Halloween Song of the Day - Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show

It's Halloween all you ghouls and zombies, so let's all do the Time Warp...

C'mon now, It's just a jump to the left...

Song of the Day - Moondance - Van Morrison

Greetings from Troy, New York.  Well it's the first day of October and I figured I'd post a song that kinda sorta goes with Halloween, which is just a few short weeks away.  This Van Morrison classic appeared in one of my favorite scary movies of all time, American Werewolf In London, and so here goes Moondance...

Happy Halloween Song of the Day - Highway to Hell - AC/DC

I decided to change things up a bit this year for Halloween.  Instead of the usual suspects: Michael Jackson's Thriller, Ghostbusters, Monster Mash, etc., I thought I'd change it up with some good old fashioned rock and roll from those badass rockers from Down Under.  Here's AC/DC and Highway to Hell... 

Oh, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Halloween Song of the Day - Thriller - Michael Jackson

It's close to midnight
     and something evil's lurking in the dark...

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Weekend Song of the Day - Time Warp - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

It's astounding
Time is fleeting
Madness, takes its toll

But listen closely

Not for very much longer

I've got to keep control

No Halloween is complete without at least one listen, and dance, to the Time Warp from that most classic of all campy horror flicks, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.   So, c'mon, let's do the time warp again...

It's just a jump to the left

And then a step to the right

Put your hand on your hips

And bring your knees in tight

And do the pelvic thrust

That really drives you insay ay aaaane...

Halloween Weekend Song of the Day - I Put a Spell On You - Bette Midler, from Hocus Pocus

Happy Halloween Weekend!  I'm sure that many of you out there are already recovering from the first round of Halloween parties last night and so maybe this morning's a good time to kick back, relax, and check in a lighthearted and classic Halloween flick like Hocus Pocus.  I'm not exactly sure why, but this one seems to gather more and more of a cultish following every year and has become one of the most popular.  Here's a great scene from the Halloween party in the movie, as the notorious Sanderson sisters put a spell on the entire crowd...

Halloween Week Song of the Day - Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show

It's just a jump to the left

And then a step to the right

You put your hands on your hips

And do the pelvic thrust

Till it drives you insa-a-a-ane

Let's do the time warp again

My favorite Halloween song!  So much fun!  Enjoy!

Halloween Week Song of the Day - Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett

I received a reminder yesterday from an old teacher friend of mine about a lesson I used to do back in the day around Halloween-time.  Back when I was a student teacher, the Monster Mash was one of the very first song lessons I ever did and those kids back then loved it.  So did my pal, obviously because she messaged me today simply the words Monster Mash.  So anyway, before Michael Jackson's Thriller and Ghostbusters there was this one...

Halloween Week Song of the Day - Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival

A 1969 breakthrough hit for the early 70’s rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bad Moon Rising earned its place in the Halloween songbook with its inclusion in the John Landis classic, horror flick American Werewolf in London. The song accompanies the main character’s first transformation from man to lycanthrope in a scene that's a masterpiece in Hollywood cinematography and the John Fogerty penned tune provides a satiric lightheartedness to the horror of the scene. All in all, it’s a howling fit in any Halloween party song list...

Halloween Week Song of the day - Superfreak - Rick James

She's a very kinky girl

The kind you don't take home to mother

She will never let your spirits down

Once you get her off the street

She likes the boys in the band

She says that I'm her all time favorite

When I make my move to her room it's the right time

She's never hard to please

Welcome to John's World's Halloween Week, a day late thanks to the fabulous Adele.  From today and for the rest of this favorite festive week, I'll be posting songs that aren't ordinarily Halloween (and maybe one or two that are!),, but are definitely on the freaky side.  Here's a classic from former funk superstar Rick James to get us started.  Now blow Danny...