Hooie t1_iu1rbpr wrote
Reply to comment by ThePhyrrus in Spotify has some bizarre auto-generated playlists that you can only find by searching them. Two of my favorites are Spooky Evil Jazz Mix and Tennessee Pirate Mix. There's also Battle Clown Music Mix and Babysitting Pirate Mix. Plenty more to be found. by Higgs_Br0son
Would you share your Halloween playlist, if you don’t mind?
ThePhyrrus t1_iu21zzf wrote
Of course, here's the list.
For a lot of folks, its gonna be a list to pick an choose out of, as its a huge mix of everything reasonably Halloween, so it bounces around a lot in style and tone.
(a little background on the reasoning of what's in there.)
First, the primary thing, what gets it on the list;
- It's explicitly about Halloween, ghosts, demons, ect
- Its spooky / haunting or closely associated with things that are (ie, some movie soundtrack pop songs)
- mentions ghosts/ demons as metaphor, but is also spooky. (things that are metaphorical but lack the appropriate sound generally don't make the cut)
And some caveats;
- some things get a pass on the 3rd point above, as it has been a struggle to find modern music (<10yrs) that qualifies. I've been trying to keep it from becoming a typical '80's music list' like you usually see on a Halloween list.
- Generally, I try to include a few items from any given artist. Because otherwise it would become dominated by certain artists (ie, Lordi)
- For the sake of not being boring, certain versions of songs you might expect are intentionally excluded from the list. No BBP Monster Mash for example, there's a cover instead. (some get a pass here, like Thriller and Ghostbusters). Also, some are covers because I'm based in Canada, and our Spotify doesn't have the license for the song here (ie, OG Buffy Theme)
- Naturally, its dominated by Punk, Emo, Goth, Metal and soundtracks. I try to expand beyond that, but of course other genres tend away from this sort of thing.
- and finally, its like a 6 or 7 year work in progress, which I haven't given an edit pass yet this year, so of course I'm open to input
And finally, I'm open to thoughts and suggestions. (following the guidelines above)
Carbonbasedmammal t1_iu2iyku wrote
Nice, love that you have lotion by greenskeepers, never met anyone else who knows of that song.
ThePhyrrus t1_iu2k5sf wrote
I'll admit, its not one that I knew of before I began my hunt for this playlist, but I'm glad for finding a bunch of eclectic stuff
vNocturnus t1_iu537nv wrote
I'll give you a new modern addition that I didn't see in the list:
All Hallows by Aviators.
Very spooky vibes, really catchy listen. Also of course it's about All Hallows Eve, aka Halloween 0.5
ThePhyrrus t1_iu55pkl wrote
That's a good one, thanks so much. I've added it to the list!
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