Sonic Boo — An Actually Scary Halloween Playlist
By Will Weatherly OK Halloween, you’re cute. You make us put on cat ears or toilet paper bandages and make us boo-gie to the classics— Bobby Picket’s “Monster Mash,” or if we’re feeling frisky, The Clovers’ “Love Potion #9.” As we shimmy and shake our hips...
By Will Weatherly
OK Halloween, you’re cute. You make us put on cat ears or toilet paper bandages and make us boo-gie to the classics— Bobby Picket’s “Monster Mash,” or if we’re feeling frisky, The Clovers’ “Love Potion #9.” As we shimmy and shake our hips in the back-and forth-fashion befitting the terror of the night, we contemplate the eerie prospect that Don Draper could walk in at any moment and be sexist to us. This certainly puts a quake in our bones! 50’s doo-wop and pop standards! What a Halloween fright!
I don’t know why we all decided on our grandfathers’ idea of a spooky time, but that ends now. For once, I want a Halloween party I attend to have a soundtrack that is less bobbing-for-apples and more cold-grip-of-terror. Halloween is the one night of the year that we all acknowledge our paranoiac fears and mortal nightmares… in a fun way. It’s a perfect opportunity for music that chills the soul, stops the heart, or sends your party guests running and screaming. So in the true spirit of the holiday, here are some actually scary (and new!) songs to add to the Halloween mixtape for all your demon lovers or freaky friends.