“Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny”–Lemon Demon (The cast includes Godzilla, among many others.)
“Sitting Up with the Dead”–Ray Stevens (no actual monsters, but close enough)
And a YouTube link to Voltaire’s “Brains” (from the “Little Rock of Horrors” episode of Billy & Mandy)
Sycronicity part something by the Police.
the one with
Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes
Time for the Ghoulie Get Together covered by the Toadies
About a third of all Misfits songs.
November Spawned a Monster - Morrisey
Dead Eyes Opened- Severed Heads
Scary Monsters (Super Creeps)- David Bowie
Music for Vampires- Dead Can Dance
Giant Spiders- Devin Davis
Red Right Hand- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Pet Cemetery- Ramones (stretching it…but sorta fits)
Ghost Town- The Specials
They Are Night Zombies!!- Sufjan Stevens
I actually de-lurked after more than 5 years to respond to this thread. One would have thought it would have been something in GD maybe…but no…it’s the monster songs that pull me out of hiding.
Bad Idea by Lemon Demon
Muah-ha-ha-ha! Never underestimate the power of monster songs!
Thanks for your suggestions. And welcome!
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
Zombie Jamboree!
Not *quite *a monster song, but still in the spirit of the thread I think:
Texas songwriter Vince Bell recorded “Frankenstein.” Gary Burgess wrote the song, but Vince recorded it because, after spending about 10 years recovering from a collision with a drunk driver, he “felt” the lyrics. (His own tunes are pretty fine.)
“Reynardine” may, or may not, depict a vampire and/or shapeshifter. "Green Fields of America did a lovely version on their live album.
Richard Thompson recorded “Now That I Am Dead” about the phenomenon of the artist who is only appreciated post-mortem. When I saw him live, he sang the tune with a very funny “monster mash” voice. (Check out Youtube.)
Blue Oyster Cult: Joan Crawford (has risen from the grave), and I Love The Night (pretty subtle)
J Church “Vampire Girl Prefers Me Alive” download here
Saliva Slingers “Zombie Pool Party” download here
Metric “Monster Hospital” download here
Sons & Daughters “Monsters” download here
Matchbook Romance “Monsters” download here
And if you go here, you can find downloads of lots of monster themed songs I can’t recommend simply because I’ve never heard them.
Vampire Girl - Jonathan Richman
Monster Walks The Winter Lake by David Thomas & the Wooden Birds…
Scroll down a bit for lyrics
Witches count? Cool. Alison Gross, by Steeleye Span. The video is sadly cheesey.
Also by Steeleye Span (but I couldn’t find a video): Seven Hundred Elves. Closer to Tolkien’s elves than to Norman Rockwell’s, and on the friendliness scale, closer to Jurgen von Strangle than to Cosmo and Wanda.