With Hallowe'en on it's way. What are some of your favorite Hallowe'en songs? Or songs related to the holiday.
Here are some of my picks.....
The Misfits - Halloween (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qt2zuMLi44#)
Samhain-Halloween II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov9qLzarIFE#)
:D I was going to post Halloween by misfits too. Anyways, Samhain and The Misfits were really good they up in my favorites here is another one with lyrical content around this season.... Samhain - November's Fire (Studio Demo) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24doCj3d6mo#)
Monstermosh, good choice. ;D
Tegan and Sara - Walking With A Ghost [Official Music Video] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCGODjuRq0#ws)
The Who - Boris The Spider (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFuUaCe8eY#)
Let's not forget the original Halloween II, performed of course by The Misfits.
Love the Halloween Hootenanny cd!
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtX9u7_6F8#)
cream - Cream Strange Brew - Disraeli Gears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufdx5EwVdro#)
Quote from: Flower on October 02, 2013, 06:05:55 AM
cream - Cream Strange Brew - Disraeli Gears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufdx5EwVdro#)
One of my favorite CREAM songs.
The Clovers - love potion No 9 (HQ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtiLP62M8os#ws)
But it was this track by Bobby 'Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers turned what had been a minor music niche previously into a mass market sensation:
Bobby Pickett "Monster Mash" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNuVifA7DSU#)
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Bruce Springsteen - Restless Nights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilk6MCW1nAE#)
A year ago, I recieved from another member here the best collection of Halloween tunes ever.
Quote from: Dr. Madd on October 02, 2013, 10:47:26 AM
A year ago, I recieved from another member here the best collection of Halloween tunes ever.
Playlist?
Quote from: Flower on October 02, 2013, 06:05:55 AM
cream - Cream Strange Brew - Disraeli Gears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufdx5EwVdro#)
One of my favorite CREAM songs.
Not a "Halloween" song, necessarily, but well suited for it. I wore this record out when I was a little kid - still love it! Now, if only someone would make a cool video to go with it!
Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I8SmNIG508#)
Ghoultown offers up some great Halloweenish mood music. LOVE this band and the movie, "Werewolves On Wheels" is a personal favorite of mine.
Ghoultown-Werewolves On Wheels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAXWrDoIEXM#ws)
And, of course...
Ghoultown "Mistress of the Dark" starring Elvira (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVC7UbuWGRc#)
Before any of these other offerings were released, RCA had in 1958 already hit the market with this Monster Rally LP with sleeve art by the incomparable Jack Davis:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_75ptQuFbEv0/TKcrJkZmDAI/AAAAAAAAFfU/S2YDW_2nTms/s1600/P4110020.JPG)
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Quote from: Hepcat on October 02, 2013, 01:21:10 PM
Before any of these other offerings were released, RCA had in 1958 already hit the market with this Monster Rally LP with sleeve art by the incomparable Jack Davis:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_75ptQuFbEv0/TKcrJkZmDAI/AAAAAAAAFfU/S2YDW_2nTms/s1600/P4110020.JPG)
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Jack Davis, amazing artist.
That album cover always intrigued me.
I agree .. great cover .. here is an original ..
Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman, Stereo 1968-73 CBS 45 record. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eANGHVQS9Q#)
Peter Green was both an incredible guitarist and an anazing musical talent. Nothing Fleetwood Mac did after he left even vaguely approached the heights reached during his tenure.
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Not technically a song or songs. But....I picked Disney's Haunted Mansion LP. This particular LP was the soundtrack to my childhood. I would rush home from school, just to listen to the album. Every month, never
became bored of the album. As I recall. There were three albums I listened to quite often. Alice Cooper's. Welcome
to my Nightmare. KISS'. self titled LP, and Disney's Haunted Mansion LP.
Chilling Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMS_3Vro6Ls#)
The Chesterfield Kings-Running Through my Nightmares (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqTFcSK0D6g#ws)
The Chesterfield Kings are a fabulous band!
Now for a couple by Roky Erickson & the Aliens:
Roky Erickson - I Walked with a Zombie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcGb24n9hvM#)
Roky Erickson - Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7aLXehSXAo#)
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Goblin Girl! (she's black & green 'cause it's Halloween)
Frank Zappa - Goblin Girl -You Are What You Is - September 23, 1981 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FGFV_i4G0#)
& while it's not necessarily a Halloween song,
this is Cheepnis-
Frank Zappa's Cheepnis - A Monster Movie Montage (long version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzxa49fefq8#)
Yay!! Spirited topic & great music, everyone!
I always play The Misfits- Monster Mash every year, because my grandson LOVES it! So it's always the opening song at our Halloween Party. I also play AFI's cover of HALLOWEEN, & The Necromantix- Life is a Grave and I Dig it.
My favorite of ALL time is The Headless Horseman! I've listened to that record/tape/cd/mp3 since I was 5 years old.
This song gets me in the Halloween spirit all year round.
Hitchhiking Ghosts - Grim Grinning Ghosts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-av7xd2Llk#)
Donovan - Season of the Witch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HjH1GG3ro#)
Quote from: Flower on October 03, 2013, 09:55:08 AM
Donovan - Season of the Witch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HjH1GG3ro#)
Great tune. But ironically the song has nothing to do with Witches.or Witchcraft......But has a whole lot to do with drugs
and partying. >:D
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire - 1975 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eawL6aJ2nBc#ws)
Here's my top 10 favorite Halloween tunes!
Screamin Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you
Screamin Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc#)
The Who - Boris The Spider
The Who - Boris The Spider (with slideshow and lyrics) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Eg8NDv5RY#)
The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire
The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi9waU7LlE8#)
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack the Ripper
Screaming Lord Sutch / Jack the Ripper ( 1964 ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YmogMQCsFc#)
The Sonics - Strychnine
The Sonics - Strychnine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXtuKsbORVY#)
The Sonics - The Witch
The Sonics - The Witch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goe2fpeHYLk#)
Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London
Werewolves Of London (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRu8N2K0NY#)
Bobby Boris Pickett & the CryptKickers - Monster Mash
bobby 'boris' pickett & the cryptkickers - monster mash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI#)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BmEGm-mraE#)
The Gonk - Herbert Chappell
The Gonk from De Wolfe Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZha_LHVS8#ws)
Now that's a Playlist. ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Dr.Cyclops on October 03, 2013, 02:24:50 PMHere's my top 10 favorite Halloween tunes!
I wish more DJs were like you!
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Quote from: Dr.Cyclops on October 03, 2013, 02:24:50 PM
Here's my top 10 favorite Halloween tunes!
Screamin Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you
Screamin Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc#)
Here's a simply breathtaking rendition of
I Put a Spell on You live from a bullring in Majorca:
Jeff Beck & Joss Stone I put a spell on you live auf Mallorca (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Tt-KK7w40#)
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Thanks Hepcat,I hadn't seen that.
Here's a couple of "Old School" versions:
the Alan Price Set
Alan Price Set - I Put A Spell On You 1966 Animals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ0MAFovbrs#ws)
And my 2nd favorite version(1st=Screaming Jay Hawkins)
the Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Crazy World of Arthur Brown - I Put A Spell On You - 1968 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaMJq-ksZEo#)
Here's an interesting version that I hadn't heard before by "THEM"
Them - I put a spell on you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nce6J9dK4fw#)
Quote from: marsattacks666 on October 01, 2013, 10:30:33 PM
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtX9u7_6F8#)
OMg! This is my jam! Top of my halloween list! When we start playing this in the car, you just know its halloween time!
Oh I love monster mash too. That's just a classic!
Lastly, my kid wants me to add Pet Sematary by Ramones, Bela Lugosi is dead and Dracula by Gorillaz.
Electric Frankenstein - Coolest Little Monster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYp9us_GRos#)
And a little tune from Charlie Daniels--
The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper (live 1964) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ZsWENob1s#)
ALICE COOPER, VINCENT PRICE The Nightmare 1975 Welcome to my nightmare, Devils food (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8lt-ZjMbI#)
Roky Erickson - White Faces (Demo - better than the album take)
Roky Erickson & the Aliens - White Faces - 1979 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMN8NCMm1RU#ws)
Roky Erickson - Night Of The Vampire (Live from his "Gremlins Have Pictures" album)
(Roky is great acoustic too, but don't let this picture fool ya, this is ELECTRIC!)
Roky Erickson - Night of the Vampire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEpRcVMyuOY#)
Jumpin' Gene Simmons - Haunted House
Jumpin' Gene Simmons - Haunted House (Stereo) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa1UYFK07hk#)
The Sonics - He's Waitin'
The Sonics - He's Waitin' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxLJ5bQqfQk#)
Bryan "Legs" Walker- Trick Or Treat ? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqYNoefe5d0#)
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper (live 1964) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ZsWENob1s#)
Siouxsie The Banshees - Halloween (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS1EWhswwcM#)
Lee Ross - The Mummy's Bracelet
Halloween 2013 - The Mummy's Bracelet by Lee Ross (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErQGwtR14Mw#)
Monsters Go Disco! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ICZDwvrQw#)
What about this one?
Alex Chilton - Walking Dead
Alex Chilton - Walking Dead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqt9uI9hrF4#)
(I think Alex played all the instruments on it, too. It's got a great sound & feel!)
Happy Halloween everyone!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoB91PEFEcSYcRCBHkNlPzph0mUyOiL7Z (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoB91PEFEcSYcRCBHkNlPzph0mUyOiL7Z)
Well.... I have two books published of Halloween Songs... Here's a blurb about one of the books:
CREEPY MUSIC for a SPOOKY WORLD
http://youtu.be/edZ2_EvLfG0 (http://youtu.be/edZ2_EvLfG0)
Since it would be kind of self serving to talk about those great songs. I want to share some other great Halloween songs I have not been able to license. These are just about perfect Halloween songs:
Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks
http://youtu.be/D10iE2YVe60 (http://youtu.be/D10iE2YVe60)
A lovely little song about a girl who is stabbed to death by a boyfriend because he would rather kill her then break up with her.
Very creepy!
Sufjan Stevens "John Wayne Gacy Jr" Music Video
http://youtu.be/otx49Ko3fxw (http://youtu.be/otx49Ko3fxw)
This song will make you cry!
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
http://youtu.be/sLABwwmKdyc (http://youtu.be/sLABwwmKdyc)
Just a fun song about being a vampire!
Halloween by Stephen Lynch
http://youtu.be/ImnMucno1ew (http://youtu.be/ImnMucno1ew)
How can you lot love a song with a line like
"Letting the children inside to drink beer,
Razor blades hidden in three musketeers"
Bloodrock - D.O.A.
http://youtu.be/3e0e-JFio2s (http://youtu.be/3e0e-JFio2s)
From 1971. Guaranteed to mess up your mind!
The Phantom Windbreaker ~ Red Bovine
Ministry-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnjQYkApAYw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnjQYkApAYw)
Here's a handful...just in time for Halloween 18:
1. Halloween (Misfits)
2. Don't Fear the Reaper (BOC)
3. Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett)
4. Creature from the Black Lagoon ( Dave Edmunds)
5. Halloween Theme (John Carpenter)
6. Omen soundtrack
The Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett is the National Anthem of Monsterdom imo.
JP
The Misfits-Halloween
At the House of Frankenstein - Big Bee Kornegay
https://youtu.be/QwiOXrwouAs
"Release the Bats" by The Birthday Party
Halloween Hootenanny has some cool tunes.
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I really like the Zach entries.
NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN
https://youtu.be/iCEDfZgDPS8
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/8106/yWJw4H.jpg)
Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett - The national anthem of Halloween songs.
Spooky - Dennis Yost & The Classics IV
I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Don't Fear the Reaper - BOC
JP
Quote from: Wolfman on September 20, 2018, 07:04:38 AM
Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett - The national anthem of Halloween songs.
Spooky - Dennis Yost & The Classics IV
I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Don't Fear the Reaper - BOC
JP
;D
Superstition- Stevie Wonder
JP
Have I posted this here before?? Well, I have now:
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yorLPuUMPYU#)
Quote from: Doh! on September 20, 2018, 10:06:59 PM
Have I posted this here before?? Well, I have now:
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yorLPuUMPYU#)
There's something that say's "no longer available, but clicking on the link gave me "Halloween" by Kay Lande and Wade Denning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yorLPuUMPYU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yorLPuUMPYU)
I didn't find this posted earlier, so I'll post Elvra's "Trick or Treat".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYMXW_i1VI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYMXW_i1VI)
Quote from: Haunted hearse on September 27, 2018, 11:35:32 AM
I didn't find this posted earlier, so I'll post Elvra's "Trick or Treat".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYMXW_i1VI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYMXW_i1VI)
Cool!!
Sorry if I already had this posted. Didn't go thru the whole thread. I remembe this song from Pre-School over 50 years ago. Really the only Halloween song I do remember. Now it's just Dark Metal to Black Metal that comes up on my radar anymore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gha7L7aA-WY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gha7L7aA-WY)
One of my favorite entertainers/singers, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SKd4EpQPRbg
Quote from: marsattacks666 on September 28, 2018, 05:34:34 PM
One of my favorite entertainers/singers, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
It's no "Constipation Blues", but . . . ;D
Nick Cave &The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
Great, spooky song with genuine horror street cred (it was used in all 3 original Scream films)
With new vocals replacing the originals to Kate Bush's debut single:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFnwc29NYEg# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFnwc29NYEg#)
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFnwc29NYEg#)
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A classic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwXauqaDUrI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwXauqaDUrI)
Season of the Witch - Vanilla Fudge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwXauqaDUrI)
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By Alice Cooper!
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTMH9V9OLdg#)
Black Juju (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTMH9V9OLdg)
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Without Vincent Price intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0burFoOJoM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0burFoOJoM)
A little sci-fi for Halloween:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qiob8FYyo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qiob8FYyo)
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Qiob8FYyo)
Very eerie to be sure!
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I listened to the whole Monster Rally album today.
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I like all of the songs, with The Dracula Trot, Mostly Ghostly, and Close The Door, being favorites.
Also listened to the original Monster Mash.
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Quote from: Hepcat on October 31, 2018, 12:39:04 PM
By Alice Cooper!
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTMH9V9OLdg#)
Black Juju (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTMH9V9OLdg)
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I agree that this is his best release. Back in the 70's I would drop an A bomb and listen to this with a black light strobe on. Talk about an experience.!!
Quote from: Wicked Lester on November 02, 2018, 05:32:36 PM
I agree that this is his best release. Back in the 70's I would drop an A bomb and listen to this with a black light strobe on. Talk about an experience.!!
We used to play Alice back in the late '70s/early '80s as background music for a fantasy role-playing game called The Fantasy Trip by Steve Jackson. Black Juju was a favorite when the zombie hordes were attacking our heroes.
Never got into the recreational pharmaceuticals. I guess gaming was our drug of choice.
Mobo one and the Jammhards- Lickity, Lickity
Quote from: Wicked Lester on November 02, 2018, 05:32:36 PMI agree that this is his best release.
"Their". Alice Cooper was originally a band, and should have remained that way.
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Here's a ghostly and very good Halloween tune by Wintersleep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAu1U-LscUk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAu1U-LscUk)
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Zombie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts)
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Roky Erickson..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqRdqw0VDXw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqRdqw0VDXw)
Quote from: marsattacks666 on January 17, 2019, 12:37:20 PM
Roky Erickson..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqRdqw0VDXw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqRdqw0VDXw)
He may be the proud Papa of this song but in my opinion,Entombed totally crushes it and takes it to new levels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6e8dsWN1I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6e8dsWN1I)
Quote from: Wicked Lester on January 23, 2019, 10:32:29 PM
He may be the proud Papa of this song but in my opinion,Entombed totally crushes it and takes it to new levels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6e8dsWN1I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6e8dsWN1I)
The Biggest difference is Roky most likely wrote this from his experience of an actual (to him) hellish encounter with a Vampire, where as Entombed were most likely trying to help Roky out financially by recording his night terror.
For me personally,I'll take anything by Acid Witch. Halloween and horror combined. Psychedelic Doom Death with evil Cookie monster vocals and eerie synth. How cool is that? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUCuegt6sMQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUCuegt6sMQ)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7E2fzrn1JQs
The Swingin' Neckbreakers rock!
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