Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened

[CrippledBull1]

This is about a true story !

Look up 'Murder on the Crumbles' at the eastbourne cousins site.

[angryassdrummer]

great AUSSIE band!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IronboundV]

ear rape

[TheBleq]

staro szkolne jak chuj

[tNJippoes]

Tom Ellard has a youtube channel you can subscribe to! He still is very active.

[303shaunl]

@tNJippoes

Linky?

Thx..



[kaaosaf]

you can even hear the influence of this song in grindcore, like meat shits, 'ecstacy of death'.

[buddner]

watch?v=UEmM0mkugB0

[buddner]

the lyrics (for anybody interested) are from a radio programme narrated by edgar lustgarten. although slightly exaggerated, they reference an actual double murder case that occured in eastbourne in 1924. while the case was particularly gruesome, it highlighted the need for more advanced forensics and the subsequent use of kits known as 'murder bags'

[TheLonnie8]

thanks Mr. Ellard for being born wow I love come visit the big biggot Tom you are a genius......peace

[agarhcp]

great DANCE MOVES

[NicolXIX]

Why do people die with their eyes open?

Please answer.

[doloresm24]

Not very popular if you ask me. I've never heard of it.

[doloresm24]

But look at the words to this song. Wierd and scary if you ask me. Doesn't sound 80s.

[SknkH0electro]

@doloresm24 you don't think there was anything weird and/or scary in the 80s....?

[nightflyer777]

This is not what I expected from a group called "Severed Heads", ha ha. I mean it's not bad or anything, I just expected like a Heavy Metal band or something. Oh well. Cool anyway.

[locomotifx]

Thank you!

[thedeadstatues]

I first heard this track on a compilation album from MOJO magazine they were giving it away. I'd say there was 13 tracks on there in all this was the best of the lot, there good bscure tracks on their from Gary Numan and a early Human League track but this was the best!!! Thanks for sharing!!!! Awesome Track

[aquabuggy]

who does the voice-over in this track?

[napalm5]

@aquabuggy Edgar Lustgarten

[abikukid]

@ scorpiodancer29 and KingStevoPunk

Sweeties, it is The Shamen, it comes from the album Boss Drum. Ebenezer Goode is the track and it kicks wickedly still, after all these years!

[otterboi26]

Have this on cassette :) Severed heads = goodness

[Paulie88]

Anyone know who the dancers are / what they're doing now?

[KingStevoPunk]

COULD ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME (because people that listen to Severed Heads would know most weird songs right?) - There's a weird early 90s (possibly late 80s?) song with mad "ha ha ha ha haa" laughter in it & part of the lyrics sound like: "Extra good! Extra good! She said my legs are good! Extra good! Extra good! Whooooa whoaaa whooaa" (those aren't the lyrics but it sounds like that in syllables), and later "ha ha ha ha haa, lovely!" & i swear there were dirty people clowns in the video clip.

[Tenguzame99]

@KingStevoPunk Are you thinking of Peek A Boo by Devo? The clip certainly has clowns in it and it has a ha ha ha haa chorus. Not sure about the other parts though.

[worlddeviant]

@KingStevoPunk you Don't mean Ebeneezer Good by The Shamen.. do you?

[scorpiodancer29]

@KingStevoPunk

Ebenezer Goode - The Shamus. That was an awesome "weird song" :D

[scorpiodancer29]

@KingStevoPunk

Ebenezer Goode - The Shamus. That was an awesome "weird song" :D

Oh and the lyrics are "Ezer Goode, Ezer Goode. He's Ebenezer Goode"

[phantomjordan]

@KingStevoPunk Far as I remember the video for The Shamen's "Ebeneezer Goode" featured legendary magician and comedian Jerry Sadowitz.

[DIELEMEN]

THIS IS THE TRACK FROM THE SPOOK FACTORY IN VALENCIA CITY SPAIN. MY MIX IS WITH CONFUSSION- ROBOTICO REJECTO.

[arceupinsxoxo]

Way ahead of it's time <3

[MrKariope]

RAPIDO RAPIDO VOLVER A OTRO TIEMPO!si o no?

[maessesonoro]

@MrKariope

volviendoO!!!!

[dedalillo]

super.... gracias. THANKS FROM SPAIN, IT'S REALLY A BIG NUMBER ONE.

[Fenslau500]

perle !

[Susodeejay]

La discoteca Spook factory regalo un vinilo promocional de esta cancion El templo de la vanguardia y su murcielago volaran por siempre GRACIAS VALENCIA

[TENSE2000]

There are many versions of this track, all of them quite lovely.

[ferpastorino]

Mama Miaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! De lo mejor que escuché en toda mi vida!!!!

[molokovelocet22]

uuuhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

[path242]

Excellent - pure Art!

[montse1350]

wow! 5*

[TheXMANNN]

COMO MOLAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[laikenf]

Wow such a great track. The Severed Heads are one of the reasons why I think 80's electronic music was much more interesting than today's; it was fresh and fearless.

[ultraxmusic]

@laikenf i agree. and as a dancer, 80s electronic music was also more danceable and had more funky groove compared to todays typical souless electronica which leaves me cold.

[303shaunl]

Oh man...thanks for this one..had it in like 86 or something, great memories...i seem to remember a different version, slightly more raw...any ideas?

[0degreeskelvin]

This was always better than the remix with all that extra synth sounds going on in the background.

[pascal2900]

in Belgium we play it on 33 Rpm + 8% pitch...makes it even a stranger song + deep beat

[SpammerOvTheGods]

thankyouthankyouthankyou! :D

#@!

[kdw712]

thanks for sharing aint heard this for years - in fact since i heard it on the John Peel show

[monotonmusic]

Been looking for this track almost 15 years.

Thanks!!!

[Ju4n73]

Tremendisimo tema este..Thx for uploading!!!

[lapsus5]

AWESOME!!!!

[jazzrule]

aahhhhhhh this shit sounds soo good with this muddy youtube sound. ahhhhhhhh!

[bellotamusic]

¡¡¡¡SPOOK FACTORY!!!! el vuelo del murciélago jajajajjaja

[terrorbytepresents]

I bought the 12 inch of this when it came out & years later in 1999 this idiot I was living with "accidently" smashed it in two. I moved out! THAT BITCH!

[rhinonose]

i love how there are always stories of records and exes and the record not in existance and the relationship ending on youtube. understandable.

[minijupe81]

mmmmmm

[BagoZonde]

It's brilliant and we, as the independent art zin, are making now 5th issue of Diamenta Princessa with cover influented by Dead Eyes Opened EP and issue will be infulence by that spirit,. If anybody want to see that effect of this issue, I'll can inform, so please send me an email to: princessa . redakcja at interia . pl

BEST REGARDS TO ALL SMASHED AND CRASHED HEADS!!

o

x

P.S. First I was heard that music track on Ecki Stieg's "Electrocity" compilation few years ago. Is that c64 tape sounds?

[davicharrllss]

FULLY EARLY 80´S RETRO-TECH

[vingdynasty]

What an excellent song..Some guy on Xwave Radio plays this and some other remixes of it all the time..

Thanks for posting this.

[ketaminebean]

timeless

[electrozaps]

great track i have the extended version and never tire listening to it.

[earx23]

great!!

[pete4271]

yep these guys freaked me out when i was 14, I think there .awesome

[terrorbytepresents]

This is an awesome track. I had the 12 inch single & after 20 years this dumb-ass chick broke it "accidently". BITCH!

[sirdoug3]

ya' know, can relate - once a girl spilled jack daniels on my Gibson S-G guitar (but she's very talented, beautiful woman)- and, to gals out there, sure guys do equally stupid things all thee time. -Ya' heard/herd of the band 'Die Kruzen'

[minstralwinds]

I saw these guys open for Skinny Puppy in a very small venue in Detroit in 1985. They were awesome! Very dancing and up-beat. Skinny Puppy left me depressed and suicidal...Thank for posting this great song! And thanks for the memories!

[pamerville303]

This track was responsible for a whole new style in Europe. DJ's started playing this song at 33rpm+8 (originally 45) and called it 'new beat' Belgian band 'A split second' picked up on this and released 'Flesh" with a very similar sound. A style was born! Many followed but few delivered the raw beauty that Tom Ellard seemed to ooze...

[slitwarmer]

thanks for your comment pamervilletb-303 ;)

[fnxtr]

Heh. I once played a Leonard Cohen's 33 RPM "I'm Your Man" on 45 by mistake. Sounded like Eartha Kitt. No lie.

[johnspikes]

I used to hang out in Belgian clubs at the time, and truly most of DJs played this at 33rpm, while Harold&Cindy was always speeded up to 45rpm. Those were the days!

[JEANBRUCE1991]

@pamerville303

thx for pointing out things that a lot of people forgot.

[leslielove]

since 1983

[omrac77]

Absolutely AWESOME......

I cannot express how much I miss them

[TheGzeus]

Appears to just be the left channel of audio.

[slitwarmer]

yeah, true.

[sysvrev0]

yes! thank you thank you thank you slitwarmer! now if i can just listen to 'petrol' again i'll be straight!

[juanibilis]

Ke se puede decir ante semejante temazo ..Ke tiempos akellos y ke recuerdos.Me rio yo de la musica electronica ke corre en estos tiempos,no significa ke no ayan wenos temas ahora pero bajo mi punto de vista no tienen ni punto de comparacion con los temazos de antaño..Antiguamente se acian temas con sentimiento eso es precisamente lo ke les falta a los temas de hoy en dia ke salen como churros...

[afotiad]

loved this in the day still great today

was an aussie band but to buy was an inport hard to get.You tube best library in the world

[DeanMeredithMusic]

Good song only just discoverd them!

Thanks for the upload

[youngerreymysterio]

love this but loved goodbye tonsils better.electronica at its best

[merops]

I saw this Sydney band locally at a small club called Ozone at the back of a Pub in Surry Hills, back in 1984. Brilliant stuff, this song was my favourite at the time. They were waaay ahead of their time, predated the techno craze of the late 80s by many years. They now figure at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum as a prime example of electronica.

[Ebpres]

One of the best song ever. Hearing this after a party night makes you crazy.

[Acidmarx]

Por fin encuentro una de mis canciones favoritas de toda mi vida.

banda sonora de mi pubertad. No conocía ni el título del tema. Ya no me queda ni la cinta cassete grabada de la radio.

Fundamental en la historia de la vanguardia.

[sandrakate]

superb music!

[leslielove]

1983-1984

[mefree111]

f'ing cool video to a killer cool song.

this is the 80s at its best

thanks for posting!

[ollie2k07]

well said tom!

[TomEllard]

Excuse me but the original copy of this video is already posted to YouTube by the band. We have asked to please let the band post our videos here and we appreciate your cooperation.

Thank You.

[AntiMusick]

hey Tom can't you put the All Saints Day video up on here, Please!

[SullenMorbius]

Yes, I've been looking for it for a month now, and I'm surprised it's not on here. I love that song ("All Saint's Day")

[midguardz]

where can i get 'dead eyes opened' severed heads mixes? ie the radio edit spooked, reopened, the love experiment, original i had it on tape but lost it.

[topogjoo]

i might have a couple of them

[topogjoo]

nevermind

[leslielove]

good ass ong since 1983 kind of scary to ehar bring chilles this is what new wave music sould be

[jofach]

OMG, how could i forget this great band!

Love them!

[calfskinhit]

Oh the memories. The only decent music to come outv of Australia. Tom Ellard was an obscure master of electro textures. I couldnt get enough of this stuff in the eighties. Still love it. Way ahead of its time. Thanks for the vid slitwarmer.

[patje96]

used to be played in clubs those days at a lower speed ( the new beat area ) .

[leslielove]

sice 1983

[DungeonStudio]

Q: What do you get when you put Throbbing Gristle and Ministry in a blender?

A: Severed Heads

Fantastic song, fantastic video. And is that Mr. Ellard reciting the narration in the video? Heck, I can even remember the interview Tom and a co-hort did in summer wear for The New Music. A Canadian 'music video/news show' that predated MTV. I belive the interview was in 82/83 aboard a yacht even? I caught that segment, and I've been hooked ever since.

[rank101]

tom ellerd makes me cream

[slitwarmer]

go check his web page, full of goodies

double v double v double v dot sevcom dot com

[commandacody]

Freakin' fantastic tune! Lonely being the only kid in your high school that listened to this group.

[celshader]

same here.

[fuentessaiz]

That makes two of us bud. I was into New Order first of all, then Smiths etc, then discovered Hot with Fleas from Severed Heads...awesome