First up is Toadies' 1994 song "Possum Kingdom." There's always been something foreboding about this song, and I thought maybe it was about a vampire possum looking for a bride. It's not, but it's still all dark and creepy. The band was from Fort Worth, Texas, and the song was inspired by Possum Kingdom Lake, located in Palo Pinto, about an hour west of Fort Worth. Lead singer and songwriter Todd Lewis wrote the song as a sequel to an earlier Toadies song "I Burn," which was about cult members who set themselves on fire to reach whatever their version of heaven or nirvana might be. "Possum Kingdom" is about one of those self-immolaters who has been reduced to smoke, so he goes to Possum Kingdom Lake to find someone to join him. Apparently the way to do that is to pressure someone ("make up your mind") into dying ("do you wanna be my angel?"), but he's gonna treat her nice ("I will treat you well, my sweet angel, so help me Jesus"). Of course, the climax is Lewis screaming "Do you wanna die?" over and over.
The video is creepy as well, starting with a body bag being pulled out of a lake, presumably Possum Kingdom Lake. Then shots of the band playing in a small dark club are interspersed with shots of whoever pulled the body bag out of the lake stabbing what was in the body bag. Turns out he was just making an ice sculpture. Such was the '90s.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment