Sean Burke’s Halloween Soundtrack
If you know me, then you know that my favorite holiday is Halloween. Christmas and Thanksgiving are great, but Halloween comes with no pressure. We dress in our favorite costumes, throw great parties, and put up ghoulish front lawn displays, without the pressure of finding the perfect gift, or finding a way to fit all of your family into one perfect holiday plan (or several). There is a sense of silliness and fun that can’t be topped by any other day of the year. Considering the type of feelings that Halloween invokes, it is a no-brainer that some great music would be themed around Halloween or horror.
While compiling a complete list would take HOURS, here are 10 of my favorite songs to listen to a little more often around Halloween (in no particular order!). –Sean Burke
1. Bark at the Moon – Ozzy Osbourne
2. Feed My Frankenstein – Alice Cooper
3. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) – David Bowie
4. Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
5. Boris the Spider – The Who
6. Monster Mash -Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt Kickers
7. Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
8. People Who Died – The Jim Carroll Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPNqojbyIDk
9. The Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
10. Pet Sematary – The Ramones
BONUS
A Hard Day’s Night of the Living Dead – The Zombeatles (this pretty much marries Rock music and the fun of Halloween perfectly)
