Halloween 2011: Looking for Evil
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brigdhLast year I posted a Halloween mix of techno/electronica music. This year, I decided to go in a different direction! This is a mix of folk/acoustic/indie music, with a heavy emphasis on serial killers (fictional and non), though there's some werewolves and mummies in there, too. Let me know if you like it!
1. Culling of the Fold - The Decemberists (supremely happy ditty encouraging us all to go out and murder!)
Take your sweetheart down to the river / Dash her on the paving stones
2. Teeth in the Grass - Iron & Wine (I have no idea what this is intended to be about, but I've always found it creepy.)
When all tomorrows are gone / There will be teeth in the grass
3. Westfall - Okkervil River (This song inspired the rest of the mix! Catholic schoolgirl murder.)
And when I killed her it was so easy / That I wanted to kill her again.
4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - Sufjan Stevens (Uh, I assume I don't need to explain who this one's about.)
Look beneath the floor boards / For the secrets I have hid
5. Least of My Kind - Echo's Children (Werewolf revenge song!)
Prying my switchblade cold out of my fingers' hold / Pause to take stock, reflect, and rue.
6. I Am Stretched on Your Grave - Kate Rusby (When mourning goes too far.)
And with you in your cold grave / I cannot sleep warm
7. All the Pretty Horses - Calexico (Lullabies: always creepy. But this one more so.)
The bees and the flies are pickin' out its eyes / The poor little child crying for its mother
8. Deep Red Bells - Neko Case (The Green River Killer.)
Those like you who lost their way / Murdered on the interstate
9. Snake Song - Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan (It's about snakes. Literally.)
Ain't no mercy in my smilin' / Only fangs and sweet beguiling
10. O Death - Jen Titus (I suppose the Grim Reaper is sort of the ultimate serial killer.)
No wealth, no ruin, no silver, no gold / Nothing satisfies me but your soul
11. Where the Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds with Kylie Minogue (Good old fashioned murder ballad!)
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word / As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
12. Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana (We needed some female killers in here.)
His head was found in a driving wheel / But his body never was found
13. The Proximity of Death (Blue Eyed Boy) - Jordon Reyne (More Grim Reaper music!)
He will meet you there in the setting sun / With his empty eyes.
14. Devil Do - Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs (The Devil is even more Halloween than the Grim Reaper.)
The Lord don't like it but the devil don't mind / Ain't nobody gonna love you like the devil do.
15. Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer (She... kills the devil? Or something? This is a confusing song. But very danceable.)
But you're bound for the butcher's bride / The slew-foot devil won't be denied
16. The Curse - Josh Ritter (Note for Lady Archaeologists: Do not fall in love with re-animated mummies, or they will suck out your life-force.)
She asks "Are you cursed?" He says "I think that I'm cured" / Then he kissed her and hoped that she'd forget that question
17. Lovecraft in Brooklyn - The Mountain Goats (Apparently Lovecraft actually lived in Brooklyn! I had this song for, like, a year before I figured that out. Also this is a more acoustic-y version than the one on the CD; I'm not sure where it comes from.)
Someday something's coming / From way out beyond the stars
18. Salt - Mugison (Mothers murdering their children is a good note to end on, right?)
I'm the reason there is salt in the sea / I'm the reason there is salt in your tears
Bonus! Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton (Zoooooooombies!)
Thing have been okay for me except that I'm a zombie now / I really wish you'd let us in
Full Zip!
1. Culling of the Fold - The Decemberists (supremely happy ditty encouraging us all to go out and murder!)
Take your sweetheart down to the river / Dash her on the paving stones
2. Teeth in the Grass - Iron & Wine (I have no idea what this is intended to be about, but I've always found it creepy.)
When all tomorrows are gone / There will be teeth in the grass
3. Westfall - Okkervil River (This song inspired the rest of the mix! Catholic schoolgirl murder.)
And when I killed her it was so easy / That I wanted to kill her again.
4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - Sufjan Stevens (Uh, I assume I don't need to explain who this one's about.)
Look beneath the floor boards / For the secrets I have hid
5. Least of My Kind - Echo's Children (Werewolf revenge song!)
Prying my switchblade cold out of my fingers' hold / Pause to take stock, reflect, and rue.
6. I Am Stretched on Your Grave - Kate Rusby (When mourning goes too far.)
And with you in your cold grave / I cannot sleep warm
7. All the Pretty Horses - Calexico (Lullabies: always creepy. But this one more so.)
The bees and the flies are pickin' out its eyes / The poor little child crying for its mother
8. Deep Red Bells - Neko Case (The Green River Killer.)
Those like you who lost their way / Murdered on the interstate
9. Snake Song - Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan (It's about snakes. Literally.)
Ain't no mercy in my smilin' / Only fangs and sweet beguiling
10. O Death - Jen Titus (I suppose the Grim Reaper is sort of the ultimate serial killer.)
No wealth, no ruin, no silver, no gold / Nothing satisfies me but your soul
11. Where the Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds with Kylie Minogue (Good old fashioned murder ballad!)
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word / As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
12. Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana (We needed some female killers in here.)
His head was found in a driving wheel / But his body never was found
13. The Proximity of Death (Blue Eyed Boy) - Jordon Reyne (More Grim Reaper music!)
He will meet you there in the setting sun / With his empty eyes.
14. Devil Do - Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs (The Devil is even more Halloween than the Grim Reaper.)
The Lord don't like it but the devil don't mind / Ain't nobody gonna love you like the devil do.
15. Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer (She... kills the devil? Or something? This is a confusing song. But very danceable.)
But you're bound for the butcher's bride / The slew-foot devil won't be denied
16. The Curse - Josh Ritter (Note for Lady Archaeologists: Do not fall in love with re-animated mummies, or they will suck out your life-force.)
She asks "Are you cursed?" He says "I think that I'm cured" / Then he kissed her and hoped that she'd forget that question
17. Lovecraft in Brooklyn - The Mountain Goats (Apparently Lovecraft actually lived in Brooklyn! I had this song for, like, a year before I figured that out. Also this is a more acoustic-y version than the one on the CD; I'm not sure where it comes from.)
Someday something's coming / From way out beyond the stars
18. Salt - Mugison (Mothers murdering their children is a good note to end on, right?)
I'm the reason there is salt in the sea / I'm the reason there is salt in your tears
Bonus! Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton (Zoooooooombies!)
Thing have been okay for me except that I'm a zombie now / I really wish you'd let us in
Full Zip!
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Date: 2011-10-27 07:29 pm (UTC)And yeah, that Iron & Wine song has always creeped me out, too. 0_o
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Date: 2011-10-29 09:36 pm (UTC)And yeah, I sort of suspect it's about something completely innocuous, but... teeth in the grass! Such a disturbing image.
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Date: 2011-10-28 03:10 am (UTC)That John Wayne Gacy Jr song has always creeped me right the hell out. *shiver*
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Date: 2011-10-29 09:37 pm (UTC)And yes, that's one of my favorites! I love Sufjan Stevens.
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Date: 2011-10-29 06:56 am (UTC)The Decemberists? Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds? The Mountain Goats? JoCo?!
Happy Halloween, you awesome person with fantastic taste in music, you!
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Date: 2011-10-30 08:43 pm (UTC)(Also, I love your icon!)
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Date: 2011-10-30 09:41 pm (UTC)(Thanks! I like yours very much, I took ballet a lot as a kid and never really got into it.)
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Date: 2011-10-29 10:55 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for sharing this with us^^
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Date: 2011-11-02 05:47 pm (UTC)Note for Lady Archaeologists
Date: 2011-11-02 08:22 pm (UTC)If a prospective date is a life-sucking undead creature of the night-THEN THEY ARE NOT THE ONE FOR YOU!
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Date: 2013-10-30 10:35 pm (UTC)My Girl is absolutely my favourite Nirvana song! So chilling. I've only ever heard the acoustic version - this 'un: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXYz0gtJeM - but it was surprisingly strong and full of rage.
In conclusion HALLOWEEN YES MUSIC EXCELLENT.
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Date: 2013-10-31 06:48 pm (UTC)I only know the acoustic version, too! I'm not sure there is a non-acoustic version, actually. But it doesn't matter because this one is sooooo good.
Should I upload this zip too?