Posted on 10/26/2016 8:13:15 AM PDT by dangus
Halloween playlist
Rockwell (featuring Michael Jackson): Somebody's Watching Me
Michael Jackson: Thriller
David Bowie: Space Oddity
Shakespeare's Sister: Stay
The Police (or, Sting's solo version): Shadows in the Rain
Sting: Moon over Bourbon Street
Adele: Hello. (That's right, it's Halloween because the singer's character is dead!)
Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil
Blue Oyster Cult: Don't Fear the Reaper.
Warren Zevon: Werewolves of London
Eminem (featuring Rihanna): The Monster
Ray Parker, Jr.: Ghostbusters
Billy Idol: White Wedding, Dancing with Myself, Rebel Yell or Eyes without a Face. Not specifically Halloween-themed, but creepy. And great Halloween-y videos.
Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart. I'd recommend the Nikki French version; Bonnie Tyler's is better, but French's is more suited to a dance party. Oh, yes: it is about vampires.
Roger Daltry: Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me. Twists the love ballad into a vampire song. And it's from "Lost Boys."
Echo and the Bunnymen: People are Strange. Not an improvement over the Doors' version, but a little more danceable.
Ciara: Paint it Black. Again, simply more danceable than the Stone's version.
Not on my personal playlist:
Zombie, by the Cranberries. Fantastic song. But it's about children in a real-life war.
Demons, by Imagine Dragons. Another solid song. But it just doesn't feel very Halloween-y to me. Disagree?
Monster Mash. The "chicken dance" song of Halloween, but has anyone noticed it's a lousy dance song?
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz
Symphony #5 (Lenore) - Johann Raff
Der Erste Walpurgisnacht - Felix Mendelssohn
They'll all do, but I especially like the Raff piece, his best, IMHO. A young lady falls in love with a soldier, he's killed, and she curses God and demands him back. And he comes back. Be careful what you wish for. Berlioz's piece concerns a young feller who murders his lover, gets the guillotine, and dances in Hell afterward. Mendelssohn's is a little less grotesque but beautifully lyrical. And eerie as all git out.
Tangerine Dream’s “Logos” was used as the soundtrack to a horror movie, so it might qualify. Also, almost any King Crimson material from the early 70s. Like this piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j23Ul6YKQX8
Monster music, indeed.
For when handing out candy, Umma Gumma is perfect. It’s 2 discs cover the peak trick or trick time and it is spacy enough to be Halloweenish.
—Ghost Riders in the Sky—recorded by many artists, including Johnny Cash
—Pretty much anything by the group Concrete Blonde. From their album “Bloodletting” alone, there are songs such as “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song),” “Darkening of the Light,” and “The Beast.” Their stuff isn’t really danceable, it’s just dark. Perfect for Halloween...or a seance! :)
Your picks are great!!
Bowie: Scary Monsters (Super Creeps)
How about
Spooky by the Classics IV
Season of the Witch - Donovan
Any tune from Rocky Horror Picture Show (ie - surfin dead)
Witchy Woman
may be more yet to follow....
The entire Rob Zombie catalog... well maybe not his cover of American Band but other than that it’s all spook show soundtrack.
Ding Dong the witch is dead
Ride of the Valkyries
I Put a Spell on You
Puttin’ on the Ritz from Young Frankenstein
Try a Rhumba.
One more
‘Purple People Eater’
Tubular bells
Every day is Halloween (Ministry)
Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Bauhaus)
Addams Family theme
Outer Limits theme
Twilight Zone theme
Tam Lin (Fairport Convention)
The Dream Syndicate— “Halloween”
David Bowie- “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)”
If I might put forward a slice of a few more selections from Alice:
Cold Ethyl
The Black Widow (including Vincent Price’s intro)
I Love the Dead
Unfinished Sweet
Years Ago
Steven
Early Cure works, too.
“Monster Mash” is the only Halloween song that is worthwhile.
Rob Zombie has done a few dragula,living dead girl, etc
These two by the Beatles have a spooky sound: "Eleanor Rigby" and "A Day in the Life"
"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" by Elton John
"Swamp Witch" by Jim Stafford
"Layla" by Derek and the Dominos - makes me think of finding dead gangster bodies.
Abigail by King Diamond
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