d halfnote Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Familiar Reality by Dr John Every year recently this is the largest public event in our fair city. Haunted House by Gene Simmons (not that one). by Ray Stevens Not about Jerry...we think... The Dead try to catch soma that Thriller majic The Green Manalishi by Petere green's Fleetwood Mac ("Dang, he did mean scary, dinnit he ?!") "Can you take me back ?" by Paul the McCartney Revolution 9 by John the Lennon Zu Zu Mamou by Dr John the Night Tripper by Funkadelic Mike Hampton channels Eddie Hazel before he was even dead---now that's scary ! Dig George @ the 7 minute mark as the "phonix butterfly"...ain't that scary ?! Familiar Reality What U got ? d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Well, there is this... And this... And these... Always remember that you�re unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Well, that's what yer here for, pal, to offer up what I missed...like that Bach toccata. d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Meanwhile... (OK, it's on Picker's referenced compilation, too) The Sun Burns Away So does Alabama Mountains Go Bald !!!! pt 1 pt 2 , which, scarily enough, led almost directly to... She's So Hefty To get back to a bit more lighthearted fare... by Nervous Norvis, 1950s DJ d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 On another note, kinda tying my Halloweenies thread and this one, I bought a cassette tape back in the '90's of what was supposed to be "fright noises" to play at Halloween. A few minutes into the tape of wolves howling, witches cackling and screams and creaking doors over whistling wind, the people who put it together put in The Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Birds of Fire". Yep, when I think of Halloween, I think Winnie the Pooh and Jazz/Rock! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Well, ya know WF, that McLaughlin album scared me pretty seriously...& not just b/c of the liner notes about "silver bullets of pure love" (ya need anti-werewolf bullets for love ?). d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 This may be the scariest piece yet. Fairport Convention (which gave us both Sandy Denny & Richie Thompson) made one of the best records pop/rock records. Produced by Joe Boyd, it is the single most dynamically recorded record outside the realm of Rudy Van Gelder, mostly b/c of the skills of drummer Dave Mattacks, who controlled the band with a skill little known outside the jazz arena. Doubt me? Just get a copy & listen. It also was the most direct influence on Pete Townshend circa Who's Next....again just listent ot it. Dig this: Not only is it musically challenging in a number of ways but it's a wack a story as you'll likely hear this week. In a vaguely similar but lesser way... d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Count Floyd d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 I Come & Stand At Every Door by the Byrds (huh ?!). d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Biscuit Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Tangerine Dream's Zeit and Comus's First Utterance are the 2 scariest albums I know. Also, Fripp & Eno's song An Index of Metals real men just jam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Dig this: Not only is it musically challenging in a number of ways but it's a wack a story as you'll likely hear this week. I just recorded a version of Tam Lin a couple weeks ago for a folksinger. Also recorded it about 25 years ago for another singer. Scott Fraser Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Dig this: Not only is it musically challenging in a number of ways but it's a wack a story as you'll likely hear this week. I just recorded a version of Tam Lin a couple weeks ago for a folksinger. Also recorded it about 25 years ago for another singer. Scott Fraser Not bad for a song at least 400 years old, eh ? There's a certain scariness there, in itself !!!! As in the lack of comment on the music..... d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwgtr Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Fire on High- Electric Light Orchestra Star Wars Themes- Buckethead Freaky!!! In the last half its like he is recreating a battle scene from the movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Not bad for a song at least 400 years old, eh ? There's a certain scariness there, in itself !!!! As in the lack of comment on the music..... There are probably hundreds of known verses to this song. The singer tends to choose the verses based on his or her intended interpretation. In one case I was working with a singer who wanted to emphasize the strong-woman-feminist element. This month's version was for inclusion in a CD where all songs dealt with Irish-fairy-magic themes. Both singers did about 30 verses, which makes for a 6 to 8 minute song. Neither struck me as scary particularly, since they pushed the notion of transformation rather than impending doom. But still good for Halloween. Scott Fraser Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzilla Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 How about a trip through with a Vampire with a Healthy Appetite? Oh that Steve Hackett- he's such a goth. "Am I enough of a freak to be worth paying to see?"- Separated Out (Marillion) NEW band Old band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 My vote is for the Monster Mash...as the winner of the time tested oldie Halloween song... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Psmith Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I would have picked Alice Cooper's "Ballad of Dwight Frye", but okay. How about "42 Tibetan Human Thigh Bones" by Psychic TV? Throbbing Gristle's "Hamburger Lady", perhaps? Joy Division's "She's Lost Control", or almost anything off of "Closer". Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's 'Hurt" - that'll get right up inside your rib cage. I suppose I should give an Honorable Mention to Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead", not because it's that scary, but because it gets used as background music in so many Goth/Vampire bar scenes on tv. "Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King http://www.novparolo.com https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Scariest I can conjure up at the moment is "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" by Dylan. Scott Fraser Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Not bad for a song at least 400 years old, eh ? There's a certain scariness there, in itself !!!! As in the lack of comment on the music..... There are probably hundreds of known verses to this song. The singer tends to choose the verses based on his or her intended interpretation. In one case I was working with a singer who wanted to emphasize the strong-woman-feminist element. This month's version was for inclusion in a CD where all songs dealt with Irish-fairy-magic themes. Both singers did about 30 verses, which makes for a 6 to 8 minute song. Neither struck me as scary particularly, since they pushed the notion of transformation rather than impending doom. But still good for Halloween. Scott Fraser All I know in this case, SF, is that it's a great/intricate arrangement (scary enough, there) topped of with the lyric about "I would have turned him to a tree". d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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d halfnote Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 by Screamin' Jay Hawkins d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Scariest I can conjure up at the moment is "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" by Dylan. Scott Fraser Ever hear Jim Dickenson's version of "John Brown" ? (Not available online)... This comes close: Dachau Blues d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 ...with a side spaghetti ! d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Frankenstein #1 #2 #3 d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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picker Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Bloodrock, DOA. Creepy. No question Always remember that you�re unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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d halfnote Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 Death Letter by Son House The barely controlled frenzy speaks for itself. Devil Got My Woman by Nehemiah "Skip" James Maybe not as scary as listening to the scratchy 78 but chosen for the presentation of his playing techniques. d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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d halfnote Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Gee, notta lotta class participation this year... :idk Starting to feel like I'm back in the class room... d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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