In fact, The Duponts even have a similarly structured reference to Spike Jone’s Ball-Tune, only T he Duponts make The Thing from Another World do The Stroll instead of a Mole Person. Secondly, from what I can tell, this is the very first pop song to actually reference Dracula. There’s even a similar tune to tonight’s inclusion titled The Mummy’s Ball by The Verdicts that I removed from this block of balls for just that reason.īut Screaming Ball has a few things going for it that help it make the cut.įirst and foremost, I dig this tune. There’s nothing distinctly spooky or festive about it most of the time. It’s monstery, sure, but something about it always feels a little off, like they could be singing about any old thing.

Now, there’s a ton of this kinda old timey Monster Rock ‘N Roll, but I don’t add it to the playlist that often. Screamin’ Ball (At Dracula Hall) by The Duponts Octoedtwilley 70s, big eric, eric billinghurst, monster disco, monster song, referential Leave a comment Audio Screaming Ball (At Dracula Hall) So let’s get some horror going with Big Eric, shall we? All the Monsters you want getting shouted out to an infection disco beat.Īnd look at the cover to this thing! That’s just plain old fashion monster awesome. On top of that, it’s giving you what you need. This one’s a bit silly, but that’s never been a problem around here, and it’s got a good groove, which is always a plus. Until then, we can satisfy our Bill Hurst fix with Horror Ball, a peculiar Discoish tune that doubles as a fun play on words.

But Ice Cold Calculation is in our sights, so we’ll keep you posted. I’m hesitant to buy the Critters LPs that are goin for half that much, and the playlist needs a cleaner copy of that song pronto. That’s fuck off dollars from something I ain’t heard before. Is it a different take on this song? Is it some other referential rock rarity? Who knows? Not us. This is a shame because it contains a track called Horror that I’d love to investigate.

That fucker’s going for over 200 buck right now on Discogs. “ Big Eric “ appears to be a one-off pseudonym used by German artist Eric Billinghurst specifically for this track.īut Eric Billinghurst is better know throughout Germany as Bill Hurst, a standard issue AOR style rocker who produced 2 albums including the (apparently quite rare) 1982 release, Ice Cold Calculation. Oh yeah? Big Eric, huh? So, what’s this guy’s deal?

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