Roving Around Halloween 2021

It's gotten to be a tradition with me to wander/rove around to find Halloween scenes. This year, I decided to video-record the sites. In the past, I've been more likely to take still images and some videos. I've learned to embrace recording because of panoramic views, easy zoom and pan for size and location references, and winds that provided visual effects. View the video.

I made the rounds to the 21 sites a few days ago. (Last year, I'd stretched my touring days out and even collected some just before trick or treaters would start their haunts.) Seems many of this week's stars are skeletons and inflatable balloons (big'uns!) Goodly amount of small-scale tombstones.

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2022 Halloween Nearby Tour
Roving Around Halloween 2021
2020 Halloween Meandering
2019 Halloween, Pre-pandemic Year
Halloween Scenes Around (2018)
Related: April Fooling Easter Halloween and More (from 2018)

Enjoy YouTube Halloween themes playlists: "Baker's Dozen Halloween YouTube Links", "Halloween Music Baker's Dozen Matter"

Baker's Dozen Halloween YouTube Links

YouTube playlist for this article, playlist compilation article

So many spooky-creepy songs to pick from! I compiled a list of maybe 30 songs before I even started to poke around Google for ideas. I decided to stop vetting YouTube videos after listing links for 13, a nice number for Halloween. The collection being eclectic, I listed the titles alphabetically.

• Addams Family Theme
• Ghost Busters, Ray Parker Jr.
• Ghost Riders in the Sky, Vaughn Monroe
• Haunted House, Jumpin' Gene Simmons (no Kiss here)
• Laurie (Strange Things Happen in This World), Dickey Lee
• Monster Mash, Bobby Pickett
• Munsters Theme
• Night on Bald Mountain
• Purple People Eater, Sheb Wooley
• Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor, Big Bopper
• Spooky, Classics IV
• Thriller, Michael Jackson
• Werewolves of London, Warren Zevon

** Bonus addition! Nature Trail to Hell (In 3D), Weird Al
Speeded-up video of Weird Al being drawn as a startled uniformed scout in the woods, being terrorized by someone thrusting a stick with marshmallows at him. The song itself is incomplete, but the image creation from start to completion is beautiful to behold.

The next two lists include honorable mentions, suggestions for songs or videos that you might consider for your own playlist.

Magic and mystery

• Magical Mystery Tour, Beatles
• Magic Carpet Ride, Steppenwolf
• A Whole New World (on a magic carpet ride), Peabo Bryson/Regina Belle
• Do You Believe in Magic, Lovin' Spoonful
• You Can Do Magic, America
• Oh Oh It's Magic, Electric LIght Orchestra
• Magic, Olivia Newton John
• Old Black Magic, Louis Prima/Keely Smith
• Supernatural, Santana
• Superstition, Stevie Wonder
• If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot
• Can You Read My Mind, Maureen McGovern
• It's Gonna Take a Miracle, Royalettes
• It's a Miracle, Barry Manilow

People, people to creep out people

• Devil Woman, Marty Robbins
• Devil Woman, Cliff Richard
• Evil Woman, Electric Light Orchestra
• Witchy Woman, Eagles
• Black Magic Woman, Santana
• Magic Man, Heart
• Witch Doctor, Alvin & Chipmunks
• Abracadabra, Stephen Miller
• I Put a Spell on You, Nina Simone
• Every Breath You Take, the Police
• I Always Feel Like (Somebody's Watching Me), Rockwell

Visit the following sites for more Halloween music and video links.

• Top 100 Halloween Songs
  Features autoplaying audio of the 100 songs but listing of only top 10. The top 10 songs have links to play and buy. Site includes links to other top 100 songs of varying themes and years.
• 13 Required Songs For Your Halloween Party Playlist (and Their Refreshingly Spooky Alternatives)
  Features Youtube links.
• Top 10 Halloween Songs
  Features Amazon, YouTube links.
• 15 Greatest Halloween Party Songs
  Features YouTube links and summaries.
• The 20 best Halloween songs of all time
  Features YouTube links and very short blurbs. Not sure why the site has a second section with duplicated blurbs without YouTube links.
• Top 100 Halloween Songs About Witches, Devils, Ghosts, Vampires, and Horror
  Features list and links to other Halloween song lists.
• 80s Halloween Songs
  Features YouTube links and summaries.
• Halloween Party Playlist: 15 Spellbinding Songs for Your Bash
  Features YouTube links and summaries.
• Monster mash-up: The top 25 Halloween songs
  Features list, but links to only 8 audio tracks via Spotify.

Images in pixstrip obtained from http://apps.corel.com/paint_shop_pro_photo_studio/tubes.html and http://www.freetubes.com/artxyz/halloween/index.html.

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