Best Halloween Songs
This is probably the only day of the year when any of these songs are even remotely interesting to listen to.
OK, some of you probably have Halloween playlists already, but here’s a few gems to get the discussion rolling:
Nick Cave – Red Right Hand
The Time Warp!
The Misfits – Hybrid Moments
The Monster Mash
and of course this gem.
Others?
October 31, 2008 in Music | Comments (25)
Samhain. Halloween II? No, too obvious.
Human Pony Girl. Yeah, you heard me. Human Pony Girl.
Comment by gst — October 31, 2008 @ 9:51 am
Dude,
Michael Jackson “Thriller”
He may not be liked well these days, but Thriller rocked!
Comment by Dan — October 31, 2008 @ 9:54 am
“Dead Man’s Party” by Oingo Bongo.
“Bela Lugosi’s Dead” by Bauhaus for all the old skool goths.
“Camouflage” by Stan Ridgeway is a great ghost story.
“They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!” by Sufjan Stevens (although, truthfully, “John Wayne Gacy” is much more frightening).
“Country Death Song” by the Violent Femmes for a nice folk-inspired tale of evil.
“Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon (at least as cliche as Monster Mash, but a good song anyway).
Comment by BTD Greg — October 31, 2008 @ 10:08 am
And he was scary to kids for a whole set of other reasons…
Comment by Clark — October 31, 2008 @ 10:10 am
“Werewolves of London” is a great song. As are an astonishingly high number of Warren Zevon songs.
Comment by gst — October 31, 2008 @ 10:13 am
How could you forget the zombie song?
Of course most of the songs mentioned are “fun” songs.
The really creepy ones are freaky. Like Rammstein’s Heirate Mich. (Which has creeped me out ever since I saw Lost Highway)
Comment by Clark — October 31, 2008 @ 10:15 am
“Frankenstein” by the Edgar Winter Group
Comment by larryco_ — October 31, 2008 @ 10:16 am
And halfway between fun and creepy is Rob Zombie
Comment by Clark — October 31, 2008 @ 10:20 am
Awwww….Greg! I HATE that Camouflage song! Every time I manage to get it out of my head, one of the radio stations here will play it (further cementing my utter hatred of and preferred non-listening to any radio)
Comment by shazbraz — October 31, 2008 @ 10:33 am
How about “The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun”?
Comment by shazbraz — October 31, 2008 @ 10:34 am
Everyday is Halloween.
Comment by gabby — October 31, 2008 @ 10:45 am
shazbraz –
Wow, what a strage complaint. I haven’t heard that song in years, let alone on the radio.
Comment by BTD Greg — October 31, 2008 @ 11:36 am
I heard it last week. Crappy Utah radio…
Comment by shazbraz — October 31, 2008 @ 11:43 am
They do like it on X-96.
Comment by Clark — October 31, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
I’ve had Oingo Boingo in my head all day. Now I’ve got Camouflage stuck…
The Ramones have a lot of Halloween-ish songs (e.g., Pet Cemetery, Teenage Lobotomy)
Comment by Brock — October 31, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
I vote “Spooky” as the best halloween song ever.
Classic IV version
Dusty Springfield version
Comment by Geoff J — October 31, 2008 @ 12:59 pm
Gabby is right — the best Halloween song is “Everyday is Halloween” by Ministry.
Comment by Wm Morris — October 31, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
Police–King of Pain.
And then there’s the German band Helloween…
Comment by Tim — October 31, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
“Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 Stringed Instruments.” Nothing else even comes close. (Because they’re too scared.)
Comment by kuri — October 31, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
Comment by morph — October 31, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
Hey! just heard this song ‘EVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN” by BOO! (feat. Vince DiCola and Robbie Long)….this is THE MOST whacked intensely monster Halloween song I’ve ever heard. Check this out! Also, if I’m not mistaken, isn’t Vince DiCola the composer on the first Transformer movie (not the new one)?
Comment by morph — October 31, 2008 @ 6:48 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_FHCnNv0gQ
Comment by morph — October 31, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
the best Halloween song is “Everyday is Halloween” by Ministry.
In a landslide.
Comment by John K. — October 31, 2008 @ 9:59 pm
Bruce Springsteen just released “A Night With the Jersey Devil” with a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seMBtD_zawI
Comment by danithew — November 1, 2008 @ 6:26 am
Late to the party, but I agree this isn’t even a debate…
Everyday is Halloween by Ministry
Comment by Matt Thurston — November 3, 2008 @ 2:07 pm