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sdfernando

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130. Yes! Oingo Boingo.

Sat Sep 21, 2024, 09:28 PM

Sep 21

Danny Elfman fronted the band. Fun fact, he couldn't read music. It wasn't until he did the score for Pee Wee's Big Adventure that he taught himself to read music.

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What song/songs can be used as a Halloween song at a party? Mine is The Monster Mash. How about you? it /they can be [View all] debm55 Sep 21 OP

Werewolves of London we can do it Sep 21 #1

thank you, we can do it! Great song. debm55 Sep 21 #5

Thriller SaveOurDemocracy Sep 21 #2

Thank you , SaveOurDemocracy. I really liked this song when it came out. debm55 Sep 21 #7

Thank you SaveOurDemocracy. debm55 Sep 21 #27

"Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo poli-junkie Sep 21 #3

Thank you poli-junkie. debm55 Sep 21 #8

Yes! Oingo Boingo. sdfernando Sep 21 #130

Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus DBoon Sep 21 #4

Thank you DBoon. Spooky debm55 Sep 21 #10

"Shallow Grave" by Elvis Costello Freddie Sep 21 #6

Thank you Freddie. Great song. debm55 Sep 21 #14

I put a spell on you nocoincidences Sep 21 #9

Thank you nocoincidences. Love it. I love the background music. Great. debm55 Sep 21 #15

You should check out Nina Simone's version if you are so inclined. OldBaldy1701E Sep 21 #74

Thank you Old Baldy1701E, Great , sultry voice.Thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Sep 21 #79

I love that version, and nocoincidences Sep 21 #92

Time Warp Marigold Sep 21 #11

Thank you Marigold. I remember driving my son to school and he would sing to this. Memories. debm55 Sep 21 #17

Red Right Hand by Nick Cave chowder66 Sep 21 #12

Thank you chowder66 That is very scary. debm55 Sep 21 #21

What a fun thread! chowder66 Sep 21 #55

Thank you , chowder66 and to everyone that joined in with their song/songs. debm55 Sep 21 #115

Mephisto Waltz by Liszt displacedvermoter Sep 21 #13

Thank you displacedvermoter. debm55 Sep 21 #36

Haunted House (964) by Gene Simmons Glorfindel Sep 21 #16

Thank you Glorfindel . That is really old, Doesn't sound like Gene at all debm55 Sep 21 #38

I think they are vampires ... LakeArenal Sep 21 #18

Thank you LakeArenal. I like it. debm55 Sep 21 #41

Fabulous Poodles: Vampire Rock and Blue Oyster Cult: Joan Crawford. brewens Sep 21 #19

Thank you brewens. Great selections. I am waiting for "more cowbells" debm55 Sep 21 #42

Grand Funk Railroad: Black Licorice. brewens Sep 21 #20

Thank you brewens. I really liked Grand Funk debm55 Sep 21 #25

Love the monster mash and bad moon rising TommieMommy Sep 21 #22

Thank you TommieMommy. I like both. debm55 Sep 21 #23

Party music for sure! Diamond_Dog Sep 21 #24

Thank you Diamond_Dog. Great. debm55 Sep 21 #43

Every Day Is Halloween subterranean Sep 21 #26

Thank you subterranean . Was that from an old Disney film? debm55 Sep 21 #45

I was going to suggest this but... 2naSalit Sep 21 #53

Yes Monster Mash first came to mind and the movie, Arsenic and Old Lace playing in the background surfered Sep 21 #28

thank you surfered. Yes to both. debm55 Sep 21 #47

Love Potion No. 9. It's also a movie. Lars39 Sep 21 #29

Thank you Lars39 debm55 Sep 21 #49

Mussorgsky - Night On Bald Mountain surfered Sep 21 #30

Thank you surfered, Great. debm55 Sep 21 #50

Halloween is every day- Ministry JackSabbath Sep 21 #31

Thank you Jack Sabbath. Spooky. debm55 Sep 21 #51

Witchy Woman Tanuki Sep 21 #32

That was the one I was going to add Sanity Claws Sep 21 #56

Tanuki--thank you. I was just going to add and I saw your post. Love the Eagles. debm55 Sep 21 #72

Damned - Grimly Fiendish, Stranglers - The Raven DJ Synikus Makisimus Sep 21 #33

Almost forgot, Shakin' Street - Vampire Rock DJ Synikus Makisimus Sep 21 #54

Thank you for both of your selections. they are great debm55 Sep 21 #73

Purple People Eater SaveOurDemocracy Sep 21 #34

Love it! It cracked me up when a bit of it turned up in Tanuki Sep 21 #48

Thank you , I remember that as a kid. Funny song. debm55 Sep 21 #118

Thriller by Michael Jackson Emile Sep 21 #35

Thank you very much, Emile. Loved that song . debm55 Sep 21 #119

Welcome to my Nightmare. Alice Cooper. Lochloosa Sep 21 #37

Thank you, Lochloosa. I remember the song from HS. debm55 Sep 21 #120

Marie Laveaux Tanuki Sep 21 #39

Thank you, Tanuki. I like it . First time I heard it. debm55 Sep 21 #121

'Spooky' by Classics IV... and Jrose Sep 21 #40

Thank you Jrose. Four great songs. debm55 Sep 21 #122

Dinner with Drac by Zacherle bedazzled Sep 21 #44

Thank you bedazzled. I have been here 20 years and still can;t figure it out and people have explained it to me numerous debm55 Sep 21 #123

I used to be able to before the upgrade bedazzled Sep 21 #126

Showing your age!! Traildogbob Sep 21 #46

Thank youTraildogbob. debm55 Sep 21 #124

The Tales from the Crypt theme by Danny Elfman Shermann Sep 21 #52

Thank you Shermann, I remember it, Used to watch Tales from the Crypt on TV. I would be too afraid now. debm55 Sep 21 #125

I e got one I'll bet most people haven't heard of: "Brains" about a brain sucking alien monster captain queeg Sep 21 #57

Thank you captain queeg. what happens to the monster at the end? Mine ended. debm55 Sep 21 #127

He tried sucking Mandy's brain ( the cartoon was about Billy and Mandy captain queeg Sep 21 #131

Thanks. HAHAHAHHAHAHAH debm55 Sep 21 #133

Tiny Demons Clouds Passing Sep 21 #58

Thank you Clouds Passing. debm55 Sep 21 #128

Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. Niagara Sep 21 #59

Thanks Niagara, PS, Who you gonna call? debm55 Sep 21 #129

a couple of Kinks songs: surrealAmerican Sep 21 #60

Thank you surrealAmerican. debm55 Sep 21 #132

Scary Monsters - David Bowie johnp3907 Sep 21 #61

Thank you john3907 debm55 Sep 22 #145

Joan Crawford - by Blue Oyster Cult Pendrench Sep 21 #62

Thank you , Pendrench. debm55 Sep 22 #146

My pleasure. Pendrench Sep 22 #172

By the way, great thread. So many I'd forgotten about. captain queeg Sep 21 #63

Thanks captain queeg. debm55 Sep 21 #134

Cry Little Sister by Gerard McMahon Niagara Sep 21 #64

Strange Brew by Cream Niagara Sep 21 #65

Holy Crap, I had that album. Like the cover too. thank you Niagara. debm55 Sep 21 #114

An abundance of Rob Zombie songs 🎃 I love Rob Zombie! Niagara Sep 21 #66

Thank you , very much Niagara. That would make great Great Halloween music for a party, debm55 Sep 21 #71

My pleasure, Debbie! I love Halloween too! 🎃 Niagara Sep 21 #77

Second your opinion on Rob Zombie. Different Drummer Sep 21 #88

Thank you, Different Drummer! Niagara Sep 21 #91

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, by Iron Butterfly Martin Eden Sep 21 #67

Martin Eden. Yes the tone is very right. I remember a JH dance and they played this---to dance to. debm55 Sep 21 #70

Dancing to it would require impov during some passages Martin Eden Sep 22 #144

Everyone just stood their a stared , not knowing what to do. debm55 Sep 22 #165

If the song was played in its entirety, that's a long awkward stare Martin Eden Sep 22 #168

It was played in it's entirely; Finally , the girls were dancing like fireflies as they got into the song, debm55 Sep 22 #169

Picturing that put a smile on my face Martin Eden Sep 22 #170

Once we got into it , It was like floating to the music, debm55 Sep 22 #171

Time Warp Aviation Pro Sep 21 #68

GREAT Thank you Aviation Pro. debm55 Sep 21 #69

Don't Fear The Reaper BOC Sorry don't know how to post video, debm55 Sep 21 #75

Here You Go, Deb ProfessorGAC Sep 21 #102

Thank you very much ProfessorGAC, Had to listen to it twice. debm55 Sep 21 #107

It's One Of My Favorite Songs Ever ProfessorGAC Sep 21 #109

'Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: The Stories Of Edgar Allen Poe' by Alan Parsons Project. OldBaldy1701E Sep 21 #76

Thank you OldBaldy1701E I;ll give it a check debm55 Sep 22 #147

Lullaby, by The Cure Sequoia Sep 21 #78

Thank you Sequoia. Great debm55 Sep 21 #85

The Killing Moon -- Echo And The Bunnymen catbyte Sep 21 #80

Thank you very much , catbyte. debm55 Sep 21 #86

Beethoven's Fifth Tetrachloride Sep 21 #81

Thank you, Tetrachloride. Agree debm55 Sep 21 #84

Ghost of Ann Boleyn fargone Sep 21 #82

Thank you fargone. I thought that it was neat and I love very old movies. debm55 Sep 21 #83

The Torture Never Stops JoseBalow Sep 21 #87

Goblin Girl JoseBalow Sep 21 #89

Thank you, JoseBalow, love it debm55 Sep 21 #103

Vanilla Fudge -- Season of the Witch Different Drummer Sep 21 #90

Thank you Different Drummer, debm55 Sep 21 #97

Why Of Course "Scary Monsters"! ProfessorGAC Sep 21 #93

Thank you ProfessorGAC debm55 Sep 21 #101

"Don't Bug Me" - Jimmy Buffett DinahMoeHum Sep 21 #94

thank you DinahMoeHum. debm55 Sep 21 #100

Abracadabra Wicked Blue Sep 21 #95

Thank you Wicked Blue, Remember dancing to it, debm55 Sep 21 #99

Do They Know It's Halloween? Coventina Sep 21 #96

HAHAHAHAHAHH Thank you Coventina. I have never seen that before. debm55 Sep 21 #98

If you want to change it up with a slow dance chowmama Sep 21 #104

Thank you very much. chowmama debm55 Sep 21 #117

Creature from the Black Lagoon by Dave Edmunds Clash City Rocker Sep 21 #105

WOW, Thank you, Clash City Rocker, Great choices. debm55 Sep 21 #112

Donovan's Season of the Witch & Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon Inkey Sep 21 #106

Thank you,Inkey, Excellent choices. debm55 Sep 21 #111

If classical's okay, Funeral March of a Marionette and Cairycat Sep 21 #108

Great choices, Thank you Cairycat. debm55 Sep 21 #110

Boris the Spider by The Who iwillalwayswonderwhy Sep 21 #113

Thank you very much, iwillalwayssondershy debm55 Sep 21 #116

The Eagles--Witchy Woman Bayard Sep 21 #135

Thank you Bayard, Two great ones debm55 Sep 21 #136

I forgot to add the theme from, "Jaws" Bayard Sep 21 #138

Oh yes that was scarey and you knew what was coming. Thank you Bayard. debm55 Sep 22 #150

Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath" and "N.I.B." Rhiagel Sep 21 #137

Oh yes, Black Sabbath. Thank you Rhiagel. debm55 Sep 22 #151

Song? I have the whole album! Dracula's Greatest Hits. Some highlights (though they are all good): DFW Sep 22 #139

Wow, Thank you DFW, That is great. debm55 Sep 22 #153

Timothy- The Buoys Doc_Technical Sep 22 #140

Thank you Doc_Technical. I remember that song when it came out. debm55 Sep 22 #155

This message was self-deleted by its author Doc_Technical Sep 22 #141

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire Doc_Technical Sep 22 #142

Thank you . Doc-Technical. I remember that song scared me. debm55 Sep 22 #156

Love Potion Number 9 wnylib Sep 22 #143

Thank you wnylib. debm55 Sep 22 #158

Away Ye Merry Lassies frogmarch Sep 22 #148

Thank you frogmatch. Yes it is witchy vibe to it. debm55 Sep 22 #154

It ain't Halloween until you play "D.O.A." (Bloodrock) lastlib Sep 22 #149

IThank you lastlib. I remember this song and it did creep me out. Thought of it I drove at the time. We had a n ALT Rock debm55 Sep 22 #164

Not exactly Halloween, but you can't have a spooky party without Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla to stomp to! CrispyQ Sep 22 #152

Thank you CrispyQ, Love all of BOC songs. Was going to add Godzilla. If you go up I added Don't Fear the Reaper and debm55 Sep 22 #162

Music Rebl2 Sep 22 #157

Thank you Reb12. I remember Dark Shadows debm55 Sep 22 #160

Jumbie Jamboree MadLinguist Sep 22 #159

Thank you MadLinguist. Great Dancing Song. Is it Creole? debm55 Sep 22 #161

Caribbean MadLinguist Sep 22 #166

Walk on Gilded Spliters MadLinguist Sep 22 #163

Thank you MadLinguist. I remember Dr.John. debm55 Sep 22 #167

Frankenstein----instrumental by Johnny Winters. debm55 Sep 23 #173