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Seven Devilish Songs to Hopefully Exorcise My Musical Demons
A “Get thee behind me, Satan” Rate-A-Record
A few days ago, I foolishly wrote a story about the film that scared me most as an adult. That film was The Conjuring 2, and what scared me was the freaking demon nun (you can read the piece for the gory and humiliating details). Since then, every time I start a Rate-A-Record installment, only songs about the Devil come to mind. Apparently, Valak has leapt from The Conjuring Universe and into my musical brain.
Well, the best way to both exorcise a demon and cure a hangover is with the hair of the dog that bit you. For a hangover, it was always a glass of beer with a raw egg and four shakes of Tabasco sauce. For Devil music, it’s the songs below. If I’m lucky, maybe the demon will jump from my ears to yours. If so, I apologize in advance.
The severity of this “possession” is such that I’m going well beyond the normal two or three songs common to the Rate-A-Record theme popularized by both American Bandstand and Terry Barr; desperate times call for desperate measures. As always, rate them using the terrifyingly odd scale of 35 to 98.
Lil’ Devil” — The Cult
