# Songs for a Halloween Playlist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820 "2012-10-15T21:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/21 "2012-10-16T03:37:54Z")
_Spooky_ – either _The Association_ or _Atlanta Rhythm Section_ _Ride of the Valkyries_ - Wagner (a little tangential, but suggestive of thrills and violence) _Masquerade Waltz_ - Khachaturian _Montagues And Capulets_ from Romeo And Juliet - Prokofiev ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/22 "2012-10-16T04:11:19Z")
[“Bad Things”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiBhZIaJsQ4), by Jace Everett (The theme to _True Blood_ ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/23 "2012-10-16T04:19:36Z")
_Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing_ – Chris Isaak ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/24 "2012-10-16T04:28:35Z")
[_Danse Macabre_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/25 "2012-10-16T04:29:39Z")
_Psycho Killer_ - Talking Heads _Riders on the Storm_ - The Doors _Shotgun_ - Junior Walker ---
**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:** [October 16, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/26 "2012-10-16T04:51:22Z")
Gotta have something by Here Come the Mummies; in honor of the season, probably [Bump](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1p4gfBHEUE). > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Bobby “Boris” Picket, _Monster Mash_. Right song, but I’d go for the [version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56fwp8GyzDc) by the Bonzo Dog Band. The lead singer sounds much more deranged. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/27 "2012-10-16T05:17:16Z")
_Zombie Creep_ - The Papaya Kings _Scary Monsters_ - David Bowie _King Of The Monsters_ - Man Or Astro-Man? _Evil Plans Of Planet Spectra_ - Man Or Astro-Man? _Murder By Numbers_ - The Police _Clap for the Wolfman_ - The Guess Who \*Devil Man \* - Hipster Daddy-O _The Howling_ - Hipster Daddy-O _Astro Zombies_ - Hipster Daddy-O _Search and Destroy_ - Iggy Pop _Locomotive Breath_ - Jethro Tull _Aqualung_ - Jethro Tull _Look! No Head!_ - Laika & The Cosmonauts _Brain Damage_ - Pink Floyd _Welcome To The Terrordome_ - Public Enemy _Paint It Black_ - The Rolling Stones _Sympathy For The Devil_ - The Rolling Stones \*I Hold Your Hand In Mine \*- Tom Lehrer _Masochism Tango_ - Tom Lehrer _Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner_ - Warren Zevon _Werewolves Of London_ - Warren Zevon ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/28 "2012-10-16T05:24:43Z")
“Born of the Night” by Midnight Syndicate (actually, pretty much anything from any of their albums qualifies, but that one’s my favorite) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/29 "2012-10-16T06:40:01Z")
You can cherry-pick stuff from a few compilations, like: A Nightmare Before Christmas - The Jack 2 Pack Halloween Classics: Hellbent for Halloween The Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Soundtrack A History Of Horror, by the City of Prague Philharmonic Just about anything by the Necromantix the True Blood soundtracks are awesome And, inspired by the OP’s username: _Summer Breeze_ by Type O Negative. Creepy as hell and awesome all at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/30 "2012-10-16T08:06:23Z")
Black Magic Woman by Santana The Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley Ghostbusters by Ray Parker, Jr. Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper Mysterious Mose by Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm by Rudy Vallee ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/31 "2012-10-16T09:20:23Z")
Great suggestions! Holy Modal Rounders: [The Werewolf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLgAEpOsek) Doctor John the Night Tripper: [Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4J8VrprrGE) Roky Erickson: [Night of the Vampire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqRdqw0VDXw&feature=relmfu) The Cramps: [TV Set](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aRnPP5qc94) –There are certain artists who works offer many possibilities… Or go high class with Dead Can Dance… ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/32 "2012-10-16T09:29:24Z")
Tubular Bells ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/33 "2012-10-16T09:52:35Z")
[“Move Your Dead Bones”—Dr. Reanimator](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BnOUOkcr9c). ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/34 "2012-10-16T11:15:09Z")
Yeesh. I stayed up a bit past bedtime compiling a list of my own, since I was noodling around looking for a few things for this thread anyway. I started one last year but there wasn’t much on it. Now I have 12.5 hours worth of Halloween themed music. I think that’s enough! ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/35 "2012-10-16T11:58:19Z")
[Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (the vampire song)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFc2Qs49VkA) My friends 🆒 [Dr. Smith](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1LMiStluic) have recorded the perfect Halloween song. ---
**Author:** ![timid1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@timid1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timid1)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/36 "2012-10-16T13:05:06Z")
(Everyday is) Halloween - Ministry ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/37 "2012-10-16T13:25:51Z")
[Nemesis](http://www.metrolyrics.com/nemesis-lyrics-shriekback.html) by Shriekback [Video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMM61Y5CEU&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/38 "2012-10-16T17:36:03Z")
It’s just not Halloween without “It’s Halloween” by the Shaggs. Also, “Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saens. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/39 "2012-10-16T19:41:28Z")
[Grim Grinning Ghosts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYFlYBMOScQ) by Thurl Ravenscroft. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/40 "2012-10-16T19:47:12Z")
Blue Oyster CUlt’s “Joan Crawford” (she’s risen from the grave, in this one) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820.md?page=3)