The Story Behind Danny Elfman and Oingo Boing's "Dead Man's Party," a Halloween Classic
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2022
- Danny Elfman's body of work is vast, genius, and all a bit mad -- much like the man himself. On this special Halloween edition of The Story Behind the Song, Mr. Jack Skellington himself discusses Oingo Boingo's spooky season classic "Dead Man's Party," as well as his work with Tim Burton and the track "Sorry" off his latest solo LP, Big Mess.
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Danny, don't be surprised that people love your work. You're a genius, dude.
So absolutely insane that I woke up this morning wishing that I could interview Danny and ask him about the lyrics to this song.
From my perspective the lyric "chauffer coming to my door, says there room for maybe just one more" references the ferryman, Charon coming to take your soul across the river Styx and that he always has room for another soul. That leads to "shiny silver dollar on either eye" which is what you need to pay Charon for his service. All of that goes back to, of course, ancient Greek myths about dying and going to the underworld to meet Hades and Persephone.
i always thought the chauffeur was the guy driving the hearse
love this! Danny my biggest musical inspiration. love hearing him talk about processes like this
That's how I write music too. Danny is my idol & completely shaped my singing voice from birth.
dude same
outside of I've been composing all my damn life somehow this style popped into me
The live video they show , its one of the best live performances ever.
That song just sounds inevitable. Like it's always been there and he just found it.
Love Danny. What a musical hero.
i’ve been in love with the dead man’s party album for a while now. it’s great to hear about the creation of it
Danny is ha always had a sort of "Whimsy-Goth" asthedic long before the term"Goth" was even a thing. Back in the 80's Oingo Boingo was only playedon collage radio which me made bootleg /diy mix tapes of and passed them around and the rare occasion we had money to buy records in Atlanta it was Wax N Facts in Little Five Points! I have a special place in my heart for Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo!
Such an incredible guy. Love him so much. I'd heard the story about Lola asking about the drum machine before but I don't remember where.
He's almost 70 and his hair is still so red!
His armpit hair is still red too. That’s how you know he’s not dyeing it. Unless he dyes his armpit hair as well. But gingers generally take longer to go grey especially if they take care of themselves as he does.
i am always listening to oingo bongo
Danny is so versatile & multi-talented, that it truly is 'yikes' !!!😂🤩 &, if you ever go lookin' for a 'dead man,' you'll probably hear this song in the Malibu foothills...😂🤩 (me, via Haslett, MI, to Topanga, too !!!)😂 THIS, IS ONE FAB, NONE LIKE IT, DANCING, SWINGIN' TUNE... &, i Never tired of it... :) 💫✨💜 THANKS !🙏 (Oh, & i watched '9,' like twice, in a row, & it's amazingly adorable... big wow... :)😵💫😊😁
Avenged sevenfold definitely got "dancing dead" from oingo boingo. Both great songs, plus Danny working with them even puts the cherry on top
Thanks!!
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Praise BoB!
From a friend of the Church of the Sub Genius
Danny Elfman is being interviewed by David S. Pumkins.
Any questions?!
@@Nightrun007 Aieee pappi!
@@stevepd1 Haha, too funny! Gotta love the beat boy skeletons!
@@Nightrun007 You're cool.
What a genius
Genius.
I thought the album was from 1985, not 1986.
And you'd be correct. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it...and why Danny doesn't correct the interviewer is kinda odd.
Danny Elfman disavows Oingo Boingo like Bill Nelson disavows Be-BopDeluxe. Not how proper pop stars are supposed to act!
Danny Is the greatest musician ever!!!