It’s that time of year when I have a tradition of doing some kind of Frankenstein imagery. Right after I finished the one I did for last year, this one came to me in a forehead-slapping “D’oh!” moment.
Unlike last year’s image, this is a real song, as some of you will know. The Edgar Winter Group’s “Frankenstein” is one of the coolest rock instrumentals of the ’70s. I’ll give you moment to check it out here, if you haven’t heard it before.
…Okay, you’re back now? “Frankenstein” was a big hit and actually made it to #1 on the charts. My understanding is that in recording and figuring out the song, the band ended up having to do a lot of physical editing of the song parts. Today, that’s just a matter of hitting a button or two. Back then, you had to literally take a razor blade to the recording tape to cut it apart, then tape it back together again. With all the various tape pieces lying around the studio waiting to be pieced back together, the band’s drummer observed that the song had become “like Frankenstein.” The name stuck.
I knew what I kind of wanted the illustration to look like, but thinking about color was another thing. Then I remembered that for awhile now, I’d been intrigued by the idea of trying something with fluorescent colors, like a blacklight poster. It struck me that this was the perfect opportunity to try that out, so here you go!
Happy Halloween!