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ThePhyrrus t1_iu1kjoi wrote

Yeah, for sure. I've been manually cultivating a Halloween playlist for a few years now, and it's surprising how many obscure songs I've found that are turning up on these auto-gen playlists.

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Hooie t1_iu1rbpr wrote

Would you share your Halloween playlist, if you don’t mind?

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ThePhyrrus t1_iu21zzf wrote

Of course, here's the list.

For a lot of folks, its gonna be a list to pick an choose out of, as its a huge mix of everything reasonably Halloween, so it bounces around a lot in style and tone.

(a little background on the reasoning of what's in there.)

First, the primary thing, what gets it on the list;

  • It's explicitly about Halloween, ghosts, demons, ect
  • Its spooky / haunting or closely associated with things that are (ie, some movie soundtrack pop songs)
  • mentions ghosts/ demons as metaphor, but is also spooky. (things that are metaphorical but lack the appropriate sound generally don't make the cut)

And some caveats;

  • some things get a pass on the 3rd point above, as it has been a struggle to find modern music (<10yrs) that qualifies. I've been trying to keep it from becoming a typical '80's music list' like you usually see on a Halloween list.
  • Generally, I try to include a few items from any given artist. Because otherwise it would become dominated by certain artists (ie, Lordi)
  • For the sake of not being boring, certain versions of songs you might expect are intentionally excluded from the list. No BBP Monster Mash for example, there's a cover instead. (some get a pass here, like Thriller and Ghostbusters). Also, some are covers because I'm based in Canada, and our Spotify doesn't have the license for the song here (ie, OG Buffy Theme)
  • Naturally, its dominated by Punk, Emo, Goth, Metal and soundtracks. I try to expand beyond that, but of course other genres tend away from this sort of thing.
  • and finally, its like a 6 or 7 year work in progress, which I haven't given an edit pass yet this year, so of course I'm open to input

And finally, I'm open to thoughts and suggestions. (following the guidelines above)

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Carbonbasedmammal t1_iu2iyku wrote

Nice, love that you have lotion by greenskeepers, never met anyone else who knows of that song.

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ThePhyrrus t1_iu2k5sf wrote

I'll admit, its not one that I knew of before I began my hunt for this playlist, but I'm glad for finding a bunch of eclectic stuff

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vNocturnus t1_iu537nv wrote

I'll give you a new modern addition that I didn't see in the list:

All Hallows by Aviators.

Very spooky vibes, really catchy listen. Also of course it's about All Hallows Eve, aka Halloween 0.5

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ThePhyrrus t1_iu55pkl wrote

That's a good one, thanks so much. I've added it to the list!

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