When last we gathered, we asked for your favorite Halloween and Spooky-themed song. Totally unsurprisingly…
The boys and ghouls of the Great tnocs.com Commentariat have responded, with some inspired choices for the “2022 Spooky Song Supreme!”
There were some tough calls, but we’ve worked into the wee hours of the morning, and whittled down your awesome nominations to 32 songs. The pairings were randomized for maximum fairness, (and likely, frustration.)
But it’s all fair and square. Vote here:
https://www.polltab.com/bracket-poll/rMcyTEQxehL
(Note from mt58: If you have trouble voting, let me know in the comments below. We’ll cook up a work-around if necessary…)
Pick one of each pair, and be sure to defend your faves in the comments below. Voting will be open every day this week until 7:00 AM Monday, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT.) (That’s 3:00 AM EST.)
Behold, the starting bracket. We’ll update daily, all week!
On Our Own – Bobby Brown
Deathwestern – Spiritworld
Feed My Frankenstein – Alice Cooper
I Was a Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps
DOA – Bloodrock
Eye of the Zombie – John Fogerty
Halloween Night – The Freeze
Thriller– Michael Jackson
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner – Warren Zevon
I Can’t Make You Anything (But Lonely) – Pussycat Doghouse
Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett
Funeral March of the Marionette – Gounod
Candlelight Song – Violent Femmes
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
Mr. Ghost Goes To Town – 5 Jones Boys
They’re Coming To Take Me Away – Napoleon XIV
The Munsters Theme Song – Jack Marshall
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) -David Bowie
The Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
Theme From Twin Peaks -Angelo Badalamenti
Devilgate Drive – Suzi Quatro
Rawhead and Bloodybones – Siouxsie and the Banshees
I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Hellraiser – Sweet
Lullaby – The Cure
Dead Man’s Party -Oingo Boingo
X-Files Theme – Mark Snow
Hell – Squirrel Nut Zippers
Dig Up Her Bones – Misfits
Theme from Unsolved Mysteries– West Dylan Thordson
Every Day is Halloween -Ministry
Spooky– Classics IV
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Justice for Magic!
(sorry, couldn’t resist)
Backstabbers is a 10!
(sorry, force of habit)
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(Biz Markie’s highest-charting single is 1989’s “Just a Friend”, which peaked at #9. It’s a 10.)
Can’t…help…myself…
Penny Lane.
6/10.
Harumph.
Suzi Quatro versus Siouxsie Sioux is brilliant. Quatro gets no respect. Rivers Cuomo included just about everybody in that “Buddy Holly” video except for Leather Tuscadero.
(“Weird Al” Yankovic’s highest-charting single, 2006’s “White & Nerdy,” peaked at #9. It’s a 7.)
And “Nature Trail to Hell” is a Halloween 10!
Prediction:
At the last minute, Diamanda Galas climbs the ropes and jumps into the ring, clobbering the competition and seizing a surprise victory!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJpfhuYby2E
“Hey, anything could happen!“
– Chuck Berry
“Rawhead and Bloodybones” bows down to “The Litanies of Satan”.
The former was quite terrifying to hear while on acid. The latter…would never ever try.
Nick Cave is sad.
Several no brainers but a couple of nail-biters!
Had a tough time choosing between “Spooky” and “Monster Mash”
Could they advance as a “Spooky Monster Mash(Up)”?
That was my most difficult decision, too!
I know what I’ll be doing on my train commute tomorrow!! One must give proper scientific analysis to the full song bracket…..
“Candlelight Song” is having a hissy fit. It wanted a chance to take down that no-talent “Ghostbusters”. This is not “I Want a New Drug”.