For "Koroshi no Shirabe (This is NOT Greatest Hits)", Buck-Tick re-recorded their song "Taboo" to include a theme from "Taboo," one of the most famous songs of Arthur Lyman, a Hawaiian marimba player and recording artist who was instrumental in the founding of the exotica music genre during the 1950's and 60's.
The thing is, that "Taboo" wasn't originally Arthur Lyman's song, either. The original song, entitled "Tabu" and released in 1941, was the work of the Latin composer Margarita Leucona. The word "Tabu" came from the title of silent film director F. W. Murnau's last film, released in 1931. The film Tabu was shot on location in Tahiti with a film crew mostly made up of island natives, and was censored in the US for nudity (why bother wearing clothes when you live on a tropical island?) Murnau directed numerous famous films, including Faust, but he is most well-known for being the director of the original Nosferatu--bringing the Buck-Tick Taboo chain into a nice gothical full-circle. Isn't music history interesting?
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Ooo, I love this post. That's so cool. I like those films even though they're old (really old) and I'm glad that you point this kinda stuff out! Thanks, girl!
ReplyDeletecayce san, what would we do without you?! i'm here all alone in the u.s., no BiTches near me. thank you for all you're hard work, you've given me everything i need to worship properly. :)
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