{"id":2677,"date":"2020-10-29T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2023-03-17T16:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T20:18:37","slug":"parsons-playlists-halloween-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2020\/10\/parsons-playlists-halloween-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Playlists: Halloween 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the third installment of Parsons Playlists<\/a>, back after a hiatus and featuring a Halloween playlist from Music Library Associate, Melanie Armstrong. <\/p>\n

\"Halloween<\/p>\n

Melanie says: “Since Halloween 2020 is going to be a bit … different, I – your friendly neighborhood Music Library Associate – made a playlist in that vein.
\nI’ve left out some of the more obvious Halloween playlist picks (like “Thriller<\/a>“, or “Spooky<\/a>“, or “Ghostbusters<\/a>“), and hope you’ll enjoy this idiosyncratic selection! I’ve included some songs for the Halloween blue moon (the first Halloween blue moon since 1944)<\/a> among other things.” <\/p>\n

Otis Redding – “Trick or Treat” <\/a><\/p>\n

Billie Eilish – “Bury A Friend”<\/a><\/p>\n

\"billie<\/p>\n

The Cramps – “I Was A Teenage Werewolf”<\/a><\/p>\n

Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Missy<\/p>\n

The Marcels – “Blue Moon”<\/a><\/p>\n

(This doo-wop version is arguably the most famous version of “Blue Moon”, but it was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934<\/a>!) <\/p>\n

King Harvest – “Dancing in the Moonlight”<\/a><\/p>\n

\"blue<\/p>\n

Electric Light Orchestra – “Strange Magic”<\/a> <\/p>\n

Squirrel Nut Zippers – “Hell”<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vintage<\/p>\n

Van Halen – “Runnin’ With The Devil” <\/a>
\n(in tribute to Eddie Van Halen<\/a> who passed away this month) <\/p>\n

Talking Heads – “Psycho Killer”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Police – “Murder By Numbers” <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Halloween<\/p>\n

The White Stripes – “Little Ghost”<\/a> <\/p>\n

Louis Armstrong – “The Skeleton in the Closet” <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Le<\/p>\n

The Divine Comedy – “The Happy Goth”<\/a> <\/p>\n

They Might Be Giants – “Dead”<\/a> <\/p>\n

Groovie Ghoulies – “(She’s My) Vampire Girl”<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Black <\/p>\n

Yoko Ono – “Yes, I’m A Witch” <\/a><\/p>\n

Eels – “My Beloved Monster” <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Buffy<\/p>\n

Billy Joel – “The Stranger” <\/a>
\n(a song about masks feels EXTRA appropriate at the moment … plus fun with metaphors!) <\/p>\n

R.E.M. – “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” <\/a><\/p>\n

And here it all is as a Spotify playlist for you: <\/p>\n