Comments on: halloween songs http://rob.orangejack.com/2006/10/28/halloween-songs/ an inconsistent reminder that random is a constant Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bill http://rob.orangejack.com/2006/10/28/halloween-songs/#comment-62077 Bill Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:52:32 +0000 http://rob.orangejack.com/2006/10/28/halloween-songs/#comment-62077 I was going to suggest Zevon's "Werewolves of London" -- but I see Paul has already done so. Of course one could go back to the original meaning of Halloween and sing hymns like "For All The Saints" a day early! :) I was going to suggest Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” — but I see Paul has already done so.

Of course one could go back to the original meaning of Halloween and sing hymns like “For All The Saints” a day early! :)

]]> By: rob http://rob.orangejack.com/2006/10/28/halloween-songs/#comment-62002 rob Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:48:53 +0000 http://rob.orangejack.com/2006/10/28/halloween-songs/#comment-62002 Wow! That's a list! I did find this <a href=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMix?id=82447032&s=143441&wm=1" rel="nofollow">list from iTunes</a>. Wow! That’s a list! I did find this list from iTunes.

]]> By: paul http://rob.orangejack.com/2006/10/28/halloween-songs/#comment-61987 paul Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:53:26 +0000 http://rob.orangejack.com/2006/10/28/halloween-songs/#comment-61987 How about some of these: Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult The Blob - The Five Blobs I Put A Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins The Addams Family - Vic Mizzy Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield Martian Boogie - Brownsville Station Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon Little Space Girl - Jesse Lee Turner Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman - The Tubes Ghost Riders In The Sky - The Outlaws Black Magic Woman - Santana In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett Scarecrow - Pink Floyd Pet Semetary - The Ramones Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival Legend of Wooley Swamp - Charlie Daniels Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Witchy Woman - The Eagles Spooky - Atlanta Rhythm Section And for good general background halloween music, there was always several of John Carpenter's themes from his various movies (Halloween, The Fog, Christine, etc) I have a couple more tapes somewhere with a bunch more songs on them, but I can't find them right off. A bunch of heavy metal stuff had halloween themes, and another one had all 50's and 60's stuff - lot of stuff from the old Dr Demento radio show. OK, so in another place and time I was a dj and used to do a lot of halloween parties, so I had alot of this stuff on party tapes. How about some of these:

Don’t Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

The Blob - The Five Blobs

I Put A Spell On You - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

The Addams Family - Vic Mizzy

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

Martian Boogie - Brownsville Station

Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper

Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon

Little Space Girl - Jesse Lee Turner

Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman - The Tubes

Ghost Riders In The Sky - The Outlaws

Black Magic Woman - Santana

In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

Scarecrow - Pink Floyd

Pet Semetary - The Ramones

Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Legend of Wooley Swamp - Charlie Daniels

Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels

Witchy Woman - The Eagles

Spooky - Atlanta Rhythm Section

And for good general background halloween music, there was always several of John Carpenter’s themes from his various movies (Halloween, The Fog, Christine, etc)

I have a couple more tapes somewhere with a bunch more songs on them, but I can’t find them right off. A bunch of heavy metal stuff had halloween themes, and another one had all 50’s and 60’s stuff - lot of stuff from the old Dr Demento radio show.

OK, so in another place and time I was a dj and used to do a lot of halloween parties, so I had alot of this stuff on party tapes.

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