HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Rosemary Clooney does Halloween right. Love to dance around with this one.

give a little whistle

An October Boy being serenaded by the HalloweenTime Dapper Dans.

Mix Tape

When we talk about 80s music, we think of songs that stick on our ears forever. Commercial artists, synths, electric drums, and so on. But we cannot forget the alternative, melancholic and sometimes, dark side of the 80s music. Bands like Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees or Sisters of Mercy were huge in defining a sound and a lifestyle back in the 80s. Their legacy still inspires artists and genres today. Many followers of this 80s movement consider that today's music is not the same, or as good - and maybe they’re right.

 I have here one mix-tape ideal for the season! They are 2 halfs 30′ each with songs of the 80s best goth and post punk bands. Feel free to download and record with these two sets and wipe the dust of your radio.

Enjoy!
Happy Halloween!

80s halloween mix tape – side 1
clan of xymox || medusa
the cure || a forest
joy division || disorder
bauhaus || the passion of lovers
fields of the nephilim || psychonaut
killing joke || love like blood

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80s halloween mix tape – side 2
the sisters of mercy || a rock and a hard place
siouxsie and the banshees || cities in dust
the mission || wasteland
the cult || she sells sanctuary
x-mal deutchland || incubus succubus
the jesus and mary chain – just like honey
this mortal coil || song to the siren

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Don't you ever laugh as the hearse goes by

The Hearse Song is a song of unknown origin. It has many variants, but it is usually sung with the lyrics "The Worms Crawl In".


The song dates back to at least World War I where it was a sung by American and British soldiers. It gained more popularity in present times by being included in Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. The Lyrics (as told by Alvin Schwartz):

"Don't you ever laugh as the hearse goes by,
For you may be the next one to die.
They wrap you up in a big white sheet
From your head down to your feet.
They put you in a big black box
And cover you up with dirt and rocks.
All goes well for about a week,
Then your coffin begins to leak.
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle in your snout,
They eat your eyes, they eat your nose,
They eat the jelly between your toes.
A big green worm with rolling eyes
Crawls in your stomach and out our eyes.
Your stomach turns a slimy green,
And pus pours out like whipping cream.
You'll spread it on a slice of bread,
And this is what you eat when you are dead." 

There are a number of variations in the chorus of this song. In late 1950s eastern Washington State, it was sung:

"The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle on your snout.
A big black bug with two red eyes, crawls up through your stomach and out through your eyes.
Your liver turns to a slimy green, and looks and tastes like whipped cream"