# Time to put together a Halloween playlist! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017 "2013-10-11T19:34:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/1 "2013-10-11T19:34:52Z")
Ol’ buddy **Quasi** started a [similar thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629601)a couple years ago. He’s not been on the boards much lately, but that old thread got me thinking, and I’m hoping some new tunes can be added to the list. **Quasi,** if you’re reading this I hope we can give you some new ideas for your playlist this year. I put together a Halloween playlist every year, plug the mp3 player into my car stereo and basically leave it on shuffle for three weeks. This year’s list has some old favorites, and some new discoveries. The list so far: [_Flight of the Cosmic Hippo,_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iYgf6PWYK8) Bela Fleck and the Flectones. This was used as the background music on a Halloween episode of _Northern Exposure,_ and I’ve associated it with Halloween ever since. [_Kashmir,_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc) Led Zeppelin. I heard a 15 second snip of this song when I was about 13, while scanning through radio stations on Halloween night. Not being a LZ fan, it was 15 years until I heard enough of the song to place it as Zeppelin and start searching. Finally found it a couple years ago. [_Thriller,_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6oy46qKE4) Michael Jackson [_Ghostbusters_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvkKX035484), Ray Parker, Jr. [_Evil Woman,_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIpVqfJ_9wM) Electric Light Orchestra [_Somebody’s Watching Me,_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY) Rockwell [_Bad Moon Rising,_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-DkyMXTo5Q) Creedence Clearwater Revival [_Dreamtime,_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-AMiFuymH8) Daryl Hall [_Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg), Eurythmics So, what’s on your Halloween playlist this year? ---
**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 11, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/2 "2013-10-11T20:34:03Z")
Bauhaus-“Bela Lugosi’s Dead” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e8TGVMYfxk) Concrete Blonde-“Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5_VMVd1Y0Q) Tony Lucca-“Devil Town” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e87NBOLnynw/maxresdefault.jpg "Tony Lucca - Devil Town") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e87NBOLnynw) ---
**Author:** ![AnthonyElite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/3 "2013-10-11T20:39:11Z")
DEAD MAN’S PARTY - OINGO BOINGO! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UbGtjnluyY) ---
**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 11, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/4 "2013-10-11T20:52:02Z")
R.E.M.-“I Walked With a Zombie” (cover) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIptH1awUNI) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/5 "2013-10-12T02:31:05Z")
Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor”. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/6 "2013-10-12T03:08:56Z")
[The D’Ampton Worm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJEq6_foO-o) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/7 "2013-10-12T03:25:48Z")
I’m surprised this little-known number doesn’t get revived every October: Here's another purple people-eater to rival the more well-known one: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Lc0Lra9cI) A scary scenario (and a girl who knows what to do about it …): Nice to have a teenage death song with a hopeful resolution: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h0x8S1U7O3w/hqdefault.jpg "Jimmy Cross - I Want My Baby Back") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0x8S1U7O3w) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/8 "2013-10-12T04:14:23Z")
My playlist is - most all of it? A whole lot, anyway. With just a couple cherry-picked albums worth from Nekromantix because all of theirs added would have made the list a few hours longer than the 15 hours it already is. I’m a little choosy, I still have to like it even if it’s a genre I don’t usually listen to. One of my favorites is the “Summer Breeze” cover by Type O Negative. I’ll be checking back, anyway, because you never know what someone will pull out that I don’t already have! ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/9 "2013-10-12T05:02:23Z")
Hoodoo Gurus-“Dig It Up” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MRhyu-4b-L8/hqdefault.jpg "Dig It Up - Hoodoo Gurus [Sydney, Australia] - 1983") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRhyu-4b-L8) Hoodoo Gurus-“In The Echo Chamber” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CbsfYcfw3dM/hqdefault.jpg "Hoodoo Gurus - In the Echo Chamber") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbsfYcfw3dM) The Cramps- “Surfin’ Dead” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DHww_HJt1qk/hqdefault.jpg "The Cramps - Surfin Dead") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHww_HJt1qk) The Cramps-“TV Set” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6aRnPP5qc94/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgaSgrMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBB80o3ScaDSkwiW7kFlkQdO9SiOQ "The Cramps - TV Set") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aRnPP5qc94) The Cramps-“Goo Goo Muck” (possibly NSFW images) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uXTJhnc9xns/maxresdefault.jpg "The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXTJhnc9xns) ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/10 "2013-10-12T05:40:21Z")
[_Bump_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1p4gfBHEUE) - Here Come the Mummies ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/11 "2013-10-12T06:01:38Z")
Flowers By the Door-- TSOL Skulls-- The Misfits ---
**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 12, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/12 "2013-10-12T06:01:52Z")
Warren Zevon-“Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FHWmxCoTV3Y/hqdefault.jpg "Warren Zevon - Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHWmxCoTV3Y) Warren Zevon-“Werewolves of London” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpYBT0XyvA) ---
**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 12, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/13 "2013-10-12T06:39:28Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Warren Zevon-“Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner” > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHWmxCoTV3Y](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHWmxCoTV3Y) > > Warren Zevon-“Werewolves of London” > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpYBT0XyvA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpYBT0XyvA) Good username/post combo. ---
**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 12, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/14 "2013-10-12T06:47:43Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Good username/post combo. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/15 "2013-10-12T07:36:19Z")
My Halloween playlist consists of about an hour of Tommy heavenly6. Start with Halloween Addiction (the new song, Never Ending Party Night isn’t on Youtube, but [Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥Girl](http://youtu.be/7vHajHqMS4k) and [I’M YOUR DEVIL](http://youtu.be/X5iLqPk7c5c) are). Add Dark Dark Night (also not on YT), [My Bloody Knee High Socks](http://youtu.be/ZGQ4ZuwGgoU), Gothic Pink (both [the original](http://youtu.be/mhcHNGUTnXs), and the [Melancholic Guitar Version](http://youtu.be/mVCYKIk3dlY), and close out with the short versions of I’M YOUR DEVIL and Lollipop Candy. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/16 "2013-10-12T08:29:12Z")
Mussorgsky’s [Night on Bald Mountain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMmfaaiWMEs). Saint-Saëns’ [Danse Macabre](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CHqhsMP80E). Berlioz’ [Symphonie fantastique](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DWjI1uLSzw). Chopin’s [“Funeral March”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFyAqLtHq8) (Piano Sonata #2: 3rd movement). Liszt’s [Totentanz](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUskKsBUpa4). ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/17 "2013-10-12T10:58:06Z")
There’s a Frank Zappa song that was played on Halloween out here and the lyrics went: Hobgoblin Windy goblin When she starts goblin I start wobblin. It took me a while to know what the lyrics meant. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/18 "2013-10-12T13:10:03Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11_nsW151tg) No one reccommended The Shags yet? Allow me. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Dollar\_Tallboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Two\_Dollar\_Tallboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Dollar_Tallboy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/19 "2013-10-12T14:58:32Z")
The Who-Boris The Spider [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bvFuUaCe8eY/hqdefault.jpg "The Who - Boris The Spider") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFuUaCe8eY) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/20 "2013-10-13T02:31:25Z")
[Dracula Cha-cha-cha!](http://www.cesnur.org/drac/dracula%20cha_it.mp3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017.md?page=2)