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[Memles]

So yeah, I'm organizing an event for next weekend and looking to use some Halloween songs. However, for the life of me, I cannot think of any outside of Monster Mash. I'm shoehorning in Thriller considering its Zombie theme, but I can't think of anything else.

If the song has some sort of narrative or figurative wording that can be turned into literal meanings (See: "Graveyard Smash"), that would be a plus.

I don't think there's anything popular otherwise, but hysterical obscure stuff would be nice.

Thanks.

 

[Ryck]

Dead man's party-Oingo Boingo

edit*

anything by The Horrorpops and Nekromantix

 

[Ronin]

Theres always Helloween's "Halloween".

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

Ghostbusters theme for sure.

Plenty of good halloween songs in these lists:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_halloween_songs

http://everything2.com/?node_id=1758855

http://oldies.about.com/od/50srockers/tp/halloweenoldies.htm

 

[White Man]

Halloween by the Misfits

 

[RedDwarf]

Don't forget to do "The Lurch"

 

[MC Safety]

Maybe Purple People Eater and the theme song from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

 

[dem]

Monster Rap by Elvira

Let me tell ya' 'bout a friend of mine.
A big bad brutha' named Frankenstein.
In a torn up ole' monty lookin' mighty fine,
I mean the brutha' was smokin' litteraly!

Sewn up with a needle and thread!
Put together with parts from the dead!
Somethin' put his nut's on the side of his head.
What in the world were they thinkin'?

Drackula is afraid of the light.
He only comes outta' his coffin at night.
Slips out to have him a bite...outta' sombody's neck that is.

He's a vampire, vampire bat!
Suckin' on blood..it's low in fat!
'Cept I don't know if he should really doin' that.
I mean I hope he practices safe suck's!!!

Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody groove, everybody clap.
Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody moove every body clap.

Wolfeman howlin' at the moon!
Hairy guy's just make me swoon!
Spray's his hair with Vidal Sassoon....WHAT!
You mean that's a weave?!?

Can't see the Invisible Man!
Can't see his invisible tan!
Can't see his invisible hand!
OWW! Who goosed me!?!

Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody groove, everybody clap.
Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody moove every body clap.

Baby there's a monster livin' inside of you, and me!
Baby there's a monster livin' inside just dieing to be free!

OWWWWW!

Boris Karloff,
Vincent Price,
Bellah Lugosi and
the Poltergeist.

Peter Cushing,
Christopher Lee,
and The Addams Family.

Pyramid power of the Mummy!
Aliens bursting from your tummy!
Their all monster's that I love!
Freddy Kruger give's good glove!

Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde!
Christine is the badest ride!
Roger Corman,
Barbra Steele!
Killer Tomatoes have appeal!

Hanibal Lector sick and mean!
Eat your heart with Fatha Beans!
Chuckie's just a living doll!
The Fifty Foot Woman is awfully tall!

So's the Amazing Collasle Man.
Gammara, Mothra
and Rodan.
Godzilla tears up Tokyo,
while the Phantom of the Opera steals the show!

The Blob,
the Fly, and
the Thing!

Edgar Allen Poe
and Steven King!
Jason in a Hockey mask!
Zombies, freaks and maniacs!

They're the monster's I adore!
Full of blood and guts and gore!
They make me wanna' scream and holler!
More and more and more and MORE!!!!!!

Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody groove, everybody clap.
Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody moove everybody clap. (everybody clap)

Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody groove, everybody clap.
Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody moove every body clap.

Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody groove, everybody clap.
(everybody groove everybody clap!)
Monsta' rap, everybody snap,
everybody moove every body clap.

 

[Mermandala]

There are lots of songs with the word monster in them I'd think.

like Monsterpussy by The Vaselines.

 

[DrEvil]

uh, Time Warp, you tools.
How could no one have mentioned that yet?

 

[Tamanon]

Aquabats - The Cat with Two Heads

 

[Teddman]

Nightmare on My Street - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

 

[Jupiter]

Black #1 - Type O Negative

 

[teepo]

THRILLERRR

 

[Straightballin]

I cant belive it took that many posts to say thriller

 

[Ponn]

Werewolves of London

Witchcraft - frank sinatra

Boogeyman - White Zombie (actually depending upon age and stuff alot of zombie songs would work)

 

[Memles]

I cant belive it took that many posts to say thriller

Perhaps the other people noticed that I was already using it.

Thanks for the suggestions...I'll weed through these tomorrow.

 

[CB3]

:lol :lol I was just at Six Flags Magic Mountain, all you hear is monster mash and thriller. Im very surprised it took that long to say thriller. Oh yeah, they did play Weird Science. Though that was a little wierd, as it sounds pretty happy.

 

[King Jippo]

The Fat Boys - Are You Ready For Freddy :lol

 

[MadraptorMan]

Gorillaz - Ghost Train, Dracula, Last Living Souls

Zutons - Nightmare Part II

May be too much of a stretch, but Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

 

[Lo-Volt]

Any song on the Murderdolls (which is either a side project or Slipknot or vice versa depending on who you ask) album may help. The album is atrocious for any day but Halloween, so you've been warned.

 

[MattKeil]

Hammer - The Addams' Family

Thread over.

 

[Error Macro]

Oingo Boingo has a couple more supernatural themed songs, "Heard Somebody Cry" and "Flesh 'N Blood."

 

[MaverickX9]

Halloween by Helloween

Or it might be the other way around.

 

[Schmo Florez]

Anything on the "All Hallows E.P." from A.F.I. will do. It includes a cover of the Misfits "Halloween".

 

[Memles]

I'm actually searching for songs/concepts for public speaking rounds, so I think I'll drop the song motif and go with Nightmare Before Christmas. But thanks for the suggestions, folks!

 

[Mitleid]

Dracula's Pajama Party by Jammin' James Whitcroft

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

Pet Semetary - The Ramones

Every Breath You Take - The Police

Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell

Flip City - Glenn Frey

 

[Synth_floyd]

Frankenstein by Edgar Winter

 

[Geek]

I can't believe no one listed "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en" by The North American Halloween Prevention Initiative. It's a great song. AND the video is amazing.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

OOh, two more for you.

'I Put a Spell On you(Because You're Mine)" - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

"Feed My Frankenstein" - Alice Cooper

Also, I've always found 'Rock Lobster' to be a good Halloween song. It's just damned scary.

 

[ForzaItalia]

Nobody has mentioned "Bela Lugosi's Dead" yet?!

White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count
Bela Logosi's dead
Undead undead undead

Oh bela
Bela's undead

Oh bela
Bela's undead...

 

[Error Macro]

Flip City - Glenn Frey

Excellent choice. Actually, just play the whole Ghostbusters 2 soundtrack.

Rockwell is good too. Reminds me of something Disney used to play during Halloween way back when, called DTV. They would play "scary" songs during video montages of clips from Disney movies. It was really cool.

I just listened to an Alkaline Trio song that's really cool, called "Your Neck." It's about vampires (possibly metaphorically), and it's catchy as hell.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

Excellent choice. Actually, just play the whole Ghostbusters 2 soundtrack.

Rockwell is good too. Reminds me of something Disney used to play during Halloween way back when, called DTV. They would play "scary" songs during video montages of clips from Disney movies. It was really cool.

I just listened to an Alkaline Trio song that's really cool, called "Your Neck." It's about vampires (possibly metaphorically), and it's catchy as hell.

D'oh, and nobody's yet mentioned The Ghostbusters theme by Ray Parker Jr!

Also, the Ghostbusters 2 theme by Run DMC(I just love that cheesy 80's rap).

 

[border]

Anything by The Groovie Ghoulies is a good choice. I don't think they have many songs that aren't about monsters or aliens.

 

[Vorsprung]

Pretty much every song by Misfits can become a Halloween song. Which ROCKS.

 

[Revolver]

"Everyday is Halloween" - Ministry

 

[Father_Brain]

Alice Cooper - He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)

 

[Escape Goat]

http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?p=2118875#post2118875

 

[Error Macro]

Oh yeah, both of Rob Zombie's albums are perfect for this occasion. It's like listening to a horror movie, except it's a horror movie that ROCKS.

 

[Error Macro]

Oh, oh, oh!

Aqua - Halloween

Great song

 

[Andy787]

Play Stairway to Heaven backwards.

 

[heavy liquid]

I don't think there's anything popular otherwise, but hysterical obscure stuff would be nice.

'I walked with a zombie' by R.E.M. (cover of a Roky Erickson song)

and if you want hysterical (and semi-obsure):

'I put a spell on you' by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

 

[Alcibiades]

Witches Were Waltzing is an absolute gem if you can find it...

"when witches were waltzing

This wonderful song was written by Linda Williams

One night I went walking out into the wood,
And found I had wandered much more than I should,
For I came to a meadow, a magical spot,
Where witches were waltzing I never forgot,
What a wild and weird and wonderful sight,
When witches were waltzing on Halloween night.

I wanted to watch so I hid in a tree,
I said to myself, "Can't believe what I see."
It's a pumpkin polka, a goblin gavotte,
and witches were waltzing I never forgot,
What a wild and weird, and wonderful sight,
When witches were waltzing on Halloween night.

They waltzed in the wood by the light of the stars,
The scarecrows were strumming their ghostly guittars
for the skeleton samba, the goblin gavotte;
And witches were waltzing I never forgot
What a wild and weird and wonderful sight
When witches were waltzing on Halloween night.

One day I'll wake up in a wandering mood;
The west wind will whisper,"Away to the wood."
And if you go with me , we might take a chance;
we'll dress all in black and we'll join if the dance!
And we'll all rock and roll while the jack-o-lanterns jitterbug,
the skeleton samba, the monster minuet,
The pumpkin polka, the goblin gavotte.
I've been there before and I never forgot
What a wild and weird and wonderful sight,
When witches were waltzing on Halloween night."

 

[Timen]

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...

*shivers*

 

[Odoul]

Born 2 Die - Spice-1

 

[Alcibiades]

OOh, two more for you.

'I Put a Spell On you(Because You're Mine)" - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

the disney version is way better in hocus pocus

 

[dskillzhtown]

"Everyday is Halloween" - Ministry

WORD!

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

the disney version is way better in hocus pocus

:lol Nah. Bette Midler made it sounds too...'disco-y'.

The original 'blues' version is still the best. But it's probably been remade 10 times since then over the years.