📜 Feature My 2021 Halloween Playlist

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While I haven't done it yet, I've thought of piping music outside on Halloween night. Instead, this playlist gets some use on October 31st at Casa Rudy. It's quite a mix of new, old and obscure, but a good variety. While they are not all strictly Halloween-themed, some involve some sort of "dark" theme which seems appropriate for the day. Others are just goofy monster/ghoul/goblin fun.

With that in mind, I'll put out my list here. Leave comments below on some good additions to the list--I'm always open to adding more.

Here, in no particular order, is the playlist. I play this on shuffle mode, so the order is changed up every time. I may sequence it one day when I have the time, interspersing some Halloween sound effects between tracks.

  • Was (Not Was): Out Come the Freaks
  • Bobby "Boris" Pickett: Monster Mash
  • Bobby "Boris" Pickett: Graveyard Shift
  • Bobby "Boris" Pickett: Transylvania Twist
  • Stevie Wonder: Superstition
  • Rockwell: Somebody's Watching Me
  • Michael Jackson: Thriller
  • The Cranberries: Zombie
  • Rob Zombie: Dragula (named after Grandpa Munster's hot rod)
  • Rob Zombie: Superbeast
  • Sheb Wooley: The Purple People Eater
  • Fleetwood Mac: Black Magic Woman
  • Bow Wow Wow: I Want Candy
  • Warren Zevon: Werewolves of London
  • The Cramps: Garbage Man
  • The Cramps: Goo Goo Muck
  • The Cramps: Human Fly
  • The Cramps: TV Set
  • AC/DC: Highway to Hell
  • AC/DC: Hell's Bells
  • Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters
  • Blue Oyster Cult: Don't Fear the Reaper
  • Elvis Presley: Devil in Disguise
  • Ozzy Osbourne: Crazy Train
  • Ozzy Osbourne: Mr. Crowley
  • Ozzy Osbourne: Bark at the Moon
  • Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath
  • Black Sabbath: Jack the Stripper/Faeries Wear Boots
  • Black Sabbath: The Wizard
  • Black Sabbath: Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B.
  • Charlie Daniels Band: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
  • The Rolling Stones: Paint It Black
  • The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil
  • David Bowie: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
  • Prince: Batdance
  • The Reverend Horton Heat: The Halloween Dance
  • Southern Culture on the Skids: Werewolf
  • Los Straitjackets: The Munsters Theme
  • Deadbolt: Psychic Voodoo Doll
  • The Bomboras: A Fistful of Terror
  • Lalo Schifrin/San Diego Symphony Orch.: Psycho, film score (Suite)
  • Radiohead: Creep
  • Van Halen: Runnin' with the Devil
  • The Talking Heads: Psycho Killer
  • Peter Gabriel: The Family and the Fishing Net
 
To the many 'spirited' selections here, I would add:

"Jumpin'" Gene Simmons - "Haunted House"
Bill Buchanan - "Night Before Halloween"
The Ventures - "Fear"
Classics IV - "Spooky"
Donovan - "Season of the Witch"
and anything (or everything) from Mannheim Steamroller HALLOWEEN (deranged by Chip Davis, of course).

Charles
 
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