Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Wild West Hero” — Electric Light Orchestra (1977)

Sometimes I look up highAnd then I think there mightJust be a better lifeAway from all we knowThat’s where I wanna goOut on the wild side And I wish I wasOh-oh-oh-oh, a Wild West hero… Again, we come to yet another song that is Strictly Speaking Not A Halloween Song. And yet, it so is.…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Yours Truly, 2095” — Electric Light Orchestra (1981)

She is the latest in technology Almost mythology But she has a heart of stone She has an IQ of 1001 She has a jumpsuit on And she’s also a telephone… OK let’s get those dance shoes on, we got some early 80s synth-pop to geek over. Yours Truly, 2095 hails from the 1981 album Time…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Look At Me Now” — Electric Light Orchestra (1971)

Someone is waiting, lurking in the trees The spirit of her is walking back to me Ah, look at me now, feeling emotion… What happens when the Reaper himself is betrayed by a beating heart? Eleanor Rigby-styled orchestrations never felt so chilling before… Electric Light Orchestra continued the baroque pop trend that began in the…

Race Review: 2015 Walt Disney World Marathon (1/11/2015), or: “And the world shines for me today…”

The 2015 Walt Disney World Marathon was Day 2 of the Goofy Race and a Half Challenge and Day 4 of the Dopey Challenge and Day 1 of the Holy Crap I’m Running A Freakin’ MARATHON Challenge for those who eschew the fancy crap and would prefer to just put their head down and run…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Fire On High” — Electric Light Orchestra (1975)

If you’re over the age of, oh, let’s say 30, you’ve probably heard this song on Classic Rock radio over the years, but perhaps never knew the name or the artist. It happens. The problem is, as an instrumental, there are no lyrics to look up or inquire about, and trying to identify a song…