Trick or Treat!

Well everyone, its that time of the year again.  Time to dust off the old leather apron and dig that hockey mask out of the attic.  Yep, you guessed it, its Halloween! And what better way to celebrate that most phenomenal of holidays than with music!

I wanted to do something different this year, but alas, time has eluded me and well, I guess I'm going to have to do a bit research to find out what is the best Halloween music is...

And you know how I roll on the holidays, I manage to segue just a little bit of every decade in just because I can and well, it makes it more fun gosh darn it, don't you think so? 

So here is a small list of the some of the best Halloweenie tunes from decades past to present, for you to either revisit or visit for the first time.

This is Halloween from Nightmare Before Christmas

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Don't Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

Creep by Radiohead

Superstition by Stevie Wonder

Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon

Deal with the Devil by Pop Evil

Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.

Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Well there you have it, just to name a few, I would like to thank Billboard magazine for their expertise in this area and give them credit for their list. Now I want to make a list of my own.

 

Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper

Silent Lucidity by Queensryche

Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson

Cry Little Sister by Gerald McMann

Killing Moon by Echo and The Bunnymen

Spellbound by Siouxsie and The Banshees

Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo

War Pigs by Black Sabbath

Lucretia (My Reflection) by Sisters of Mercy

Halloween by Kirsty MacColl

So there you have my list for Halloween.  Enjoy and feel free to add some favorites of your own in the comment section.  Now if you will excuse me I have some rusty chains to attend to...

Happy Haunting...............................................