THIS. IS. THE PAIN-KILLER!!!

Monday, September 21st, 2009 at 10:30am by

As Vince already mentioned, we spent Friday night at the annual San Gennaro festival in Little Italy. Prior to that, though, we had warm-up drinks at Arrow Bar, where our bro-bro Bram Teitelman from Metal Insider was spinnin’. The last song he played before we headed out for Little Italy was “Painkiller,” which, needless to say, got stuck in my head for the rest of the night, and part of the next morning. It wasn’t even the whole song – it was just the chorus. It was like Halford was trying to drill his way out of my brain. Every time there was a lull in the conversation, I found myself almost involuntarily adopting that eunuch voice, screeching the chorus aloud. I’m sure I annoyed the ever-lovin’ shit outta everyone around me.

But there are way worse songs to have stuck in your head.

-AR

  • Frampler

    Halford was trying to drill you!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gavin/1396340262 Mark Gavin

      I would let Rob Halford drill me.

      And Bruce Willis. But that’s it.

      • Canvas Of Flesh

        Good choices. I would add 50s and 60s era Gregory Peck to that list.

  • http://jordanmunson.wordpress.com Jordan

    I love laser bullets.

  • Matthew Grant Anson

    Death cover is the best.

    • bucketochicken

      Agreed.

  • Sammy

    The first time I heard this song I thought, “Finally! Priest is back!” Subsequent listens to the album, with a more critical ear, led me to believe it’s merely a decent album, not great. But it was certainly better than the two it followed.

  • Discipleofthewatch

    I get “Living After Midnight” stuck in my head pretty often.

  • nick

    THIS GETS STUCK IN MY HEAD LIKE EVERY WEEK! And italways sticks around for a couple of days…

  • DONGMASTER

    After learning Halford is gay, songs like Ram It Down will never be the same for me.

  • Mike2

    i have never been able to like Judas Priest, Rob Halford is just too much for my brain…