Monster songs?

[txteach]

My favorite is Godzilla by blue oyster cult. Any other ones?

[ShadowAvenger]

Top of my list would be:
Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
Monster by Steppenwolf
Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper
Dragula by Rob Zombie

[HardyGirl]

Frankenstein- Steppenwolf
Werewolves of London
Clap for the Wolfman

(I don't know who sings those)

[Joe90]

Clap For the Wolfman was by The Guess Who.

I have a Soft Spot for The Blob, (http://www.brownielocks.com/blob.html) by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and performed by The Five Blobs.

(Actually, the 5 Blobs was Bernie Nee -- his voice overdubbed 5 times.)

[HardyGirl]

Clap For the Wolfman was by The Guess Who.

Thanks!:wink_y:

[Monsterama2000]

I actually collect monster:feiertag-smiley-019 and Halloween:pumpkin: songs. A few of my favorites are --

Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett (or Vincent Price)
(It's A) Monsters' Holiday by Buck Owens
Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives by Mel Torme

[Mikey]

Edgar Winter Group -- Frankenstein --1973

YouTube - Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1mV_5-bRPo)

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[HardyGirl]

OOPS! I stand corrected. I meant the Edgar Winter Group. I'm batting a thousand, huh?:wall:

[Bo8a_Fett]

The Misfits cover a lot of movie monsters in their tracks and are well worth a look:
http://www.misfits.com/
Also Iron Maiden have done a few tracks involving tv and movies including The Prisoner, Children of the Damned, Quest for Fire, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Phantom of the Opera and the Wicker man.
there are loads of others but just thought i'd share 2 bands I love listening to.

[monkey tennis]

David Bowie - Scary Monsters and Super Creeps

"Scary monsters, super creeps
Keeps me running, running scared"

[monkey tennis]

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

"White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead"

[monkey tennis]

World Party - Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb

[monkey tennis]

Cranberries - Zombie

[Bo8a_Fett]

Dragula by Rob Zombie?

[ctc]

>Dragula by Rob Zombie?

Sure, why not? Like most of Rob Zombie's stuff it's a little "stream of consciusness" but it could easily refrence a vampire racing in his motorized coffin. ("Dragula" being Gran'pa Munster's race car.) Matter of fact; a LOT of Rob's music refrences old b-movies.

But if you want some more tangible monster songs here are some of my faves:

-Judas Priest: Nightcrawler
Love Bites
LochNess
The Ripper
Invader
Metal Gods

Jethro Tull: Kelpie
A Passion Play edit 8

Iron Maiden: The Apparition
Fear of the Dark
The Number of the Beast

Blue Oyster Cult: I Love the Night
Godzilla
E.T.I. (ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence)
The Old Gods Return
Harvest Moon
Take Me Away
Nosferatu

The Gutter Demons: Day of the Dead

Don C.

[Bo8a_Fett]

All by the Misfits...well worth a listen

from the album "Famous Monsters"

"Kong at the Gates" – 1:22
"The Forbidden Zone" – 2:23
"Lost in Space" – 2:27
"Dust to Dust" – 2:43
"Crawling Eye" – 2:22
"Witch Hunt" – 1:31
"Scream!" – 2:33
"Saturday Night" – 3:28
"Pumpkin Head" – 2:16
"Scarecrow Man" – 3:10
"Die Monster Die" – 2:00
"Living Hell" – 2:54
"Descending Angel" – 3:46
"Them" – 2:43
"Fiend Club" – 2:52
"Hunting Humans" – 2:06
"Helena" – 3:20
"Kong Unleashed" – 0:47
"Devil Doll" (exclusive UK/Japan bonus track)
"1,000,000 Years B.C." (exclusive UK bonus track)
"Helena 2" (exclusive UK bonus track)

from the album"American Psycho"

"Abominable Dr. Phibes" – 1:41
"American Psycho" – 2:06
"Speak of the Devil" – 1:47
"Walk Among Us" – 1:23
"The Hunger" – 1:43
"From Hell They Came" – 2:16
"Dig Up Her Bones" – 3:01
"Blacklight" – 1:27
"Resurrection" – 1:29
"This Island Earth" – 2:15
"Crimson Ghost" – 2:01
"Day of the Dead" – 1:49
"The Haunting" – 1:25
"Mars Attacks" – 2:28
"Hate the Living, Love the Dead" – 1:36
"Shining" – 2:59
"Don't Open 'til Doomsday" – 2:43
"Hell Night" (hidden track)
"Dead Kings Rise" (exclusive LP bonus track)

[thunderbolt]

Moon Over Bourbon Street-Sting. Its about Vampires.

[cjefferys]

All by the Misfits...well worth a listen



You can't have a monster song discussion without the Misfits, but personally I much prefer Danzig era Misfits. That stuff was brilliant. :)

"Horror Business"
"Astro Zombies"
"Teenagers from Mars"
"Vampira"
"I Turned into a Martian"
"Ghouls Night Out"
"Return of the Fly"
"Horror Hotel"
"Halloween" plus "Halloween II" (and Danzig's Samhain did part III)

Plus a bunch more that I'm forgetting.

[cjefferys]

>Dragula by Rob Zombie?

Sure, why not? Like most of Rob Zombie's stuff it's a little "stream of consciusness" but it could easily refrence a vampire racing in his motorized coffin. ("Dragula" being Gran'pa Munster's race car.)

Lyrically he went in a different direction, but I think the song was at least originally inspired by the Munsters' car. Especially if you watch the music video for the song. :)



Matter of fact; a LOT of Rob's music refrences old b-movies.



Very true, and so do his films. And he's supposed to have an amazing collection of horror memorbilia.

[Dr. Phibes]

Some good songs...I like "Pet Cemetary" by The Ramones and "Cold Chills" by Kix.

[misterdroid]

If you like rock and roll (in the rawest sense) and zombies (and who doesn't) you MUST check out the Guitar Wolf movie "Wild Zero"... It's Japanese and that only makes the combo BETTER!
YouTube - Wild Zero Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2WvVGr9PkU)

[megoat]

Can't believe Roky Erickson hasn't been mentioned yet. The entire Stu Cook sessions have titles that sound like 50's horror flicks:

Two Headed Dog
I Think Of Demons
Creature With The Atom Brain
Don't Shake Me Lucifer
Bloody Hammer
Stand For The Fire Demon
If You Have Ghosts
I Walked With A Zombie
Night Of The Vampire

[palitoy]

The Dead Elvi really made a Halloween or two for me:

YouTube - BUMBLEFOOT/DEAD ELVI/The CREATURE Stole My SURFBOARD/Chiller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30wehaw4sk)

[Werewolf]

Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds

YouTube - Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvg8zSR9psA)