# Help Me With a List of Great Monster Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655 "2008-01-31T00:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/1 "2008-01-31T00:30:04Z")
Apparently I have been possessed by the spirit of Linus. It’s nearly February, and so I have a driving urge to immerse myself in songs and music about monsters. Now, there are several strategies I could use to deal with this inappropriately timed urge: I could simply ignore it; I could try to determine what it is about late January that’s bringing to mind songs such as [The Griesly Bride](http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiGRSLYBRD.html); I could even check with a therapist to determine whether this were a disturbing trend in my thinking. Instead I fully intend to wallow in it. 😃 But I have only so much of what I could stretch to meet the definition of being Monster music. If it describes monsters, zombies, mad scientists, it’s fair game. Similarly, if it’s an accurate description of biology, it’s also probably going to work, too - consider just how much fun a song about the naked mole rat might be, after all. For my tastes, I enjoy silly songs, and I wallow in the bloody, and bloodthirsty ones like I linked to above. What monster songs can The Teeming Millions offer to help me fulfill my Mission from Og? The songs that I currently have that I would consider to meet my current definition of monster songs, so I can avoid duplications. And to spread the love for anyone who might share my view that is a fun topic for music. (Note that all credits most credits in this list are for the performers whom I have. Sometimes they are the creators, sometimes they aren’t. The exceptions are those taken from shows or operettas.): [A Monster’s](http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/monsters-lullabye.html) Lullaby, by Meg Davis [I’m Late, I’m Late, by Meg Davis [Mediocre Fred]([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zai52Y9xNJE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zai52Y9xNJE)), by The Smothers Brothers (Note, the guy making the video I linked to has completely missed the point of the song, but it’s the only version of the song I could find online for people to listen to for free.) [My Old Flame](http://www.ibras.dk/comedy/spike2.htm#OldFlame), the Spike Jones version (It’s a **real** torch song) [Poisoning Pigeons in the Park](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY), by Tom Lehrer [Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet Near Mars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdSBX4r1TqE), by “Weird” Al Yankovic [The Legend of Wooley Swamp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0E6keFGqp0), by The Charlie Daniels Band (I apologize for the video images - it was the only version of the song performed by CDB I could find. Ignore the pictures, just listen to the tune.) [Cows with Guns](http://www.cowswithguns.com/cowmovie.html), by Dana Lyons [The Fairy Queen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mLIH0t31Rk), by Heather Alexander (song starts at about 3:10 in the video) [Hap’n Frog of Cambreadth](http://www.heatherlands.com/seafire/lyrics/lyricdetails.php?RECORD_KEY%28songs%29=id&id(songs)=28), by Heather Alexander [Twa Corbies](http://www.heatherlands.com/seafire/lyrics/lyricdetails.php?RECORD_KEY%28songs%29=id&id(songs)=56), by Heather Alexander The Witch of the Westmereland, by Heather Alexander (It’s based on Archie Fisher’s song, but has some lyric changes.) [Brannigan’s Special Ale](http://www.heatherlands.com/seafire/lyrics/lyricdetails.php?RECORD_KEY(songs)=id&id(songs)=6), by Heather Alexander [Midsummer](http://www.heatherlands.com/seafire/lyrics/lyricdetails.php?RECORD_KEY%28songs%29=id&id(songs)=39), by Heather Alexander (If Puck is not a monster, who would be one?) Amoeba Hop, by Christine Lavin Biological Time Bomb, by Christine Lavin Theme from Jeopardy (with lyrics), by Christine Lavin (Sorry, I can’t find the lyrics online for her version of it, now. Nor does the time she did it on Good Morning America for Alex Trebec seem to have migrated onto You Tube.) [Three Ravens](http://www.lyricstime.com/peter-paul-and-mary-three-ravens-lyrics.html), by Peter, Paul and Mary [Squid Jiggin’ Ground](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid-Jiggin'_Ground), by Schooner Fare [Alien in My Nose](http://www.troutmusic.com/Audio/TFIA-AlienSample.mp3), by Trout Fishing in America [Two Brains](http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/trout-fishing-in-america/two-brains/), by Trout Fishing in America [The Day the Bass Players Took Over the World](http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/trout-fishing-in-america/the-day/), by Trout Fishing in America [When the Night Wind Howls](http://www.poetry-archive.com/g/when_the_night_wind_howls.html), Gilbert & Sullivan, from Ruddygore [Re: Your Brains](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTq6jH-YkHM), by Jonathon Coulton [The Microorganism](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/boiled_in_lead/the_microorganism.html), by Boiled in Lead [She Blinded Me with Science](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o), by Thomas Dolby (Sure, the monster is simply parts of himself that he’d repressed, but I like the song too much to leave it off the list) [Facade](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0deAX52Vdzc), from the OCA of _Jekyll and Hyde_ [Good’n’Evil](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwt5Xe8Ubbc), from the OCA of _Jekyll and Hyde_ [Hook 'em Cow](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/boiled_in_lead/hook_em_cow.html), by Boiled in Lead [Carrot Juice is Murder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM), by Arrogant Worms [Rippy the Gator](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaaVLWQTKxs), by Arrogant Worms So, what can you add to my list? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/2 "2008-01-31T00:49:33Z")
**Werewolves of London** by Warren Zevon **Swamp Witch** - Jim Stafford About a dozen songs by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt Kickers (“Monster Mash”, et al) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/3 "2008-01-31T00:55:27Z")
“Werewolf” by Five Man Electrical Band should fit the criteria. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/4 "2008-01-31T01:04:42Z")
_Synchronicity II_ by the Police mentions the Loch Ness monster and _Moon over Bourbon Street_ by Sting is about vampires _Dead Man’s Party_ by Oingo Boingo suggests zombies while _Weird Science_ evokes Frankenstein ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/5 "2008-01-31T01:06:20Z")
Fun songs about monsters: “Godzilla,” by Blue Oyster Cult “Monster Mash” Bobby “Boris” Pickett “Purple People Eaters” Sheb Wooley Serious songs about monsters: “The Thing that Should Not Be,” by Metallica (about Cthulu) “Night of the Living Dead” by The Misfits “Still Life” by Iron Maiden (about a monster in a pool) Do songs about the devil count? I know lots of those. Few of them are fun, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/6 "2008-01-31T01:07:31Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] [Re: Your Brains](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTq6jH-YkHM), by Jonathon Coulton [/QUOTE] On a similar note, [Brains](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5HG2VzcPM) by Voltaire. Also by Voltaire, [Zombie Prostitute](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb5pRMODKTY). Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla I think Black Sabbath’s Iron Man should count. Lordi - Would You Love a Monsterman, Biomechanic Man, Monster Monster, Pet the Destroyer, Deadite Girls Gone Wild, Night of the Loving Dead…plus a few others. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/7 "2008-01-31T01:10:01Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Do songs about the devil count? I know lots of those. Few of them are fun, though. [/QUOTE] I’d say they count, and I know one fun one - CDB’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” I just decided it wasn’t going on my list. 😉 Thanks for the suggestions, all! On preview: **Tengu** , I’ve yet to check out your links, but those titles do sound promising! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/8 "2008-01-31T01:18:24Z")
[14 songs about Vampires](http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/we_drink_blood_14_songs_about) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/9 "2008-01-31T01:54:29Z")
A favorite: “The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati” by Rose and the Arrangement. An excerpt: > [@](#): > > I must offer to you a confession; > I like movies that give me a fright. > If the subject is horror, > I gotta see more or > I won’t be contented all night. > You may call it my ghoulish obsession; > It’s a subject on which I get chatty. > But the worst one it seems, > Haunting all of my dreams, > Was The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati! ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/10 "2008-01-31T02:06:39Z")
How about the soundtracks to Little Shop of Horrors, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Phantom of the Opera? How could you do better than [I am a dentist](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM&NR=1) as done by Steve Martin? or [time warp?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdu7xoHU9DA) [Point of no return](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp4UqGxOeHk) isn’t quite as much fun, but fits the monster theme… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/11 "2008-01-31T02:26:13Z")
Tons of songs by The Cramps: Green Fuzz, Goo Goo Muck, Voodoo Idol, Human Fly, The Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon, TV Set. Probably many more. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/12 "2008-01-31T02:36:48Z")
It’s not so much a song as a scene from a movie I’d completely forgotten: [The Phantom of the Paradise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qARzn8ieWM&feature) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/13 "2008-01-31T02:55:43Z")
**Iron Man** by Ozzie. Who knew magnetic storms could turn you into metal? ---
**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:** [January 31, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/14 "2008-01-31T03:31:23Z")
“Frankenstein” by Edgar Winter Group “The Creature with the Atom Brain” by Roky Erikson “Chainsaw” by The Ramones. “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” by Bauhaus ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/15 "2008-01-31T03:46:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Stone] **Werewolves of London** by Warren Zevon [/QUOTE] Damn right; gotta have some Zevon on here. Add **Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner** and possibly **Excitable Boy**. And for **Monster Mash** , I recommend the cover by the Bonzo Dog Band. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/16 "2008-01-31T04:13:01Z")
[“Moon Over Bourbon Street”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bubtZO-wmEg) - Sting ---
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**"She’s Got a New Spell"** - Billy Bragg (witch) **"Witchy Woman"** - The Eagles **"Rhiannon"** - Fleetwood Mac (witch) ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/18 "2008-01-31T04:31:56Z")
David Bowie’s **Future Legend** is a short spoken intro to **Diamond Dogs**. Together, they tell of a city infested with marauding mutants. And giant fleas. **Scary Monsters (Super Creeps)** is worth mentioning for the title, even though it’s not about monsters per se. Roky Erikson wrote **I Walked With a Zombie** (the lyrics are just the title repeated a few times), **Night of the Vampire** , **If You Have Ghosts** , and other creepy songs. **Hammer Horror** by Kate Bush is inspired by monster movies - at least the title is. **Bloodletting** by Concrete Blonde contains references to the undead. Sadly, Annie Lennox’s [Love Song for a Vampire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhG8zC4npsE) doesn’t mention vampires. The video makes up for it though. How about **You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch?** Was the Grinch a monster? **Grim, Grinning Ghosts** come out to socialize at Disneyland. Blondie’s **Rapture** describes a Martian who eats guitars. Scary! ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/19 "2008-01-31T04:40:27Z")
Does [The Lurch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9LEPZG1Tk) count? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655/20 "2008-01-31T04:45:11Z")
[“Stay”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eXw47qb4U0) - Shakespeare’s Sister. (Does Death count? Because she makes an appearance about halfway through the song – and video.) “We Only Come Out at Night” - Smashing Pumpkins (arguably) [“Haunted House”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fWWv0m8Y) - Jumpin’ Gene Simmons (also recorded by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs) speaking of which… [“Wooly Bully”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJOvCHD1uHY) - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs [“Monsters and Angels”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m3C1K5b5VI) - Voice of the Beehive (OK, not literally about monsters.) [“Ghost Riders in the Sky”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxn48wSiCzg) - Johnny Cash [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-list-of-great-monster-music/435655.md?page=2)