From the Quentin Tarantino film, From Dusk ’til Dawn (A Demon Night)… The Hollies’ song, “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” was their biggest hit in the USA. They were popular in the UK and Europe, but this song was their highest chart number in the US. In the film, Salma Hayek’s character, Satanica Pandemonium, does am exotic table dance that wows the audience. One of the employees stabs a patron and when Satanica sees the blood, she becomes a vampire. Eventually all of the bar’s patrons become vampires and chaos ensues until Satanica is destroyed by a falling chandelier. Lyrics: Saturday night I was downtown Working for the FBI Sitting in a nest of bad men Whiskey bottles piling high Bootlegging boozer on the west side Full of people who are doing wrong Just about to call up the D.A. man When I heard this woman singing a song A pair of forty fives made me open my eyes My temperature started to rise She was a long cool woman in a black dress Just a 5’9″ beautiful ‘n’ tall Just one look I was a bad mess ‘Cause that long cool woman had it all I saw her heading to the table Well, a tall walking big black cat Charlie said, I hope that you’re able, boy ‘Cause I’m telling you she knows where it’s at Well, suddenly we hear the sirens And everybody started to run Jumping under doors and tables Well, I heard somebody shooting
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