Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Take Me Away” — Blue Öyster Cult (1983)

Strange shapes light up the nightI’ve never seen ’em though I hope I mightDon’t ask if they are realThe men in black, their lips are sealed Fantasy fills my mindTo leave this place before my timeRelease myself from earthly careMy dream may be your nightmare… Yes, I do have some Blue Öyster Cult…” A pseudo-Fast…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Gila Monster” — King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (2023)

With each meal Gila grows moreA biblical beast of ancient loreWith fire in belly, flames in eyesThe beast rise to the highest skiesSo beware, ye witches fairLest thee be spied by dragon-glareIt’ll show no mercy, it is saidBut devour thee and leave thee for dead (woo!) Gila, Gila, Gila… Oh is it October? Fudge… Yeah…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Back From The Dead” — Halestorm (2022)

On the edge of the world getting lost in oblivionTo the devils who tried to keep me living like a prisonerCouldn’t chain me down, couldn’t cage me inSo keep your savior, give me back my sins ‘Cause I’m still standing on the ground… OK wasn’t it literally just November 1st three seconds ago? Meh who…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Albuquerque” — “Weird” Al Yankovic (1999)

Holy crap. It’s Halloween. And we freakin’ did it. As the sun retreats beyond the horizon, the darkness enfolds us, and the moon refuses any succor, we creatures of the night take to the darkness and… well most likely go out for a bunch of candy or hand some out at the door. Or prep…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter” — Bruce Dickinson (1989)

Honey, it’s getting close to midnightAnd all the myths are still in townTrue love and lipstick on your linenBite the pillow, make no soundIf there’s some living to be doneBefore your life becomes your tombYou’d better know that I’m the oneUnchain your back doorInvite me around… For fuck’s sake, Bruce… Avoiding the prosaic introduction, let’s…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “I Am The Walrus” — The Beatles (1967)

Yellow matter custardDripping from a dead dog’s eyeCrabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestessBoy, you’ve been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down I am the Egg ManThey are the Egg MenI am the WalrusGoo goo g’joob! Because it’s October 31st, we return with our second of three Halloween Day additions to our Buttkickin Halloween Songs. We…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Skin and Bones” — Foo Fighters (2005)

Lately I’ve been measuringSeems my time is growing thinWind me up and watch me spinWatch me spinWatch me spin Skin and bonesSkin and bonesSkin and bonesDon’t you know? Well damn, will you look at the time? It’s October 31st. Already. Of course this is totally exciting and wonderful, and totally dreadful as Halloween is here…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Wild West Hero” — Electric Light Orchestra (1977)

Sometimes I look up highAnd then I think there mightJust be a better lifeAway from all we knowThat’s where I wanna goOut on the wild side And I wish I wasOh-oh-oh-oh, a Wild West hero… Again, we come to yet another song that is Strictly Speaking Not A Halloween Song. And yet, it so is.…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “The Hungry Wolf” — X (1982)

I am the hungry wolfAnd run endlessly with my mateI see the gutter feed on the foolishOutrun and kill the strong At daybreak I roamAwake to who follows meI roam, I roam… There is an assuredly visceral knock upside the noggin to The Hungry Wolf, and it wastes absolutely no time getting there. As the…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “The Shining (Main Title)” — Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind (1980)

Not for nothing but here’s two things you can learn about your humble host: The Shining is my favorite horror movie of all time. Dies irae makes any musical piece sound utterly sinister As far as #1 is concerned, that is of course entirely subjective. But few films creep me out to the core quite…