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.
Whatever Happened To Eddie, Eddie and the Monsters
Sanctum Sanctorum, The Damned
Burn The Flames, Roky Ericskon
*Sinister Minister *by Bella Fleck
“Black Sabbath” by… guess.
“Love Bites” (a song about a vampire) by Judas Priest
“Night Prowler” by AC/DC
“Skeletons on Parade” by Ludo
The Rising Gael version of “Stretched on Your Grave”.
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”
I put a playlist together two years ago 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
“Fake Blood” by Sifl & Olly.
Roka by Calexico.
And how the hell did you all miss Ghost Town by the Specials?
Also by him, “Re: Your Brains”.
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
“Halloween Spooks” - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
“Haunted House” - Roy Buchanan’s version
“Creature with the Atom Brain” - Roky Ericson
“White Devil” - Black Pearl
“She Wolf” - Shakira
Also, Dr. John’s “I Walk On Gilded Splinters”
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!)
“Zombie”-The Cranberries
Tom Waits What’s He Building in There?
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
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