes Back on the rack Bela Lugosi's dead The bats have left the bell tower The victims have been bled Red velvet lines the black box Bela Lugosi's dead Bela Lugosi's dead Undead undead undead Undead undead undead The virginal brides file past his tomb Strewn with time's dead flowers Bereft in deathly bloom Alone in a darkened room The count Bela Lugosi's dead Bela Lugosi's dead Bela Lugosi's dead Undead undead undead Undead undead undead Undead Oh Bela Bela's undead Oh Bela Bela's undead Bela's undead Oh Bela Bela's undead Oh Bela Undead
Message received. Nothing like Peter Murphy to sing the news. 😢 I did see many things coming, and completely warned everyone. Haunting voice, no BS involved.
I remember going to the cinema when the Hunger was released & staying in there watching it three times over just to see this at the start ,,😂 got asked to leave in the end.
Cazzo devo aggiungere..be la is dead , no cari amici, questo è l'inizio di una nuova avventura, sono solo felice di avere vissuto questo periodo musicale...grazie anche a tutte le altre band del periodo..lucky Luca
😊 cried when they split! That was my band.
It just goes to show that you can be super creepy using only subtlety. The distorted guitar riffs are subtle, the fashion (though dark) is subtle, and the horror they're trying to evoke is dramatic, while also being mysterious. It's not until the end that he starts screaming, but there's a tremendous build up to that point. This also makes the payoff more enjoyable.
“Creepy” ? This old goth begs to differ lol 😂
Wait, fer IT! hehehe
@@BobbiElmanND This is probably an AI response. AI doesn't understand the context of what it analyzes.
Love it also nouvelle vague version
@@BobbiElmanND "old goth"?! "OLD GOTH"?! *sniff*. We are, m'Dear, "Elder Goths", don't cha know?
Fell in love with this the day it released. Im 57 now, and im still in love with it!!
me too. (57 also)
@@alanmacdonell3597too
Same age, i had the luck to enjoy them in a concert in Athens(1983) -i'm German we lived there at that time- but i was too young to fully realize their magnificence, my mind was at the girl who was with me and i tried to impress(that's how 16 years old boys are...). Few months later i watched "The Hunger", a movie with Bowie and Deneuve, oppening scene was this track and then i felt the explosion in my head, it was like somehow i "carried" the whole impression since the concert and it came up to the surface. Whatever happens i consider this as one of my life's highlights, much more important than all the degrees and the so called "good times in life", Bauhaus for teen was more than mind blowing.
This band "blew me away" straight away 42 years ago, and they still do.
MY GOD, what a band!
Me too absolutely brilliant
The two most handsome men ever , Bowie and Murphy
A Goth Classic that gives new life to a legend of the silver screen!
Warrios of bollock's !!!!!
×top sinistra essa banda
Bela lugosi's dead is a masterpiece. The best single I have heard.
Agree!
Cant really disagree.
Oh do give over! You obviously haven't listened to very much music, or else, you are exagerating wildly!
Not bad for a band who could hardly play when they recorded this. First time in the studio & recorded in one take. Kind of tongue in cheek, which didn't go down well with critic's I recall. Despite this, they recorded some amazing, unique songs. Daniel Ash is a very interesting guitarist.
@@gazzarrr666Well, what do you think the best single ever is? Since you're so well versed in the matter 🙄
Thought this was a music video for a second, their wardrobe is fantastic!
This song was the first number the wrote in 79. A very a head of it's time
indeed. Perfect. Ever goth chick in a shopping mall owes everything to this one band . Now it's 45 years later and I can still see goth kids today.
dude, they sounded so good live.
It`s like I`m listening to the studio version.
These guys definitely had something going on for them.
I think this is an actual recording and they are just lipsyncing/pretending to play. It is common practice on shows like this. Ensures the taping goes smoothly.
Verdade
TOTAL CLASS ! I saw Pete and Bahaus do this exactly the same in front of about 60-80 people at The Flag Club in Wembley in the early 80's. It was one of the most amazing live shows I ever saw, and I have seen hundreds. Best bit was when Pete jumped off the stage in the finale and said 'Get out of my Fucking way' which we all did, He had such presence and charisma - Hope you are recovering OK Pete X
This is right up my dark & twisted alley🖤🦇
@@Slinkygal be good to know what other alternative and 80-90s music you like Mary. I love T-Red, Suede, Slade, Killing Joke, etc.
@@MrTuftynut I guess you meant TRex/Marc Bolan who I love Also The Damn/Dave Vanium, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, David Bowie, The Cure.
so you know too!! so amazing live!!!!
Lucky you 🎉I was in Detroit and I don't think they were here at least you got to see the amazing performances way overlooked ❤
Amazing song. I had a creepy experience with this song though. I always sleep with my spotify playlist and it plays through until random songs are selected. At 2 am in the night I woke up to Bela Lugosi's dead outro when he repeatedly sing/scream oh Bela's undead. Kinda freaked me out a little. And then the next day, the same thing happened AGAIN on the same part of the song lol
perhaps it is a sign...............
oh woah, interesting
The only "creepy" experience I have is with a generation so limited in vocabulary as only forever to use the words "creepy" or "crazy" when referring to things or persons that are "eerie" and situations that are "absurd," trying," unusual," "challenging.". Indeed you Groupthink artists have A WORD FOR EVERYTHING "EERIE," "MALEVOLENT," "MALEFIC," "HORRIFYING," "TERRIFYING,'" ETC, ETC.
🤔
@@dlperk5035 ok boomer
This will always be linked in my brain ton the movie "The Hunger" with David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve.
In this movie,, Peter has the best haircut "ever" !!!
Is it a love song?
I told you it's sung by two women.
You'll be back!
when the hunger hurts so bad.
And I'm the only one who can show how to feed.
@@stephenpmurphy591 Perfect.
There is this song in the movie The Hunger with David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon
Stunning, scary and truly amazing.
I agree
Agreed!!
Simply outstanding, even checking in 40 years later. Holy shit, what current 'tunes' will be held in such high regards 40 years from now?
Amen!
Well, ask AI, the arbiter of Taste.
None. That's why I'm listening to this right now. 😂
Looked everywhere for a vid with Pete in that chair. Class.
I'm a disabled Battle of Verdun vet and my dog cried the day this band split
Daniel Ash was truly an amazing guitar player for his time to create those sounds using just reverb . . . . Astounding! ! !
He's so beautifully goth
I came from the YSL commercial, I can't believe I found this song so late
No one going to talk about the fact his eyes literally glow in the dark. 2.52
omg you're right!
LoL That's Creepy and I Love it😏🤣
He's Peter Murphy thats why
And at 5:02
Anda marihuano XD
He's so beautiful
Agreed
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One of the most graduated & visceral performances ever. Epitomises Gen X. I remember this coming out...Still speaks to me.
I was about 11 years old riding in my big sisters truck at night in Santa Ana and this came on KROQ. Such a great song
It's great it didn't scare you. This song was in the movie"The Hungrr". Very good movie with David Bowie
Tous les ados mal dans leur peau qui ont eu une période gothique … ont été AMOUREUX de cette chanson… c’était mon cas, en tout cas ❤
I watched this as a 14 year old kid and have been hooked ever since...
New Wave was an epoque - best experimental music time - love it and all other songs of the New Wave 80ies - still hearing and dancing to it!!
Went to see them specifically when they were support band !!! for Magazine at the Trinity church gig Bristol in 1980. What a night.❤
Amazing performance and atmosphere.
this is just fucking brilliant. period.
Coolest thing on TV in 1982. Funny how they ran credits during the cool ending though :)
Just superb ... saw them at Ally Pally last year for their 40th and still ... superb🙏💋❤
what a song !
Peter Murphy maravilhoso...Balhaus...e realmente excepcional!!!
Perfeito
BEAUTIFUL!!!
It's been a Loong time since Ive seen this. Excellent! Top 5 all time works of art. Puts you there whether you want to or not. This one didn't make it on MTV much, if ever?? Song itself is all you need.
...and Goth Rock was born.
love this band
That intro is incredible! and iconic!
lol The 'Stairway to Heven' for the Goths!
♥ ♥ ♥ J'adore !
I SAW THEM LIVE! BEST THING EVER!
Sublime.
AWESOME
Brilliant
Althoug first published in 1979 this song and this appearance marked the start of goth rock.
This is why I miss my teens..
Incredible Version 🖤
This is a great video, thanks for sharing, but it's no more live than I am
I remember seeing them on 21th November 1981 in Het Paard van Troje (Trojan Horse). A venue in The Hague, Netherlands. Most remarkable about this gig was, that after the first encore the roadies started to switch of and disconnect the instruments, floor lights in the venue were switched on, a DJ started to play music. But a small group of fans (including myself) kept on shouting for more. And at a certain moment the instruments were reconnected, amplifiers switched on and they played this song, which was all new to me, but immediately overwhelming.
My sister found the VHS of this and other music videos of theirs at Goodwill of all places around 2002. It had Telegram Sam on it and this plus Rosegarden Funeral of Sores. I remember listening to this every morning before school and Lou Reeds Vicious album and having no clue how to even relate to anyone else around me but somehow still remaining a social butterfly able to blend in and out of each click and befriend everyone. I noticed the kids who were into harder mainstream stuff like Slipknot and Korn were the antisocial ones getting bullied but I never understood the benefit of not just being nice to everyone (not kissing their a**es or anything) in order to not get singled out. My sister got into H a short time after that and I started experimenting with it and other substances when other kids were just smoking weed and drinking so again in some aspects I couldn't relate yet never judged or wanted to he judged. I think what really set me up to get through it is that I went in with the firm understanding that literally none of those people would matter after 4 years and you wouldn't ever have to see them again if you didn't want to give a chance encounter at the store or something random. If you're having a hard time in that age group and you read this, trust me when I say the kids that you feel like have more going on or to offer than you, they've peaked too early and those years are their glory days that they'll look back on and yearn for even when they're 30 something. You've got your whole life ahead of you and more more potential as you get older than you realize. They'll never be as popular or "cool" or attractive than they are right now and you're just beginning to grow.
Great selection. ❤❤❤
Amazing to think the London based clown music press at the time dismissed them saying they'd ripped Bowie off !
These guys were crazy in a good way.
unbelievabalegood very good song,the voice guitar,everything.creepy atmosphere
8.6.1979 Released! ❤
All time top 10 Song... for me!
Just an incredible undead performance.
White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box
Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
Undead undead undead
The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count
Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
Undead undead undead
Undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Undead
Word perfect.
WOW❤
My youth.
You any good in bed ? Asking for a friend.
Amo essa música e essa banda
A masterpiece.
2023…. This is original goth
Fantastico brano !
Ahh what memories!
Just class
Действительно, можно создать готичную атмосферу, даже не используя дисторшн и тому подобное. Питер Мёрфи потрясающий вокалист и фронтмен.
Message received. Nothing like Peter Murphy to sing the news. 😢 I did see many things coming, and completely warned everyone.
Haunting voice, no BS involved.
I remember going to the cinema when the Hunger was released & staying in there watching it three times over just to see this at the start ,,😂 got asked to leave in the end.
boże to do dziś jest cudowny utwór
kocham to granie
Classic and Best Goth Ever
The only vampire that scared me more was Nosfuratu
Such a beauty
Art in accumulative
this music the atmosphere the pictures from bela lugosi are wonder ful i think i am dreaming,yes i mean it
Peter Murphy in the 80s most handsome man ever
love this 💖
I see you read webtoon
Cazzo devo aggiungere..be la is dead , no cari amici, questo è l'inizio di una nuova avventura, sono solo felice di avere vissuto questo periodo musicale...grazie anche a tutte le altre band del periodo..lucky Luca
Grande! Anche io c'ero, e ci sono ancora!!! 💯 Semper Fidelis
the first goth dub reggae tune,pete murphy is an amazing artist!
Adore ♥
Lugosi then was buried dressed with his dracula suit... great actor, great band
Brillante
i miss my hometown and them too - happy halloween people ....
So creepy. I love it. Still love it
The coolest vampire ever !!
2:52
Riverside was essential viewing
🦇
Exacly and the bedt opening scene ever
2022?
Wow
Le boss
Can we talk about Peter eyes.
They are so haunting and mysterious.
So glad you dig modern rock like I do.
@@danavixen6274 likewise!! Nice to see another black chick who enjoys the scene 🖤🖤. We should def keep in touch :)
@@Agothygoth This genre of music truly saved my life during my early teenage years. I'm proud of my versatile taste in music. You should be as well. 😁
@@danavixen6274 omg same so you have a twitch account? If so send me your name so I can add you. There’s an 80 party going on that you would love
@@Agothygoth Sorry I'm not into Facebook or Twitter.
Perfect
Muñeco ❤
AMAZING X
Pete is gorgeous
Pete Murphy # Prince of Goth🕸️🕷️☠️🦇🦉
Freakin' awesome!