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Halloween Hits and Horrors
The shadow of Halloween is almost upon us - what songs would make for a great peachy pumpkin of a playlist - tracks that are all treat and no trick;
My Nominations for are treats are;
Strange Brew - Cream
Love Potion Number 9 - The Coasters
Too Much Blood - The Rolling Stones
Beauty and The Beast - David Bowie
The Jezebel Spirit - Eno and Byrne
And these tricks should be locked forever in the Vault of Terror;
Thriller - Michael Jackson
They're Coming To Take Me Away - Napoleon XIV
Monster Mash - Bobby 'boris' Pickett & the Cryptkickers ...
(like it but just heard it too many times)
Have a peep at the vid Below for inspiration
Wonderland - Love's a Murder
I haven't a clue who these crazy crypt kickers are, but stick with it to the end, there's a twist you see....
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"Swamp Witch"' by Jim Stafford.
...and the soundtrack to Macbeth by The Third Ear Band.
Spirits
"Spirits In The Material World"-The Police
"Spirit On The Water"-Bob Dylan
"Phantom Power" Super Furry Animals
The Clovers
I prefer The Clovers' version of Love Potion No. 9. And, shamelessly stealing from Bob Dylan's Halloween themed radio show, don't forget Superstition by Stevie Wonder, I Ain't Superstitious by Howlin' Wolf, Born Under A Bad Sign by Albert King and Screamin' Jay Hawkins' I Put A Spell On You.
Frighty night is music night
I'll have to check out The Clovers' version of Love Potion
Marsha Hunt 22 - (Oh No! Not) The Beast Day
is a great bit of freak funk
As is
The Bobby Fuller Four - Magic Touch
More rocking horror's in a good way are;
The Rattles - The Witch
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Bollock Bro's - Horror Movies
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
The Damned have loads to choose from but I'll pick
Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde
and Wait For The Blackout
Fear can be funky
These all work even if people don't listen to the lyrics (except for "Spooky"):
"Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
"Black Wings" by Tom Waits
"'Til the Following Night" by Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages.
"Ghostfaced Killer" by The Dead 60's.
"A Haunting" by Roots Manuva.
"Spooky" by Classics IV.
"Waltzinblack" by the Stranglers.
"Worms" by the Pogues.
more grooves from the grave
Shadow Mann - Shadow Mann
Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter
Georgie Fame - Somebody Stole My Thunder
Thelma Houston - Jumping Jack Flash
Patti Drew - Fever
Five By Five - Fire
The Gee-Cees - Buzzsaw Twist
The Sonics - Strychnine
Les Lionceaux - Nowhere To Run
Corduroy - The Frighteners
Red Lipstique - Drac's Back
Edgar Winter - Frankenstein
Halloween night when the witches come..
Frankenstein - Aimee Mann
My Beloved Monster - Eels
Scary Monsters & Super Freaks - David Bowie
Cool Kids of Death - Saint Etienne
Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC
Zombie - The Cranberries
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
November spawned a monster - Morrisey
Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
I scare myself - Thomas Dolby
Listening to anything by Cliff ....
Ghouls Aloud
Jean Genie - Bowie
Blockbuster - Sweet
Demon Queen - T Rex
Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro
And loads of Alice Cooper
Some of these may be a bit obvious...
We did this at work a year ago for a guy who was putting together music for a Halloween party and we came up with...
There's a Ghost in My House - R Dean Taylor
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
Fire - Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Ghosts - Japan (not exactly a slamming raise-the-roof dance party classic I know)
Mama - Genesis
The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
The theme tune to Rentaghost
(it kind of went downhill from there...)
You'll only need this one
ZAPPA: THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS (ZOOT ALLURES, 1976)
Flies all green 'n buzzin' in his dungeon of despair
Prisoners grumble and piss their clothes and scratch their matted hair
A tiny light from a window hole a hundred yards away
Is all they ever get to know about the regular life in the day;
An' it stinks so bad the stones been chokin'
'N weepin' greenish drops
In the room where the giant fire puffer works
'N the torture never stops
The torture never stops
Slime 'n rot, rats 'n snot 'n vomit on the floor
Fifty ugly soldiers, man, holdin' spears by the iron door
Knives 'n spikes 'n guns 'n the likes of every tool of pain
An' a sinister midget with a bucket an' a mop where the blood goes down the drain;
An' it stinks so bad the stones been chokin'
'N weepin' greenish drops
In the room where the giant fire puffer works
'N the torture never stops
The torture never stops
The torture
The torture
The torture never stops.
Flies all green 'n buzzin' in his dungeon of despair
An evil prince eats a steamin' pig in a chamber right near there
He eats the snouts 'n the trotters first
The loin's 'n the groin's is soon dispersed
His carvin' style is well rehearsed
He stands and shouts
All men be cursed
All men be cursed
All men be cursed
All men be cursed
And disagree, well no-one durst
He's the best of course of all the worst
Some wrong been done, he done it first
(Well, well) An' he stinks so bad, his bones been chokin'
(Yeah) 'N weepin' greenish drops,
(Well) In the night of the iron sausage,
(Well) Where the torture never stops
The torture never stops
The torture
The torture
The torture never stops.
Flies all green 'n buzzin' in his dungeon of despair
Who are all those people that he's locked away up there
Are they crazy?,
Are they sainted?
Are they zeros someone painted?,
It has never been explained since at first it was created
But a dungeon like a sin
Requires naught but lockin' in
Of everything that's ever been
Look at her
Look at him
That's what's the deal we're dealing in
That's what's the deal we're dealing in
That's what's the deal we're dealing in
That's what's the deal we're dealing in