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    Posted: November 01 2020 at 21:18
A band with many spooky tracks...
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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I don't think I know particularly much about Helloweeny music, but I do think that there's a bit of eerie music in early Pink Floyd, specially on Ummagumma. I'm really surprised Careful with that Axe, Eugene hasn't been mentioned yet. I also think that Il Balleto di Bronzo's YS works very nicely for the mood. And Edison's Children The Final Breath Before November is also a wonderful album very fitting for the occation.
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Halloween did not become popular in Denmark until some 15-20 years ago, and I admit I am not too familiar with halloween themed songs.

However, I can mention the songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas which I really like. Then there is the title track from David Bowie's Diamond Dogs album in which there is a character called Halloween Jack.

And of course there is this amazing piece of music:




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I like the original poster Kelseyj's Top 10 list best of all with "Monster Mash" at #1 Dead

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I know Hallowe'en was last night, but, if anybody's interested, tonight from 10:00 to Midnight, Central Meridian Time (CMT), WDRT-Viroqua radio will be re-broadcasting my "Devil's Night" show from 2016. It's my favorite show I ever did--the one I'm most proud of--in which I tried to capture the essence of the Hallowe'en spirit in the area that I grew up in (the Detroit area)--which was not a totally light-hearted, happy-go-lucky one. The Devil's Night traditions in Detroit developed into quite a tense, even dangerous phenomenon in the 1970s and 1980s. (See this Wikipedia article:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Night) 

You can stream the show live or listen to it anytime during the week by selecting "Prog Is Alive" from the choices in the "Archives>>Music archives" menus on the WDRT website at www.wdrt.org and then proceeding from there. Good luck! and enjoy!

P.S. I thought a rebroadcast of this specific show particularly relevant to the current political climate in the U.S.
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What?  Doesn't anyone remember this one?



Five Man Electrical Band - "Werewolf"

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Anything by King Diamond!
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

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Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
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Just the picture
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Anything by Univers Zero, Present, Art Zoyd, or Shub-Niggurath.


I tried to edit my post to mention all of those, but the site wouldn't let me (error after error after error). Lots of ark instrumental music of the chamber prog rock/ RIO variety. Some Art Zoyd I consider to be quite light. Univers Zero's Heresie is a particular favourite Halloween classic of mine. And I wanted to mention Igor Wakhevitch, particularly for Docteur Faust and particularly the track "Materia Prima" (which I had planned to list). Art Zoyd's horror soundtracks are good. Also Faust. And another I wanted to list but was trying to be more song-based (rather than instrumental) is the fabulous Fabio Frizzi especially for The Beyond and City of the Living Dead soundtracks.

Methinks my Halloween list would be rather more dark than the more fun OP's one (guess he came in to market his youtube thing). Another track I'd like to mention is Van der Graaf Generator's "Darkness" even if it ain't that dark. And for really devastatingly creepy (more devastating than creepy), nothing for me beats Penderecki's Threnody for Hiroshima. Not a fun one for Halloween. Just play "Boris the Spider" right after it.

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^You're right. Criminal to have forgotten him. And that's actually my favorite tune.

<i>Cadaver eyes
Upon me see

...nothing</i>

The delivery is just amazingly timed.

Edited by Tapfret - October 28 2020 at 10:54

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Another Cooper classic. Compared to the other PG -13 entries this may scare you too much.

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What? No one has mentioned Alice Cooper yet?

Here is one.
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I recall Andrew Gold recorded a whole album of Halloween songs, titled "Halloween Howls". Dead
 
This spooky number by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity has to be a hot favourite for Halloween.
 


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 28 2020 at 09:59
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Hells bells, satan's coming to you Hells bells, he's ringing them now Those hells bells, the temperature's high Hells bells, across the sky Hells bells, they're taking you down Hells bells, they're dragging you down Hells bells, gonna split the night Hells bells, there's no way to fight


Edited by dr wu23 - October 28 2020 at 09:31
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OK, Trying to do this one the fly.

 1. Witch Hunt - Rush
 2. Boris The Spider - The Who
 3. Zombie Woof - Zappa
 4. Frankenstein - Edger Winter
 5. Halloween - DMB
 6. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
 7. Strange Magic - ELO
 8. Get Out while you can - Spocks Beard
 9. Duel with the Devil - Transatlantic
10. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads



Edited by Argo2112 - October 28 2020 at 07:25
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Anything by Univers Zero, Present, Art Zoyd, or Shub-Niggurath.
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Originally posted by dwill123 dwill123 wrote:

"Ding Dong! the Witch Is Dead" - The Fifth Estate
I might have gone with Klaus Nomi's version.


Edited by JD - October 28 2020 at 05:23
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"Batdance" - Prince

"Werewolves Of London" - Warren Zevon

"Witchy Woman" - The Eagles

"Superstition" - Stevie Wonder

"Black Magic Woman" - Santana

"Spooky" - Classic IV

"Dead Man's Party" - Oingo Boingo

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

"The Great Pumpkin Waltz" (It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) - Vince Guaraldi

"Ding Dong! the Witch Is Dead" - The Fifth Estate
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