# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/41 "2012-10-16T23:19:33Z")
One of These Days-Pink Floyd Horse Latitudes/Moonlight Drive, People are Strange, and The End-The Doors No Quarter-Led Zeppelin Also it ain’t Halloween without In the Hall of the Mountain King. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/42 "2012-10-16T23:26:49Z")
[_Whatever Happened To Eddie_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXGMWQPYTJw), Eddie and the Monsters [_Sanctum Sanctorum_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWsE7Bcbap4), The Damned [_Burn The Flames_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTsChCILpsc), Roky Ericskon ---
**Author:** ![Deadhead\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Deadhead\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadhead_Dave)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/43 "2012-10-17T17:53:31Z")
\*Sinister Minister \*by Bella Fleck ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/44 "2012-10-17T19:21:34Z")
“Black Sabbath” by… guess. “Love Bites” (a song about a vampire) by Judas Priest “Night Prowler” by AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/45 "2012-10-17T19:26:15Z")
“Skeletons on Parade” by Ludo ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/46 "2012-10-17T19:59:04Z")
The Rising Gael version of “Stretched on Your Grave”. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/47 "2012-10-17T20:11:46Z")
Rockin’ Hallowe’en music: Ramones, “Chain Saw” Cramps, “The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon” Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, “Little Demon” Jumpin’ Gene Simmons (no, not _that_ Gene Simmons), “Haunted House” Creepy sounding instrumental music: Pink Floyd, the middle section of “Echoes” King Crimson, “The Devil’s Triangle” Fripp & Eno, “An Index of Metals” Paul McCartney, “Glasses” Jefferson Airplane, “Chushingura” Fred Frith, “No Birds” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/48 "2012-10-17T20:17:29Z")
I put a playlist together [two years ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582681) for Halloween and it included the songs below as well as some others. I can get the full playlist when I get home if anyone’s really that interested. Pet Cemetery by the Ramones Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon Thriller by Michael Jackson Zombie Graveyard Party by Be Your Own Pet Zombie Boy by Magnetic Fields Hell by Squirrel Nut Zippers Back from the Dead by Spinal Tap Zombie Zoo by Tom Petty More Human than Human by White Zombie Zombie Eaters by Faith No More Monster Mash Doctor Who theme ---
**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:** [October 17, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/49 "2012-10-17T21:33:39Z")
[“Fake Blood”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwoSQpsNg3E) by Sifl & Olly. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/50 "2012-10-17T22:29:01Z")
[Roka](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYaEjk99d-k) by Calexico. And how the hell did you all miss [Ghost Town](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI) by the Specials? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/51 "2012-10-18T00:51:41Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Creepy Doll by Jonathan Coulton Also by him, “Re: Your Brains”. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/52 "2012-10-18T01:27:54Z")
Country Death Song - Violent Femmes Ghost of a Texas Ladies’ Man - Concrete Blonde Hellbound - The Breeders Dig it Up - Hoodoo Gurus The Jezebel Spirit - Eno/Byrne Psycho - Elvis Costello and the Attractions No Costume, No Candy - Swinging Neckbreakers Witches Song - Marianne Faithfull Meet Ze Monstra - P.J. Harvey Halloween - Siousxie and the Banshees, Sonic Youth, Dead Kennedys, Mudhoney Dead Souls - Joy Division The Black Belles - Howling at the Moon, Honky Tonk Horror ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/53 "2012-10-18T17:26:21Z")
“Halloween Spooks” - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross “Haunted House” - Roy Buchanan’s version “Creature with the Atom Brain” - Roky Ericson “White Devil” - Black Pearl ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/54 "2012-10-22T03:41:00Z")
“She Wolf” - Shakira ---
**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 22, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/55 "2012-10-22T04:25:43Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Doctor John the Night Tripper: [Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4J8VrprrGE) Also, Dr. John’s [“I Walk On Gilded Splinters”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWvdO3l4_P8) ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/56 "2012-10-22T17:41:45Z")
The Cramps: I was a teenage werewolf The Cramps: Goo Goo Muck Tom Waits: Earth Died Screaming Stevie Wonder: Superstition Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain (from Fantasia or from any orchestra) Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho theme music worth seeking out: Artisan (a British folk trio): Hammerghost from their CD Breathing Space Moosebutter (from Utah I think): Ghost Chickens in the Sky (funny but “scary” too!) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/57 "2012-10-23T05:26:04Z")
“Zombie”-The Cranberries ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/58 "2012-10-23T21:41:52Z")
Tom Waits _What’s He Building in There?_ [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=tom+waits+what's+he+building+in+there&oq=Tom+Waits+What's+he&gs\_l=youtube.1.0.0l4.11471.16654.0.18988.19.16.0.3.3.0.203.2159.2j13j1.16.0...0.0...1ac.1.iL3GCZlnwbQ](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tom+waits+what%27s+he+building+in+there&oq=Tom+Waits+What%27s+he&gs_l=youtube.1.0.0l4.11471.16654.0.18988.19.16.0.3.3.0.203.2159.2j13j1.16.0...0.0...1ac.1.iL3GCZlnwbQ) ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/59 "2012-10-24T09:19:22Z")
These were on a Halloween compilation that I liked a lot but didn’t exactly pack the dance floor. I had to trim intros and outros, particularly for The Divine Comedy and TV On the Radio. I’m working from memory so I might have some names wrong. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins _I Put a Spell on You_ Does It Offend You Yeah? _Attack of the 60 ft Lesbian Octopus_ The Divine Comedy _No One Knows_ TV On The Radio _Wolf Like Me_ Insane Clown Posse _Halloween on Military Street_ Aphix Twin _I Want Your Soul_ The Horrors _Sheena is a Parasite_ Elvis Hitler _Dance of the Living Dead_ Tom Waits _Underground_ Johnny Cash _When the Man Comes Around_ Queens of the Stone Age _Burn the Witch_ Eagles of Death Metal _Flames Grow Higher_ And a couple I should have included: Black Sabbath _The Wizard_ Sleep _Dragonaut_ 1000 Homo DJs _Supernaut_ The Creepshow _The Garden_ ---
**Author:** ![Greekfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Greekfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greekfreak)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820/60 "2012-10-24T17:18:28Z")
God Of Thunder–KISS Just about anything by Siouxsie & The Banshees Handsome Devil–The Smiths Jeers Of A Clown–New Bomb Turks Frankenstein–New York Dolls Young Blood–The Naked and Famous Blood Makes Noise–Suzanne Vega The Witch–The Cult Ghost On The Highway–The Gun Club Eyes Without A Face–Billy Idol Vampires–Thievery Corporation [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-halloween-playlist/637820.md?page=4)