October 31, 2001
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How about some creepy electronic music?
"Second Bad Viibel" by Autechre (off their Tri Repetae++ release), "Gwarek 2" by Aphex Twin (off his new album Drukqs) or basically almost the whole damn Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 release by Aphex Twin as well.
Play any of the above and send the neighborhood kids scampering away.
posted by almostcool at 4:32 PM on October 31, 2001
"Second Bad Viibel" by Autechre (off their Tri Repetae++ release), "Gwarek 2" by Aphex Twin (off his new album Drukqs) or basically almost the whole damn Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 release by Aphex Twin as well.
Play any of the above and send the neighborhood kids scampering away.
posted by almostcool at 4:32 PM on October 31, 2001
Jimmy Webb's "MacArthur Park"
My God, someone left the cake out in the rain... the horror, the horror....
posted by eyeballkid at 4:40 PM on October 31, 2001
My God, someone left the cake out in the rain... the horror, the horror....
posted by eyeballkid at 4:40 PM on October 31, 2001
Can't not have Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" in there (though his "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" would make for a better Halloween costume...).
posted by mattpfeff at 4:40 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by mattpfeff at 4:40 PM on October 31, 2001
I'll go with Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Little Demon.
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:42 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:42 PM on October 31, 2001
"Fire" - Crazy World of Arthur Brown
"I Put a Spell on You" - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
posted by skyscraper at 4:43 PM on October 31, 2001
"I Put a Spell on You" - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
posted by skyscraper at 4:43 PM on October 31, 2001
The Shaggs: "It's Halloween"
Rodd Keith: "Run Spook Run"
The Cramps: "Goo Goo Muck"
Screamin Jay Hawkins: "I Put A Spell On You"
Slave: "Slide"
The Scars: "Horrorshow"
posted by tpoh.org at 4:43 PM on October 31, 2001
Rodd Keith: "Run Spook Run"
The Cramps: "Goo Goo Muck"
Screamin Jay Hawkins: "I Put A Spell On You"
Slave: "Slide"
The Scars: "Horrorshow"
posted by tpoh.org at 4:43 PM on October 31, 2001
lays down in coffin and sets self on fire for typing so slowly
posted by skyscraper at 4:44 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by skyscraper at 4:44 PM on October 31, 2001
D'oh! That's KING Diamond. "Kind Diamond" is his nicer brother who goes to church and stuff.
posted by scottandrew at 4:49 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by scottandrew at 4:49 PM on October 31, 2001
Mussorgsky - "Night on Bald Mountain" for the oh-so-tasteful intro.
posted by skyscraper at 4:58 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by skyscraper at 4:58 PM on October 31, 2001
Ozzie Osbourne - "Bark At The Moon" *insert devil horns here*
posted by dilokiam at 5:02 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by dilokiam at 5:02 PM on October 31, 2001
shocking blue's "demon lover"
grim grinning ghosts
all of ministry's "psalm 69"
posted by dincognito at 5:03 PM on October 31, 2001
grim grinning ghosts
all of ministry's "psalm 69"
posted by dincognito at 5:03 PM on October 31, 2001
Little Shop of Horrors.
Sweet Transvestite (from Transexual, Transylvania)
posted by fooljay at 5:10 PM on October 31, 2001
Sweet Transvestite (from Transexual, Transylvania)
posted by fooljay at 5:10 PM on October 31, 2001
Tom Waits - Earth Died Screaming
Nick Cave - The Curse of Milhaven
posted by Hildago at 5:19 PM on October 31, 2001
Nick Cave - The Curse of Milhaven
posted by Hildago at 5:19 PM on October 31, 2001
ministry -Every Day is Halloween
Bauhaus -Bela Lugosis Dead
posted by th3ph17 at 5:22 PM on October 31, 2001
Bauhaus -Bela Lugosis Dead
posted by th3ph17 at 5:22 PM on October 31, 2001
almostcool: don't forget Autechre's Confield in its entirety. That album's got a feeling of lonesome, impending doom that's hard to top.
And for even more creepy isolationism, Main is hard to beat.
posted by andnbsp at 5:24 PM on October 31, 2001
And for even more creepy isolationism, Main is hard to beat.
posted by andnbsp at 5:24 PM on October 31, 2001
Tom Waits' "Black Rider" Opera / Album has Just the Right Bullets
anyone else love that work?
posted by crankyrobot at 5:26 PM on October 31, 2001
anyone else love that work?
posted by crankyrobot at 5:26 PM on October 31, 2001
The Time Tarp - Riff Raff (feat. Magenta, Transylvanians)
Sexy sucker - My Life with The Thrill Kill Kult
Anything by The Electric Hellfire Club
Thingmaker - Marilyn Manson
I, Zombie - White (not just Rob) Zombie
posted by phalkin at 5:29 PM on October 31, 2001
Sexy sucker - My Life with The Thrill Kill Kult
Anything by The Electric Hellfire Club
Thingmaker - Marilyn Manson
I, Zombie - White (not just Rob) Zombie
posted by phalkin at 5:29 PM on October 31, 2001
The album length version (about 23 minutes long) of "Tubular Bells," by Mike Oldfield. That would put hair on a baby's knuckles.
posted by datawrangler at 5:47 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by datawrangler at 5:47 PM on October 31, 2001
It's already been said, but I'll put my vote in for "Bela Lugosi is Dead" by Bauhaus.
However, you can't possibly have a musical collection for Halloween without including the soundtrack for the "shower scene" from "Psycho". Simply the scariest 30 seconds of music in movie history.
(but the "Jaws" dah-dum comes close)
posted by Grum at 5:48 PM on October 31, 2001
However, you can't possibly have a musical collection for Halloween without including the soundtrack for the "shower scene" from "Psycho". Simply the scariest 30 seconds of music in movie history.
(but the "Jaws" dah-dum comes close)
posted by Grum at 5:48 PM on October 31, 2001
"do the zombie" and "she's fallen in love with a monster man" -- the eyeliners
anything by the groovie ghoulies
"chain saw", "i don't wanna go down to the basement", and "pet sematery" -- ramones
for sheer halloween mood you can't beat ghostland by goblin market -- "highgate", maybe?
"the ravenna witch" and "the secret in her smile" ("she is the cause and the effect/it's in the bite marks on her neck!") -- the green pajamas
"tracy i love you" -- luna
and, finally, the one, the only "scream and run away" by the baudelaire memorial chorale (better known as the magnetic fields)
posted by pxe2000 at 5:50 PM on October 31, 2001
anything by the groovie ghoulies
"chain saw", "i don't wanna go down to the basement", and "pet sematery" -- ramones
for sheer halloween mood you can't beat ghostland by goblin market -- "highgate", maybe?
"the ravenna witch" and "the secret in her smile" ("she is the cause and the effect/it's in the bite marks on her neck!") -- the green pajamas
"tracy i love you" -- luna
and, finally, the one, the only "scream and run away" by the baudelaire memorial chorale (better known as the magnetic fields)
posted by pxe2000 at 5:50 PM on October 31, 2001
Kronos Quartet's Black Angels is pretty creepy. Their Schnittke album scares they hell out of me as well, come to think of it. And there was a Current 93 album that almost made me run from the room, but damed if I can remember the title of it. Oh, and of course Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.
posted by kittyloop at 5:59 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by kittyloop at 5:59 PM on October 31, 2001
Not about to cause nightmares, but I remember Purple People Eater at all the Halloween parties.
posted by Bearman at 6:13 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by Bearman at 6:13 PM on October 31, 2001
down in the park - gary numan
posted by jcterminal at 6:18 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by jcterminal at 6:18 PM on October 31, 2001
How about Blind Man's Penis? It seems like a sufficiently eerie song, in its own way.
posted by youhas at 6:22 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by youhas at 6:22 PM on October 31, 2001
my life with the thrill kill kult: the devil does drugs. and the scariest song ever recorded: "delicious" by jim backus and phyllis diller. must be heard to be believed.
posted by patricking at 6:53 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by patricking at 6:53 PM on October 31, 2001
*insert devil horns here* lml
make mine the album "Loveless" by My Bloody Valentine
posted by Vek at 6:57 PM on October 31, 2001
make mine the album "Loveless" by My Bloody Valentine
posted by Vek at 6:57 PM on October 31, 2001
Miles Davis-"Rated X"
Merzbow
Lou Reed-"Metal Machine Music"
Birthday Party-"Jennifer's Veil"
Gwar
posted by anathema at 7:11 PM on October 31, 2001
Merzbow
Lou Reed-"Metal Machine Music"
Birthday Party-"Jennifer's Veil"
Gwar
posted by anathema at 7:11 PM on October 31, 2001
Bloodletting -- Concrete Blonde
Everybody Knows -- Concrete Blonde (cover of Cohen)
Little Wing -- Concrete Blonde (cover of Hendrix)
One of Our Submarines -- Thomas Dolby
Mulu the Rainforest -- Thomas Dolby
Midnight In Montgomery -- Alan Jackson
Ghost Busters -- Ray Parker Jr.
Thriller -- Jacko
Forever Autumn -- Moody Blues (one of them, anyway. Heywood?)
Devil Went Down to Georgia -- Charlie Daniels Band
Ghost Town -- The Specials
album: Days of Future Passed -- Moody Blues
album: Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd
album: The Wall -- Pink Floyd
album: The Division Bell -- Pink Floyd
album: MCMXC -- Enigma
album: Cross of Changes -- Enigma
album: [anything but Semantic Spaces] -- Delerium
album: Deep Forest -- Deep Forest
album: Cascade -- Peter Murphy
posted by willconsult4food at 7:16 PM on October 31, 2001
Everybody Knows -- Concrete Blonde (cover of Cohen)
Little Wing -- Concrete Blonde (cover of Hendrix)
One of Our Submarines -- Thomas Dolby
Mulu the Rainforest -- Thomas Dolby
Midnight In Montgomery -- Alan Jackson
Ghost Busters -- Ray Parker Jr.
Thriller -- Jacko
Forever Autumn -- Moody Blues (one of them, anyway. Heywood?)
Devil Went Down to Georgia -- Charlie Daniels Band
Ghost Town -- The Specials
album: Days of Future Passed -- Moody Blues
album: Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd
album: The Wall -- Pink Floyd
album: The Division Bell -- Pink Floyd
album: MCMXC -- Enigma
album: Cross of Changes -- Enigma
album: [anything but Semantic Spaces] -- Delerium
album: Deep Forest -- Deep Forest
album: Cascade -- Peter Murphy
posted by willconsult4food at 7:16 PM on October 31, 2001
Anything by Skinny Puppy is appropriate for Halloween. I am slightly partial to the live version of "Harsh Stone White".
posted by Greggbert at 7:19 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by Greggbert at 7:19 PM on October 31, 2001
Side note about Skinny Puppy:
Rumour has it that the name of the band came from the skinny dog at the Haunted Mansion in DisneyLand, as mentioned at the site in this post.
If it's true, it makes for a great Halloween band choice.
posted by Grum at 7:48 PM on October 31, 2001
Rumour has it that the name of the band came from the skinny dog at the Haunted Mansion in DisneyLand, as mentioned at the site in this post.
If it's true, it makes for a great Halloween band choice.
posted by Grum at 7:48 PM on October 31, 2001
how could you miss the headstones with cemetery:
I got a gal who lives on the wrong side of town
I know what I like and man you know I sure know how
It's the other side another place
I like it there no accounting for taste
I can't think of nothing when I'm with her
But the rain and the wind and the cemetery dirt
Went down to the cemetery looking for love
Got there and my baby was buried
I had to dig her up
Went down to the cemetery looking for love
Got there and my baby was buried
I had to dig her up
18,000 miles across nowhere land
I'm scratching and I'm spitting there ain't nobody listening
And things are kind of getting out of hand
There's only one point that I'd like to make
These kinds of things deteriorate
It's the gospel truth man
She's embalmed in love juice
Went down to the cemetery looking for love
Got there and my baby was buried
I had to dig her up
Went down to the cemetery looking for love
Got there and my baby was buried
I had to dig her up
posted by bwg at 7:50 PM on October 31, 2001
I got a gal who lives on the wrong side of town
I know what I like and man you know I sure know how
It's the other side another place
I like it there no accounting for taste
I can't think of nothing when I'm with her
But the rain and the wind and the cemetery dirt
Went down to the cemetery looking for love
Got there and my baby was buried
I had to dig her up
Went down to the cemetery looking for love
Got there and my baby was buried
I had to dig her up
18,000 miles across nowhere land
I'm scratching and I'm spitting there ain't nobody listening
And things are kind of getting out of hand
There's only one point that I'd like to make
These kinds of things deteriorate
It's the gospel truth man
She's embalmed in love juice
Went down to the cemetery looking for love
Got there and my baby was buried
I had to dig her up
Went down to the cemetery looking for love
Got there and my baby was buried
I had to dig her up
posted by bwg at 7:50 PM on October 31, 2001
To lighten the mood a little, how about David Lindley's cheesy-reggae Casio-keyboard-infused cover of "Werewolves of London"?
David: "I was sitting right across from him, and MY hair was ... well ..."
Backup singers: "Very very greasy."
David: "Kinda like shellack."
"Witch Hunt" by Rush, too. (It's especially appropriate given some people's reaction to current scary world events: "They say there are strangers too dangerous / Our immigrants and infidels")
posted by diddlegnome at 8:16 PM on October 31, 2001
David: "I was sitting right across from him, and MY hair was ... well ..."
Backup singers: "Very very greasy."
David: "Kinda like shellack."
"Witch Hunt" by Rush, too. (It's especially appropriate given some people's reaction to current scary world events: "They say there are strangers too dangerous / Our immigrants and infidels")
posted by diddlegnome at 8:16 PM on October 31, 2001
Themes from exorcist and halloween.
A different alice cooper song - feed my frankenstein.
freaks come out at night by whodini.
Burn the witch (monty python) and ding-dong the witch is dead.
Anything by rob zombie.
Frankenstein - edgar winter (or johnny winter?)
thriller - michael jackson.
posted by jmackin at 9:08 PM on October 31, 2001
A different alice cooper song - feed my frankenstein.
freaks come out at night by whodini.
Burn the witch (monty python) and ding-dong the witch is dead.
Anything by rob zombie.
Frankenstein - edgar winter (or johnny winter?)
thriller - michael jackson.
posted by jmackin at 9:08 PM on October 31, 2001
Some of these over at mp3.com are fun. Of course none of them are by names that everybody recognizes, but the music's good anyway. I especially recommend the cover of "House of the Rising Sun." Very nice.
posted by ZachsMind at 9:49 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by ZachsMind at 9:49 PM on October 31, 2001
Damn, everyone's said the ones I would suggest, but I'll say them again anyway:
"Every Day Is Halloween" - Ministry
"Thriller" - Michael Jackson
Entire Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack
"Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
"Scared" - some hair metal band from the 80s. I want to say Dangerous Toys but I could be wrong.
posted by SisterHavana at 10:04 PM on October 31, 2001
"Every Day Is Halloween" - Ministry
"Thriller" - Michael Jackson
Entire Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack
"Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
"Scared" - some hair metal band from the 80s. I want to say Dangerous Toys but I could be wrong.
posted by SisterHavana at 10:04 PM on October 31, 2001
Cream - White Room
"I'll sleep in this place /
With the lonely crowd /
Life in the dark /
Where the shadows run from themselves."
posted by catatonic at 11:17 PM on October 31, 2001
"I'll sleep in this place /
With the lonely crowd /
Life in the dark /
Where the shadows run from themselves."
posted by catatonic at 11:17 PM on October 31, 2001
Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" -- nothing scarier than that.
posted by lia at 11:48 PM on October 31, 2001
posted by lia at 11:48 PM on October 31, 2001
Scared WAS by Dangerous Toys.
Good call, I forgot about that one.
posted by BarneyFifesBullet at 11:52 PM on October 31, 2001
Good call, I forgot about that one.
posted by BarneyFifesBullet at 11:52 PM on October 31, 2001
No shortage of great rock 'n roll monster stuff, but one jazz album comes to mind: Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil. One of his classic '60's Blue Note records, the song Witch Hunt is breathtaking.
posted by groundhog at 6:41 AM on November 1, 2001
posted by groundhog at 6:41 AM on November 1, 2001
I'm very late here, but I've acquired a recording of Christopher Walken reading Poe's "The Raven" over electric guitar riffs and looped bird squawkings. It's hilarious and frightening all at once.
posted by Danelope at 8:35 AM on November 1, 2001
posted by Danelope at 8:35 AM on November 1, 2001
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Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett
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Welcome To My Nightmare – Alice Cooper
posted by BarneyFifesBullet at 4:26 PM on October 31, 2001