Saturday, April 9, 2011

Halloween in April: Last year's Halloween mix

Here is the playlist that I came up with for last year's party.  Although, it was hugely under-appreciated due to the Phillies game that every demanded be on...  I won't ever let an Eagles game get in the way of my wedding game, but that pushed me over the edge!

So why post this now?  I started planning for that party around this time last year.  Really.  So I was wondering if anyone had any good ones to add to list for next year.  Can you help a ghoul out?


Halloween 2010 Playlist

Thriller - Michael Jackson
I Put A Spell On You - Creedence Clearwater Revival
This Is Halloween - Marilyn Manson
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
If I Was You Vampire - Marilyn Manson
Time Warp - Original Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Superstitious - Stevie Wonder
Witchy Woman - Eagles
People Are Strange - The Doors
I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band
Boom Boom Ba - Metisse

The last one, since I'm sure that's the one no one would recognize, is a song used in many of the episodes of the vastly underrated show Dead Like Me.  As for the others on the list, I spent an awful lot of time coming up with them - I looked online, went through every iTunes Halloween list and browsed my entire library of songs.  Now, I do have other things that I play during the night like spooky sound effects, Tubular Bells, and the score to Sleepy Hollow.  There are also some songs that I just didn't want to include.  For example: Matt & Kim's "Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare," which just would have been to cheery for my theme of the night.

So what's good?  Should I include songs like "Zombie" or "Bad Moon Rising"?  I also tried to keep in mind the audience, although, to be honest that audience ranged from 3 to big kids that fall under the "senior citizen" demographic.

Help me out.  Let me know!  If you frequent my parties, what do you want to hear?

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