Song title: Lullaby
Artist: The Cure
Year: 1989
Why I like this song:
And now, to round out this run down of Halloween-themed songs, another stab at the obvious. Funny how the longer this rundown went, the more submissions I made to the obvious....
Well you can't have discussion of nightmare-inducing music without mentioning the Cure so here we are, at their most sinister (yet strangely seductive...).
Song title: Dragula
Artist: Rob Zombie
Year: 1998
Why I like this song:
It's industrial enough for the metal heads and goth enough for the goths....
....but personally this always struck me as a mainstay for computer nerds. Seriously: if you were a computer nerd in the late nineties you had this song on the hard-drive - or you knew someone who did.
Certainly a mark of the power of this song that it unites such disparate groups....
Song title: Sympathy For the Devil
Artist: The Rolling Stones
Year: 1968
Why I like this song:
This song may sound tame when compared to countless Black metal bands that followed in it's wake but it still has it's own brand of evil. Must be down to the congas and Mick's gleefully warped performance.
Song title: Whatever Leads Me to You
Artist: Geoffrey O'Connor
Year: 2011
Why I like this song:
No doubt this is going join the ranks of 'love songs that are actually sinister' but it's in good company (Every Breath You Take anyone?)
But still, the production on this is top notch, with some striking elements all coming together to make a solid whole (the violin solo being of particular note)
Song title: Time Warp
Artist: Original cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show
Year: 1975
Why I like this song:
Another obvious choice but admit it: You can't deny the sense of fun this song provides. After all, it's just a jump to the left...Song title: Thriller
Artist: Michael Jackson
Year: 1982
Why I like this song:
With this blog I have vowed to make a committed effort to eschew the obvious.
So would excluding Thriller from a collection of Halloween-themed songs would be a surprise but including it loop it around again. Meaning we have reached some sort of singularity here.
Song title: I am the Resurrection
Artist: Stone Roses
Year: 1989
Why I like this song:
Well the Stone Roses have reformed so I encourage you all to click the play button to this video, turn it up real loud and jump around the room to this now rather aptly titled song