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Title: Halloween party music
Post by: David Allred on October 16, 2019, 10:53:08 AM
For all-ages (family) Halloween get togethers .... what songs you got.  As you'll see, I don't necessarily rule out alternate versions. 
Here is my list so far.

Adams Family Theme
CCR - Bad moon rising
Santana - Black magic woman
Charlie Daniels - The devil went down to Georgia
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper
Vaughn Monroe - Ghost riders in the sky
Scream'n Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you
Will Smith - Men in black
Ray Stevens - Purple people eater
A.R.M. - Spooky
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Bangles - Walk like an Egytion
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Ray Stevens - I talked to the witch doctor
The Pharoahs - Wooly bully
Charlie Daniels - Legend of Wooly swamp
David Gilour - I put a spell on you
Outlaws - Ghost riders in the sky
Pink Floyd - Welcome to the machine
Ray Stevens - Monster mash
April Wine - Sign of the gypsy queen
Will Smith - Nightmare on my street
Fifth Harmaony - I'm in love with a monster
Ghostbustsers theme
This is Halloween (Nightmare before Christmas)
Munsters theme
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: Doug Johnson on October 17, 2019, 11:31:44 AM
Hotel California- The Eagles
Witchy Woman- The Eagles
The Freaks Come Out at Night- Whodini
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald- Gordon Lightfoot
Season of the Witch- Donovan
Zombie Dance - The Cramps
I was a Teenage Werewolf- The Cramps
Purple People Eater- Sheb Wooley
Witchcraft- Frank Sinatra
Black Magic Woman- Fleetwood Mac
Scary Monsters- David Bowie
Magic Dance- David Bowie
Sympathy for the Devil- The Rolling Stones
Let Me Hear You Scream- Ozzy Osborn
Highway to Hell- AC/DC
Psycho Killer - The Talking Heads
Somebody's Watching Me-Rockwell
Running with the Devil- Van Halen
and yes, I have about 15 hours of songs about Trains in a playlist too.
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: lindsay Dean on October 17, 2019, 12:59:44 PM
You forgot Moondance
Van morrison
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: Mike Pyle on October 18, 2019, 02:42:10 AM
The Zombie Song - Stephanie Mabey
After Dark - Tito & Tarantula
She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby
Vampire - Lazyboy Empire
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: Scott Holtzman on October 18, 2019, 02:57:27 AM
The Zombie Song - Stephanie Mabey
After Dark - Tito & Tarantula
She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby
Vampire - Lazyboy Empire

Of course the Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett and my all time favorite
The creature without a head - Lenny and the Squigtones !


Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: Dennis Wiggins on October 18, 2019, 08:22:52 AM
This should could be moved to the DJ section, but here goes:

Oops, forgot some newer ones:
I Don't Know How They Found Me - Choke
Two Feet - Feel Like I'm Drowning
Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall

AATW - Bigfoot Stomp
AC-DC - Hell's Bells
Alice Cooper - Poison
Billy Squire - In the Dark
CCR - It Came Out of the Sky
CDB - The Devil Went Down to GA (SOB version!)
Cream - Strange Brew
CWOAB - Fire
Danzig - Satan's Child
Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl
Doors - People Are Strange
Drowning Pool - Let the Bodies Hit the Floor
Eagles - Witchy Woman
Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
ELO - Evil Woman
Elvis - Burnng Love
INXS - Devil Inside
Jackyl - Lumberjack
Jan & Dean - Dead Man's Curve
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Ball's of Fire
Jimi Hendrix - Dolly Dagger
Jime Hendrix - Fire
Jouh Vougar - Paper in Fire
jimmy Castro Bunch - Troglodyte
John Fogerty - Wicked Old Witch
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Jumpin' Gene Simmons - Haunted House
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause
Kiss - Heave's on Fire
Leon Russel - Beware of Darkness
Lou Christie - Lightning Strikes
Loverboy - Hot Girls in Love
Marty Robbins - Devil Woman
Metallica - Devil's Dance
Michael Jackson - Thriller with Vincent Price intro!
Mitch Ryder a-t Detroit Wheels - Devil With the Blue Dress
Neil Sedaka - Hey Little Devil
Ozzy - Devil's Daughter
Paula Cole - Road to Dead
Pirates o-t Mississippi - Speak of the Devil
Randy Travis - Diggin' Up Bones
Rascals - I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
Ronnie Robertson - The Road to Hell
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for The Devil
Rolling Stones - The Spider and The Fly
Slayer - Angel of Death
Slayer - Spill the Blood
Spirit - Mr. Skin
Stephen Stills - Black Queen
Still, Bloomfield, Kooper - Season of the Witch (Donovan)
Stevie Wonder - Skeletons
Ted Nugent - Bite the Hand
Troggs - Wild Thing
UFO - Too Hot to Handle
Uncle Kracker - Follow Me
Van Halen - Runnin' with The Devil
Vaughan Monroe - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Violent Femmes - Blister In the Sun
Warren Zevon - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Whodini - The Freaks Come Out at Night
Yardbirds - Evil Hearted You

-D
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: John Halliburton on October 18, 2019, 09:07:19 AM
The scariest music of all time...

Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield.

Best regards,

John
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: David Allred on October 18, 2019, 09:31:08 AM
This should could be moved to the DJ section, but here goes:



ELO - Evil Woman

Randy Travis - Diggin' Up Bones
-D

Diggin' up Bones.... funny

I always thought the ELO song was Medieval Woman.   ;D
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: David Allred on October 18, 2019, 09:36:41 AM
The scariest music of all time...

Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield.

Best regards,

John

Agreed.  It is in my playlist for staging prior to the haunted hayride or trail.  Friday the 13th, House on Haunted Hill, & The Thing (80's) are also really good.
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: Dave Garoutte on October 18, 2019, 04:12:47 PM
Patti Smith - Birdland
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: Mike Caldwell on October 22, 2019, 12:37:18 AM
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: lindsay Dean on October 22, 2019, 01:50:37 PM
Skillet -feel like a monster
Title: Re: Halloween party music
Post by: Randy Pence on October 23, 2019, 06:35:07 PM
king harvest - dancing in the moonlight