80sFilter: Trying to find a late 80s song I think was titled "I V(W)ant To Be a Vampire"

February 14, 2009 9:04 AM

80sFilter: Trying to find a late 80s song I think was titled "I V(W)ant To Be a Vampire" that was a parody of the Boys Don't Cry "I Wanna Be a Cowboy"

I think it was on the Dr. Demento show rotation...but not positive. Tried searching his archives with no success.

posted by branwen to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Adrian Alexis, perhaps?
posted by goo at 9:23 AM on February 14, 2009

No, this was done to the tune of the Boys Don't Cry song. I don't remember any specific lyrics other than:
I Want to be a vampire\
And you can be my victim

It was a kind of satirical/parody song the likes that woulod be on the Dr. Demento show.
posted by branwen at 10:24 AM on February 14, 2009

Came in to say I also remember the song but only the lyrics(which I'm pretty sure was the chorus)
I Want to be a vampire\
And you can be my victim
thinking that would help in some way. Although I don't recall it being to the tune of Boys Don't Cry. I am hoping someone can answer. I vould love to hear it again. And if not, damn you all.
posted by Epsilon-minus semi moron at 10:46 AM on February 14, 2009

Well it wasn't on the archives for Dr. Demento. Could it have been I Wanna Be A __somethingelse____?

There's lots of other I wanna be A's on there, including the original BDC tune.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:15 AM on February 14, 2009

Not positive I heard it on Demento's show back in the day (and yeah, search both that and googled the hell outta any permutation). Could've been a Florida radio station exclusive I heard it on.

It was definitely "I Want/Vant to be a Vampire" though, and definitely to the same tune(ish) as the BDC song.
posted by branwen at 1:20 PM on February 14, 2009

The Florida radio station thing might be true. I know I heard this on the radio when I was a child, grew up in Florida, and never heard the Dr.Demento program
I doubt this will much help but it may have been a station out of Jacksonville. I grew up in St.Augustine so most of the stations we listened to were based there.



and yes, I realized after posting that you meant Boys Don't Cry the band that did I Wanna be a Cowboy..not The Cure song. Not so smart sometimes am I
posted by Epsilon-minus semi moron at 1:31 PM on February 14, 2009

Ahhhh...much good explanation there. I lived in Fernandina Beach, just north of Jacksonville around the time I heard it. (I embarrasslingly 'fess that I listened to WAPE at that time.)
posted by branwen at 3:59 PM on February 14, 2009

Ahh yes, the WAPE. I remember the bumper stickers with the big ape. I've been googling like a mo'fo' and have failed. Please, I beg of you hive mind...tell the OP the name of this song!!!

For his or her sake of course, I personally couldn't care less.
posted by Epsilon-minus semi moron at 4:31 PM on February 14, 2009

Also lived in Jacksonville, FL in the late eighties, also remember this song. I wouldn't have thought it would be hard to find, but apparently, it is.
posted by cgc373 at 1:47 AM on February 15, 2009