Jackson West

I'm trying to get past the Monster Mash for halloween-themed tracks
for a house party. Any suggestions? Of course I'll be bringing
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" along in the crate, the Wu-Tang's 36
chambers is definitely apropos, and my personal faves Tino Corp.
blessed us with a Halloween theme breakbeat record last year, but I'm
trying to think of some other well-known/lesser known "spooky" tracks.
Any halloween-type tracks or playlist suggestions would be mighty
useful.

Cheers,

Kraft, The Mad Scientist

DJboutit2

The song monster mash or thriller by micheal jackson are to good part halloween
tracks. Also get some dr demento cds their might be a halloween one.

kossori

"DJboutit2" <djboutit2@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031014174343.00663.00000478@mb-m04.aol.com...
> The song monster mash or thriller by micheal jackson are to good part
halloween
> tracks. Also get some dr demento cds their might be a halloween one.

And let's not forget Rob Zombie's "Living Dead Girl" and "Dragula".

-kos

MusicMax

jacksonwest@onebox.com (Jackson West) wrote in
news:94593336.0310141335.123f1271@posting.google.c om:

> I'm trying to get past the Monster Mash for halloween-themed tracks
> for a house party. Any suggestions? Of course I'll be bringing
> Michael Jackson's "Thriller" along in the crate, the Wu-Tang's 36
> chambers is definitely apropos, and my personal faves Tino Corp.
> blessed us with a Halloween theme breakbeat record last year, but I'm
> trying to think of some other well-known/lesser known "spooky" tracks.
> Any halloween-type tracks or playlist suggestions would be mighty
> useful.

The Cramps - got a date with a vampire girl tonight

Movie & TV Themes:
The Addams Family
Halloween
Tubular Bells (used in The Exorcist)
Mortal Kombat
The Munsters
Ghostbusters
Twilight Zone

Purple People Eater
Zombie Nation
Dream Syndicate - Halloween

dogruf

Just been doing the same thing for a party and decided to do a cheesy
cd with some tv theme tunes and stuff and a soundtrack cd so here's
what I got so far:-

Cheesy CD.
Beetlejuice Theme
Jan Keizer-Love Potion Number Nine
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Monster Mash
TV Theme Rent A Ghost
TV Theme - Scooby-Doo
TV Theme - The Munsters (Halloween Mix)
Time Warp
TV Theme - Trap Door
TV Theme - Casper The Friendly Ghost
TV Theme - The Adams Family
Werewolves of London
And Not forgetting Ghostbusters (forgot how good this tune is!)

Horror Film Scores
Psyco
Children Of The Corn
Amityville Horror
Candyman
Evil Dead
Excorcist
Twilight Zone
Blair Witch
Nightmare On Elm Street
Friday 13th
Phanton Of The Opera
Silence Of The Lambs

Cause of the clasical nature of these Horror scores there are a lot of
trace remixes of these songs so you should be able get your hands of a
few of them although when remixed many of these then end up under the
cheesy header!!
There are quite a few punk covers of them which sound better than the
remixes.

Not sure if I'll use all of em but its a start, still 2 weeks to go!

megabite

Get on Winmx and dl some really good scary sound effects as well...!
"Jackson West" <jacksonwest@onebox.com> wrote in message
news:94593336.0310141335.123f1271@posting.google.c om...
> I'm trying to get past the Monster Mash for halloween-themed tracks
> for a house party. Any suggestions? Of course I'll be bringing
> Michael Jackson's "Thriller" along in the crate, the Wu-Tang's 36
> chambers is definitely apropos, and my personal faves Tino Corp.
> blessed us with a Halloween theme breakbeat record last year, but I'm
> trying to think of some other well-known/lesser known "spooky" tracks.
> Any halloween-type tracks or playlist suggestions would be mighty
> useful.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kraft, The Mad Scientist

Jackson West

Thanks for all the great submissions! I've already got some great
ideas. Reminding me of Psycho was nice, because I have an LP of
Bernard Hermann's Hitchcock Scores! And of course I totally forgot
about Portishead - who's spookier? Anything Theremin!

I'm working on getting up to speed with Traktor to see if I can't mix
in some of those other suggestions from digital sources. My budget is
running thin after ordering a new amp when my current spit up white
smoke after hauling it around in a car all day.

I hope we can keep this topic up, because I think it would be
constructive for all our parties. A real mind-meld. Halloween is
always the best because it's pagan! No dumb omnipotent uber-being to
bow to, just a bunch of evil spirits to chase away. Have fun and keep
it comin'.

Boo,

Kraft
The Mad Scientist

Silicon DJ

How about some dance tunes,

Twilight Zone, 2 Unlimited
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon


--
Robert Kusters
Silicon DJ Mobile Entertainment
www.silicondj.com

"Jackson West" <jacksonwest@jacksonwest.com> wrote in message
news:b8a9b857.0310152323.2a33f984@posting.google.c om...
> Thanks for all the great submissions! I've already got some great
> ideas. Reminding me of Psycho was nice, because I have an LP of
> Bernard Hermann's Hitchcock Scores! And of course I totally forgot
> about Portishead - who's spookier? Anything Theremin!
>
> I'm working on getting up to speed with Traktor to see if I can't mix
> in some of those other suggestions from digital sources. My budget is
> running thin after ordering a new amp when my current spit up white
> smoke after hauling it around in a car all day.
>
> I hope we can keep this topic up, because I think it would be
> constructive for all our parties. A real mind-meld. Halloween is
> always the best because it's pagan! No dumb omnipotent uber-being to
> bow to, just a bunch of evil spirits to chase away. Have fun and keep
> it comin'.
>
> Boo,
>
> Kraft
> The Mad Scientist

MusicMax

"Silicon DJ" <silicondj@comcast.net> wrote in
news:rfgkb.819797$uu5.144653@sccrnsc04:

> How about some dance tunes,
>
> Twilight Zone, 2 Unlimited
> Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
> Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon

"Werewolves of London" is a DANCE TUNE? Your crowds must get drunker than
mine :-)

Hugh Garse

A cautionary tale - I once attended a halloween party hosted by a local
radio DJ, One Phil Simmons of Kestrel FM. He proceeded to play the night on
a collection of tracks with any slight reference to halloween and witchcraft
Including such non classics as Devil WOman by Cliff Ricahrd. Whilst it spoke
volumes about the homework he had done by 9pm we were planing a witch
burning of our own.

Moral - Don't overdo it to be smart, you will really piss your audience
off...........

Jackson West

"Hugh Garse" <gadoing@boing.com> wrote in message news:<ZTtkb.12382$kA.3237907@wards.force9.net>...
> A cautionary tale - I once attended a halloween party hosted by a local
> radio DJ, One Phil Simmons of Kestrel FM. He proceeded to play the night on
> a collection of tracks with any slight reference to halloween and witchcraft
> Including such non classics as Devil WOman by Cliff Ricahrd. Whilst it spoke
> volumes about the homework he had done by 9pm we were planing a witch
> burning of our own.
>
> Moral - Don't overdo it to be smart, you will really piss your audience
> off...........

I feel you on that one. A good point to be understood for any
holiday/theme DJ party. I understand that the 'high-concept' approach
to DJ'ing is difficult at best, impossible most of the time. I'm just
trying to think of songs that set the mood, while still being
danceable and relatively well-known (though the more danceable, the
less well-known it's allowed to be). Hence I'm looking for stuff with
heavy moog-theremin vibes, or really dark backbeats, or spooky vocals
- not so much stuff that says "Halloween - let's go trick or treating"
as much as stuff that says "I'm high on E and a little paranoid and
this music is making me want to scream and run to the safety of my
bed, but I'm frozen, dancing in terror" if you get my drift. I think
Michael Jackson's thriller is about as close to a holiday theme anthem
I'll be getting (though the scratch/sample possibilities of the Psycho
theme are rather compelling). I think I'm going to open the set with
some spacey, spooky, downtempo dub, into some english art-beat, and
then into some hard hip-hop and finally peaking at around a disco
tempo for MJ and then switching to my old-school hip-hop mix after a
break (since I'll be in my warmup suit, pumas and baseball cap for the
occassion). Keep the comments coming!

anji

this goes over the top i think ..!

· A Nightmare On My Street (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)

· Adams Family Theme

· All You Zombies (Hooters)

· Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman (Tubes)

· Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes (Lewis Lee)

· Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

· Black Magic Woman (Santana)

· Breathe (Prodigy)

· Creature From The Black Lagoon (Dave Edmunds)

· Dark Side Of The Moon (Pink Floyd)

· Dead Man's Party (Oingo Boingo)

· Devil In A Bottle (T.G. Sheppard)

· Devil In Disguise (Elvis Presley)

· Devil Made Me Do It (Golden Earring)

· Devil Or Angel (Bobby Vee)

· Devil Went Down To Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band)

· Devil With A Blue Dress On (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)

· Devil Woman (Marty Robbins)

· Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead (Fifth Estate)

· Frankenstein (Edgar Winter)

· Ghost Riders In The Sky (Johnny Cash)

· Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr.)

· Haunted House (Gene Simmons)

· Hell (Squirrel Nut Zippers)

· Highway To Hell (AC/DC)

· I Put A Spell On You (Screaming Jay Hawkins)

· I Was A Teenage Werewolf (The Cramps)

· In A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)

· Let's Go Crazy (Prince)

· Men In Black (Will Smith)

· Monster (Steppenwolf)

· Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Picket)

· Monster's Holiday (Bobby "Boris" Picket)

· My Boo (Ghost Town DJs)

· Nature Trail To Hell (Weird Al Yankovic)

· Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley)

· Scream Until You Drop (Royal Tones)

· Season Of The Witch (Donovan or Vanilla Fudge)

· Spiderwebs (No Doubt)

· Spooky (Classic IV)

· Sweet Dreams (Marilyn Manson)

· Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones)

· The Blob (The Five Blobs)

· The Time Warp (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

· The Witch (Rattles)

· They're Coming To Take Me Away (Napolean XIV)

· Thriller (Michael Jackson)

· Twilight Zone Theme

· Voodoo Woman (Bobby Goldsboro)

· Welcome To My Nightmare (Alice Cooper)

· Werewolves Of London (Warren Zevon)

· Witch Doctor (David Seville)

· Witch Queen Of New Orleans (Redbone)

· Witchcraft (Frank Sinatra)

· Witchy Woman (Eagles)



lol.........

"Jackson West" <jacksonwest@jacksonwest.com> wrote in message
news:b8a9b857.0310201425.5359049c@posting.google.c om...
> "Hugh Garse" <gadoing@boing.com> wrote in message
news:<ZTtkb.12382$kA.3237907@wards.force9.net>...
> > A cautionary tale - I once attended a halloween party hosted by a local
> > radio DJ, One Phil Simmons of Kestrel FM. He proceeded to play the night
on
> > a collection of tracks with any slight reference to halloween and
witchcraft
> > Including such non classics as Devil WOman by Cliff Ricahrd. Whilst it
spoke
> > volumes about the homework he had done by 9pm we were planing a witch
> > burning of our own.
> >
> > Moral - Don't overdo it to be smart, you will really piss your audience
> > off...........
>
> I feel you on that one. A good point to be understood for any
> holiday/theme DJ party. I understand that the 'high-concept' approach
> to DJ'ing is difficult at best, impossible most of the time. I'm just
> trying to think of songs that set the mood, while still being
> danceable and relatively well-known (though the more danceable, the
> less well-known it's allowed to be). Hence I'm looking for stuff with
> heavy moog-theremin vibes, or really dark backbeats, or spooky vocals
> - not so much stuff that says "Halloween - let's go trick or treating"
> as much as stuff that says "I'm high on E and a little paranoid and
> this music is making me want to scream and run to the safety of my
> bed, but I'm frozen, dancing in terror" if you get my drift. I think
> Michael Jackson's thriller is about as close to a holiday theme anthem
> I'll be getting (though the scratch/sample possibilities of the Psycho
> theme are rather compelling). I think I'm going to open the set with
> some spacey, spooky, downtempo dub, into some english art-beat, and
> then into some hard hip-hop and finally peaking at around a disco
> tempo for MJ and then switching to my old-school hip-hop mix after a
> break (since I'll be in my warmup suit, pumas and baseball cap for the
> occassion). Keep the comments coming!

Silicon DJ

Anji,

Next time you copy another DJ's music list, you might want to give credit.
Your list is virtually word for word taken from _A Sound Investment_

http://www.asoundinvestment.com/hallowee.htm. This list was created and has
been live for over 5 years.

Regards,
--
Robert Kusters
Silicon DJ Mobile Entertainment
www.silicondj.com
"anji" <anjii@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:bng37f$6gv$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> this goes over the top i think ..!
>
> · A Nightmare On My Street (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
>
> · Adams Family Theme
>
> · All You Zombies (Hooters)
>
> · Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman (Tubes)
>
> · Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes (Lewis Lee)
>
> · Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
>
> · Black Magic Woman (Santana)
>
> · Breathe (Prodigy)
>
> · Creature From The Black Lagoon (Dave Edmunds)
>
> · Dark Side Of The Moon (Pink Floyd)
>
> · Dead Man's Party (Oingo Boingo)
>
> · Devil In A Bottle (T.G. Sheppard)
>
> · Devil In Disguise (Elvis Presley)
>
> · Devil Made Me Do It (Golden Earring)
>
> · Devil Or Angel (Bobby Vee)
>
> · Devil Went Down To Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band)
>
> · Devil With A Blue Dress On (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)
>
> · Devil Woman (Marty Robbins)
>
> · Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead (Fifth Estate)
>
> · Frankenstein (Edgar Winter)
>
> · Ghost Riders In The Sky (Johnny Cash)
>
> · Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr.)
>
> · Haunted House (Gene Simmons)
>
> · Hell (Squirrel Nut Zippers)
>
> · Highway To Hell (AC/DC)
>
> · I Put A Spell On You (Screaming Jay Hawkins)
>
> · I Was A Teenage Werewolf (The Cramps)
>
> · In A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)
>
> · Let's Go Crazy (Prince)
>
> · Men In Black (Will Smith)
>
> · Monster (Steppenwolf)
>
> · Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Picket)
>
> · Monster's Holiday (Bobby "Boris" Picket)
>
> · My Boo (Ghost Town DJs)
>
> · Nature Trail To Hell (Weird Al Yankovic)
>
> · Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley)
>
> · Scream Until You Drop (Royal Tones)
>
> · Season Of The Witch (Donovan or Vanilla Fudge)
>
> · Spiderwebs (No Doubt)
>
> · Spooky (Classic IV)
>
> · Sweet Dreams (Marilyn Manson)
>
> · Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones)
>
> · The Blob (The Five Blobs)
>
> · The Time Warp (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
>
> · The Witch (Rattles)
>
> · They're Coming To Take Me Away (Napolean XIV)
>
> · Thriller (Michael Jackson)
>
> · Twilight Zone Theme
>
> · Voodoo Woman (Bobby Goldsboro)
>
> · Welcome To My Nightmare (Alice Cooper)
>
> · Werewolves Of London (Warren Zevon)
>
> · Witch Doctor (David Seville)
>
> · Witch Queen Of New Orleans (Redbone)
>
> · Witchcraft (Frank Sinatra)
>
> · Witchy Woman (Eagles)
>
>
>
> lol.........
>
> "Jackson West" <jacksonwest@jacksonwest.com> wrote in message
> news:b8a9b857.0310201425.5359049c@posting.google.c om...
> > "Hugh Garse" <gadoing@boing.com> wrote in message
> news:<ZTtkb.12382$kA.3237907@wards.force9.net>...
> > > A cautionary tale - I once attended a halloween party hosted by a
local
> > > radio DJ, One Phil Simmons of Kestrel FM. He proceeded to play the
night
> on
> > > a collection of tracks with any slight reference to halloween and
> witchcraft
> > > Including such non classics as Devil WOman by Cliff Ricahrd. Whilst it
> spoke
> > > volumes about the homework he had done by 9pm we were planing a witch
> > > burning of our own.
> > >
> > > Moral - Don't overdo it to be smart, you will really piss your
audience
> > > off...........
> >
> > I feel you on that one. A good point to be understood for any
> > holiday/theme DJ party. I understand that the 'high-concept' approach
> > to DJ'ing is difficult at best, impossible most of the time. I'm just
> > trying to think of songs that set the mood, while still being
> > danceable and relatively well-known (though the more danceable, the
> > less well-known it's allowed to be). Hence I'm looking for stuff with
> > heavy moog-theremin vibes, or really dark backbeats, or spooky vocals
> > - not so much stuff that says "Halloween - let's go trick or treating"
> > as much as stuff that says "I'm high on E and a little paranoid and
> > this music is making me want to scream and run to the safety of my
> > bed, but I'm frozen, dancing in terror" if you get my drift. I think
> > Michael Jackson's thriller is about as close to a holiday theme anthem
> > I'll be getting (though the scratch/sample possibilities of the Psycho
> > theme are rather compelling). I think I'm going to open the set with
> > some spacey, spooky, downtempo dub, into some english art-beat, and
> > then into some hard hip-hop and finally peaking at around a disco
> > tempo for MJ and then switching to my old-school hip-hop mix after a
> > break (since I'll be in my warmup suit, pumas and baseball cap for the
> > occassion). Keep the comments coming!
>
>

Phiilip Followthrough

I would not have thought anyone would have wanted to have been associated
with that 'overkill' list - known to most as '56 tracks to clear your
dancefloor'.

Personally, whilst some are just about scrapeable, I'd plumit for tracks
like:>

2 Unlimited - "Twilight Zone"
Discotex - I can cast a spell
Sonique - I put a spell on you
Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation
Brainbug 'Nightmare'

Remember they need to be DANCEFLOOR friendly not RADIO friendly - Unless of
course you are happy playing such nastys like
Ozzy Osbourne "Bark at the moon"
R Dean Taylor - "Theres a ghost in my house"

Perhaps a list of 'DANCEFLOOR FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN TRACKS is in order

anjii

never said it was my list...
and as i said over the top..if you want me to embarass the person that made
the playlist ... thats another matter cos i feel thats what is is.. an
embarrasment, but thats my opinion...just mine, you'll probably disagree but
then thats your opinion and you free to use it.

got it from here
though..................http://djfixxx.freeyellow.com/DJGUIDE3.htm
Not The Address you mentioned...
incidentally it was on this newsgroup it was gleamed under dj guide...check
it for yourself'..it's still live
never needed to use someone elses playlist , but will give you some pointers
if you really need them to update the list including some mastermix remixes
of some of the songs that make them more user friendly. you may find them on
the net if you know the right places..


personally i havent heard most of the tracks and if i haven't heard them my
customers certainly haven't ...

incidentally issue 176 cd 1 track 1 still packs the dancefloor on the
mastermix side.....good for a toilet break or a wander to the bar ..lol

best wishes

anji


"Silicon DJ" <silicondj@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Calnb.32083$mZ5.159314@attbi_s54...
> Anji,
>
> Next time you copy another DJ's music list, you might want to give credit.
> Your list is virtually word for word taken from _A Sound Investment_
>
> http://www.asoundinvestment.com/hallowee.htm. This list was created and
has
> been live for over 5 years.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Robert Kusters
> Silicon DJ Mobile Entertainment
> www.silicondj.com
> "anji" <anjii@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:bng37f$6gv$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> > this goes over the top i think ..!
> >
> > · A Nightmare On My Street (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
> >
> > · Adams Family Theme
> >
> > · All You Zombies (Hooters)
> >
> > · Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman (Tubes)
> >
> > · Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes (Lewis Lee)
> >
> > · Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
> >
> > · Black Magic Woman (Santana)
> >
> > · Breathe (Prodigy)
> >
> > · Creature From The Black Lagoon (Dave Edmunds)
> >
> > · Dark Side Of The Moon (Pink Floyd)
> >
> > · Dead Man's Party (Oingo Boingo)
> >
> > · Devil In A Bottle (T.G. Sheppard)
> >
> > · Devil In Disguise (Elvis Presley)
> >
> > · Devil Made Me Do It (Golden Earring)
> >
> > · Devil Or Angel (Bobby Vee)
> >
> > · Devil Went Down To Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band)
> >
> > · Devil With A Blue Dress On (Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels)
> >
> > · Devil Woman (Marty Robbins)
> >
> > · Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead (Fifth Estate)
> >
> > · Frankenstein (Edgar Winter)
> >
> > · Ghost Riders In The Sky (Johnny Cash)
> >
> > · Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr.)
> >
> > · Haunted House (Gene Simmons)
> >
> > · Hell (Squirrel Nut Zippers)
> >
> > · Highway To Hell (AC/DC)
> >
> > · I Put A Spell On You (Screaming Jay Hawkins)
> >
> > · I Was A Teenage Werewolf (The Cramps)
> >
> > · In A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)
> >
> > · Let's Go Crazy (Prince)
> >
> > · Men In Black (Will Smith)
> >
> > · Monster (Steppenwolf)
> >
> > · Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Picket)
> >
> > · Monster's Holiday (Bobby "Boris" Picket)
> >
> > · My Boo (Ghost Town DJs)
> >
> > · Nature Trail To Hell (Weird Al Yankovic)
> >
> > · Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley)
> >
> > · Scream Until You Drop (Royal Tones)
> >
> > · Season Of The Witch (Donovan or Vanilla Fudge)
> >
> > · Spiderwebs (No Doubt)
> >
> > · Spooky (Classic IV)
> >
> > · Sweet Dreams (Marilyn Manson)
> >
> > · Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones)
> >
> > · The Blob (The Five Blobs)
> >
> > · The Time Warp (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
> >
> > · The Witch (Rattles)
> >
> > · They're Coming To Take Me Away (Napolean XIV)
> >
> > · Thriller (Michael Jackson)
> >
> > · Twilight Zone Theme
> >
> > · Voodoo Woman (Bobby Goldsboro)
> >
> > · Welcome To My Nightmare (Alice Cooper)
> >
> > · Werewolves Of London (Warren Zevon)
> >
> > · Witch Doctor (David Seville)
> >
> > · Witch Queen Of New Orleans (Redbone)
> >
> > · Witchcraft (Frank Sinatra)
> >
> > · Witchy Woman (Eagles)
> >
> >
> >
> > lol.........
> >
> > "Jackson West" <jacksonwest@jacksonwest.com> wrote in message
> > news:b8a9b857.0310201425.5359049c@posting.google.c om...
> > > "Hugh Garse" <gadoing@boing.com> wrote in message
> > news:<ZTtkb.12382$kA.3237907@wards.force9.net>...
> > > > A cautionary tale - I once attended a halloween party hosted by a
> local
> > > > radio DJ, One Phil Simmons of Kestrel FM. He proceeded to play the
> night
> > on
> > > > a collection of tracks with any slight reference to halloween and
> > witchcraft
> > > > Including such non classics as Devil WOman by Cliff Ricahrd. Whilst
it
> > spoke
> > > > volumes about the homework he had done by 9pm we were planing a
witch
> > > > burning of our own.
> > > >
> > > > Moral - Don't overdo it to be smart, you will really piss your
> audience
> > > > off...........
> > >
> > > I feel you on that one. A good point to be understood for any
> > > holiday/theme DJ party. I understand that the 'high-concept' approach
> > > to DJ'ing is difficult at best, impossible most of the time. I'm just
> > > trying to think of songs that set the mood, while still being
> > > danceable and relatively well-known (though the more danceable, the
> > > less well-known it's allowed to be). Hence I'm looking for stuff with
> > > heavy moog-theremin vibes, or really dark backbeats, or spooky vocals
> > > - not so much stuff that says "Halloween - let's go trick or treating"
> > > as much as stuff that says "I'm high on E and a little paranoid and
> > > this music is making me want to scream and run to the safety of my
> > > bed, but I'm frozen, dancing in terror" if you get my drift. I think
> > > Michael Jackson's thriller is about as close to a holiday theme anthem
> > > I'll be getting (though the scratch/sample possibilities of the Psycho
> > > theme are rather compelling). I think I'm going to open the set with
> > > some spacey, spooky, downtempo dub, into some english art-beat, and
> > > then into some hard hip-hop and finally peaking at around a disco
> > > tempo for MJ and then switching to my old-school hip-hop mix after a
> > > break (since I'll be in my warmup suit, pumas and baseball cap for the
> > > occassion). Keep the comments coming!
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