WERE-TOBER werewolf album song list

you could say that werewolf songs are few too many. i love that phrase, because it actually makes perfect sense when you apply it: there are too many wolf-ish songs out there to list all the lyrics for (especially since most of them are instrumentals, not popular enough for a definitive post of lyrics, or lost forever like the very first werewolf movie), but there are too few actually available online. what i have is what you see. so, i have decided to end the lyric-giving here, and just offer you the song list of the ever-coveted werewolf album.

1. werewolves of london by Warren Zevon (or the remake by the Greatful Dead... they're both good)

2. hungry like the wolf by Duran Duran

3. monster by Skillit

4. can't fight the moonlight by Leann Rymes

5. bark at the moon by Ozzy Osbourne

6. she wolf by Shakira

7. of wolf and man by Metallica

8. one of these nights by the Eagles

9. monster by Lady Gaga (half-works for werewolves)

10. full moon by the Black Ghosts

11. lycanthrope (redone by multipal unpopular artists)

12. when i was a boy i watched the wolves by sunfighter

13. loup garou bal goula (cajun french: werewolf of the swamp) by Willie DeVille



alright, HAPPY WERE-TOBER, EVERYBODY!

(this post does not mark the end of WERE-TOBER; to see that, tune in to LABRATZ-R-WE)

WERE-TOBER song 7: of wolf and man by metallica

"Of Wolf and Man" by Metallica definately is not "modern" music, but the fact that i was actually alive when it was released -- albiet, only twenty-six days, but still -- makes me reluctant to brand it actual "classic rock". whatever it is, it's not bad! i can definately see myself unintentionally killing someone to this song! so, without further ado, i give you Metallica's "Of Wolf and Man"!


off through the new day's mist i run
out from the new day's mist i have come
i hunt
therefore i am
harvest the land
taking of the fallen lamb

off through the new day's mist i run
out from the new day's mist i have come
we shift
pulsing with the earth
company we keep
roaming the land while you sleep

shape shift, nose to the wind
shape shift, feeling i've been
move swift, all senses clean
earth's gift, back to the meaning
(back to the meaning) of life

bright is the moon, high in starlight
chill in the air, cold as steel tonight
we shift
call of the wind
fear in your eyes
it's later than you realize

shape shift, nose to the wind
shape shift, feeling i've been
move swift, all senses clean
earth's gift, back to the meaning
(back to the meaning) of life

(solo)

i feel a change
back to a better day
hair stands on the back of my neck
in wildness is the preservation of the world
so seek the wolf in thyself

shape shift, nose to the wind
shape shift, feeling i've been
move swift, all senses clean
earth's gift
back to the meaning
(back to the meaning) of wolf and man



well, there ya go! song number seven from the werewolf album.

HAPPY WERE-TOBER, EVERYBODY!

WERE-TOBER song 6: she wolf by shakira

i am in no way a shakira fan, but after having so many of my interviewees telling me about this song, "She Wolf", i figured, fair enough, i'll check it out. it's bad. boring, over-suggestive lyrics, and the music just sounds like everything else that's popular right now, so if i heard it again, i don't think i'd realize what it was. and the video is somewhat idiotic! sure, you have the full moon, a "transformation" (long nails, red lips, blatant sexuality... not much wolf there... could maybe get a half-million wolf calls, walking down the street in any of her four painted-on outfits), a "monster-esque" element with the cage (also a "stripper-esque" element), and a few half-flashes of actual wolves (male wolves, consequently... not she-wolves at all!). everyone should understand that this is not necissarily a werewolf song, but just uses the image of werewolves as a metephore for the duality of women and how the duality becomes more drastic the more it's somthered -- although, with the context of the singer, a docile housewife type, escaping to her wild imaginary world, conveniently located in the back of her closet, suggests a different type of duality of women than the lyrics would. however, for this occasion, i can overlook this little fact, and advise you never to watch the video or listen to the actual music, as it leaves the lyrics a lot to be desired (a hard feat, as you will soon find out). anyway, i guess i've ripped on this song enough, so without further ranting ado, i give you shakira's "She Wolf"


SOS she is in disguise
SOS she is in disguise
there's a she-wolf in disguise
coming out, coming out, coming out

a domesticated girl, that's all you ask of me
darling, it's no joke, this is lycanthrope
moon's awakening now, with eyes wide open
my body is craving, so feed the hungry

i've been devoting myself to you
monday to monday
and friday to friday
not getting enough retribution or incentives to keep me at it
starting to feel just a little abused
like a coffee machine in an office (ahoo)
so i'm gonna go somewhere closer
to get me a lover and tell you about it

there's a she wolf in the closet
open up and set her free (ahoo)
there's a she wolf in the closet
so let her out so she can breathe

sitting accross the bar, staring right at her prey
it's going well, so far, she's gonna get her way
nocturnal creatures are not so prudent
the moon's my teacher, and i'm her student

to locate a special man, i've got on me a special radar
and the fire department's hot in line, in case i get in trouble later
not looking for cute little divas or rich city guys that just want to enjoy
i'm having a very good time in the heat, very bad in the arms of a boy

there's a she wolf in the closet
open up and set her free (ahoo)
there's a she wolf in the closet
let it out so it can breathe

SOS she is in disguise
SOS she is in disguise
there's a she wolf in diguise
coming out, coming out, coming out

SOS she is in disguise
SOS she is in disguise
there's a she wolf in disguise
coming out, coming out, coming out

there's a she wolf in the closet
let her out so she can breathe



well, i did it. to all those many, many suggestions of shakira's "She Wolf", boom, officially song 6 of Franki's werewolf album, so shut up.

HAPPY WERE-TOBER, EVERYBODY!

WERE-TOBER song 5: bark at the moon by ozzy osbourne

i've never actually heard this song before my dear friend, lord semaj, introduced it to me. the song really is only half a song without the video to back it up -- which is a sort of punky rendition of lawrence talbot, the wolf man. kinda sticks with the story, kinda doesn't, (he does go to an insane asylum and kill a few people while stalking the girl, but he never becomes undead or does a dr. jekyl/mr. hyde thing), but who cares?! either way there's a fabulous man-beast werewolf in it, so definately, for reals, check out the video. now, without further ado, i give you "bark at the moon" by ozzy osbourne!


screams break the silence
waking from the dead of night
vengance is boiling
he's returned to kill the light
then when he's found who he's looking for
listen in awe and you'll hear him

bark at the moon
(ha ha ha ha!)

years spent in torment
burried in a nameless grave
now he has risen
miracles would have to save
those that the beast is looking for
listen in awe and you'll hear him

bark at the moon
yeah, yeah,
bark at the moon

they cursed and burried him
along with the shame
and thought his timeless soul had gone
in empty burning Hell -- unholy one
but now he's returned to prove them wrong
so wrong
yes he did

howling in shadows
caught in a lunar spell
he finds his Heaven
spewing from the mouth of Hell

and when he finds the one he's looking for
listen in awe and you'll hear him

bark at the moon
hey, yeah, bark at the moon
hey, hey, yeah, bark at the moon
oh, oh, yeah, bark at the moon
a-woooooooo!



okay, that was song number 5 from the entirely awesome werwolf album, not available in stores!

HAPPY WERE-TOBER, EVERYBODY!

WERE-TOBER song 4: can't fight the moonlight by leann rimes

this song is not actually about werewolves, or even really illudes to them. but, after recently watching a nestalgic film of my childhood, "coyote ugly", the song at the end, "Can't Fight the Moonlight" really made me giggle, in the mindset of lycanthrope. if it were used to reffer to werewolves, it would be the lighter side of it; being natural, giving yourself to the change, just running through the night... much more interesting than just another country love song. sure, may not be anyone's first choice as a werewolf song, country-genere'd that it is, but here you go, anyway. i give you: "Can't Fight the Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes!

under a lover's sky
gonna be with you
and no one's gonna be around
if you think that you won't fall
well just wait
til the sun goes down

underneath the starlight, starlight
there's a magical feeling, so right
it'll steal your heart tonight

you can try to resist
try to hide from my kiss
but you know, but you know that you
can't fight the moonlight
deep in the dark
you surrender your heart
but you know, but you know that you
can't fight the moonlight
no, you can't fight it
it's gonna get to your heart

there's no escape from love
once a gentle breeze
weaves its spell upon your heart
no matter what you think
it won't be too long
'till you're in my arms

underneath the starlight, starlight
we'll be lost in rhythm, so right
feel it steal your heart tonight

you can try to resist
try to hide from my kiss
but you know, but you know that you
can't fight the moonlight
deep in the dark
you surrender your heart
but you know, but you know that you
can't fight the moonlight
no, you can't fight it
no matter what you do
the night it gonna get to you

na na na
na na na
don't try
you're never gonna win
oh

underneath the starlight, starlight
there's a magical feeling, so right
it'll steal your heart tonight

you can try to resist
try to hide from my kiss
but you know, but you know that you
can't fight the moonlight
deep in the dark
you surrender your heart
but you know, but you know that you
can't fight the moonlight
no, you can't fight it

you can try to resist
try to hide from my kiss
but you know, but you know that you
can't fight the moonlight
deep in the dark
you surrender your heart
but you know, don't you know that you
can't fight the moonlight
no, you can't fight it
it's gonna get to your heart


ok, a little silly, not really what we're going for, i admit. but, really, put yourself in a werewolf mind set, then i dare you to go through this song, no music, as a dramatic reading, with a completely straight face. dramatic reading, do not laugh. go ahead, i'll wait for ya.

...

see, wasn't that stupidly fun?

okay, HAPPY WERE-TOBER, EVERYBODY!

WERE-TOBER song 3: monster by skillet

today's song, "Monster" by skillet, doesn't directly refer to werewolves, but the lyrical insinuation is enough. skillet is a once-christian-rock band come mainstream. under normal circumstances, this would cause me to lose all respect for a band, however, i realize this great song may not have come into existance had they remained a religious label. it's sort of a bleak outlook, but you really have to hear it to like it. so, without further ado, i give you skillet's "Monster"!

this secret side of me, i never let you see
i keep it caged but i can't control it
so stay away from me, the beast is ugly
i feel the rage and i just can't hold it

it's scratching on the walls, in the closet, in the halls
it comes awake and i can't control it
hiding under the bed, in my body, in my heat
why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end?

i feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin
i must confess that i feel like a monster
i hate what i've become, the nightmare's just begun
i must confess that i feel like a monster

i, i feel like a monster!
i, i feel like a monster!

my secret side i keep hid under lock and key
i keep it caged but i can't control it
'cause if i let him him out he'll tear me up, break me down
why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end?

i feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin
i must confess that i feel like a monster
i hate what i've become, the nightmare's just begun
i must confess that i feel like a monster

i feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin
i must confess that i feel like a monster
i, i feel like a monster!
i, i feel like a monster!

it's hiding in the dark, it's teeth are razor sharp
there's no escape for me, it wants my soul, it wants my heart
no one can hear me scream, maybe it's just a dream
i must confess that i feel like a monster

i feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin
i must confess that i feel like a monster
i've gotta lose control, he's something radical
i must confess that i feel like a monster

i, i feel like a monster!
i, i feel like a monster!
i, i feel like a monster!
i, i feel like a monster!


well, there ya go, song number 3 from the never-popular werewolf album!

HAPPY WERE-TOBER, EVERYBODY!

BELA LUGOSI: the man we'd go necropheliac for

we interrupt of this WERE-TOBER to bring you a personal message from Franki: the subject being one of the greatest geniuses in horror history!

(Bela Lugosi as a regular dude -- as regular as a guy can be, with those eyes and that delicious voice!)

in 1931, the hungarian actor, Bela Lugosi, made history by starring in the official film adaptation of bram stoker's "Dracula" as, who else?, Count Dracula! (this story had been produced before, in the german expressionism film "Nosferatu", when Max Shreck played Count Dracula, under the publicized guise of "Count Orlock," because the film makers failed to get the rights to the actual story from mrs. stoker)

"listen to them... children of the night... what music they make!"

Bela Lugosi as Dracula set the standard of the vampire.

the accent above all: the first vampire to be caught on film with actual sound had a hungarian accent (ranked quite high on my list of desirable accents; just one below scottish), and this just became the way all vampires talked.

he also changed the way the world thought about the vampire: the creatures that had once been frightful, hiddeous, and undesirable were made charasmatic, romantic, with the dreadfully subtle maniacle madness that gives girls with a bad boy complex a sugar high, no matter what era they live in, and i speak from personal experience.

in fact, due to the new vampiric image, Bela Lugosi is the main reason we have all these vampire romances today. this pathetic "edward" creature would not be the "attractive", brooding piece of work he is today if all vampire films had gone the way of "Nosferatu" -- can you imagine some angsty teen tearing her heart out over a strange, bald, rat-man? other than me, i mean? there would be no "edward" creature, because there would not have been the charasmatic vampires of old! (on that note, the standard that had been set by Bela Lugosi is being walked all over by new standard, as set by the "edward" creature -- all sparkles and brooding love, none of the maniacal gothism of the golden age, as set forth by the true king of the vampires!)

anyhoozle, Bela Lugosi, although most famous for his revolutionary role as Count Dracula (a roll he loved so much, he requested to be burried in his costume when he died -- Vincent Price, in attendance, suggested ramming a stake into his heart... you know, just in case...), he played many other roles in his life, including that of Frankenstein's monster in "Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man" (after some dispute about whether he turned down the role in the first three movies, or simply got replaced by boris karloff), and the original Ygor in "Son of Frankenstein." he had been typecasted as a horror villain in countless B-movies, replaced as protagonists in multipal movies of all callibur, and starred in broadway shows (including the stage adaptation of the film adaptation of bram stoker's "Dracula" -- golly, i wish i could've lived back then and gotten tickets to that! so freakin' awesome, man!).

except for lord semaj, (of www.therealmofnerdum.blogspot.com , check it out, man), you, dear reader, may be wondering why i'm even talking about this guy. he wasn't even born in the same century as me, so what effect should he have on my (or your) life? and, above all, why bother talking Dracula when i'm such a werewolf fan?

here's the deal: just because i prefer werewolves, that doesn't mean i can't spot a quality vampire. i knew the great quality of Bela Lugosi's contribution to the porphyriacally-obsessed seven years ago, when i'd first seen the movie (and last seen, actually, untill last night's midnight viewing with lord semaj -- that's how i know he does not wonder what you wonder!) in fact, i recognised his genius even before i knew exactly what a werewolf was! my obsessions darted all over the place before seeing "Dracula" (more so than even today), and the image was so fantastic, i couldn't help but foccus all my energy for a whole month on everything that made a classic vampire. i did hours and hours of recreational research (learning more than any 12-year-old should about the supernatural), and dozens of drawings and designs, made two good costumes, and even got away with wearing one to school on halloween.

(funny story: i was just going to come as Dracula, but the people upstairs decided it would be better that kids come dressed up as celebrities, instead of cool stuff. ick. but, i guess i owe them, because if i hadn't done one last string of research as a loophole to the rule, i would never have know who Bela Lugosi even was; i finally found his name on the cast list in one of the books in the library, declaring cinema as a form of literature, -- loved that book -- and came to school dressed in my most elaborate Dracula costume and make up, haughtily answering countless brittaney spears' questions of who was i supposed to be, and wasn't i supposed to come as a real person, not a vampire. take that, conventionality!)

in the end, i owe my desire to be different, much more grand than my fellow peers, to Bela Lugosi's Dracula, as well as my sense of style (ergo, half my closet, several hats, dozens of stories, and the decorations around my room at this moment), and my jarring sense of multiphasic convention. i love dictionaries.

so, there you have it: Bela Lugosi, most famous for Dracula. setter of standards. speaker of accents. the man with the hypnotic stare. he practically changed my life, although he's been dead for years (or, perhapse, undead?). he is the man we'd go necropheliac for.

WERE-TOBER song 2: hungry like the wolf by duran duran

while asking around about werewolf songs, i found two things: one, most people, when asked if they know any werewolf songs, will call the inquirer a rude name and walk away, laughing and shaking their heads; and two, the ones that actually did answer would answer either with our last song (werewolves of london), or today's song, Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran. the song, used in many humerous made-for-TV chase sequences, is not really about werewolves, but, looking at the lyrics i can see how they could kinda get that idea. and, besides, the fact that it's so forefront on people's minds is good enough for me. so, without farther ado, i give you Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf"! (cue applause)

dark in the city
night it awire
steam in the subway
earth is afire
do do do do do do do do do do do do

woman you want me
give me a sign
and catch my breathing
even closer behind
do do do do do do do do do do do do

in touch with the ground
i'm on the hunt down i'm after you
smell like i sound
i'm lost in a crowd
and i'm hungry like the wolf

straddle the line
in discord and rhyme
i'm on the hunt down, i'm after you
mouth is alive with juices like wine
and i'm hungry like the wolf

stalked in the forest too close to hide
i'll be upon you in the moonlight side
high blood drumming on your skin it's so tight
you feel my heat, i'm just a moment behind
do do do do do do do do do do do do

in touch with the ground
i'm on the hunt down i'm after you
scent and a sound
i'm lost and i'm found
and i'm hungry like the wolf

strut on a line
it's discord and rhyme
i howl and i whine i'm after you
mouth is alive all running inside
and i'm hungry like the wolf

hungry like the wolf
hungry like the wolf
hungry like the wolf

burning the ground i break from the crowd
i'm on the hunt i'm after you
i smell like i sound
i'm lost and i'm found
and i'm hungry like the wolf

strut on a line it's discord and rhyme
i'm on the huntdown i'm after you
my mouth is alive with juices like wine
and i'm hungry like the wolf

(fade, fade, repeat, fade...)



okay, so, that was song number 2 off the ever-popular werewolf album, in stores nowhere this fall!

HAPPY WERE-TOBER, EVERYBODY!

WERE-TOBER song 1: werewolves of london by warren zevon

this song, Werewolves of London, is one of perhapse two or three popular werewolf-oriented songs that comes to a normal person's mind (if, indeed, normal people think about werewolf songs at all...? i guess i wouldn't know). it was originally by warren zevon. it is a rarity that i approve of remakes of an original song, but the greatful dead's version of Werewolves of London was pretty dang good. ok, so without furter ado, i give you: Werewolves of London!

i saw a werewolf with a chinese menu in his hand
walking through the streets of soho in the rain
he was looking for a place called lee ho fook's
gonna get a big dish of chow mein

aaoooooo!
werewolves of london!
aaoooooo!

if you hear him howling around your kitchen door
better not let him in
little old lady got mutilated last night
werewolves of london again

aaoooooo!
werewolves of london!
aaoooooo!

he's the hair-handed gent who ran amok in kent
lately he's been overheard in mayfair
better stay away from him
he'll rip your lungs out, jim
i'd like to meet his tailor

aaooooo!
werewolves of london!
aaooooo!

well, i saw Lon Chaney walking with the queen
doing the werewolves of london
i saw Lon Chaney Jr. walking with the queen
doing the werewolves of london
i saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at trader vic's
and his hair was perfect!

aaooooooo!
werewolves of london!
aaooooooo!
draw blood.



okay, hope you liked the first song of the werewolf album, and thank you, semaj, for your suggestion. i forgot about that one, so it'll be added to the list!

happy Were-tober, everybody!

HAPPY WERE-TOBER!

as any loyal reader of the random turtle knows, i, Franki, love classic monsters. so i'm not particularly discriminating when i say the werewolf tops them all. the duality of nature! the vast internal struggle! all that yummy hair! .... did i say that out loud?...

anyway, to celebrate my minor obsession with fuzzy creatures of the full moooooooooon, i'm going to post lyrics to the perfect werewolf soundtrack. i have about six songs in mind, but if you, the loyal fans, have any ideas, please leave them in the "comments" area, along with a silently typed howel.

at last, loyal fans, this all leads up to the magnificent were-climax of my FINAL ENTERY of our sister blog, LABRATZ-R-WE. aren't we fabulous?!

okay, that's all for now! AH-WOOOOOOOO-OOOOOOOOOH!!!