Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Joan Crawford” — Blue Öyster Cult (1981)

This is just one of those  songs, you know? The “probably a hatchet job but who the hell knows” book and movie Mommie Dearest basically presented legendary screen presence Joan Crawford as one of the creepiest, most terrifying women who ever walked the planet. I mean can anyone even think about wire hangers anymore without the vision of a terrified…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “The Thing That Should Not Be” — Metallica (1986)

“That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” — H.P. Lovecraft What… you thought another October would arrive without Hokeyblog’s annual Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs coming into the forefront? Forsooth! Fooey! and Fiddlesticks! Welcome back to our yearly celebration of all things Creepy-Crawly, darkly frosty, and chillingly spooktopic. Halloween approaches and…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Goodnight Moon” — Shivaree (1999)

Well this is it for my 2013 Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs. Until next year my friends… Happy Halloween! And goodnight… — Hokeydude There’s a nail in the door And there’s glass on the lawn Tacks on the floor And the TV is on And I always sleep with my guns when you’re gone There’s a blade…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Black Sabbath” — Black Sabbath (1970)

The very flames in which the darkened blade of heavy metal was forged… The first track from their first album… The song Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath by the band Black Sabbath… Yeah I think that sets up our penultimate Buttkickin’ Halloween Song song pretty well, but you have to admit that it’s one of the…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “God Of Thunder (Live)” — Kiss (1977)

Three more songs to go, gang. Hope you’re having a righteous Halloween! And let’s be real, there was NO way I was gonna do a list of buttkickin’ Halloween songs without including something by KISS. And believe you me, the Lords of Rock Theatricality and Spectacle had a host of great songs to choose from…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Fire On High” — Electric Light Orchestra (1975)

If you’re over the age of, oh, let’s say 30, you’ve probably heard this song on Classic Rock radio over the years, but perhaps never knew the name or the artist. It happens. The problem is, as an instrumental, there are no lyrics to look up or inquire about, and trying to identify a song…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Over At The Frankenstein Place” — The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

When it comes to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, most of these sort of playlists begin and end with “Time Warp”, and that nearly makes me puke my guts out. Let me back that up a bit… Going to see midnight screenings of RHPS during your teens and twenties, every Saturday night for God knows…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “The Black Widow” — Alice Cooper (1975)

I try not to go to crazy with the platitudes here, but I mean we’re talking Halloween and I haven’t even gotten to Alice Cooper yet. What the eff… not coincidentally, Boots and I just saw AC last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Live, and it was a seriously amazing show. My first time…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Party Of The First Part” — Bauhaus (1982)

Who are you?  My card, pretty lady.  Devil May Care Music Production, Beelzebub Scratch, President.  I like your style, too bad you’re not a singer.  Oh, but I am, I am a singer!  Hmm, no fooling.  No, no listen…  Fantastic, different.  I want to be a star, of please!  You’ve talked me into it. Contract! …

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Black Sunshine” — White Zombie (1992)

Gripping the wheel, his knuckles went white with desire. The wheels of his Mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a .45. True death: 400 horsepower of maximum performance piercing the night… This is Black Sunshine. Iggy Pop delivers the spoken-word intro to White Zombie’s classic 1992 tune Black Sunshine, a song ostensibly…