"Dead Man's Party": Halloween songs!

My Wife and My Dead Wife – Robyn Hitchcock
Poor Skeleton Steps Out – XTC
Werewolf In London – Warren Zevon (R.I.P.)
I Put a Spell On You – Screaming Jay Hawkins
Frankenstein – Edgar Winter Group
Dr. Funkenstein – Parliament
and, of course, “Monster Mash” – [???] with Boris Karloff

And what haunted house is complete without a…

“Strobe Light” – The B52’s :cool:

Unless something’s happened in the last day that I don’t know about, Warren Zevon is still alive. If you’re searching for the song, by the way, it’s “Werewolves of London”.

“Monster Mash” was a hit for Bobby “Boris” Pickett, but it’s been covered a few times. The Bonzo Dog Band do a very interesting version.

Sorry about Zevon. I confused hearing about his terminal condition with hearing about his demise. Kudos to Letterman for showcasing him last night. :smack:

Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
Bad Moon Rising – CCR
The Haunting – The Golden Palominos
Bela Lugosi’s Dead – Bauhaus
“Grimly Fiendish” – The Damned
Two Dollar Wine – The Glands. No Halloween theme per se, but that song just sounds so creepy, and the album cover art is like a still from a 70’s horror B-flick.

Love the Bonzos “Monster Mash”!

Also add
The Toyes “Monster Hash”
Dave Edmunds “The Creature From The Black Lagoon”
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross “Halloween Spooks”
Mothers Of Invention “King Kong”
Neville Brothers or Sonny Landreth’s “Congo Square”
Almost any Dr. John The Night Tripper, but “Loup Garou” would work.
And let’s not forget The Fibonaccis cover of “Psycho”

Looking over my MP3 collection:

“Season of the Witch” by Donovan
“Red Right Hand” by Nick Cave
“I Walk on Guilded Splinters” by the aforementioned Dr. John
“Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” by Jimi Hendrix
“Superstition” by Stevie Wonder
“Boris the Spider” by The Who
“Psychotic Reaction” by The Count Five
“Voices Green and Purple” by The Bees
“Hell” by Squirrel Nut Zippers
“Sympathy for the Devil” by the Stones

Alice Cooper: Welcome to my Nightmare
Ballad of Dwight Frye
Prince of Darkness
The Black Widow
Former Lee Warmer
Feed my Frankenstein
Teenage Frankenstein
And well… most of his work, really…

Rob Zombie: Ditto

Judas Priest: Love Bites
Nightcrawler
The Green Manalishi

The Ramones: Texas Chainsaw Massacre
On the fence (It’s not really Hallowe’en stuff, but it sounds close enough for me)

Frank Zappa: I’m the Slime

Meatloaf: Bat out of Hell

Anything by The Cramps (Teenage Werewolf, Goo Goo Muck, Surfin’ Dead)
Thriller - Michael what’s his name
Halloween - Dead Kennedys
Everyday is Halloween/Tonight We Murder - Ministry
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner/Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon
Bela Lugosi’s Dead (cover) - Electric Hellfire Club
Sympathy For The Devil (cover) - Laibach
Bonin’ in the Boneyard - Fishbone
Out of Space - The Ventures
O Fortuna - Apotheosis
Stumbo - Wiseblood
Stiff Little Fingers - The Vibrators
Haunted House/Everybody’s Dream - Alien Sex Fiend
Cannibal - Buster ‘Johansen’ Poindexter
Gimme Shelter (cover)/most of collection - Sisters of Mercy
Pet Semetary - Ramones
Fire - The Prodigy
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
etc, etc, etc…

Can you tell I dj-ed a lot of Halloween parties?