Halloween Mix CD

A couple of years ago I made a mix cd to play for all the trick or treaters that come to our house. We get a lot due to the gated community we live in with all the houses close together and being realtively flat. Well, except for last year, when the homeowners association put a guard out and turned away anyone that didn't live there. A total of 97 cars from what I hear. Lots of the neighbors were disappointed at the low turnout we are accustomed to and our kids made out like bandits. They got one or two handfuls of candy at each house.

Anyways, here is this year's take on the halloween mix cd:

The titles of these songs makes them obvious picks:

Black Cat by Janet Jackson

I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow

Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr

Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo

Did you know there were ghost stories masquerading as songs? Now you do:

Ghost Radio by Brian Setzer Orchestra

The Legend of Wolley Swamp by Smokin' Armadillos

Downright funny:

re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton (give a new meaning to the term, "corporate zombie")

Has Anyone Seen my Corpse? by Electric Funstuf (ok, this one is a stretch, it's really about EverQuest, but skeletons are mentioned)

This one didn't make it onto my original CD only becuase I didn't know what the name of it was. It's that classic organ piece you hear when you think of Dracula:

Tocatta and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach

The new Space Mountain Music: Ghost Galaxy

TV theme songs. Yeah, too much TV as a kid, I know, I know. I like to throw in a pinch of nostalgia. Alright, "pinch" is an understatement:

The Munsters

The Addams Family

Bewitched

Batman

I was tempted to add "I Dream of Jeannie" but there is already too many TV theme songs on the list.

Represent

Men In Black by Wil Smith (aliens)

Thriller by Michael Jackson (more zombies)

Weird Science by Oingo Boingo (mad scientists)

So there you have it, a mix of classic halloween music and a hefty portion of songs you wouldn't think of until you hear them and go, "oh yeah! That totally fits Halloween!"