halloween set: song ideas!?!?

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

So, I am DJing a show on halloween and I want to start compiling my set list. Any classic halloween jams/songs that have been going over well lately I should be thinking about?? I am particularly interested in Halloween songs that do NOT have the world halloween in the title, but are goblin-themed etc.

― scout, Friday, 17 September 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The guy from Arab Strap did a sort of techno remix of the theme song to the film "Halloween" under the name Ben Tramer. It's pretty fun.

― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Friday, 17 September 2004 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Without a doubt, MX-80's "Theme From 'Halloween'".

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 17 September 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Best halloween song of all time is "Till the Following Night" (aka "Long Black Coffin", I think) by Screaming Lord Sutch. Begins with a long intro of chains rattling, screaming, howling wind etc, produced by Joe Meek.

― everything, Friday, 17 September 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't Fear The Reaper, Monster Mash, Bad Moon Rising, etc. must all be avoided at ANY cost.

― musto, Friday, 17 September 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Put a Spell on You" -Screaming Jay Hawkins

"Out Come the Freaks" -Was not Was

― avery_schreiber, Friday, 17 September 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Pick up some Skinny Puppy albums post-haste (particularly _Bites_ for "The Choke" and _Too Dark Park_ for "Tormentor"). Also keep My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult in mind (esp. "Nervous Xians", "...And This Is What The Devil Does", "Do You Fear (For Your Child?)", "Kooler Than Jesus" and "The Days Of Swine And Roses") and certain Siouxsie and the Banshees songs (I'm thinking particularly of "Halloween" and "Candyman").

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Unless it's "Monster Mash" with selected bits of commentary from Dr. Retarded thrown in.

― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

im djing a halloween party, ill put up a list when i get to my laptop.

― kephm, Friday, 17 September 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything by Alien Sex Fiend, but for a dance track "Haunted House" (which is the Another Planet album dance medley)

― Mr. Policeman, Friday, 17 September 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Depth Charge - "Dead By Dawn"

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, "The Bog" by Bigod 20 and "Hell's Bells" by AC/DC.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

One word: Cramps

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Quite obvious, but Michael Jackson's "Thriller" will have to end this set.

― Mr. Policeman, Friday, 17 September 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Bonus points for Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me"

― Mr. Policeman, Friday, 17 September 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Also play some Panacea and "Perfect Murder" by The Glove.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

The Residents "Where Is She?"

― Mr. Policeman, Friday, 17 September 2004 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

You could do the ironic thing and play safe, sugary pop music.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Just play Meco's "Wizard of Oz" album, both sides

― Mr. Policeman, Friday, 17 September 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Give Out Candy With This Playing!

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Can't go wrong with Ministry's "Everyday Is Halloween."

― Rich (Rich), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Or Ministry's "Flashback"!

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Dusty Springfield's "Spooky" and "Haunted," often brilliantly conflated in performance by Kiki of Kiki and Herb.

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:31 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Long Black Veil" and any similar neat murder ballads and the theme from The Munsters.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"Murder Music" - Renegade Soundwave

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

the shadow ring - lindus slideshow

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Friday, 17 September 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

The Church's "Under The Milky Way" and Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" back to back and see if anyone gets it

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 17 September 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Some thoughts from my collection:
more Screamin' Jay Hawkins, like Feast Of The Mau Mau or I Hear Voices or Little Demon
Add N To X - Monster Bobby
Arsonists - Halloween
Atari Teenage Riot - Ghost Chase
Black Uhuru - Vampire
Bow Wow Wow - King Kong
Babba Brooks - One Eyed Giant
Kate Bush - Hammer Horror
John Cooper-Clarke - I Married A Monster From Outer Space or Teenage Werewolf
Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' in the Cemetery
Bo Diddley - Bo Meets The Monster
Dinosaur Jr - Gargoyle
Elvis Hitler - Ghouls Looking For Food
Alec Empire - The Robot Put A Voodoospell On Me
Roky Erikson - I Walked With A Zombie
Marianne Faithfull - Witches' Song
Fall - City Hobgoblins or New Face In Hell
Frank Chickens - Werewolf Woman
Johnny Fuller - Haunted House
Funkadelic - March to the Witch's Castle
Go-Betweens - Spirit of a Vampyre
Jayhawks - The Creature From Outer Space
King Horror - Frankenstein
Mekons - Big Zombie
Meteors - My Daddy is a Vampire
New York Dolls - Frankenstein
Outkast - Dracula's Wedding
Pet Shop Boys - Vampires
DJ Q-Bert - Invasion Of The Octopus People
Rum & Black - Bogey Man
Shellac - Ghosts
Skyhooks - Horror Movie
Stooges - She Creatures Of Hollywood Hills
R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House
Tyrone Asaurus - The Monster Twist
UltraViolence - Demons
Box Tops - I Must Be The Devil
James Brown - Devil's Den
Chi-Lites - The Devil's Doing His Work
Kevin Coyne - Hope The Devil Don't Come
Culture - Mark Of The Beast
Dead Kennedys - Halloween
Vic Godard - The Devil's In League With You
Keith Hudson - Satan Side
Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail
Orbital - Satan
Paris - The Devil Made Me Do It
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Max Romeo - Chase The Devil
Bessie Smith - Devil's Gonna Get You

(I omit lots of techno and drum & bass with such stuff in the titles, but no lyrics supporting it)

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 17 September 2004 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.