Forget Michael Jackon's 'Thriller' or the 'Monster Mash' this is bearmusic's top 5 tracks you have to listen to on old hallow's eve, especially tailored for people who actually like music...
No#5: Scarecrow
Narrowly ousting many brilliant tracks including British Sea Power's 'No Lucifer', the Dead Weather's 'Hang me from the heavens', ACDC 'Highway to Hell' and Jamie T 'Hocus Pocus'; its Beck's haunting harmonica that wins though. Taken from his classic 2005 album 'Guero' that includes one of the best guitar riffs of the millennium 'E-Pro' its the lesser known track 'Scarecrow' that gets the nod to start off the top 5
No#4: Poltergeist
No Halloween chart would be complete without a track from the awesome Mars Volta; from there debut album following atthedrivein split when guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala began there prog rock/ jazz fusion outfit they have become infamous for their ryhtmic math rock complexity. The debut album features RHCP's Flea on bass and was produced by the legendry Rick Rubin. 'De-Loused in the Comatorium' is a unified work of speculative fiction telling the 1st person story of a drug-induced coma, battling the evil side of the mind. Although lyrically obscure the debut single 'Inertiatic ESP' (and its intro track 'Son et Lumiere') the title mixes the physical state of inertia and a short Ectopic Shapeshfting Penance-propulsion...spooky stuff
No#3: Zombies
From the band that, in my eyes can literally do no wrong, number 3 on the countdown is the high tempo 'Bodysnatchers' taken from one of the greatest albums of the millennium, 'In Rainbows' (probably the best album since their own masterworks of 'the Bends' and 'OK Computer'...to read my thoughts on the band click here). Anyway Radiohead rimming aside, this track is beautifully haunting and was used as a promo for the album...
No#2: Satan
The penultimate track isn't just a Halloween song but the devil's own anthem, both epic and haunting in its lyrical depth and musical arrangement of the full orchestral strings over the raw Biffy Clyro energy with rising choir vocals this track is truly awesome and the intro is one of the best of this millennium. Taken from Biffy's commercial breakthrough album 'Puzzle' this is 'Living is a Problem (Because everything dies)'...
No#1: Vampires
Not only does this song qualify as the ultimate Halloween tune for the sheer brilliance of the track itself but the bands name as well conjures up all of what the day represents. I was lucky enough to see the Smashing Pumpkins at Reading festival a few years back and can confirm front man Billy Corgan's still got it, developing into somewhat of a comic book bad guy over the years which only adds to the bands live show appeal.
Taken from their best known album 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' that also features the huge '1979', 'Zero' and 'Tonight'; the chosen track is easily my favorite by the band - 'Bullet with Butterfly wings'. From the opening acapella line "The world is vampire, set to draiiiiiiiiiin" its grips you and the song takes flight...
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