Songs For Halloween, Vol. 3

If you enjoyed my last Songs For Halloween post, you'll dig this one, too. If you haven't had time to check out Volumes 1 (a repost from 2 years ago) or 2, feel free to do so now. I'll wait... Okay, good. There's one final volume in this series forthcoming. Wait with bated breath...just don't turn blue in so doing. ~  JH

1)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Thriller”

2)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Ghost On The Canvas”

3)  The Animal In Me  ~  “I Created A Monster”

4)  Shontelle  ~  “Perfect Nightmare”

5)  The Orwells  ~  “Halloween All Year”

6)  Butterfly Boucher  ~  “Scary Fragile”

7)  Levitika  ~  “Zombie Barbie”

8)  Shinedown  ~  “Through The Ghost”

9)  Mayday Parade  ~  “Ghosts”

10)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)”

11)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive”

12) Ladytron  ~  “Ghosts”

13)  Metallica  ~  “Some Kind Of Monster”

14)  Higher Self ft. Lauren Mason  ~  “Ghosts”

15)  Charlene Soraia  ~  “Ghost”

16)  Elvis Costello & The Roots ft. La Marisoul  ~  “Spooky Girlfriend”

17)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Big Scary Animal”

18)  Conquer Divide  ~  “Nightmares”

19)  Wednesday 13  ~  “I Walked With A Zombie”

20)  The Rattles  ~  “The Witch”

21)  Broken Bells  ~  “The Ghost Inside”

22)  The Raveonettes  ~  “Attack Of The Ghost Riders”

23)  Siouxsie & The Banshees  ~  “Halloween”

24)  Royal Blood  ~  “Little Monster”

25)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  “Some Kind Of Zombie”

Songs For Halloween, Vol. 2

Halloween is almost upon us. With that in mind, here's a collection of spooky, sinister, macabre, frightening, scary, and downright creepy songs. Within you will find songs about ghosts, monsters, zombies, skeletons, trick-or-treating, dead men, and even Halloween itself. Now this intro may be sufficient in itself to give you nightmares. But if not, take a listen...and enjoy...if you dare!  ~  JH

1)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “Spooky”

2)  David Bowie  ~  “Scary Monsters And Super Creeps”

3)  The Black Keys  ~  “Sinister Kid”

4)  The Agonist  ~  “Danse Macabre”

5)  Rise Against  ~  “A Life Less Frightening”

6)  Aqua  ~  “Halloween”

7)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Dead Man’s Party”

8)  The Shins  ~  “Caring Is Creepy”

9)  STRFKR  ~  “Beach Monster”

10)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Welcome To My Nightmare”

11)  Natalia Kills  ~  “Zombie”

12)  Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark  ~  “Trick Or Treat”

13)  The Good Natured  ~  “Skeleton”

14)  Ella Henderson  ~  “Ghost”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Scary Films”

16)  Live  ~  “Ghost”

17)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “The Ghost Of You”

18)  The Aquabats  ~  “Fashion Zombies!”

19)  Coldplay  ~  “Ghost Story”

20)  Ray Parker, Jr.  ~  “Ghostbusters”

21)  Pop Evil  ~  “Monster You Made”

22)  Kamelot  ~  “Ghost Opera”

23)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Halloween”

24)  Passion Pit  ~  “Cry Like A Ghost”

25)  Dead By April  ~  “Beautiful Nightmare”

“Hero”-ic Songs

I'd like to tell you that this post originated because I was feeling particularly heroic at the time, or because I or someone I know recently did something heroic. But that would be lying. There were simply a number of good songs about heroes that I wanted to post, and so I did. And that was as good a reason as any. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Hero”

2)  Alesso ft. Tove Lo  ~  “Heroes (We Could Be)”

3)  The Script  ~  “Superheroes”

4)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Hero”

5)  Family Of The Year  ~  “Hero”

6)  Tina Turner  ~  “We Don’t Need Another Hero”

7)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Heroes”  (I know this is a cover of an older song, but I much prefer this version to David Bowie's original. Sorry, music purists!)

8)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  “Holding Out For A Hero”

9)  Foo Fighters  ~  “My Hero”

10)  M People  ~  “Search For The Hero”

11)  Randy Travis  ~  “Heroes And Friends”

12)  Nas ft. Keri Hilson  ~  “Hero”  (Who else do you know who could transition so smoothly from a Randy Travis song to one by Nas? Yep, I didn't think so.)

13)  AWOLNATION  ~  “Kill Your Heroes”

14)  Oh Land  ~  “Half Hero”

15)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators  ~  “No More Heroes”

16)  The Asteroids Galaxy Tour  ~  “Hero”

17)  Metallica  ~  “Hero Of The Day”

18)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “I’m Not Your Hero”

19)  Green Day  ~  “Working Class Hero”

20)  Aqua  ~  “Cartoon Heroes”

21)  Foreigner  ~  “Juke Box Hero”

22)  Skillet  ~  “Hero”

23)  KISS  ~  “A World Without Heroes”

24)  Trip Lee ft. Jai  ~  “The Invasion (Hero)”

25)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Local Hero”

"Above" Songs

Here's the follow-up to yesterday's post, which is another "Opposites" two-parter. Those were "Below" songs, and these are "Above" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Death From Above”

2)  Bear’s Den  ~  “Above The Clouds Of Pompeii”

3)  Norah Jones  ~  “Above Ground”

4)  Theory Of A Deadman  ~  “Head Above Water”

5)  Angus Stone  ~  “Clouds Above”

6)  Rae Morris  ~  “From Above”

7)  Mad Season  ~  “I’m Above”

8)  Mike Oldfield  ~  “Far Above The Clouds”

9)  Doro Pesch  ~  “Above The Ashes”

10)  Buck Owens & Don Rich  ~  “Above & Beyond”

11)  Paul Weller  ~  “Above The Clouds”

12)  Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’”

13)  For All Seasons  ~  “High Above It All”

14)  Jeff Tweedy  ~  “Down From Above”

15)  George Jones  ~  “The Window Up Above”

"Below" Songs

So, we're back to doing "Opposites" music posts again, are we? Yep, we are. These are "Below" songs. Next time, "Above" songs. And there's nothing you can do about it...but enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “Below My Feet”

2)  The Revivalists  ~  “Navigate Below”

3)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Field Below”

4)  Robin Trower  ~  “For Earth Below”

5)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  “The Fire Down Below”

6)  Azedia  ~  “Fall Below”

7)  Shane Alexander  ~  “The Sky Below”

8)  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  ~  “From All That Dwell Below The Skies”

9)  Ernest Ranglin  ~  “Below The Baseline”

10)  From Indian Lakes  ~  “Below”

11)  Low  ~  “Below & Above”

12)  Chevelle  ~  “Send The Pain Below”

13)  Nine Inch Nails  ~  “The Great Below”

14)  Closure  ~  “Look Out Below”

15)  Sonny Boy Williamson  ~  “Nine Below Zero”