Eve Tushnet
Previous years here, here, here, here! Lol so many of these links are broken. MEMENTO MORI.
Shonen Knife, “Devil House” English version tbh
David Bowie, “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)”
The Fugees, “The Mask” not for kids but like… I love this song
Chubby Checker, “Doin’ the Zombie” via Randy’s Rodeo
Johnny Cash, “Ghost Riders in the Sky” he’s so great but I cannot hear this without flashing back to like NPR in the ’80s and “Condos for saaaaale! Condos to buuuuuy! For the yuppies in the sky!” Anyway, yes, this is a Benediction tribute.
The Builders & the Butchers, “Black Dresses” (via TKBW)
Ñaupa Machu, “La Llorona” (in Spanish and Nahuatl) or this poppier version with a truly phenomenal video
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Pulled to Bits”
DPCD, “All Day in the Mind of Somebody Else”
They Might Be Giants, “Climbing the Walls”
Oingo Boingo, “No One Lives Forever” so true bestie
A Flock of Seagulls, “Nightmares” via Generic Male, the source of so much New Wave pleasure for me over the years
Morrissey, “Jack the Ripper” self-parodic of him to record it and me to post it here, but I like this version better than the one on uhhh Hatful of Hollow or whatever B-side compilation I got it from back in the day
Bessie Smith, “Haunted House Blues” via Randy’s R
Theme from “Subspecies”
Lera Lynn ft. Shovels & Rope, “Wolf Like Me”
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “Death Is Not the End” two more from TKBW
put that in your skull and smoke it!
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