# Halloween mix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513 "2004-10-10T20:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/1 "2004-10-10T20:52:44Z")
I want to burn a CD for use on halloween and would like suggestions. No tired old crap like The Monster Mash, though I can’t say I’m above novelty songs. godzilla and Joan Crawford Has Risen From The Grave by Blue Oyster Cult are good ones. I’ll probably include a few cuts from Alan Parsons Project’s first album, TOMAI:Edgar Alan Poe but need some more material. ---
**Author:** ![Trekibilia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trekibilia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trekibilia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/2 "2004-10-10T22:33:25Z")
> [@Padeye](#): > > No tired old crap like The Monster Mash, though I can’t say I’m above novelty songs. I am far, far, far, _far_ from being musically cultured, but a song I really enjoy is something called “Monsterparty Unplugged” by a German band, Die Artze (with an umlaut on the A). It’s got enough keywords in English to be really fun for someone totally ignorant like me, and a really upbeat refrain. Might be entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/3 "2004-10-10T22:57:55Z")
[Halloween - Mannheim Steamroller](http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2880925) ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/4 "2004-10-10T23:50:29Z")
Ooooh! How about: Oingo Boingo: _Dead Man’s Party_ or \* No One Lives Forever\* They Might Be Giants: \* Dig My Grave\* or _Hall of Heads_ Just about anything from Godsmack or Rob Zombie ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/5 "2004-10-10T23:51:40Z")
The opening strains of Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” . But only if it’s played on the organ, not one of the orchestral arrangements. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/6 "2004-10-11T00:08:29Z")
Bela Lugosi’s Dead by **Bauhaus** might fit the bill. If you want something a bit different, get hold of copy [Closed on account of rabies](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003ZVR/qid%3D1097453097/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-5747823-7974254) - a tribute to Edgar Alan Poe by everyon from Iggy Pop to Christopher Walkern. If you just want to frighten the children, there’s always [this](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000089JE/qid=1097453414/sr=2-2/ref=pd_ka_2_2/103-5747823-7974254)😃 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/7 "2004-10-11T00:16:28Z")
This type of thread has come up before. I’ll offer a few of my usual recommendations: –Jimi Hendrix, _Voodoo Child (Slight Return)_ –Dr. John, _I Walk on Gilded Splinters_ –Bernard Herrmann, Selections from the **Psycho** Soundtrack –Donovan, _Season of the Witch_ –Stevie Wonder, _Superstition_ –The Doors, _People Are Strange_ and _The End_ –Count Five, _Psychotic Reaction_ –Squirrel Nut Zippers, _Hell_ –Rolling Stones, _Sympathy for the Devil_ –Nick Cave, _Red Right Hand_] –Elton John, _Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding_ –The Bees, _Voices Green and Purple_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/8 "2004-10-11T00:20:00Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > If you just want to frighten the children, there’s always [this](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000089JE/qid=1097453414/sr=2-2/ref=pd_ka_2_2/103-5747823-7974254)😃 Aagh! My eyes! My ears! somebody hold me ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/9 "2004-10-11T00:25:25Z")
Type O Negative’s “Love You To Death” is a great Halloween song. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/10 "2004-10-11T00:26:59Z")
[Recommend some Halloween songs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243937) [“Dead Man’s Party”: Halloween songs!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=142106) [Music that makes you SHIVER - reccomendations please!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160005) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/11 "2004-10-11T00:29:57Z")
Marilyn Manson’s cover of “I Put a Spell On You” from the\* Lost Highway\* soundtrack. The title track from David Bowie’s _Scary Monsters, Super Creeps_. ANYTHING by Diamanda Galas; best bet probly “You Must Be Certain of the Devil” or “Baby’s Insane.” If you don’t mind some healthy profanity, one of her most extreme songs is the title track to [_The Sporting Life_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003Z6B/qid=1097454235/sr=8-7/ref=pd_csp_7/103-5066172-3956657?v=glance&s=music&n=507846). You can hear snatches at the link I provided. Really almost any track off of this album will do if you’re looking for songs; if you’re just looking for creepy audio, any track from any of her albums will do: about every other album is one of her one-woman operas in screams. She did the witchy soundtrack effects for Coppola’s \*Dracula \*and for _The Serpent and the Rainbow_. Here’s a [pic](http://www.musicweb.uk.net/SandH/2001/Oct01/diamanda.jpg) from the first concert of hers I ever saw; I’ve seen several. Here are some more [pictures](http://images.google.com/images?q=diamanda+galas&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&start=20&sa=N), to give you an idea of the personality she projects. You can’t get any Halloweenier than Diamanda Galas. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/12 "2004-10-11T00:33:25Z")
Oops. In that last link, I linked to page TWO of the google results. Back up one if you’re interested. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/13 "2004-10-11T02:15:54Z")
Thanks, I did do a search but didn’t find anything. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/14 "2004-10-11T02:26:51Z")
“Attack of the Giant Ants” by Blondie ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/15 "2004-10-11T07:42:19Z")
_Waltz In Black_ by The Stranglers ACK! I’ve heard that “Highly Illogical” song by Spock–I had no idea there was a bunch more where that came from. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/16 "2004-10-11T08:08:35Z")
> [@Padeye](#): > > Thanks, I did do a search but didn’t find anything. Was this in response to me? What did you search for? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/17 "2004-10-11T08:16:31Z")
“Wicked Annabella”, by The Kinks. Might include The Who’s “Boris the Spider” for fun, too. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-mix/268513/18 "2004-10-11T08:27:15Z")
I made a mix like this for a party a few years ago. I included much of the above, but also some campy stuff like Sinatra singing “Witchcraft” and a few songs from the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack. “Spooky” would be good, too. There are some C&W guys who do a song about Marie LeVeau that’s pretty entertaining. I interspersed seriously scary songs with, say, the theme song from “Bewitched”, which was kind of fun. I love Halloween parties!!