Halloween Music!

mossygreen had some videos to watch said Sat, Oct 7th 2017 at 11:54pm ET

What do you like? I tend towards prog and folk rock myself, but the song list grows longer every year.

Albums:

Goblin, Suspiria

Possibly better than the movie.

Comus, First Utterance

There is nothing, nothing like this album. Stick around for “Drip Drip.”

Black Widow, Sacrifice

This album is all jazzy and ridiculous, if you can’t stand the whole thing just try "Come to the Sabbat"

Coven, **Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls"

Ends with a 20-minute black mass. Plan accordingly.

Songs:

Vivian Stanshall’s BiG gRunt, "11 Mustachioed Daughters"

Pretty Things, "Baron Saturday"

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, "Fire"

Barry Dransfield, "The Werewolf"

Donovan, "Song of Wandering Aengus"

This is just a jumping-off point–there’s a lot of crazy stuff out there THAT YOU SHOULD POST. And I will too!

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mfladd said Sat, Oct 7th 2017 at 11:59pm ET:

Nice!
I still love this…

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- @mfladd You found a great video for it!
  
  mossygreen said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:02am ET
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brhfl said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:01am ET:

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mfladd said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:05am ET:

Marilyn Manson.

Note: The Nightmare Before Christmas Rules!

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cercopithecoid said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:08am ET:

45 Grave Riboflavin

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- @cercopithecoid You know, I never listened to the original (below) because this version is so good.
  
  mossygreen said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:38am ET
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mfladd said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:10am ET:

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- @mfladd "Unfinished Sweet"
  
  mossygreen said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:33am ET
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mfladd said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:12am ET:

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Oneroundrobb said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:38am ET:

I’m always reminding people to include psychobilly in their playlists. For starters:
/youtube Batmobile zombie riot

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- @Oneroundrobb There is so much out there, so many weird little novelty tracks from the '50’s and forward. It’s glorious. I just heard this song for the first time tonight, while looking up “Luke the Spook” in an entirely different discussion:
  
  Rod Willis, "The Cat"
  
  mossygreen said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:44am ET
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- Should’ve started with this, actually:
  /youtube the meteors little red riding hood
  
  Oneroundrobb said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 12:55am ET
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- @Oneroundrobb Keep 'em coming!
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 1:28am ET
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Shrdlu said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 1:04am ET:

Seems appropriate (it’s long, but it’s still fun):

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- @Shrdlu VERY appropriate!
  
  mossygreen said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 1:33am ET
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duodec said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 1:06am ET:

Not music so much

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- @duodec Sir or madam: spoken word and otherwise is welcome here.
  Vincent Price, Witchcraft-Magic: An Adventure in Demonology
  
  mossygreen said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 1:39am ET
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- @duodec Ooh, look what else I found! Vincent Price, A Hornbook for Witches
  
  mossygreen said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 1:41am ET
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- @mossygreen
  There was a meh movie called Hocus Pocus some years ago. Didn’t like it but then one of my favorite Youtube artists did a cover of the song one of the witches sings as she tries to lure the children to their sacrificial demise…
  
  duodec said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 12:36am ET
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- @mossygreen I had that album for years. I can still quote that preamble verbatim.
  
  moondrake said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:11am ET
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- @duodec Hey, I SAW Hocus Pocus in the theater as an adult (who insisted on going to a children’s movie about witches) when it came out! I loved it, but more on principle than anything else. I remain perplexed by its resurgence as a cultural touchstone. Man, now I want to watch The Witches again.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:42pm ET
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- @moondrake I am envious of you.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:43pm ET
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- @mossygreen I first saw it on TV. Then again and again and again as it repeated endlessly on several channels prior to Halloween. It was ok once. But others in the household liked it so it was on over and over and over and…
  
  But the redo of the song by Erutan is awesome.
  
  duodec said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:50pm ET
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- @duodec Oh, agreed. I would expect a different movie entirely based on it.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:57pm ET
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mossygreen said Sun, Oct 8th 2017 at 1:37am ET:

Time for a little Zacherley? "Dinner With Drac"

You know, I only heard this song a few years back on a tiny independent radio station, and I suddenly understood the spoken word part at the end of Bonzo Dog’s Version of “The Monster Mash.” It just goes to show: it’s never too late to learn something new that you probably should have already known.

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mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 12:26am ET:

Louis Armstrong, "Skeleton in the Closet"

The Brian Sisters, "The Boogie Woogie Man"

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mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 12:33am ET:

Amanda Lear, "Blood & Honey"

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mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 12:39am ET:

A couple of Bowie songs

Diamond Dogs

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

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mflassy said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 12:40am ET:

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- @mflassy Who stole the kishka?
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 1:35am ET
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- @mossygreen
  /youtube every dance is better with polka music
  
  Oneroundrobb said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 2:48am ET
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Oneroundrobb said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 2:30am ET:

/youtube you’re dead Norma tanga

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Oneroundrobb said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 2:36am ET:

/youtube squirrel nut zippers hell

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- @Oneroundrobb I don’t care what anyone says, horn sections are great.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:47pm ET
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Oneroundrobb said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 2:54am ET:

/youtube boris the spider

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- @Oneroundrobb I totally forgot this song exists, and I am ashamed.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:56pm ET
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thismyusername said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 5:09am ET:

any halloween playlist should include:

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Bogie said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 10:10am ET:

All you music buffs should come join us in the unofficially sponsored music room on dubtrack.fm: https://www.dubtrack.fm/join/sub-optimal-music

Sometimes it’s empty, sometimes it’s got 6-8 people sharing music every day.

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moondrake said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:18am ET:

Lots of Rob Zombie. But my favorites are
The Cruxshadows` "Monsters"

And Pat Benatar`s version of the very creepy "Wuthering Heights"

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moondrake said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:31am ET:

This Rolling Stones article links a lot of great creepy tunes. Most I’d never heard of.

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ThomasF said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:35am ET:

Midnight Syndicate, the go-to soundtrack of Halloween stores nationwide

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- @ThomasF Hmm, reminds me that I haven’t posted any Foetus yet!
  
  Here Comes the Rain
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 1:04pm ET
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katylava said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 3:22pm ET:

When I get home I’ll have to go through these comments and see what I can add to my Halloween playlist on Spotify.

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sanspoint said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 3:31pm ET:

Here’s some songs you can play when you need to get everyone to leave your Halloween Party.

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- @sanspoint Ah, the second song started and I was like, “what the hell is this? Psychic TV?” I was close.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 10:48pm ET
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mossygreen said Mon, Oct 9th 2017 at 11:00pm ET:

I disapprove of Eva O’s pursuing a relationship with incarcerated serial killer Richard Ramirez back in the '80’s, but it does add an extra dimension to her work.

Angel of Death

Night Stalker

Killing Moon

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mossygreen said Wed, Oct 11th 2017 at 12:10am ET:

King Missile, "The Love Song"

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mossygreen said Wed, Oct 11th 2017 at 11:52pm ET:

Some Lydia Lunch:

Afraid of Your Company

(w/Rowland S. Howard) I Fell in Love With a Ghost

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mossygreen said Fri, Oct 13th 2017 at 11:59pm ET:

Two songs I heard on college radio station WNUR in 1988:

Bomb, "I Loved You Then I Died"

Algebra Suicide, "Little Dead Bodies"

One song I found on youtube while looking for Lydia Lunch/Sort Sol collaborations:

DA! "Dark Rooms"

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