Halloween themed songs

[salvorhardin]

I'm putting together a themed mix CD and am looking for suggestions that aren't the usual boring stuff that's trotted out every year. So... No Monster Mash!

Here's what I've got so far...
Wierd Al -- Nature Trail To Hell
Leslie Fish -- Carman Miranda's Ghost (is haunting Spacestation 3)
Julie Brown -- The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun
Dana Lyons -- Cows With Guns
Tastes Like Chicken -- Sleestak Are Scary
Richard O'Brien (Rocky Horror Soundtrack) -- Science Fiction Double Feature

I'm also thinking of including Werewolves of London even though it is a little too main-stream for my tastes. Any suggestions appreciated.

If you want to share with me, I'll make a copy of the mix available.

On Edit: Forgot -- I'm also thinking of including Anubis Spire's Under The Roswell Sun. I like the song a lot but I'm not sure if it fits the mood I'm going for.

On Edit agian: Damn, I'm not doing the word thing very well this morning. Removed redundancies. :-)

[flamingyouth]

1. Halloween by Sonic Youth

Or the cover by Mudhoney.

[freetobegay]

2. Oh come on!

You gotta have the Monster Mash! :)

[XNASA]

3. "Everyday is Halloween" - Ministry

Can't forget that one.

[fudge stripe cookays]

4. I lovelovelove

this album....

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DD28/qid=1097516257/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-5584801-7298458?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

Lots of cool surf guitar type stuff! And some cool Zacherle spoken word type stuff in between.

Here are some other suggestions:
Halloween- Afghan Whigs
Intruder- Peter Gabriel
Waking the Witch- Kate Bush
Devil in my Car- B52s
Boogie Man - KC and the Sunshine Band (think of the other connotation)
Nightmares- Violent Femmes
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman- The Tubes
Voodoo Cadillac- Southern Culture on the Skids
Ghost Town- The Specials
Eaten by the Monster of Love- Sparks
Psycho - Teddy Thompson
Lullaby- The Cure
Pretend We're Dead- L7
Hell- Squirrel Not Zippers
Cat People- David Bowie

I was reading most of these off my newly-minted Halloween CD. But I don't want to give away ALL my favorites!
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[sundog]

5. "The Shape Stalks Annie" by John Carpenter from "Halloween"

:shrug:

[CO Liberal]

6. "Dinner With Drac" by Zacherly

"Good night - whatever you are...."

[EstimatedProphet]

7. "Carmen Miranda's Ghost" is a song?!?

That was a book.
Which one came first?

[Cocoa]

8. "Wicked Annabella" by the Kinks

and "Boris the Spider" by the Who.

[MrScorpio]

9. GHOST TOWN- By the Specials

This town... Is coming like a ghost town.

I love that song

[tomreedtoon]

10. Buy from The Great Luke Ski and Tony Goldmark!

These are two young, intelligent parodists who mostly work at science fiction conventions. They are following in the tradition of Weird Al Yankovic, but some of their music is tighter and more original. I recommend...

From The Great Luke Ski: the album "Uber Geek", available at http://www.lukeski.com/

"Fanboy" - parody of "Cowboy", an anthem for anyone who watches Star Trek or reads comics and is unashamed to do so.
"Bender Roboto" - parody of "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto" by the drunken robot from "Futurama."
"Peter Parker" - original rap song, done with Devo Spice, all about Spider-Man and Marvel Comics characters.
"Fanboy Christmas" - for a different holiday, but it has 20 parodies of Trek, X Files, Buffy and more within 10 minutes.

And from Luke Ski's album "Worst Album Ever!" (his latest)
"House Party at Arkham Asylum" - original in Halloween mode with The Joker living it up with DC Comics villains.
"The Pirate Song" - from Tony Goldmark with Luke, a pirate chanty with Starbucks and tampons (might not be good to play around the kids)
"Christmas at Hogwarts" - parody of the rap classic "Christmas in Compton" with the Gryffindor's.
Most scary - Luke's parody of Gilbert Godfried singing a speed-metal version of "Yes, We Have No Bananas."

From Tony Goldmark and "Don't Quit Your Day Job Productions" at http://www.dqydj.com/tgoldmar.htm - the new album "Rage Against the Mundane" with these songs:

"Rage Against the Mundane" - original song about fighting back against life's stupidity by just acting weird.
"Sorcerer's Stone" - parody of "Rolling Stone" with He Who Must Not Be Named doing Dr. Hook songs.
"Sirius Black" - with Luke Ski, a parody of "Baby Got Back" with Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy in a rap battle. The guys won the costume competition comedy prize at Dragon*Con in Atlanta singing this - it's hilarious!
"Trapped in Iowa" - original march tune with Tony describing the horror of being in a state "where the tractors need a push, and they all agree with Bush..."
"Britney Zombie" - perhaps a little dated, this original describes how people are turned into monsters by "Satan's Trophy Wife."
"Positive Upbeat Song" - a Jamaican/rock song that suggests that right-to-lifers, Republicans and Shania Twain comebacks will be no more trouble for us if we simply blow up the world.

You can pick up MP3 samples of some of these songs on Luke Ski's web site. And on Thursday night you can listen to streaming audio on Luke and Tony's internet radio shows on Dementia Radio (links on Luke's page).

[Squeech]

11. "Halloween" by Dead Kennedys

I believe it's on Plastic Surgery Disasters.

And almost anything by Blue Oyster Cult is appropriate. This week I like "Joan Crawford has Risen from the Grave" off Fire of Unknown Origin.

[Lavender Brown]

12. There's always "Thriller"

Creepy for a variety of reasons

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

13. Los Straightjackets' of the Munsters theme. Gotta love it.

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. Who was it sang "Halloween Dance?"

Everybody up and do your Halloween, Halloween
Everybody up and do your Halloween thing!
Everybody up and do your Halloween thing!
When you hear the gong, say boo!
(gong) "Boo!"

As this is clearly the greatest song ever, I'm sure someone can shed a little light on its origins.

[arwalden]

15. You Better Treat Us Right Or Overnight Your Little White House Turns Green