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This is Lana Del Rey's terrific cover of Donovan's song from the 1966 album, "Sunshine Superman." -- The genesis of this song goes back to an evening at folk music notable Bert Jansch's house in north London, when fellow acoustic master John Renbourn showed Donovan a D ninth chord. From that Donovan built up a riff that, according to the memories of those present, he then played solidly for the next SEVEN hours!

Going out to Adrian in SPOOKY MURDERAPOPLIS! When Byrne presented the song, he explained that he wanted a Japanese section in the bridge, but when he asked a girl who spoke the language to come up with some murderous words, she understandably freaked out. Frantz' girlfriend, Tina Weymouth, spoke French, so they had her write a French part for the bridge instead. She drew inspiration from the Norman Bates character in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Psycho." bit.ly

This track was originally composed as an instrumental by saxophonist Mike Shapiro; it was later covered by Dennis Yost and the group Classics IV with lyrics about a "spooky little girl". Dusty Springfield's iconic version flipped the script on the gender -- tinyurl.com The track has been covered by bands ranging from REM, Imogen Heap, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, the Bloodhound Gang, and more

With Scary Monsters, Bowie achieved what biographer David Buckley called "the perfect balance" of creativity and mainstream success. In 2000 Q magazine ranked Scary Monsters at No. 30 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

#20 on KEXP listener's favorite tracks of all time -- Going back to 1972, the year that KEXP began (as KCMU)... Taking a cue from Marvin Gaye, who put musician credits on his album "What's Going On," Wonder included credits on "Talking Book." On this track, Stevie played Hohner clavinet, drums, and Moog bass. Two of his band members also contributed: Steve Madaio played trumpet and Trevor Lawrence played tenor saxophone.

The lines, "They say "why are you dressed like it's Halloween? You look so absurd, you look so obscene" make this one a bit of an anthem for those that fully embrace goth style. See Ministry performing "Everyday is Halloween" in 2019 at Fair Market in Austin, Texas.: youtu.be

It's just a jump to the left...and a step to the right... It's quite easy to do: www.youtube.com

Nicks discovered the Rhiannon character in the early 1970s through a novel called Triad by Mary Bartlet Leader. The novel is about a woman named Branwen who is possessed by a witch named Rhiannon. She often introduced the song live by saying "This is a song about an old Welsh witch."

Yoko Ono is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter and peace activist. She recently said on Twitter, "In Japan we have three rituals: HANAMI, TSUKIMI, and YUKIMI. HANAMI is watching the flowers. TSUKIMI is watching the moon, YUKIMI is watching the snow. It's a beautiful tradition when you invite people to watch with you. I remember them all."

Kate Bush said about this song that encapsulates medieval witch trials: "I think it's very interesting the whole concept of witch-hunting and the fear of women's power. In a way it's very sexist behavior, and I feel that female intuition and instincts are very strong, and are still put down, really. And in this song, this women is being persecuted by the witch-hunter and the whole jury, although she's committed no crime, and they're trying to push her under the water to see if she'll sink or float." Read the lyrics and more about the song: www.katebushencyclopedia.com

9th track off Beck's 9th album www.beck.com

Kennedy William Gordy of Rockwell is the son of Motown founder and CEO Berry Gordy. Though he was signed to his father's label, he allegedly secured a deal without Berry's knowledge. Check out the music video for this track here! www.youtube.com We’re singing along to the music of 1984 to celebrate 50 years of KEXP! www.kexp.org

‘Zombie’’s genesis is traceable to 20 March 1993, when two bombs, planted by the Irish Republican Army, exploded in the northern English town of Warrington. The blast from the second bomb injured dozens of people, but most cruelly claimed the lives of three-year-old Jonathan Ball and 12-year-old Tim Parry: a twin tragedy that shocked and appalled both the UK and Irish public.' Read the story behind this Dolores O'Riordan composition: tinyurl.com

Netflix announced that they are making a Ramones biopic, I Slept with Joey Ramone, in which comedian Pete Davidson is set to play Joey Ramone.

Sub Pop Release 314. Supersuckers are a rock band formed in 1988 in Tucson, AZ by Eddie Spaghetti, Dan “Thunder” Bolton, Rontrose Heathman, Dancing Eagle, and Eric Martin. The band relocated to Seattle in 1989 and Eric Martin chose to leave the band. They submitted singles to a number of indie labels before signing with Sub Pop for their 1992 album The Smoke of Hell.

Written and produced by Missy and Timbaland.

Novelty song recorded in 1962, reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 20-27 of that year, just before Halloween.

Happy Halloween!

Orange Vinyl! thesoundofvinyl.us

1984 - Dan Ackroyd was in both Trading Places and Ghostbusters. Ray Parker Jr wrote the Ghostbusters theme!

Released by Sub Pop in 2006 and certified Gold by the RIAA. Ben Bridwell wrote, "The basis of 'The Funeral' was just really the start of me whining about my aversion to social occasions and Holidays. The pressure of say New Year’s being the best party night of your life, or Christmas being this forced togetherness. I was quite the pessimist in those days when I wrote the song." Watch the official video: youtu.be

Here are some dancing skeletons: www.youtube.com -- Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo is the well-known composer for many Tim Burton movies, including The Nightmare Before Christmas (on which he is also the singing voice of Jack Skellington).