# Songs to Halloween by... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394 "2000-10-18T13:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/1 "2000-10-18T13:52:31Z")
A co-worker is having a Halloween party and is looking for suitable music. We have the obvious ones - The Monster Mash, Thriller, A Night on Bald Mountain, any others?? ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/2 "2000-10-18T14:12:02Z")
anything by michael bolton. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/3 "2000-10-18T14:24:37Z")
A short list:[ul][li]The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult[/li][li]Witchy Woman - The Eagles[/li][li]I Put a Spell on You - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Several other Creedence songs also have a creepy vibe. E.g., “Run Through the Jungle,” “Bad Moon on the Rise,” and “Suzie Q,” which has a spooky guitar lick.)[/li][li]Moon Over Bourbon Street - Sting (Anne Rice vampire song from Dream of the Blue Turtles[/li][li]The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band[/li][li]Moondance - Van Morrison (For that line about dancing “'neath the cover of October skies”.[/li][li]Spooky - Either the Dennis Yost and the Classics IV version or the Atlanta Rhythym Section’s version[/li][li]Tubular Bells - from the Exorcist soundtrack[/li][li]Swamp Witch - Jim Stafford[/li][li]The Cure’s “Spiderman” song. That’s not the actual title. Does anyone know the real title. It’s on the Fascination CD.[/li][li]Blue Moon - Cowboy Junkies version[/li][li]Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies[/li]Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/4 "2000-10-18T14:33:51Z")
Some more:[ul][li]Ghost Riders in the Sky - This has been performed by many artists. Seems like Johnny Cash does a good version, if you can find it.[/li][li]Hotel California - The Eagles[/li][li]Planet Claire - B-52’s (For a little science fiction.)[/li][li]Wolves, Lower - R.E.M.[/li][li]Lobotomy - The Ramones[/li][li]Riders on the Storm - The Doors[/li][li]The End - The Doors[/li][li]Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack[/li][li]Dead Man’s Party - Oingo Boingo[/li]Weird Science - Oingo Boingo[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/5 "2000-10-18T14:45:47Z")
When my wife and her sister were little girls, my mother-in-law used to run the Frank Zappa album WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH on a continuous tape loop throughout the Halloween evening. Musique concrete, avant-garde jazz, atonal blues, and good ol’ rock and roll. Makes excellent background music. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/6 "2000-10-18T17:36:44Z")
Halloween by Helloween Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath I’m sure there are more but I can’t think of any right now. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/7 "2000-10-18T17:47:13Z")
Um, Don’t Pay the Ferryman by Styx? ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/8 "2000-10-18T17:59:01Z")
‘Hounds of Love’ by Kate Bush. The WHOLE second side. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/9 "2000-10-18T17:59:33Z")
The Legend of Wooly Swamp - Charlie Daniels Brain Damage - Pink Floyd Hey You - Pink Floyd Actually, any Pink Floyd would work ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/10 "2000-10-18T18:08:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TroubleAgain \* > \*\*Um, Don’t Pay the Ferryman by Styx? \*\* I think Chris DeBurgh did this song, not Styx. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/11 "2000-10-18T18:08:42Z")
For a funkier groove… “Concerto of the Desperado” by the Roots Almost anything by Portishead or Massive Attack There’s a song called something like “Thunder Clap” on Outkast’s most recent album that is creepy too. Didn’t TAFKA The Fresh Prince do “There’s a Nightmare on My Street”? Also: _Crazy Train_ always reminds me of Halloween. It’s the “Ay Ay Ay” part. Danzig. I know, I know. Rocky Horror songs are appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kim\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_G)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/12 "2000-10-18T18:14:41Z")
“Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” by Concrete Blonde. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/13 "2000-10-18T19:03:27Z")
A few more:[ul][li]Red Rain - Peter Gabriel[/li][li]Hell (In the Afterlife) - Sqirrel Nut Zippers[/li][li][Nemesis](http://www.postalnauts.com/newwave/99-03-27/shriekback.html) - Shriekback ("…Everybody happy as the dead come home…")[/li]Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/14 "2000-10-18T19:08:07Z")
Black #1 by Type O Negative ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/15 "2000-10-18T19:10:37Z")
Wot, no Purple People Eater? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/16 "2000-10-18T19:22:14Z")
More… [ul][li]Red Angel Dragnet - The Clash (from Combat Rock) (Lyrics allude to Jack the Ripper)[/li][li]She’s Got a New Spell - Billy Bragg ("…the next thing I know, she’s mumbling in Latin…")[/li]Rhiannon - Stevie Nicks / Fleetwood Mac[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/17 "2000-10-18T19:27:09Z")
_Hell’s Bells_ by AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/18 "2000-10-18T19:27:23Z")
[ul]Lullaby - The Cure (This is the “Spiderman” song to which I referred above. It’s on the Disintegration CD.)[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/19 "2000-10-18T19:34:54Z")
Still more: [list] [li]“Frankenstein” by the Edgar Winter Group[/li][li]“Antichrist Superstar” by Marilyn Manson[/li][li]“Welcome To My Nightmare” by Alice Cooper[/li][li]“Phantom of The Paradise” soundtrack by Paul Williams[/li][li]“In the Court of the Crimson King” by King Crimson[/li]“Revolution Number Nine” by The Beatles (on the White Album, very creepy to listen to at night) ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394/20 "2000-10-18T19:49:47Z")
There was a song a few years back but I cannot for the life of me remember who did it. It was called “Black No. 9” and it had some creepy organ work; I always thought it was very Halloween-y. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-halloween-by/37394.md?page=2)