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Geek Music Episode 81: Halloween Music Special Episode

October 28, 2016 at 8:00 am
Chad Walker
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Last year, I talked to a couple of musicians about their favorite Christmas music, and that got me thinking that I should do the same thing with Halloween music. And so as I interviewed several guests this year, I started off by asking them just two simple questions: What are some of your favorite Halloween songs? and How do people find you and your music online? Of course, sometimes the conversation went in other directions, but that’s the main part of the discussion.

Songs mentioned by the artists in the episode:

Bedford Level Experiment

  • “Nightmare on My Street” – DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
  • “Thriller” – Michael Jackson
  • “The Friendly Haunted Mansion” – Blanket Truth

Beefy

  • “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah” – from 30 Rock (by Donald Glover and Tracy Morgan)
  • “Munsters Theme Song”

Bolonium

  • “Thriller” – Michael Jackson
  • “Witches Brew” – Hap Palmer
  • “Spooky” – Classics IV
  • “Nature Trail to Hell” – “Weird Al” Yankovic
  • Ernest Scared Stupid Opening Credits
  • “Kookie Jar” – Bolonium

Boy Meets Robot

  • Dead Man’s Party / “No One Lives Forever” – Oingo Boingo / anything by Danny Elfman
  • “Thriller” – Michael Jackson

Count Jared

  • “Grim Grinning Ghosts” – from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney
  • “Little Red Riding Hood” – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
  • “Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett
  • “Science Fiction Double Feature” – from Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • “Munsters Theme”

Dino-Mike

  • “Halloween” – Stephen Lynch
  • “Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett
  • “Halloween Nights” – Dino-Mike
  • “Zombie Girl” – Dino-Mike

Marc with a C

  • Welcome to My Nightmare / Welcome 2 My Nightmare – Alice Cooper
  • “Toccata” – Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
  • Suspiria / Dawn of the Dead Soundtracks – Goblin
  • “Boris the Spider” / “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” – The Who; also music by John Entwistle
  • LP 2 of Can’s Tago Mago – “Aumgn,” “Peking O,” and “Bring Me Coffee or Tea”

Megathruster

  • “Grim Grinning Ghosts” – from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney
  • “It’s Halloween” – The Shaggs

Mikal kHill

  • “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” – Geto Boys / anything by Geto Boys

Nuclear Bubble Wrap

  • It Follows soundtrack
  • Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack
  • “Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett
  • “Lame Monster Party” – Paul and Storm (I mentioned it)
  • “RE: Your Brains” – Jonathan Coulton
  • “Halloween on the Barbary Coast” – The Flaming Lips

Rhiannon’s Lark

  • “Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett
  • “Little Red Riding Hood” – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
  • “Werewolves of London” – Warren Zevon
  • “Thriller” – Michael Jackson
  • Pagan music by Burning Sage

Rock, Paper, Cynic

  • Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack
    • The Flaming Lips are the ones who covered “This Is Halloween”

Smashy Claw

  • Nightmare Before Christmas Revisited
  • Anything by Danny Elfman
  • Halloween Howls, “In Our Haunted House,” “The Creature from the Tub” – Andrew Gold
  • “Grim Grinning Ghosts” – from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney
  • They did release an EP of Goosebumps-inspired Halloween tracks

Ultra Magnus and DJ SLAM!

  • “What’s a Girl to Do” – Bats for Lashes (specifically the video)
  • “The Horror” – RJD2
  • “Bogus Boys”– Ali G
  • “Coffee” – Aesop Rock (also mostly for the video)
  • “Bath Salts” – A$AP Rocky w/ Flatbush Zombies

You can send questions, comments, and suggestions for future guests to darthaqueous@gmail.com or via Twitter at @Darthaqueous.

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Intro music provided by Smashy Claw

Outro music:

“Guess Who” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Featured image photo by William Warby

bedford level experiment, bolonium, boy meets robot, count jared, dino-mike, Halloween, Interviews, marc with a c, megathruster, Mikal kHill, nuclear bubble wrap, rhiannon's lark, rock/paper/cynic, smashy claw, Ultra Magnus & DJ SLAM!

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About the Author
Chad (aka Darth Aqueous, Dark Lord of the Fish) is a geeky high school English teacher. He primarily writes about geek music, with a focus on the fandom-y (it’s totally a word!) elements of the lyrics. He also produces a weekly podcast with interviews of geeky musicians. He currently lives in Gainesville, FL, with his wife and three cats, Parker (named after the character on Leverage), Anya (from Buffy), and Zoe (from Firefly).
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