Good For Your Soul
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Personnel
Oingo Boingo- Danny ElfmanDanny ElfmanDaniel Robert "Danny" Elfman is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film. Up until 1995, he was the lead singer and songwriter in the rock band Oingo Boingo, a group he formed in 1976...
- lead vocals, rhythm guitar - Steve BartekSteve BartekSteve Bartek, born in Garfield Heights, Ohio on January 30, 1952, is an American guitarist, film composer, conductor and orchestrator.-Early career:...
- lead guitar - Kerry Hatch - bass guitar, bass synthesizer
- Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez - drums
- Richard GibbsRichard GibbsRichard “Ribbs” Gibbs is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include the films Sweet Hearts Dance, Dr...
- keyboards - Sam "Sluggo" Phipps - lead tenor, clarinet
- Leon Schneiderman - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Dale Turner - trumpet, trombone
The liner notes from Good For Your Soul also state:
- Original Instruments: Leon Schneiderman
- Horn Arrangements: Steve Bartek
- All Horn Solos by Sluggo and Dale
- Additional horns on "Vatos", "Dead or Alive" and "Wake Up" by Miles Anderson and Mario Guarneri
- Harmonica on "Sweat" by Jimmy Wood
Availability
, the album is out of print, though it is available on the iTunes Store.Trivia
- The track "No Spill Blood" is based on H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
' novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, and appears to directly quote Erle C. KentonErle C. KentonErle C. Kenton , was an American film director. He directed 131 films between 1916 and 1957.He was born in Norboro, Montana and died in Glendale, California from Parkinson's disease.-Selected filmography:...
's 1933 film adaption of this novel, Island of Lost SoulsIsland of Lost Souls (1933 film)Island of Lost Souls is an American science fiction horror film starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi and Kathleen Burke as The Panther Woman. Produced by Paramount Pictures in 1933 from a script co-written by science fiction legend Philip Wylie, the movie was the...
. In this story, the mad scientist Dr. Moreau performed operations on wild beasts in order to make them more human and able to undertake menial tasks. When the beasts acted in an inappropriate manner, Dr. Moreau would crack his whip and challenge the beasts. In the film, this takes the form of a litany:
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- Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
- Sayer of the Law: Not to eat meat, that is the law. Are we not men?
- Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?
- Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
- Sayer of the Law: Not to go on all fours, that is the law. Are we not men?
- Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?
- Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
- Sayer of the Law: Not to spill blood, that is the law. Are we not men?
- Beasts (in unison): Are we not men? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024188/quotes
- The repeated "Are we not men?" in this passage was also the source of DevoDevoDevo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...
's song "Jocko HomoJocko Homo"Jocko Homo" is the B-side to Devo's first single, "Mongoloid," released as a single in 1977 on Devo's own label, Booji Boy Records and later released in the UK on Stiff Records. The song was re-recorded as the feature song for Devo's first album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! on Warner Bros....
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- The track "Wake Up (It's 1984)" is based on the George OrwellGeorge OrwellEric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
novel Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian novel about Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the Party...
in which the entire world is controlled by three separate socialist super-states who are constantly at war with each other. The main plot follows one man joining a rebellion against a pseudo-futuristic socialist England. The government is referred to as "Big Brother" and through an extensive spy network as well as subliminal indoctrination manage keep tabs on every single person in the country. "Big Brother is watching you"
- In the anime YuYu HakushoYuYu Hakushois a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The name of the series is spelled YuYu Hakusho in the Viz Media manga and Yu Yu Hakusho in other English distributions of the franchise. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and...
, the character Kazuma Kuwabara has an Oingo BoingoOingo BoingoOingo Boingo was an American new wave band. They are best known for their influence on other musicians, their soundtrack contributions and their high energy Halloween concerts. The band was founded in 1972 as The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, a performance art group...
poster in his room, depicting the cover art from Good for Your Soul.
- The track "Cry of the Vatos" contains a secret message recorded backwards. The backmasked message in this track is a satire of evangelical preachers.
- The track "Who Do You Want to Be" is featured on the soundtrack to the video game Tony Hawk's American WastelandTony Hawk's American WastelandTony Hawk's American Wasteland, abbreviated to THAW, is a video game that was released for the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube and PC on October 18, 2005. Part of the Tony Hawk series, the game was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision.The PC version of the game was ported and...
. It is also featured in the Nintendo DS version of Tony Hawk's American Sk8landTony Hawk's American Sk8landTony Hawk's American Sk8land, is the first entry in the Tony Hawk's series of video games for the Nintendo DS, and the sixth Tony Hawk video game for the Game Boy Advance....
. However, both games contain the Boingo AliveBoingo AliveBoingo Alive is a double-disc album by Oingo Boingo, released on September 26, 1988. It serves a number of purposes, being a hybrid of a greatest hits album, studio album and live album...
re-recording from 1988, and not the original recording from this album.
- The track "Who Do You Want to Be" is featured in the 1980s movies Bachelor Party and Teen Wolf TooTeen Wolf TooTeen Wolf Too is an American comedy film first released on November 20, 1987 by Atlantic Releasing Corporation. The film was directed by Christopher Leitch based on a script by R. Timothy Kring, Jeph Loeb, Bret Granville and Matthew Weisman. The film is a sequel to Teen Wolf...
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- The track "Who Do You Want to Be" is covered by Sacred ReichSacred ReichSacred Reich is a Phoenix, Arizona-based thrash metal band that formed in 1985. Singer/songwriter Phil Rind's interest was in socially conscious and political speed metal. After several records on Metal Blade Records, they signed to Hollywood Records for a short stint, but later returned to Metal...
in their 1996 album HealHeal (album)Heal is the fourth and final full-length studio album from Arizona thrash metal band, Sacred Reich. It was released in February, 1996 on Metal Blade Records and follows 1993's Independent...
- The track "Little Guns" is based on the short story Battleground by Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
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