Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead Lyrics






White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box

Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead

Undead undead undead
Undead undead undead

The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count

Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
Undead undead undead
Undead

Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Oh Bela

Undead





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  1. D.... T....

    Nancy Pelosi's Dead....The Dems have left the bell tower, the kids have been bled red velvet lines...The black box....Nancy Pelosi's Dead.

  2. B.... ....

    Play this to coronavirus

  3. e.... C....

    *"IM DEAD IM DEAD IM DEAD!"*

    Sorry, but that's how everyone sings this song. Assuming that it's a German band. Because it says Bauhaus. Like it's German or something. Everyone just assumes that the person singing doesn't know how to write English or sing English and that the lyrics are wrong. So, I don't know anyways. I'm just here and I'm just trying to point out that everyone always sings the lyrics that way and yeah, I don't know. I can do all of this stuff that they're doing that people say is so f****** spectacular with a delay. Anyone can it's uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, but yeah cool bye

  4. J.... D....

    I had this on vinyl when I was in junior high.

  5. m.... b....

    Bela the goose is dead

  6. H.... M....

    Tweaking a tape delay is a beautiful artform in it's own right.

  7. m.... k....

    Sounds like MR seans

  8. r.... ....

    After the State of the Union address, a new single was released, Nancy Pelosi's Dead, her playing dentures with sounds of paper ripping from the speech. It is eerie coming through a Moog synthesizer, with the theremin effects.

    r.... ....

    Okay, Maybe a single Wasn't released, but it Could be. Contact me at seven_samurai at lichess.org, and we can make that happen, never let reality get in the way of a good song, joke, or memes.

    r.... ....

    In the spirits of Bela Lugosi, "She's dead, she's dead, she's dead! Nancy Pelosi's Dead!"

  9. J.... D....

    The Collector (2009) 💜

  10. P.... ....

    Bela Lugosi's Dead is just Free Bird for goths

  11. C.... W....

    My friend used to play and riff on this on a fretless base when we were teens. It was pretty cool.

  12. _.... _....

    I turned black listening to this rite now. Thank you 🖤🕶🕳

  13. E.... B....

    what is this and why is it so amazing was listening to modern lovers and some how came across this

  14. S.... S....

    TBH sleeping in a coffin is highly overerrated, I vastly prefer sleeping in my wicker cooling casket. Much better airflow and less likely to "dutch oven" yourself...

  15. s.... ....

    Vinyl sucks!

  16. a.... ....

    getting a train from Portslade at 4AM with this playing. Bloody spooky.

  17. S.... B....

    This group is so cool I never heard of it till I meet my love R I P Erik I'll see you again

  18. R.... J....

    Bauhaus was clearly influenced by Lee Perry and the heavy dub
    reggae of the mid-1970s. It seems so obvious now, forty years
    later. Great track, especially when it is loud.


    A huge dance floor filler in the Goth clubs of London in the
    very early 1980s.

  19. J.... J....

    Next level !!!

  20. V.... C....

    solo quiero fumar ser humo y disiparme

  21. T.... B....

    Luvlyness personified.........inspired me to buy me first Boss Analog Delay - great investment :)

  22. N.... ....

    It's called DEATHROCK for fucks sake!

    N.... ....

    No...It's a Post Punk....

    N.... ....

    @Haruhito Yamaka66乃乇乇卩 DEATHROCK

  23. K.... T....

    Music past decade is all the same boring....
    I miss the real musicians with lead, bass and drums ...
    No matter what I listen to now , I ALWAYS end back at pre-early 90’s and especially BAUHAUS, Skinny Puppy,
    Joy Division, Clock DVA, Fad Gadget, etc...

  24. T.... K....

    Crossing teethbrusher during sitting on the toilettchair was my intention as a small boy to keep away vampires. Afterwards in the eightees it was this Bauhaussong making me feel my sympathy for Vampires....undead ...undead

  25. T.... S....

    First time i ever heard this i was on my way home to the Los Angeles Area from a 4 day drunken Las Vegas Binge at 2 AM in my 1972 Cadillac Sedan De Vill . my first stop before going home was Tower Records in Hollywood , And i Got the Picture Disk. PS , I think it was on KROQ FM .

  26. G.... A....

    HIM is not a goth band. Facts

  27. T.... ....

    It was before !

  28. l.... t....

    Gemima puddle duck really did fuck up. Bella the goose...is dead

  29. a.... b....

    This song always reminds me of the Bowie / Susan Sarandon film , The Hunger , Mega opening Sequence superb song

  30. Z.... A....

    Lmao y'all are em-


    **Gets fed to cuthulu**

  31. O.... P....

    it somehow gets pushed to the top of my music list while searching. still good. pushed hard by youtube.

  32. R.... D....

    inefavel

  33. s.... s....

    I literally listen to any genre of music but every time I'm listening to hoth music it just...speaks to my soul...

  34. b.... l....

    Sounds like ---------Pink Floyd---------- "astronomy domine" 1967

    b.... l....

    Sorry, not to astronomy domine, but more to ''Interstellar Overdrive'', same album from pink floyd

  35. Z.... D....

    When he starts singing, it brings the mayhem together

  36. j.... ....

    still a good chord progression in 2020

  37. h.... ....

    WHY I CANT STOP LISTENING TO THE JOKERS MOVIE THEME!!!

  38. T.... r....

    Ok can anyone tell me their top 5 favorite goth bands? I want to listen to more goth music and learn more about goths :)

    T.... r....

    Not really all formal goth, but you might like to try:


    Fields of the Nephilim
    Clan of Xymox
    Gene Loves Jezebel
    The Jesus And Mary Chain
    Cocteau Twins / This Mortal Coil

    Of course, there are the popular bands, (Sisters of Mercy, Siouxie and the Banshees, All About Eve, The Mission), but as you've already found Bauhaus, you might think them a bit - inspid? - in comparison.

    T.... r....

    Tevildo cool thanks!

  39. L.... O....

    How do YOU pronounce the BauHaus

  40. o.... i....

    This is actually Death Dub... the Visigoths listened to Depeche Mode

  41. l.... ....

    History and music by BAUHAUS and information on the New Wave and Post Punk period can be found at one of the best groups of Facebook. Where it’s about the music and the history and nothing else matters.
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/NewWaveAndPostPunkOnly/

  42. D.... H....

    https://open.spotify.com/show/0v9oIFIKhnkDSnBPCY95FL?si=X2xwfznLRH-a2zLsr2IANg

  43. D.... S....

    wau was für ein song. genial. danke !

  44. S.... M....

    the masters, amazing guitar

  45. E.... H....

    Everyone in the 70s and 80s had fun with this and Im stuck in 2020 with minaj, perry and other cyborg-corporation fascist-puppets.

  46. B.... J....

    Got that vinyl sound. Takes me back!

  47. .... ....

    Us reggae fans have a different kind of appreciation for this. We don't label it "goth", it's just dub reggae music made by some gothic looking white dudes lol. It's cool.

    .... ....

    Wooaaah that's sorta accurate . Sorta

  48. J.... N....

    Finally a real goth song!!! Long live living in darkness & despair.

  49. C.... W....

    Young Sheldon brought me here.

  50. K.... S....

    I like how the description says "A hundred thousand views, keep it up!" Yeah.... we're on 21 million views now.

  51. E.... S....

    21 MILLION AND COUNTING MOTHERFUCKERS

  52. Q.... ....

    Always you can tell when time wqs spent with the music.... because you can literally hear it. The respect for creating must be returned immediately or else dont even think about finding this kind of brilliance again. I may not be no spring chicken... but id rather not exist id i had to be born outside of experiencing great music. It's just too fargone and completely empty now

    Q.... ....

    Look deeper and you'll get surprised

  53. V.... ....

    Sounds like Soda Stereo

  54. B.... N....

    the bat's are in the bell tower, the victims have been bled

  55. L.... P....

    I suppose 5,000 numb nuts suppose Mr Lugosi is eating at some far flung restaurant with Elvis and James Dean?

  56. G.... D....

    Just played this to my dog,


    She is now a wolf eating my face

  57. T.... ....

    Play this during exam sitting.

  58. R.... ....

    Nobody:
    Bauhaus: *doorstop spring noises*

    R.... ....

    Haha someone else also said ruler xD i just like to imagen that they actually used it.

  59. m.... r....

    ogien do was otworzę fizyczne cwele !!

  60. T.... S....

    Nothing means anything

  61. C.... K....

    yesterday i was listening to this song and my dad told me it was his favorite as a teen. i was surprised, since i've never really known anything about his taste in music, and then he digs out some old photo albums and he was a total goth before he met my mom lol

  62. H.... H....

    🐰🇺🇸🎤🎸🐰01-24-20friday *GETTING DEMON POSSESSED IN L A.C.A NO FUN ALSO FOREIGN TOURIST WOMEN WHO SPOKE NO ENGLISH TOOK VIDEO OF ME OB HOLLYQOOD BLVD LAST FRIDAY NIGHT I L8R WAS ROUGHED UP BY THE COPS & AN OLD MAN LIVIBG MY BEST LIFE*

  63. D.... ....

    Loved this this song as a teenager! I'm 50 now. Ah, the memories....

  64. P.... H....

    Einer meiner Lieblingstracks (gibts nicht so viele in dem Genre) .... Immer wieder ne geile Reise. Gibts auch garnicht so oft , dass Leute das Space Echo auch für die drums verwenden ? !

  65. A.... L....

    I guess i can play the intro on my ruler?

  66. D.... O....

    Watch The Hunger Bowie

  67. A.... P....

    what the hell did i click to get to this? omg that guitar made me pee a little, brb. almost forgot to pause it,

  68. �.... �....

    Помимо любимого мной блэк металла есть ещё и настоящая готика. И вся трагедия в том, что она есть и что она такая вот лёгкая

  69. J.... N....

    After I played this song for the first time my girlfriend wasn't a cheerleader anymore.

  70. G.... M....

    God Save The bauhaus

  71. E.... S....

    I've just seen Bela Lugosi's email account - unread unread

  72. S.... N....

    Now this got to be one of the best tunes EVER, EVER,E VER AND ANYONE WHO DOESN'T AGREE MUST BE FECKIN CRAZY AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE ,YEAH

  73. n.... n....

    lol this sucks

  74. m.... m....

    Check out the metaphysical man by Mr Smyth at the mamonatianddelille2014 association

  75. j.... ....

    My parents used to play this in the car, never knew this song was gothic. Just thought it was experemental.

  76. D.... ....

    *Listen to them...*

  77. J.... O....

    Whats the name of there song about the LSD trip?

  78. G.... F....

    BAUHAUS WILL LIVE FOREVER BECAUSE BELA LUGOSI LIVES FOREVER!!!!

  79. M.... A....

    Had bauhaus on me school books, makes me about 51 loved it

  80. N.... A....

    What vibes are people looking for when listening to this? Serious question

  81. n.... j....

    those bats are beauiful . look out for themand save them from dieing . people are monsters and killing the poor bats taken the old building down which are they home . please save them .

  82. J.... P....

    All lot of soldiers died dat night....young tuc nam😎🙏🙏🙏🙏🤑 thank the people who served your country.bauhaus did.

  83. J.... T....

    Still don't understand why? ... i cant get enough of this song!

  84. M.... A....

    All bled out

  85. K.... ....

    Heard this for the first time 25 years ago. Start of '95.

  86. V.... D....

    Bella classe top

  87. T.... T....

    The Collector brought me here. Oh and by the way for any fans of the film a third is coming out.

  88. j.... ....

    I played this a few times last week and now I have bats in my attic

  89. O.... T....

    Fun fact: Bela legosi only played Dracula in two movies, the classic Dracula and Abbot and Costello meet dracula

    O.... T....

    But did hundreds of performances as Dracula on stage. He earned his reputation.

  90. a.... h....

    This is one sirious acid trip

  91. a.... h....

    This is one sirious acid trip

  92. K.... G....

    i love that this is on you tube. i still have the album...and my london fog.

  93. A.... H....

    bela lugosi really be dead 😔😔😔

  94. K.... K....

    32 years ago I crossed into East Berlin for the first time; To this day II cannot explain why this piece of music came into my mind as I was going thru the entry procedures with the DDR Polizi and entered that very grim, dark, gloomy world of the "Socialist Workers paradise"! And everytime I hear it my mind goes back to that very dark, oppressive world that crushes the Human Spirit!

  95. i.... ....

    Estoy aquí por un meme, como que me estoy empezando a sentir gótica
    Ig:@isolation_666

  96. m.... v....

    Todo un himno!

  97. C.... M....

    If you call this goth, you’re too young. It’s DEATH ROCK!!!!

  98. J.... S....

    Garlic don’t work boys!!!