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I have to make an 80s/wave Halloween mix for a neighbor for some party he's going to. He's looking for stuff that's cool, but not too cool for the room...something good for even the 80s novice.

Any thoughts?

My list so far includes:

Ministry - (Everyday is Like) Halloween (duh)
Siouxsie - Halloween (duh)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Ramones - Pet Cemetary
Depeche Mode - PIMPF
Screaming Tribesmen - Date with a Vampire
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting

I can think of a bunch of other tracks, but some are way too obscure. Some of these might even be for the crowd there, lol. Otherwise, I'm blanking on a lot of obvious ones. Any other ideas?

(BTW, feel free to add any creepy/scary songs good for Halloween that you want to...)

Here's 4 off the top of my head

Horror Movies - Bollock Brothers
Lullaby - The Cure
Monster - Fred Schneider & The Shake Society
Planet Claire - B52's

Smiths - November Spawned A Monster
Fred Schneider - Monster
Comateens - Munsters Theme
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Dave Edmunds - Creature From The Black Lagoon
Red Lipstique - Drac's Back
Whodini - Haunted House Of Rock

Plus, see Rhino's New W

Any number of Crammps songs, e.g. Goo Goo Muck. Others by Oingo Boingo as well, like "No One Lives Forever"

"Let's have a party there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and I don't want to die..."

I've got one here: http://lostbands.blogspot.com/
Tomorrow I'm posting the Slickee Boys "Crawling Hand".
and then there's the Inflatable Boy Clams "Skeletons".

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
X - Hungry Wolf
Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London
Ramones - Howling At The Moon
Police - Walking On The Moon

for sing-a-long fun:
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - "The Days of Swine and Roses" (has an evil chant that goes "Christian zombie vampires…")

Shriekback - "Nemesis" (mentions Jack the Ripper, Centaurs, priests and cannibals, prehistoric animals, a

Mi-Sex "Ghosts" [8D]

Ignatious Jones - Like A Ghost
Simple Minds - Ghostdancing
Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You
Fiction Factory - Ghost Of Love
Voice Of The Beehive - Monsters & Angels
Book Of Love - Witchcraft
Book Of Love - Tubular Bells
Roger Glover - The Mask

Thanks guys. All good ideas. Gotta scour my collection for some of them... [;)]

"Wolfman Tap" by Electric Guitars

Also, as part of their New Wave Hits of the '80's series, Rhino released a New Wave Halloween CD. I think a lot of the titles suggested here were on it, but it might be worth seeking it out for others.

Here are some more but unfortunately the torrent file is down.

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/21/ha ... sc_of.html

Ghosts--Comateens
Grimly Fiendish--Damned
Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man--Concrete Blonde
Vampire Rock--Fabulous Poodles (cool song!)
On the Beach--Rattlers (Joey Ramone's little brother)
Nature Trail to Hell--Weird Al Yankovic
Psycho Killer--Talking H

Everything everyone else has mentioned is great and I would add some of these.

Wax and Wane by the Cocteau Twins
Three by The Cure
Black Celebration by Depeche Mode
The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen
Everyday Is Halloween by Ministry
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Ignatious Jones - "Like a Ghost"
Siouxsie - "Voodoo Dolly"
Siouxsie - "Premature Burial"
Bauhaus - "Bela Lagosi's Dead"
Bow Wow Wow - "Hello, Hello Daddy (I'll Sacrifice You)"
Killing Joke - "Night Time"
X-Mal Deutschland - "Incubus/Succubus"
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