Halloween Music for Kristen at the Plaza District
I still can’t get over that Kristen Vails, Main Street director for the Plaza District, one of OKC hippest urban hot spots, can’t come up with a good list Halloween music.
So here it is, a list of 20 cool songs and it doesn’t include The Monster Mash:
Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo
Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell
Thriller by Michael Jackson
This is Halloween by Danny Elfman
Warewolves of London by Warren Zevon
Witchy Woman by The Eagles
Hotel California by The Eagles
Time Warp, Rocky Horror Picture Show
All You Zombies by The Hooters
Hell by the Squirrel Nut Zippers
Pet Cemetery by The Ramones
Halloween on the Barbary Coast by the Flaming Lips (gotta have our boys on the list)
Highway to Hell by AC/DC
Hell’s Bells by AC/DC
Twilight Zone by Golden Earring
I Put a Spell on You by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
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I think that I remember a tune when I was in the 8th grade (in the mid 50s) called Dead which left enough of an impression to still be in my memory, even though I don’t recall anything more about it.
And, of course, one that I do recall with certainty is Endless Sleep by Jody Reynolds …
The night was black, rain fallin’ down
Looked for my baby, she’s nowhere around
Traced her footsteps down to the shore
‘fraid she’s gone forever more
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say
“I took your baby from you away.
I heard a voice cryin’ in the deep
“Come join me, baby, in my endless sleep.
No, I was talking about the one I tried to post here … just tried again … no luck. I mentioned an old tune from high school days named Dead and another, Endless Sleep. The message contained a link to the tune, maybe that’s why it doesn’t appear, I don’t know.
Thanks for the tunes! I did already have quite a few, but finding enough for the whole Ghouls Gone Wild parade was getting tough. I was just looking for songs that would be good to keep people in the mood through the whole parade.
Not so much a slow day, but rather what I’ve got coming out is taking a lot of work to get ready. Figured I’d throw this out in the meantime. Sorry if it wasn’t entertaining enough for you.
As for the spam filter… well, it’s being very aggressive this week.
Here’s mine (I’ve got a playlist for a pre-Ghouls parade party at my house tonight). I’ve got most of the ones Steve mentioned, but thought a few others worked, some for the “tone” of the music, more than the lyrics.
Supermassive Black Hole by Muse
People are Strange by the Doors
Vampire by the Blakes
Vampire Blues by Neil Young
Dead Souls by Joy Division
Witch Hunt by Rush
Scary Monsters by David Bowie
Wicked Old Witch by John Fogarty
Psycho Killer by Talking Heads
Devil in My Car by the B-52s
Pink Floyd – Brain Damage (Lunatic is on the grass)
John Carpenter – Theme from Halloween
Metallica – Enter Sandman
Charlie Daniels Band – The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Night on Bald Mountain
The Doors – Riders on the Storm
Dickie Lee – Laurie (Strange Things Happen in this World)
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs – Lil Red Riding Hood
Theme from Psycho
The Toadies – Possum Kingdom
Theme from Jaws
Rocky Horror – Time Warp
Marilyn Manson – Sweet Dreams or The Beautiful People
Tchaikovsky – Peter and the Wolf
I think that I remember a tune when I was in the 8th grade (in the mid 50s) called Dead which left enough of an impression to still be in my memory, even though I don’t recall anything more about it.
And, of course, one that I do recall with certainty is Endless Sleep by Jody Reynolds … The night was black, rain fallin’ down
Looked for my baby, she’s nowhere around
Traced her footsteps down to the shore
‘fraid she’s gone forever more
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say
“I took your baby from you away.
I heard a voice cryin’ in the deep
“Come join me, baby, in my endless sleep.