As part of her “31 Days of Halloween” series, Slay Belle gave us an awesome list of vampire music. As much as I love “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” my favorite Halloween songs typically fall into the “Fun and Cheesy” category. This is my list of must-haves on any monster playlist:
- “Monster Mash”
- “Purple People Eater”
- “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” (It may be classical, but it’s synonymous with cheesy horror movies in my mind.)
- “Thriller”
- “Werewolves of London”
New additions to my list are “This is Halloween,” from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Jace Everett’s “Bad Things,” but I hesitate to call them cheesy. They are too cool. My absolute favorite, which I had given up on ever owning, is Tim Curry’s “Anything Can Happen on Halloween” from The Worst Witch. Last year’s playlist was a triumph of Internetting, because my husband found me a recording that I could have for my very own, to listen to whenever I want. If you are unfamiliar with this little gem, allow me to introduce you to the wonderment:
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And I rather like this unserious song:
http://youtu.be/S6vnM9I7HIo
Just as an aside, I put together a spotify playlist of all the Halloween songs I mentioned in my music posts. You can find it here: http://open.spotify.com/user/tenthet/playlist/4lyXi0LmBglvQjp98I2nZM
Thriller basically just wins at everything.
I’ve never seen the film, but it gets +5 awesomeness for having TIM FRIGGING CURRY. The song is catchy, too. :)
This is Halloween, this is Halloween, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Great for all your make-crazy-sounds-needs.
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And, oh goodness, must get out The Nightmare Before Christmas.
I am totally unfamiliar with any of them.
So I have no memory of ever watching this movie, but I’ve had dreams that mimic half the scenes in that video, so maybe I have. Either way, I’m going to find a way to watch it later.
What we have up there, folks, is perhaps four of my favorite minutes in cinematic history. The Worst Witch is a goddamn classic, and “Anything Can Happen On Halloween” is sheer perfection.