Halloween: Costumes, candy, spooky movies and fun music.
I love Halloween. No contest, Halloween is my favorite holiday. As such, I always make a huge deal about it every year. I usually have several costumes ready for any eventuality, eat way too much candy, make all kinds of fun treats and snacks and, of course, I make a bomb playlist for my annual Halloween bash.
When I was in the process of making the set I wanted to play on the radio this past weekend, I decided that one hour was not nearly enough time for me to showcase the kind of fun party playlist I can make. So, here is a shortened version of the playlist I plan to have at the bash this year. Content Warning: some of these songs contain explicit themes or language.
Obviously, there are some staples that have to be in a Halloween playlist; (“Thriller,” “Highway to Hell,” “This Is Halloween” etc.) I have decided not to include those in this particular playlist. Most everyone knows these songs and I feel the need to present some more unique, but still popular options.
In my usual playlist, I would probably have included a lot of Alice in Chains, Foster the People and The Offspring. For this particular playlist, I have decided to just add some relatively less known songs or covers of popular songs. I really just wanted to provide people with more options than just “Ghostbusters,” although that is a classic.
This playlist should have a little something that everyone can enjoy. I have a lot of indie songs, yes, but I also have some grunge songs, pop songs, even a song that is supposed to be a Halloween song in the style of a Christmas song (“It’s Halloween!”)
I hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween and Halloweekend and enjoys the playlist.
— dj dragonfly
