Frightfully Good Music
We provide the guide to your Halloween soundtrack
by Al Kaufman
Pity poor Halloween. While Christmas gets all the glory, Halloween is clearly the superior holiday. There is none of the pressure of Christmas with all of the fun. When else would you be able to knock on a stranger’s door and have them willfully give you candy? When else would you be able to dress up as anyone you want and not be taken to the local psychiatric ward?
Yet while every artist has done his or her inevitable Christmas song or album, only Boris Pickett is known for his Halloween tune, “Monster Mash.” Now, thanks to the glories that are Napster and itunes, you can create your own Halloween soundtrack, and we here at UP AGAINST THE WALL want to help. Just download these beauties, throw a white sheet over your head, and you’ll be the hit of any Halloween party. Of course, we also recommend that you spike the Halloween punch.
1. Trick or Treat – Robert Cray
2. I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow
3. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) – David Bowie
4. Bloodletting (the Vampire Song) – Concrete Blonde
5. Highway to Hell – AC/DC
6. Church of the Holy Spook – Shane MacGowan
7. Boris the Spider – The Who
8. The Curse of Millhaven – Nick Cave
9. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
10. Psycho Street – Richard Thompson
11. Skeleton in the Closet – Louis Armstrong
12. This is Hell – Elvis Costello
13. The Ghost in You – Psychedelic Furs
14. They Saved Hitler’s Brain – Unnatural Axe
15. Pet Semetary – Ramones
16. Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead – XTC
17. Ghost in my Bedsit – Peter and the Test Tube Babies
18. Spider – They Might Be Giants
19. I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
20. Graveyard – Trailer Bride
21. Ghost Wiring – Neko Case
22. Witchy Woman – Eagles
23. Welcome to My Nightmare – Alice Cooper
24. The Boogie Monster – Gnarles Barkley
My personal pick is "Do They Know It's Halloween", a spooky 2005 Alt-Rock All-Star parody of 80's Aid Songs. It features the voices from Elvira Mistress of the Dark, The Arcade Fire, Beck, David Cross, Sonic Youth, Sum 41, Malcolm Mclaren, The Postal Service, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more.
The Story | The Animated Music Video with Lyrics
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