{"id":9778,"date":"2018-10-24T21:02:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T01:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/millheiser.com\/hokeyblog\/?p=9778"},"modified":"2022-11-01T10:10:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:10:07","slug":"buttkickin-halloween-songs-transylvanian-express-steve-hackett-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/millheiser.com\/hokeyblog\/2018\/10\/24\/buttkickin-halloween-songs-transylvanian-express-steve-hackett-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Transylvanian Express” — Steve Hackett (2006)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yup. Your pals here at Hokeyblog are featuring yet another instrumental piece this evening.<\/p>\n

So if you’re looking for the usual italicized lyrics to kick off this post… you won’t find any. Instrumental, see? No lyrics. Sorry.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

OK, fine, stop pouting. I’ll try. Here goes nothing.<\/p>\n

Umm… let’s see now…<\/p>\n

*train noises*
\n*odd demonic vocalizations*
\n*wolves howling*
\n*instrumental representations of locomotive movement*
\n*proggy gypsy music*<\/em><\/p>\n

Yeah I think you’re getting it now. We’re on a one-way trip through the ominous shadows cast by the mountains of Central Europe, courtesy of the Transylvanian Express<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Former Genesis guitar maestro Steve Hackett helped compose this instrumental piece which fuses prog rock chops with Romany rhythms and Carpathian melodies into a singular piece that delivers us straight onto Vlad Dracul’s doorstep.<\/p>\n

Because you don’t get much more Halloween than THAT, thank you very much.<\/p>\n

So board the\u00a0Transylvanian Express<\/strong>, place it right on your Halloween Playlist, blast it when the kiddies come knockin’ at your door for a heapin’ helpin’ of pre-diabetic goodness, and leap out of the business wearing nothing more than a Maury Povich mask and a big ol’ smile!<\/p>\n

Ahh… don’t do that. Not without a bolo tie, at least.<\/p>\n