Music Thread: Rip Your Lungs Out Edition

As Garrett's closet goes, these aren't the most offensive things in it!

Halloween is a silly and inoffensive pseudo-holiday that nonetheless has taken over America (and other parts of the world!). The best part is watching the wee little ones in their costumes, not particularly sure of what the hell is going on, but confident that people giving them candy is never a bad thing!

It's far better than Kwanzaa or National Executive Assistant Day or the other fake holidays that are much less fun, and almost always include a bit of hectoring and mandatory kowtowing to the demographic being celebrated.

Of course, I am an advocate for John Moses Browning Day, so maybe I am not impartial!

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Before we get into the silliness of Halloween music, maybe a taste of something lovely, but with an apt name! Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Ella Fitzgerald
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For the second time in a row, something a little different!

"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" is usually shortened to "Libiamo," and it is one of the great and popular arias in operatic history. The opera -- La Traviata -- which means "The Wayward," or "The Wayward Woman," was written by a guy named Joe Green, and with that pedestrian a name, of course he is going to write about drinking!

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Posted by: CBD at 07:50 PM

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1 Yo!

Posted by: Doof at October 31, 2026 07:50 PM (QMAsf)

2 A music thread on Halloween?

What fresh horror is this?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2026 07:50 PM (FZ29D)

3 One of my favorite Halloween tunes. For MisHum:

The Torture Never Stops

youtube.com/watch?v=sw_LpINt8lk

Posted by: fd at October 31, 2026 07:55 PM (MWfyi)

4 Let's rock it up.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxhkebs

Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 07:55 PM (viF8m)

5 The Cramps classic- https://tinyurl.com/c4kzddva

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 31, 2026 07:55 PM (QaH55)

6 I've got "Shoggoth on the Roof", a Halloween-themed Bach set, some Meatloaf, and of course, Thriller and Ghostbusters set up in rotation for accoustic ambiance during the raids.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 31, 2026 07:58 PM (aJQbY)

7 Mandatory:

Oingo Boingo, Dead Man's Party
Bauhaus, Bela Lugosi's Dead
XTC, Skeleton Steps Out

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 31, 2026 08:00 PM (kpS4V)

8 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Ah, the Cranberries, what a concert. Delores could sing.

Posted by: Bob at October 31, 2026 08:01 PM (hWhmF)

10 The Torture Never Stops

youtube.com/watch?v=sw_LpINt8lk

Posted by: fd
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Who will bring us Zappa Month now?

*le sadz*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 31, 2026 08:02 PM (kpS4V)

11 Judas Priest prophesies Flock cameras:
youtube.com/watch?v=yMVV_HsHcX0

Posted by: gp at October 31, 2026 08:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

12 The world would be a better place if more people would listen to Cab Calloway.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 31, 2026 08:04 PM (IIwiI)

13 For garrett and his gay shoes.

Legion of Mary.

https://tinyurl.com/kxsy76zw

Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m)

14 Judas Priest prophesies Flock cameras:
youtube.com/watch?v=yMVV_HsHcX0
Posted by: gp

Great tune. Screaming for Vengeance is their best album.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 31, 2026 08:06 PM (b99Hl)

15 No kids again this year. I dug those punji stick pits for nothing!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 31, 2026 08:06 PM (kpS4V)

16 My favorite song to drunk slamdance to:
youtube.com/watch?v=1kAIMlISHhU

Posted by: gp at October 31, 2026 08:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

17 "SUS Records", is running a dance party tonight on youtube.
one was "Menage a Trois", runner up in the 1979 Eurovision contest.
"A love that was made for three (Menage a Trois!)
A love that was made for you and you and me"

Posted by: the songs are AI-generated at October 31, 2026 08:07 PM (88C+u)

18 Amos Milburn:
One Scotch, one bourbon, one beer.

https://youtu.be/IEpzqLPwG7Q

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 31, 2026 08:07 PM (6tg/H)

19 >>No kids again this year. I dug those punji stick pits for nothing!

I've had two. Two! I have a small mountain of candy and I'm getting nothing.

Going back to the fire pit if this doesn't improve double plus quick.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 08:08 PM (viF8m)

20 Hammer: The Studio that Dripped Blood is currently playing.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 31, 2026 08:10 PM (kYmoU)

21
Ow! Cut myself on a razor blade.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 08:10 PM (eRlcH)

22 I was out of candy at 7:20. Heavy traffic this year.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 31, 2026 08:10 PM (b99Hl)

23 Thx CBD. Happy Halloween all
Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2026 08:12 PM (cfGMy)

24 Joan Jett blows out all the doors:
youtube.com/watch?v=DSqp-W1pWoU

Saw her live decades ago, perfect show. She seems like the kind of bandleader that wants everything perfect, and the rest of the band is a little scared of her. (See also Diana Krall.)

Posted by: gp at October 31, 2026 08:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

25 My first experience of Rocky Horror wasn't seeing it, but the crowd going in every weekend at a movie theater. And yes even in summer of 1978 they were dressed like the the movie

Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 08:13 PM (Ia/+0)

26 Of course, I am an advocate for John Moses Browning Day, so maybe I am not impartial!

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November 26.

Posted by: Eromero at October 31, 2026 08:14 PM (LHPAg)

27 One of my favorite Halloween tunes. For MisHum:

The Torture Never Stops

youtube.com/watch?v=sw_LpINt8lk
Posted by: fd at October

First saw Zappa in '65, I was fourteen, we got let into a bar /club behind Fenway that a friends brother worked at and we'd occasionally do Sunday morning cleanup work at. The Ark, I think. Quite different from the Dave Clark Five, the only other live band I had seen to that point.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 31, 2026 08:15 PM (sl73Y)

28 A friend growing up was named Brad. A bunch of us went to Rocky Horror.
Needless to say "Brad you're an asshole" became very annoying to him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2026 08:16 PM (cfGMy)

29 Scott Ian shows how to Anthrash:
youtube.com/watch?v=Hx_m7Y9nGtU

Posted by: gp at October 31, 2026 08:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

30 My first experience of Rocky Horror wasn't seeing it,

I first saw it in college. Had no idea what to expect, but after the first time my friends and I went to see it again one or two times more. Never dressed up. Might have brought rice, I can’t remember.

I just watched it again on my own after Tim Curry died. It’s still a funny parody of old science fiction (of which I’m also watching a bit more of now) and fun music.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 31, 2026 08:18 PM (kYmoU)

31 Libiamo is a wonderful and fun aria. UNLESS you are a bass in the chorus. The bass line is basically going oom-pah-pah to a waltz rhythm the whole damn time. Except for a very few basso profundo roles, Joe Green, that Italian SOB, didn't like deep voices. Probably included a few to meet union demands. He even made Otello, a huge Moorish warrior, a tenor. Sheesh!

Not that I have an opinion on the matter.

Posted by: JTB at October 31, 2026 08:20 PM (yTvNw)

32 >>First saw Zappa in '65, I was fourteen, we got let into a bar /club behind Fenway that a friends brother worked at and we'd occasionally do Sunday morning cleanup work at. The Ark, I think. Quite different from the Dave Clark Five, the only other live band I had seen to that point.

Lansdowne Street.

We might have crossed paths back in the day.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 08:20 PM (viF8m)

33 No kids again this year. I dug those punji stick pits for nothing!

I've had two. Two! I have a small mountain of candy and I'm getting nothing.

Going back to the fire pit if this doesn't improve double plus quick.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 08:08 PM (viF8m)

JS, I can be there in 4 hours. As long as there is no licorice.

Posted by: RI Red at October 31, 2026 08:20 PM (zYph5)

34 Greetings from the crypt of the five sided nut house in Arlington.

youtu.be/vLC2qwFLbqc

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 31, 2026 08:22 PM (pLaQB)

35 >>JS, I can be there in 4 hours. As long as there is no licorice.

When you do visit again there is both a new little bar and restaurant for us to visit. I'm pretty sure you will like both.

Won't be as much fun in the winter but we'll make do.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 08:25 PM (viF8m)

36 Evenin', all.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 31, 2026 08:25 PM (h+uWx)

37 Love The Cramps. Some of the best live shows ever done. Ivy was delectable.

Posted by: Dames, Booze, Chains, and Boots at October 31, 2026 08:26 PM (vFcoN)

38 The best music for a Halloween theme is Vince Guaraldi's soundtrack for It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. The music for Rocky Horror Show is fun any time but not specific to Halloween.

Posted by: JTB at October 31, 2026 08:28 PM (yTvNw)

39 Broken Peach - "Thriller"

https://youtu.be/-d2NsvFU5go

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)

40
Joe Green: Oom-pah music for characters we care about.

Dick Wagner: Exquisite music for characters we're happy to see die in the end.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 08:30 PM (eRlcH)

41 Newest in music for season is Tame Impala song Dracula

Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 08:31 PM (Ia/+0)

42 Oi! Mates!

Skyebrows - "Can't Avoid Malfoid"

https://youtu.be/4haW72dgVM8

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)

43 Ah oooo

Werewolves of London

https://tinyurl.com/4psz4vmx

Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 08:33 PM (viF8m)

44 They were all my friends, and they died:

youtu.be/tf4d7VxcQ30

Posted by: JQ at October 31, 2026 08:33 PM (rdVOm)

45 Hahahahaha...

Even got Trumpledore and fat JD Vance with a beard

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:36 PM (2GVsD)

46 35 ... "Won't be as much fun in the winter but we'll make do."

JackStraw,

In the 60's there was a dive off Thames Street. The part that was called Blood Alley by locals. Can't recall the name. It had a pot belly stove for warmth, served strong drinks and the air filled with sea shanties. Pretty nice place for a New England winter night with the wind coming off the bay. Probably long gone along with the topless dancing bars now that the area has been gentrified.

Posted by: JTB at October 31, 2026 08:36 PM (yTvNw)

47 A Blue Oyster Cult Halloween song about ghost biker riders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcIFMaeF1qc

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 31, 2026 08:37 PM (Fv808)

48 I love Kylie Cantrall. Sweet young woman. She just finished a concert tour and got called 48 hours asking to sing the national anthem for World Series Game 2.

Very nice job. My favorite comments on mlb's Instagram were people asking who was the smokeshow. Her show 'Gabby Duran' was a lot of fun.

https://tinyurl.com/yuxymr23

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 31, 2026 08:37 PM (Sco7b)

49 January 23rd - John Moses Browning Day.
John Moses Browning is my 2nd-favorite Mormon. Favorite is Juan Mijares, violin maker.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 31, 2026 08:38 PM (49QjJ)

50 Broken Peach - "Thriller"

https://youtu.be/-d2NsvFU5go
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)
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That was awesome!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 31, 2026 08:40 PM (kpS4V)

51 Dammit!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 31, 2026 08:42 PM (Eety5)

52 >>In the 60's there was a dive off Thames Street. The part that was called Blood Alley by locals. Can't recall the name. It had a pot belly stove for warmth, served strong drinks and the air filled with sea shanties. Pretty nice place for a New England winter night with the wind coming off the bay. Probably long gone along with the topless dancing bars now that the area has been gentrified.

I don't know when you were last back but in the last number of years so much gentrification has gone on Newport has become a completely different place. Once they started turning the boatyards into condos and bars, well you can imagine.

Still a lot of fun but that soul has changed. I don't go there nearly as much anymore. I just sit on my little island that barely changes and watch the world go by.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 08:42 PM (viF8m)

53 Glad you liked it Eris, I think they really pulled out all the stops for that one.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:42 PM (2GVsD)

54 You all right over there, nurse?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 31, 2026 08:43 PM (49QjJ)

55 La Traviata was the first opera I ever saw at the Met.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 08:46 PM (RIvkX)

56 54 You all right over there, nurse?
Posted by: Don in SoCo

It’s my reaction to RHPS.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 31, 2026 08:46 PM (yEz+x)

57 You alright.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 31, 2026 08:47 PM (Sco7b)

58 Rip Your Lungs Out Edition

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Werewolves of London?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 31, 2026 08:47 PM (ndZc7)

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