I have seen many Halloween playlists in the past and it always struck me (as things unexpectedly do at this time of year) that they tend to feature the same songs. There are of course some great ones like "I put a Spell on You" by either Screamin’ Jay Hawkins or Nina Simone, "Lullaby" by The Cure, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, "Bela Lugosi’s Dead" by Bauhaus… I could continue but instead, I thought I would put together an alternative Halloween playlist, including just a few old favourites.
Wishing you a ghoulishly delightful Halloween,
Nick
13 songs for Halloween:
The Gift - Velvet Underground
Staircase Mystery - Siouxsie & the Banshees
She's Beyond Good & Evil - The Pop Group
My Death - Scott Walker
O Fortuna - Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
Please, Mr. Grave Digger - David Bowie
The Funeral Party - The Cure
Frankie Teardrop - Suicide
Bedazzled": Drimble Wedge and the Vegetation - 'Bedazzled' (1967)
In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator song) - Eraserhead Soundtrack
Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin
5 from Duran Duran:
Love Voodoo - Duran Duran
Out of my Mind - Duran Duran
Nightboat - Duran Duran
Only in Dreams - Duran Duran
Do you Believe in Shame? - Duran Duran
2 from Arcadia:
Missing - Arcadia
El Diablo - Arcadia