# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/21 "2013-10-13T19:09:01Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j1-xRk6llh4/maxresdefault.jpg "TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1-xRk6llh4) _Wolf Like Me_ by **TV on the Radio** ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/22 "2013-10-13T20:02:28Z")
You can’t go wrong raiding the catalogs of Siouxsie & the Banshees, Kate Bush, Diamanda Galas and Happy Rhodes for creepy songs. Here’s the playlist of one of my ancient Halloween radio shows. A few songs/artists were requests. I raided YouTube and linked the ones I could find. Not all the songs would seem Halloweenish by their titles, but they sound creepy or the lyrics are creepy. There are a variety of genres here, from truly demented experimental to jazz to pop, ecto, and so on. Suspended In Gaffa KC86 Witchy Women & Weird Warblings 10-28-89 Siouxsie & the Banshees…[Halloween](http://youtu.be/6RfFE67FDgM) Toyah…[The Creepy Room](http://youtu.be/9W6he3UyIgA) Happy Rhodes…[Asylum Master](http://youtu.be/CTXJ0Wal79w) Jane Siberry…The Strange Well Hugo Largo…[Scream Tall](http://youtu.be/U0zVXkpZgmc) Nina Simone…[I Put A Spell On You](http://youtu.be/ua2k52n_Bvw) Carla Bley…[Musique Mecanique III](http://youtu.be/Y-1Md75tv1s) (instrumental) (link is a live cover) Danielle Dax…The Passing Of The 3rd Floor Back (instrumental) Dead Can Dance…[De Profundis](http://youtu.be/qv9bC_ztLBw) Diamanda Galas/John Zorn…[Metamorfosi](http://youtu.be/592npYHMTq4) Kate Bush…[Carmilla](http://youtu.be/202dlnJ6_lg) Kate Bush…[The Infant Kiss](http://youtu.be/KUTkdw4C0XA) Happy Rhodes…[Ecto](http://youtu.be/afj2r6ayAFU) Toyah…[Angel & Me](http://youtu.be/6k9UJNIzztk) Mary Kelley…[Ghostriders In The Sky](http://youtu.be/N7jPpZ_x7m4) Kate Bush…[Get Out Of My House](http://youtu.be/8NXp7yVYAKc) Annabel Lamb…[Things That I Fear](http://youtu.be/mUJ6zB2NcU8) Fibonaccis…[Old Mean Ed Gein](http://youtu.be/0Flvxx_m7Ag) Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia…Fear Of Spiders (instrumental) The World Of Skin…[Blood On Your Hands](http://youtu.be/7Pumj6ym-w0) Kate Bush…[Mother Stands For Comfort](http://youtu.be/xRnT9_eSVYM) Fibonaccis…[Leroy](http://youtu.be/Z3xfIlHsP0Q) Nico…[Janitor Of Lunacy](http://youtu.be/fgG3EaOCh_c) Siouxsie & The Banshees…[Trust In Me](http://youtu.be/sFU-NB26zMM) Happy Rhodes…[I’m Going Back](http://youtu.be/AViJYepncAM) Kate Bush…[Waking The Witch](http://youtu.be/dSwBtWA3eP4) Dead Can Dance…[Mesmerism](http://youtu.be/7eehMhx5VSI) Diamanda Galas…[Wild Women With Steak Knives](http://youtu.be/DUFw2fiksUc) Valaida Snow…You Bring Out The Savage In Me Lene Lovich…[You Can’t Kill Me](http://youtu.be/CQLOW54tD4g) Kate Bush…[Hammer Horror](http://youtu.be/-kwJ8nut0N0) Santra…Mein!/As A Mirror Buffy St. Marie…[The Vampire](http://youtu.be/LX7NoEZShv4) Siouxsie & The Banshees…[Head Cut](http://youtu.be/Uq1LBYQk-rM) Siouxsie & The Banshees…[Voodoo Dolly](http://youtu.be/1bqRetYLuNg) The Shaggs…[It’s Halloween!](http://youtu.be/11_nsW151tg) (played on a dare) ``` Boo! ``` (I was kicking myself for leaving one whole pile on LPs/CDs/cassettes at home because this was originally set to be a 2-hour show that turned into a 3-hour show. This Kansas City version of my show (it also aired in Chicago for several years) ran from 10:00pm-12:00am Saturday night. I lucked out this night when it was not only Halloween, it was Daylight Saving. Mine was the last show before the station shut down for the night. At one minute to midnight, when I was gearing up to play the sign-off, my husband set the clock in the studio back an hour. I said something like “Well, would you look at that! It’s only 11:00pm, and I still have another hour! Oh good” and continued on. I thought sure I’d get into trouble but no one from the station ever said anything.) ---
**Author:** ![d\_chatterley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@d\_chatterley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_chatterley)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/23 "2013-10-13T20:59:23Z")
I love dark wave so , yeah, anything Siouxsie and the Banshees is awesome. Here is my list: Siouxsie and the Banshees… [Rawhead and Bloodybones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Mv0vbFEsE) Nancy Nova…[The Force](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq-AC1LZ7hY) Screamin’ Jay Hawkins…[I Put a Spell On You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXai-sgM-s) Siouxsie and the Banshees …[Red Light](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilBjc3wWwDAhttp://) Soft Metals…[Always](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_IKRy2XTc0) The Creatures…[Don’t Go To Sleep Without Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGSRzz-b4M) The Cure…[Lullaby](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6t56U9tBg) Ethel Ennis…[Mad Monster Party](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYfcHKa0ggY) ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/24 "2013-10-17T00:45:38Z")
Any, and all, songs from [Phantom’s Divine Comedy Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=phantom%27s+divine+comedy+part+1&oq=phantom%27s+divine+comedy+pa&gs_l=youtube.1.0.0.20101.20444.0.22280.3.2.0.1.1.0.60.110.2.2.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.aFzue4olixs) ---
**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 17, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017/25 "2013-10-17T04:25:46Z")
Two that haven’t been suggested yet. [“I Walk on Guilded Splinters”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWvdO3l4_P8)- Dr. John [“Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvmKlZGTTU4)- Jimi Hendrix [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-put-together-a-halloween-playlist/671017.md?page=1)