#johnny & the hurricanes

[every-single-day]

The entire greaser gang would stand outside during a hurricane to “watch what happens” and then laugh when a tree limb flies and smacks two-bit in the head

[the-evermore-willow]

One of my favourite things about Lord Huron's music is how there's often a guy who straight up refuses to die/pass on because of how much he loves being alive. Implying that the laws of nature are helplesss in face of his love of this world. Maybe *you* have to die eventually, but he's built different. He ain't going nowhere, he likes it here!

I said we're all gonna die but I'll never believe it, I love this world and I don't wanna leave it. Said that death is a deal that you cannot refuse, but I love you, girl, and I don't wanna lose you. -The Man Who Lives Forever

I stared right into the endless void and I ain't going back if I got any choice. I know how to live, I don't know how to die and there ain't no thrills in the afterlife. So lift me up out of here, my friend, and I'll wander the night 'til the ages end. - Dead Man's Hand

Die if I must, let my bones turn to dust, I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it. All who sail off the coast evermore will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore. -Ghost On The Shore

What is life? Only visions. When I die, I'm coming right on back for you. -Hurricane (Johnnie's Song)

All of the joy I've known, the ways I've grown, the loves I've shown my heart to. I'm gonna get it together and live forever. -What Do It Mean

I just think it's such a wholesome sentiment and I love that for them.

[swirlingyouintomypoems]

Hurricane (Johnnie’s theme) by lord Huron I love you hurricane (Johnnie’s theme) by lord Huron

[seeminglydark]

POV: you kept the Datsun under a tarp for the better part of a decade cuz it still stung to look at it, but now he’s back, so your dream of one day making out with him in the passenger seat again can come true 🩵

Warm-up before I started work on a Seemingly Dark episode

[rorystormandthehurricanes]

the hurricanes (from left to right) ringo starr, lou walters, and johnny guitar, ty o'brien. most likely in butlins (1960)

[danidoesathing]

instant mood cure

[n1c3c0ck]

katari's pos car

"i swear i swerved around the light pole" "uh-huh"

[ilovedig]

This is Ringo and Johnny Guitar who was one of the guitarists in the Hurricanes

The first photo is Ringo with his hands on Johnny's stomach and back

And the second photo is ringo wrapped around Lu, I think, holding Johnny's hand (the one in white)

I do not want to hear anyone say that Ringo has a "straight vibe" ever again.

[khruschevshoe]

Archie Jimenez

I get a thrill outta playing with fire

Cause you hold your life when you hold that flame

I get a kick outta thunder and lightning and

Tearing through the night hollering your name

Oh little darlin' don't you look charming

Here in the eye of a hurricane

-Lord Huron, Hurricane (Johnnie's Theme)

Even long-healed, the white scar shows off what she and Izzy survived together last year, while her newer tattoos show off the newer people in her life. The ring around her ankle is for Jim and Olu, the rat squirreled away between two snakes on her arm is Lucius, the tiny lute on her left shoulder is for Frenchie, the scar reminds her of Izzy, and the little bear next to her elbow is Fang.

Snakes still outnumber any other one thing, but her crew, her family, is beginning to take up spots on her body, precious sections of skin that for so long remained bare.

For a woman who once let no one touch her body, who lived in fear of any wound souring due to outside influence, to tattoo reminders on her limbs and hold her scar with such fondness is a definite but happy change.

-aletterinthenameofsanity, love the one you hold (watch me as I tumble homeward)

My blorbo. My good time rotten gal. The love of Jim and Olu's lives. I cannot put into words how much I adore her and her amazingly developed character/backstory, so I'll just hand you guys this fic and cross my fingers that we get an Archie-specific fic down the line bc the times we have gotten her POV have been everything I could have asked for

@polikate @possumsmushroom @angxlwiings @bricksbloggyplace

[beatgoeson]

[tillthereweretangents]

Do either of you have thoughts on Ringo’s song Electricity? I’ve been wondering who other than Johnny Guitar could be the ‘gangster of love smiling from above’ and what that means about the song in general.

Not so long ago back in Liverpool Playing every show while working in the factory Music was the scene, I was on my way Chasing my own dream with Rory and the Hurricanes Before he became the keeper of the plane And by the name of Johnny Guitar Electricity coming through his fingers Every time he plays, everybody lingers On the verge of a serious power surge Electricity, and I still remember back in the day No one there will forget the way he played Electricity As it turned out good Made it here to Hollywood Playing just the same I guess there's things that never change Just like from the start Every night I gave my heart Trying to make it good Just like I know I could The gangster of love Is smiling from above So we play this one to Johnny Guitar Electricity coming through his fingers Every time he plays, everybody lingers Electricity, and I still remember back in the day No one there will forget the way he played Electricity Electricity coming through his fingers Every time he plays, everybody lingers Electricity, and I still remember back in the day No one there will forget the way he played Electricity

First off, thank you so much for the comment!

We're sure this song is about Johnny Guitar (he's named right there in the chorus). Did you have other ideas who Ringo might be thinking of?

Johnny died in 1999 and the song was released in 2017, almost 20 years later, so it makes sense that Ringo is talking about Johnny looking down on him from heaven as it were.

Gangster of Love

This is in reference to a 1957 recording by Johnny "Guitar" Watson"

It didn't gain traction in 1957, but he rerecorded it in the 70s, which is what you see here, and then it did chart.

He could have chosen a different song from a different year. I find it quite interesting he chose a song from 1957, which was before he and Johnny met, but is the year that John and Paul met.

With this information we can absolutely say that "gangster of love" refers to Johnny Guitar and only Johnny guitar.

One other lyric we'd like to note, even though you only asked about this one.

Keeper of the plane

The Hawker Hurricane was a very famous plane from WWII. It would have been well-known to all the lads in Liverpool.

When Rory died, Johnny took over as leader of the Hurricanes. We're pretty sure that's what Ringo is referring to with "keeper of the plane".

So those are all our thoughts on "Electricity"

Ultimately, it's very clear Johnny held a special place in Ringo's heart even many years after his death. To us it sounds fairly romantic, maybe even akin to "Here Today," but it could also just be an ode to a good friend who had passed.

What do you think?

[scourgiez]

does anyone have an explanation for how camp this is

[theeemeraldstar]

Oh little darlin' don't you look charming

Here in the eye of a hurricane

Real or imagined - what does it matter?

Come inside, can I get you to stay?

[rorystormandthehurricanes]

Rory Storm and Johnny Guitar, possibly 1961 in Butlins

“Rory Storm was far more show than substance. He learnt his tricks from watching Elvis Presley and Gene Vincent. He had little originality but was a very good copycat. He would cock his leg over the mike like Gene Vincent and cover his songs like ‘Rocky Road Blues’. I will never forget him knocking the Reslo mike over at Holyoake: his foot hit the mike, which was the only one we had. I thought, ‘Oh god, I hope he hasn’t ruined it’, and, fortunately, he hadn’t. I told him that he must never do that when we are down to one mike. If you glanced at some of the early photographs of Rory Storm doing tricks with his mike stand, you might think it was a young Rod Stewart.” - Bob Wooler