I heard this song, That Certain Female by Charlie Feathers, on a compilation a while back and immediately knew where I'd heard it before: Kill Bil Vol 1, the scene where the sheriff is pulling up to the crime scene at Two Pines (check below for a clip of that scene). Now I didn't make the connection right away, but, the selection of this song for that scene was perfect. Seemingly innocent, although lyrics like, "I promise to make it worth your while if you mark her out" and "Baby I need you, how much you'll never know" have an eerie resonance that hint at a murderous rage lurking just below the surface. RZA, the producer/orchestrator of the Kill Bill soundtrack, may have inadvertently or purposefully altered the tonality of this song. How much we'll never know....
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