You’ve got your costume. You’ve carved your pumpkin. To be completely ready for Halloween, though, you need some scary songs. Here are nine spine-tingling recommendations:
“Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” (Concrete Blonde): “There’s a crack in the mirror and a bloodstain on the bed, oh you were a vampire baby, I’m the walking dead.”
“Black Ghost Blues” (Lightnin’ Hopkins): “Black ghost, black ghost, please stay away from my door, you worry poor Lightnin’ so, I just can’t sleep no more.”
“Boogeyman” (Motorhead): “Scared of spiders, scared of rats, scared of being crossed by cats, scared of everything that moves, scared of things with cloven hooves.”
“Witches Song” (Marianne Faithfull): “We will form the circle, hold our hands and chant, let the great one know what it is we want.”
“I Walked With a Zombie” (Roky Erickson): “I walked with a zombie, I walked with a zombie, I walked with a zombie last night.” (repeat)
“Black Cat, Hoot Owl Blues” (Ma Rainey): “Black cat on my doorstep, black cat on my windowsill, if one black cat don’t cross me, I know another cat will.”
“My Wife and My Dead Wife” (Robyn Hitchcock): “And I can’t decide which one I love the most–the flesh and blood or the pale smiling ghost.”
“The Long Black Veil” (Lefty Frizzell): “She walks these hills in a long black veil, she visits my grave when the night winds wail.”
“I Put a Spell On You” (Screaming Jay Hawkins): “I put a spell on you because you’re miiiiiiiiine!”
