Ramirez’s childhood friend Ray Garcia subsequently told the authorities that the killer was obsessed by AC/DC, and specifically the creepy, chilling, voyeuristic closing track on the band’s 1979 Highway To Hell album, Night Prowler, leading to sensationalist media headlines such as “‘AC/DC Music Made Me Kill At 16’, Night Stalker Admits.” The Australian band were understandably horrified at the implication, with vocalist Brian Johnson (who joined the band after the song’s recording) telling VH1 television, “It sickens you to have anything to do with that kind of thing.” In the same Behind The Music special, AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young claimed that Night Prowler is actually about “things you used to do when you are a kid, like sneaking into a girlfriend’s bedroom when her parents were asleep”, but lyrics such as ‘ No-one’s gonna warn you / And no-one’s gonna yell attack / And you don’t feel the steel / Till it’s hangin’ out your back’ rather undermined the idea that this was merely a paean to adolescent horniness. It would be a further five months, however, before Ramirez, dubbed the ‘Night Stalker’, was apprehended, bringing to an end a 14-month reign of terror in the Golden State during which a total of 13 people were murdered and 11 more sexually assaulted in their own homes. Dayle’s roommate Maria Hernandez was also shot in the face by Ramirez, but survived, and provided police with a pen portrait of a young man wearing an AC/DC baseball cap. Not everybody knew the backstory of this song: now they can better appreciate the choice made for the soundtrack.On the evening of March 17, 1985, 25-year-old Texan drifter Richard Ramirez broke into the California homes of Tsai-Lian Yu and Dayle Okazaki and murdered both women.
The version of Paint It Black played by Wednesday on her cello has a unique dark energy that fascinated fans. She’s “the girl in black and white,” as described in the series, and she wishes to live in a world made of the same colors. It’s not easy facing up when your whole world is blackĪs Wednesday removes all colors from her room’s window to have a more familiar environment, better matching her character, we understand why the song fits perfectly with the Addams protagonist. Maybe then I’ll fade away and not have to face the facts
I see my red door, I must have it painted black I look inside myself and see my heart is black
Like a newborn baby, it just happens every day I see people turn their heads and quickly look away With flowers and my love, both never to come back I see a line of cars and they’re all painted black I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes No colours anymore, I want them to turn black I see a red door and I want it painted black Here are some of the most meaningful lyrics from the original song: His heart is black, and he wants to paint everything black as a sign of his mood. In the song’s lines, the singing voice imagines the feelings of a man who just lost the person he loves and no longer wants colors in his life. Still, the original song lyrics perfectly fit the young girl’s spirit: the song is about processing grief after the death of the singer’s girlfriend.
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The version played by Wednesday in Tim Burton’s series is instrumental.
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Released in 1966 as a single from their album Aftermath, the track has a special place in modern popular culture, also as part of the soundtracks of famous movies: it’s the song featured in the end credits of the films Full Metal Jacket and The Devil’s Advocate. Paint It Black is one of the most famous songs ever written by The Rolling Stones.
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