![]() “(We Were) Electrocute” ( Life Is Killing Me, 2003)ĭespite what you might think listening to Type O Negative, not all sexuality has to be bound and begging. They say music soothes the savage beast, but this time around it just puts a stiletto boot on their chest and makes them beg. It also paints a picture of every goth’s perfect Saturday, all red wine and physical worship. ![]() Combining total goth with unabashed eroticism, “Love You to Death” crashes into existence in a cloud of dreamy distortion and chilling piano. “Love You to Death” ( October Rust, 1996)įew bands can open a song with a climax, but Type O are one of them. This song about a woman of flame is as thick and sweaty as a summer’s night in New Orleans, and Pete Steele’s lyrics about being drawn to the title’s subject like a moth to a candle makes one feel like they’re ready to melt. What “Pyretta Blaze” lacks in the outright vinyl-clad sex appeal of “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend,” it makes up for in its humid, hip-swinging blue factor. “Pyretta Blaze” ( World Coming Down, 1999) Plus, you’ve got Pete Steele breathily speaking in a French accent midway through, as though he’s at your ear whispering sweet nothings to you. Join the meat triangle.įew songs sum up every teenage goth’s fantasy like “Blood and Fire.” Not only does it feature blood and fire in the title, it also has a solid thrusting rhythm that pushes the blood to a boil. Though a bit of a cliche goth anthem to some, “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend”’s earworm qualities are without question. With its slinky goth beat, bounding central riff, and lyrics about a threeway couple that’s as close as “sweaty velcro,” this track quickly became Type O’s official baby-making song. No contest, this was the first song to make it onto this list. “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend” ( October Rust, 1996) Since today marks the 27th anniversary of the release of Bloody Kisses, the album on which Type O made this jump from crossover-thrash provocateurs to goth metal sex gods, we decided to round up 10 of their tracks which are guaranteed to have listeners fanning their face in no time. As a result, their music became synonymous with sex in nothing but combat boots, and has been the soundtrack to many a metalhead’s never-though-this-could-happen-to-me stories. Not only that, but Steele’s avowed love of and dedication to women as his superiors gave their albums a sense of worship, as though its makers had fallen to their knees in front of the goddess of feminine sexuality. After a short stint as a ragtag hardcore act, the Brooklyn band - led by the towering, rumbling, Playgirl-posing Pete Steele - refined their style into a scintillating mix of goth metal, psychedelia, and doom that sounded like the blood rushing through your ears (among other places). But what if she doesn't think he is? Who knows - maybe he'll eventually kill himself, or her.There are bedroom bands, and then there are bedroom bands, and then there’s Type O Negative. "Am I good enough for you" is him, of course, asking if he's good enough for her, as he probably feels that he ISN'T, and needs her to reassure him that he is, in fact, good enough. "I say the beast inside of me's gonna get ya" could mean that he recognises that he's going to do something stupid in order to prove that his love for her is real. "Now close those eyes and let me love you to death" meaning "let me love you till death do us part" - "Shall I prove I mean what I'm saying" referring to him proving just how much he loves this girl, or that he's willing to commit suicide, or even murder, in order to prove his love for her. "I am your servant, may I light your cigarette?" could refer to him willing to serve the girl he's so obsessed with "I beg to serve, your wish is my law" could also point to this. "The beast inside of me" might refer to him doing something on impulse, without an indication of what it is, OR acting out on doing something stupid to prove his love. ![]() I think the song is about a guy who is madly in love with a girl, to the point of it being obsessive love.
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