Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Music Rules: Hello, Hallowe'en

No intro needed, the songs speak for themselves, music and groups I like that sound good at Hallowe'en. I'll add more as I think of them, and no, I'm not interested in overly commercial groups. They're sorted by categories:
  • Heavy Metal
  • Punk, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, etc.
  • Miscellaneous 1950s and 1960s
  • Miscellaneous 1970s
  • Miscellaneous 1980s
  • Miscellaneous 1990s and 2000s
The songs start below the fold.



Heavy Metal

Black Sabbath, "Paranoid"

Diablo Swing Orchestra, "Voodoo Mon Amour"

Grim Reaper, "See You In Hell"

Iron Maiden, "Still Life"

Iron Maiden, "Transylvania"

Iron Maiden, "Murders In The Rue Morgue"

Iron Maiden, "Flight Of Icarus"

Iron Maiden, "Killers"

Iron Maiden, "Can I Play With Madness"

Judas Priest, "The Hellion / Electric Eye"

Judas Priest, "The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)"

Metallica, "Enter Sandman"

Motörhead, "Back at the Funny Farm"

Motörhead, "Die You Bastard"

Ozzy Osbourne, "Bark At The Moon"

Ozzy Osbourne, "Crazy Train"

Punk, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, etc.

The Bomboras, "A Fistful Of Terror"

The Cramps, "The Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon"

The Cramps, "Let's Get Fucked Up"

The Cramps, "Eyeball in my Martini"

The Cramps, "Naked Girl Falling Down The Stairs"

The Cramps, "I Dig That God Damned Rock And Roll"

The Damned, "The Shadow Of Love"

The Damned, "Is It A Dream"

The Damned, "Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde"

The Dead Elvi, "The Creature Stole My Surfboard"

Deja Voodoo, "The House of Dr. Stimuli"

Deja Voodoo, "Three Men, One Coffin"

Rob Zombie w/ The Ghastly Ones, "Hallowe'en (She Gets So Mean)"

The Ghastly Ones, "Haulin' Hearse"

Rocket From The Crypt, "I Drink Blood"

Reverend Horton Heat, "Halloween Dance"

Reverend Horton Heat, "Psychobilly Freakout"

Reverend Horton Heat, "The Devil's Chasing Me"

Los Straitjackets, "The Munsters Theme"

They Might Be Giants, "Dig My Grave"


Miscellaneous 1950s and 1960s

Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers, "The Monster Mash"

Classics IV, "Spooky"

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, "Fire"

Screaming Jay Hawkins, "I Hear Voices"

Screaming Jay Hawkins, "I Put A Spell On You"

Screaming Jay Hawkins, "Frenzy"

Screaming Jay Hawkins, "Little Demon"

Screaming Jay Hawkins, "Voodoo"

Screaming Jay Hawkins, "Whistling Past The Graveyard"

David Seville, "Witch Doctor"

Dusty Springfield, "Spooky"
(Yes, the song is here twice. Sue me. I love Dusty, but I prefer the Classics IV version.)

Sheb Wooley, "Purple People Eater"


Miscellaneous 1970s

Atlanta Rhythm Section, "Imaginary Lover"

Blue Oyster Cult, "Don't Fear The Reaper"

Blue Oyster Cult, "Godzilla"

Heart, "Magic Man"

Redbone, "The Witch Queen Of New Orleans"

The Edgar Winter Group, "Frankenstein"

Stevie Wonder, "Superstition"

Warren Zevon, "Werewolves Of London"


Miscellaneous 1980s

Bauhaus, "Bela Lugosi's Dead"

Bow Wow Wow, "I Want Candy"

Echo and the Bunnymen, "The Killing Moon"

Men At Work, "Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive"

Steve Miller Band, "Abracadabra"

Oingo Boingo, "Weird Science"

Rush, "Witch Hunt"

The Silencers, "Blue Desire"

The Silencers, "Possessed"



Miscellaneous 1990s and 2000s

Jonathan Coulton, "Re: Your Brains"

Rush, "Limbo"

Rush, "Nocturne"

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