Thursday, October 31, 2013

Awesome Halloween Songs

I know we only have a few hours left of this wonderful day of candy consumption and scary costumes, but in celebration of Halloween, I've decided to share with you some awesome songs that are just right for this wonderful occasion! Some of them you know very well, and some of them you might not, but either way, they're sure to make your night!
Ok leggo:

Modest Mussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain
My all time favorite, this piece starts off with eerie violins and doesn't let up for a whole 11 minutes. To get a better visual, here's a link to the Fantasia 2000 production WARNING: It's abridged and taken at a very fast tempo, but it gets the point across :)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMmfaaiWMEs


Camille Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
My second all-time favorite, this piece pioneered the blatant use of an interval known as a tritone. It's supposed to represent the devil, and the whole dance is centered around his minions making mischief in the night. Here's a PBS adaptation of the piece:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CHqhsMP80E


Michael Jackson-Thriller
Ok, you know I had to throw this in here. Not only is the subject matter perfect to this day, but its musical video changed the game for all music videos. This was the song that truly propelled Jackson into a bonafied king of pop. Here's the whole video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA


Evanescence-Going Under
This is just one of the many apocalyptic and/or foreboding songs in this band's catalogue. But this song as a ghoul-dripping video to match, and Amy Lee's sinister delivery of the words makes it a Halloween staple. The music video, of course:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdhqVtpR2ts


AC/DC-Highway to Hell
Need I say more?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T0yNkeo


Rockwell-Somebody's Watching Me
With Michael Jackson lending back-up vocals, it's no wonder this tale of constantly looking over your shoulder is perfect for the season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY


Ray Parker Jr: Ghostbusters
Who do ya call? Ray Parker Jr. of course! Unlike the rest of these songs, this one topped the Hot 100 in 1984.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvkKX035484


Enya-Cursum Perficio
What??? The queen of gentle new-age pop actually has a scary song in her catalogue? You better believe it, put this one on full blast, you're sure to have a fright!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdz-v0sOTiI

Enya-Boadicea
Oh wait, didn't I tell you she actually she actually has TWO scary songs up her sleeve?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB64c9Uxgz4


Igor Stravinsky-The Firebird Suite
To end this mini-playlist, I leave you with this, one of Stravinsky's most recognizable works (and one of his best if I might add). The Fantasia 2000 adaptation of this is much better and it illustrates the ideas of the piece extremely well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HT6TMCe8gY


I realize there are many, many other great Halloween songs, but these are just a few of them. Have a scary good Halloween!! mwahahahahaha

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