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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: DrossZephyr on 18 Oct 2005, 17:50
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Ok, here's the deal, I want to collect up a list of the most jamminest Halloween tunes and organise them into a spooky mix/set of CDs for the playing at Halloween style parties. I'm looking for some good stuff with a beat, but dark and halloweeny style lyrics and whatnot. Stuff like halloweenish Ska, Indie, and stuff that doesn't really fall into a genre like Voltaire (google it) and the Dresden Dolls. Try to keep it spooky and at least somewhat mellow. I don't particularly want any metal, but I will make sure I at least check out every song. And before you add a song, check this post for the updated list and make sure it isn't on there. (It's going to be Title - Artist because I said so)
Current Songs (In no particular order):
When You're Evil - Voltaire
The Monster Mash - Theme (Can't remember the Artsist)
The Monster Mash - The Misfits
The Headless Waltz - Voltaire
Alchemy Mondays - Voltaire
The Vampire Club - Voltaire
Thriller - The king of pop himself
Halloween - Stephen Lynch
Missed Me - The Dresden Dolls
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
Every Day is Halloween - Ministry
He Took Her to a Movie - Ladytron
Ghost Town - The Specials
Ghosts and Goblins - PPoT
This is Halloween - Danny Elfman
Witch Hunt - Jack Off Jill
The Time Warp - Richard O'Brien
My Cat - Jack Off Jill
Killer Klowns from Outer Space - The Dickies
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
My Daddy is a Vampire - The Meteors
Main Theme - Jill Tracy and the Malcontent Orchestra
Halloween - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
London After Midnight - XIII Stoleti
Annabel Lee - Tiger Army
Incorporeal - Tiger Army
Power of Moonlight - Tiger Army
This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy
The Grave... & Beyond! - Zombina and the Skeletones (I'm digging the Skeletones, just to let you know)
Nobody Likes You - Zombina and the Skeletones
Horror Highschool - Zombina and the Skeletones
American Psycho - Misfits
The Hunger - "
Dig Up Her Bones - "
Day of the Dead - "
The Haunting - "
Mars Attacks - "
Hate the Living, Love the Dead - "
No More Moments - "
From Hell They Came - "
Night of the Living Dead - "
Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin - The Mothers of Invention
Don't Make Me Kill You Again - Groovie Ghoulies
Jack's Lament - Danny Elfman
Black No. 1 - Type O Negative
There's Always Room on the Broom - Liars
A Song For Douglas After He's Dead - Current 93
Hey Weirdos - Zombina and the Skeletones
Island of Zombina - "
Frankenlady - "
You'd Scream If You Knew What I Did Last Halloween - "
Night of the Living Skull - "
On Gothic Ground - Voltaire
Dead Girls - "
The Night - "
Goodnight Demon Slayer - "
Everything You Can Think of Is True - Tom Waits
We Only Come Out at Night - Smashing Pumpkins
The Vampires of New York - Marcy Playground
Melancholy Requiem - Akira Yamaoka
Nightmarish Waltz - "
Room of Angel - "
Werewolves of London - Warron Zevon
Kids Will Be Skeletons - Mogwai
Silence but Not for the Gentle Tinkling of the Flower Creek
Ghost Mountain - The Unicorns
Like Fake Blood in Crisp October - The Dirty Projectors
Madeleine-Mary - Bonnie Prince Billy
Cut-Out Witch - Guided By Voices
The Graveyard Rock - Rodd Keith
Black Widow - Alice Cooper & Vincent Price
The Masochism Tang - Tom Lehrer
Halloween - The Misfits
Vampira - "
Coin-Operated Boy (CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD) - The Dresden Dolls
Track One (from their site) - Ghastly Ones
Graveyard Shift - "
House on Haunted Hill - "
Spongebob Theme - "
King of the Monsters - Man or Astro-man?
I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Vampire - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Cat with 2 Heads - The Aquabats
An Invitation... - The Ghastly Ones
The Ghastly Stomp - "
Hangman Hangten - "
Thunderhead - "
Pacific Ghost Highway... - "
Lonesome Undertaker - "
Mysterion - "
The Boys Go Creeping... - "
Diablo's Theme - "
Action Squad - "
Deadbeat - "
Spookmaster - "
Doctor Diablo Speaks... - "
Attack of Robot Atomico - "
Los Campiones del Justico - "
Hollywood Nocturne - "
Surfin' Spooks - "
A Final Warning - "
The Ghastly Stomp (Everybody's Doin') - "
Zombie Hop - Zombina and the Skeletones
The Count (of Five) - "
Come On - "
Braindead - "
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Back from the Grave - Nekromatix
Fire On High - Electric Light Orchestra
Over at the Frankenstein Place - RHPS
Science Fiction Double Feature - "
Science Fiction Double Feature Reprise - "
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000007RQ3/103-7564699-9295860?v=glance
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well, man, halloween is pretty cheesy, so halloween-themed music is naturally going to be pretty cheesy too! but if you want creepy, there are a whole lot of ways to go. i won't waste your time if you need it to be halloween-themed specifically, but in all honesty you really can't go wrong with some einsturzende neubaten or you know whatever kmdfm or something
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ARTIST -FUCKING TRACKNAME
GOD, People, Come on.
Captain Beefheart - Kandy Korn (You know, that godawful candy).
and Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party. because I fucking said so.
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Bauhaus - She's In Parties
Danny Elfman - Halloween (From the film 'The Nightmare Before Christmas')
The Dickies - Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Inkubus Sukkubus - Can't Get You Out of My Head (awesome goth version)
Inkubus Sukkubus - Samhain
Jack Off Jill - My Cat
The Ghastly Ones - Ghastly Stomp
Lordi - Blood Red Sandman
The Meteors - My Daddy is a Vampire
Primus - Anti-Pop
The Reverend Horton Heat - Halloween Dance
Richard O'Brien - THe Time Warp (From 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show')
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
The Sisters of Mercy - Cry Little Sister (excellent slow tune for a mix imo)
The Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
Tiger Army - Ghostfire
Tiger Army - Incorporeal
Tiger Army - The Power of Moonlite
Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango
Type O Negative - Black #1 (Video Edit probably)
Type O Negative - My Girlfriends Girlfriend (Cheese Organ Mix)
XII.Stoleti - London After Midnight (http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2JIL4OPLSDUHK0B4WF01DHPDOZ) (unbeatable goth cheese)
Zombina and the Skeletones - Horror High School
Zombina and the Skeletones - The Grave...And Beyond!
Zombina and the Skeletones - Nobody Likes You When You're Dead
Basically!
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Bauhaus-Bela Lugosi Is Dead
I know you already rejected one song by them but this one is close to mandatory.
Others:
The Birthday Party
-The Friend Catcher
-Mr. Clarinet
I'm sure there are lots of songs by Nick Cave and the bad seeds that would work great but I'm no expert on them.
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Beck, Islands, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Roky Erickson, Buck 65, Devendra Banhart, David Cross, Wolf Parade and many, many others - DO THEY KNOW IT"S HALLOWE'EN? (http://www.vice-recordings.com/halloween/)
I'm surprised I was the first to mention it.
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After the revisions on your list have been made: it's officially the worst lsit ever. I'm going to basically take Khar's and add Dead Man's Party and Beefheart's Kandy Korn on it because I said so.
EDIT: Additions:
Zappa and the Mothers - Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin
The Misfits - Night of the Living Dead
The Misfits - Vampira
The Residents - Hallowed Be Thy Ween, 1971
The Residents - Burn my Bones
and of course, Tenacious D - Rock YOur Socks
"One two three four five SIX SIX SIX"
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How does Rock Your Socks fit in with Halloween?
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I think you ALL missed the most important song ever. Halloween by The Misfits.
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Where the fuck are the Groovie Ghoulies?
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Pretty much anything from the album Horror Show by Iced Earth, but 'Damien', 'Wolf', and 'Dracula' are the best songs.
EDIT: Khar is also the greatest for mentioning Tom Lehrer. Although what does the Masochism Tango have to do with Halloween?
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1. "A Song for Douglas After He's Dead" by Current 93, from the album Thunder Perfect Mind
2. "There's Always Room on the Broom" by Liars, from the album They Were Wrong So We Drowned
3. "An Orange Pumpkin Glowing Moon Ensemble" by Bablicon from the album The Orange Tapered Moon
4. "The Gremlin (The Song Of)" by Arthur Brown from the album Fire! The Story of Arthur Brown (Disc 2)
5. "Ghost Hunter" by Forced Premise from the album Rat-Faced Bastard
6. "It's Halloween" by The Shaggs from the album The Shaggs
7. "Vampire Bat" by Wesley Willis from the album Greatest Hits
8. "Hockey Ghosts" by the Bar Mitzvah Brothers from the album Mr. Bones' Walk-In Closet
9. "Everything You Can Think Of Is True" by Tom Waits from the album Alice (1999 Bootleg)
10. "Dies Irae" by International Harvester from the album Sov Gott Rose-Marie
11. "Kids Will Be Skeletons" by Mogwai from the album Happy Songs for Happy People
12. "Silence but for the Gentle Tinkling of the Flowing Creek" by Frog Eyes from the album The Bloody Hand
13. "I Fell In Love With a Dead Boy" by Antony and the Johnsons from the EP I Fell In Love With a Dead Boy
14. "Madeleine-Mary" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy from the album I See a Darkness
15. "Dogs They Make Up the Dark" by Devendra Banhart from the album Rejoicing in the Hands
16. "Ghost Mountain" by The Unicorns from the album Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone
17. "Cut-Out Witch" by Guided By Voices from the album Under the Bushes Under the Stars
18. "The Graveyard Rock" by Rodd Keith from the album I Died Today
19. "Like Fake Blood in Crisp October" by The Dirty Projectors from the album The Glad Fact
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EDIT: Khar is also the greatest for mentioning Tom Lehrer. Although what does the Masochism Tango have to do with Halloween?
Lehrer is just godlike, and it's an evil, cheery track. Any of the ones about insane killers would probably be good as well. Halloween stuff doesn't have to be about Halloween.
Also, I can't believe I missed off that Ministry track.
Also, Current 93 ftw.
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mclusky - Dave, Stop Killing Prostitutes
Trust me, it works. Beautifully.
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Anyone know of some cool surf/ska songs with a Halloween theme?
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The Ghastly Ones (http://www.ghastlyones.com/ghastly_ones_original_site/main.html)
Seriously, best Haloween band EVER.
Also, basically every Misfits and Tom Waits song ever can work on a Halloween mix.
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How about "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin Jay Hawkins? He was the first guy to use the gimmick of jumping out of a coffin on stage, can't get more halloween than that.
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Butthole Surfers - Pepper
I will be the official Butthole Surfers nazi.
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Anyone know of some cool surf/ska songs with a Halloween theme?
The Aquabats!- "The Cat With 2 Heads!" it incorporates BOTH surf and ska.
Mephiskapheles- "Mephiskapheles" ("one...two...three...four...five...SIX-SIX-SIX!!!!")
Man or Astro-Man?- "King of the Monsters"
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra- "Vampire"
that's all i got off the top of my head.
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http://www.vice-recordings.com/halloween/
word.
and, as was already said, tom waits and the misfits.
and!violent femmes - country death song
talking heads - psycho killer
tilt - animated corpse
the murder city devils - idle hands
+ more meteors.
this makes me miss my old radio show.
my halloween show was my most favorite.
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Anything and everything Nekromantix. Also, I find the Murder By Death "Who Will Survive And What Will Be Left Of Them?" album to be rather spooky while also maintaining it's ability to be just plain awesome.
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Anything off of the new Stubbs the Zombie soundtrack, especially the new Phantom Planet track.