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Martin Eden

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168. If the song was played in its entirety, that's a long awkward stare

Sun Sep 22, 2024, 09:58 AM

Sep 22

No free spirit was brave enough to exhibit creative kinetic expression.

Searching my memory banks, I recall it being played at such an occasion at my school not far from Midway Airport in Chicago (actually a small unincorporated area named Central Stickney).

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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