Halloween music
Halloween is a week away so to set the mood, I’ve got some music to share. First is a music video from 2005 by an organization called the North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative, for a song entitled “Do They Know It’s Halloween?” This song was released by Vice Records as a UNICEF fundraiser and is the result of an idea thought of by dudes in that band The Unicorns. Finally, recruited a lot of famous-ish weirdos including Buck 65, David Cross and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. The result an amazing song that, while citing Bob Geldof as an obvious inspiration, makes this sort of cause accessible to the bar-going set. Hilarious too.
Now, here are two mixes that should give you an excellent song choice for this week leading up to the big day. The first is VHS Halloween Party 2008 mix by Evil Nine. I don’t know too much about this duo from the UK but as the title suggests, this 55-minute mix is loaded with 80s horror flick music. Tonnes of stuff from the Living Dead movies, some John Carpenter and Goblin stuff for good measure and even songs by The Cramps and Eagles of Death Metal. Play this for your kids as they fall asleep. They’ll hate you forever.
The second mix originally came out last year (when More Cowbell jokes were still funny) but still, this rules. This time, it was produced by an Ottawa DJ Chris Rockwell. A lot shorter than the first, Rockwell’s Phantom Sound Halloween Mix 2007 runs just over 25 minutes but it’s a lot denser and beat-oriented. In this one, you’ll find a pretty ecclectic collection including remixes of the Ghostbusters theme and Monster Mash and then some Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper too. Even an Addams Family/New Order mashup!
Don’t fear the reaper. Baby, take my hand.
PS: I added some photos to my website!
PPS: Kitsune Noir released a pretty dope mix called Hellaween mixed by Punchy two days ago. Not so keen on the ODB radio edit but it has pretty good flow overall so be sure to rep it.
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