Having participated in my third Green Monkey Music Project, I have earned the title of Green Monkey Master. I thank Splotchy for this honor and for all the work he's done in creating cool, themed music mixes. This one was Halloween-themed. While my songs aren't necessarily scary, they do contain minimal references to Halloween-based elements. Here are my selections:
- Dick Dale - Ghostrider In The Sky: I've had the pleasure of seeing Dick Dale, the king of surf guitar, in concert a few times. He's a no-nonsense kind of performer. Most of you know him as the guy who did the theme to "Pulp Fiction".
- Fats Waller - Abercrombie Had A Zombie: I figured a zombie was fitting for Halloween. Fats Waller music is almost always fun and swinging.
- Tones On Tail - Movement Of Fear: This song is pretty eerie-sounding so I thought it fit. There isn't a lot of Tones On Tail music out there, but I think what exists is pretty neat. I'm sure Bauhaus and Love And Rockets fans are probably familiar with them.
- Donovan - Season Of The Witch: Usually Donovan is singing about butterflies and rainbows, but here he strays into the darker side. I love Donovan, cheeseball as he can be. I met him at a Tower Records and he signed the liner notes on my copy of "A Gift From A Flower To A Garden".
- Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song: That's a pretty scary title, huh? I really like the Andy Warhol album this is off of.
8 comments:
I really dig that Fats Waller song, had never heard it before.
And I really love that Donovan song as well.
Thanks a lot for playing, and congrats on being a mix master!
Shoot me an email when you get the itch to helm your own GMMP mix -- I'm not sure of the specifics of how it'll be executed, but we can talk about it when the time comes.
Some good ones:
Aerosmith - "Seasons of Wither"
Screamin'Jay Hawkins - "I Put a Spell on You"
Eagles - "Witchy Woman"
"Spooky" - I forget who did it.
David Bowie - "Scary Monsters"
Edgar Winter - "Frankenstein"
The obvious Warren Zevon's - "Werewolves of London"
Very nice list! I'm going to have to listen in a while, as I have exceeded my hourly downloading. (I feel like such a glutton!)
Well done on getting your green belt. And zombies are fitting for any occasion, really.
Y'all are too sophisticated for me. I'm stuck down here with The Monster Mash.
I was so pleased to see Tones on Tail on your list. A good call for the list and I had forgotten they exisited even though I once met and flirted heartily with Danial Ash.
You've caused me to dig thru the old milk crates Guy. Thanks, it's fun!
oh yes, I got all nutty and forgot to say congrats to the Master
Dick Dale had a great little cameo in the 1987 movie Back To The Beach in scene where he and Stevie Ray Vaughn were doing a great cover of the surf classic Pipeline.
Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll's cover of Season of the Witch is also really good.
The first Velvet Underground's first album is a classic. I saw John Cage's quote about that album-- something to the effect of "We only sold 15,000 copies of that album, but everybody who ever bought it went out and formed a band." It's a very influential album.
Splotchy- I'll be in touch. Thanks again!
Spooney- I totally forgot about that Screamin' Jay Hawkins one! He's great.
Barbara- Thanks and thanks for stopping by! I have not yet downloaded everything, but I'm looking forward to it.
Vikki- Truly a graveyard smash...
TLWDL- They seemed a natural for a spooky mix. Thanks!
Johnny Yen- I have that Dale/Vaughn duet on disc. Let me know if you'd like a copy.
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