# "Just discovered" this very strange tune **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058 "2022-08-22T00:54:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/1 "2022-08-22T00:54:09Z")
I’m one of those totally arrogant “yeah I’ve heard just about everything I wanna hear and everything else is just extraneous lalalalalala”, but recently a friend played the following number that slipped my radar. Still trying to figure out where I “sit” with it, exactly - yeah, it’s an oddie, this one. Like, really different. A sort of heavy, post-psychadelic dirge with lyrics told from the POV of a plane crash victim - quite a unique idea. Also, super duper grisly. _Really_ grisly. Heh, presaging death-metal lyrics! At first, I couldn’t remember the artist / title, so before I had to eventually text buddy for it, I googled “song - plane crash victim”, and eventually found a page with many “Top 15 / 20 / 30 Worst Songs to Hear on a Plane” lists. Not _one_ of those lists, it turned out, had the number, which is [“D.O.A.” by Bloodrock (1971).](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0VRHBx090s) I don’t even need to hear any of those lists to scoff them for not including a song that I’m pretty sure would have been a much more gigantic bring-down than any of those others when it comes to aerial listening pleasure. (Those _have_ to be Leslie speakers churning away in that Hammond.) Figured I’d share in case I’m not the only who’s never came across it before. Not a feel-good song. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/2 "2022-08-22T00:59:37Z")
I wish I’d never heard it.😳 ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/3 "2022-08-22T03:50:44Z")
Great tune! Thanks for sharing. My only comment is that it’s 8 minutes and 30 seconds too long. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/4 "2022-08-22T09:55:06Z")
Good song. Have never heard it before. [Horrific lyrics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vso7ga7VHxc). 😵 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/5 "2022-08-22T11:06:16Z")
Some people get grief counselling to deal with loss. Some write really long and gruesome songs. And in 1971, the first option was pretty limited anyway. It’s fine. A bit sophomoric and repetitive but I’ve heard a lot worse, and it seems typical for the time. And I’m sure it was therapeutic to someone. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/6 "2022-08-22T11:29:53Z")
I recall that song from when I was about 10 years old. We made up our own lyrics like “We were flying low and hit some dirty underwear”. Shockung yes, but here were more shocking things going on at the time. Like relatives being drafted and shipped of to Nam and the criminal President and cities on fire in protest of denial of civil rights. Sounds familar, no? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/7 "2022-08-22T13:44:32Z")
I’ve always liked it. The seventies were a very special time. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/8 "2022-08-22T13:52:45Z")
I’m guessing the OP hasn’t heard “Pull The Plug” by Starz. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/9 "2022-08-22T14:58:31Z")
This reminds me of Urian Heep, only instead of wizards, it’s the last thoughts of an accident victim. I think there was an episode of CSI like that. It had corpses in the morgue talking to each other, remembering their last moments. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/10 "2022-08-22T15:32:13Z")
I remember it well. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/11 "2022-08-22T16:12:58Z")
Hehehe, I found out about that song from a different thread around here, and god I find that song irritating. Just listened to it again to try to figure out why. I think it’s the vocals and lyrics. Too literal and narrative, and the harmonies in the chorus, ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/12 "2022-08-22T21:40:44Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’m guessing the OP hasn’t heard “Pull The Plug” by Starz. Checked out the lyrics, and defintely heavy, but nothing to do with plane crash victims, so my point still stands that “DOA” would probably bring out the airplane puke bags more than any other number. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > This reminds me of Urian Heep… _Totally_ that. Heh - Or Caravan? Mountain? 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/13 "2022-08-22T22:20:59Z")
How can anyone not like this song? It’s great. I bet you guys just aren’t old enough to remember the teen death songs that were popular in the 50s and 60s. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/14 "2022-08-22T22:43:32Z")
Parts of that song sound like they were sampled from a c1980 arcade game. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/15 "2022-08-22T22:45:39Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I bet you guys just aren’t old enough to remember the teen death songs that were popular in the 50s and 60s. I’ll be surprised, though, if any of them were as happy-go-lucky as this one. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/16 "2022-08-23T00:08:21Z")
Some were quite angsty. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/17 "2022-08-23T00:42:10Z")
Wikipedia calls them [Teenage Tragedy Songs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_tragedy_song). “Last Kiss” and “Dead Man’s Curve” are awfully jaunty. That list doesn’t include the grown-up “Timothy,” a controversial hit first released in 1970, just before “D.O.A.” I wouldn’t mind happy-go-lucky as a descriptor. Something I would never, ever apply to Bloodrock. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/18 "2022-08-23T04:46:30Z")
Back in the mid 80’s-early 90’s, it would get requested on the lunchtime request radio show. Occasionally, one of the late-night DJ’s would play it. I haven’t heard in maybe 25 years. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/19 "2022-08-23T07:14:56Z")
I like a good dirge - sounds most like Hawkwind (e.g. ‘High Rise’) to me. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058/20 "2022-08-23T10:28:30Z")
It most reminded me of the song _Black Sabbath_ by the band of the same name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058.md?page=2)