Music is my Therapy

Song: Somebody's Watching Me x Thriller Artist: Rockwell & Michael Jackson HAPPY HALLOWEEN ! ! ! ! It's the day of the spooks 👻 and skeletons! 💀 Where goblins 👹 and ghouls 😈 roam the streets and witches fly through the night sky! 🧹 I actually did a little reading this morning about the history of H a l l o w e e n and Jack o' Lanterns 🎃 and found it all very interesting. Check out my findings here , here & here . I have to end the month off right with this super cool mash-up of two iconic MJ  H a l l o w e e n  songs! He is (one of) my favorite parts of H a l l o w e e n  after all! I love the transition from Somebody's Watching Me to Thriller! So spooky and cool! Long live the KING! 👑 Who's watching? Tell me who's watching Who's watching me? I'm just an average man, with an average life I work from nine to five; hey hell, I pay the price All I want is to be left alone in my average home But why do I always feel like I'm in the T...

Song:  Calling All the Monsters Artist: China Anne McClain & Thrii HAPPY HALLOWS- EVE !!  🎃👻💀🧹 Here's a silly but fun throwback song that was recently "re-vamped" this Halloween! I grew up with a lot of younger siblings so I know about a lot of Disney Channel shows/songs... don't judge me! Especially when I find some of them catchy 🙈 Original Version Callin' all the monsters, callin' all the monsters Callin' all the, callin' all the, callin' all the monsters Oh yea aye, oh yea aye, oh yea aye Heart thumps and you jump Comin' down with goosebumps! You dared to go there I'ma I'ma get you so scared! We're wantin' to We're hauntin' you We're wantin' to Eh eh If you stayed in too late To be getting afraid This scene's extreme… I I I I'ma get you so scared! We're wantin' to We're hauntin' you We're wantin' to Eh eh Gonna get your body shakin' Wishin' you could just awak...

Song(s): It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! 🎃 Artist: Vince Guaraldi I ADORE the Peanuts and especially love all the holiday specials! I just watched this one with my nephew and it was so fun getting to re-live it through a child's eyes! It doesn't get more classic, comfy, cozy, nostalgic then Charlie Brown! Enjoy a selection of some of my favorites! Linus and Lucy Graveyard Theme The Great Pumpkin Waltz The Red Baron/Military Drum March Trick or Treat Fanfare/Breathless/Trick or Treat (Reprise) It's a Long Way to Tipperary Don't you feel like a kid again!? Go watch this short holiday classic immediately (if you haven't already! And even if you have, watch it again!).  HAPPY "GHOSTOBER!!" 2021

Song(s): Harry Potter Medley, Epic Halloween Medley & This Is Halloween Artist: Peter Hollens Welcome to the "Peter Hollens Appreciation" post! Today I am featuring THREE "spooky" Halloween covers from one of my favorite youtubers! All three are so clever and well done, I couldn't just choose one! The ULTIMATE Harry Potter Fan Theory Medley feat. Brizzy Voices aka Anna Brisbin  Ummm, excuse me!? This is SO creative and funny and magical and wicked and grand and fantastic and all the other words! Love, love, love it!! SO FUNNY! Music Only version + BTS Epic Halloween Medley Now THIS is scary (aka Pennywise!)! Those costumes are ON POINT! This Is Halloween Posted only a few short weeks ago, Peter's newest addition! I haven't even listened to it yet! But I'm sure its fabulous! While you're on this "Peter Hollens Halloween Video-spree" check out a couple of my posts from a few years ago (& just last year) that also include Mr. H...

Song(s):  Exploration & Halloweentown Theme Artist(s): From, Coraline & From, Halloweentown This first song is actually super eerie and haunting! But that could be because it's from a super eerie and terrifying film (I don't care if it's a cartoon - it's straight up SCARY! 😱). I definitely consider Coraline a Halloween movie and usually watch it every October.  Song #2 is from one of the all-time greatest and cheesiest Halloween movies to ever grace our television screens! 😂 I can't help but think of my brother every time I see or hear about Halloweentown because it was one of his favorite movies when he was little! He would always get so excited every "Monstober" because he knew the Disney Channel would be playing all the Halloweentown movies! He also loves Coraline and is now a horror movie fanatic...I guess the signs were there even when he was young!  From, Halloweentown High because, why not!? Strange World - Jessie Payo With these two...

Song: Haunted Heart  Artist: Christina Aguilera from, The Addams Family I loved the 2019 animated Addams Family movie!   I thought it was really cute and just the right type of "Halloween" movie for me! I didn't get a chance to see the sequel this year but that will definitely be on my list for next! Not only did I enjoy the film but I loved the music! My Family is literally "my family's" theme song! It's such a fun song and the lyrics ring so true for us 😁 I never really cared for this song until this year. For some reason it gives me I Put A Spell on You - "Screamin" Jay Hawkins vibes. But it's also way better than that cringey, crazy scream-fest of a "song" 🖤🥀 There's no ground when you fall for me You'll be falling for miles I'm bewitched by your misery (ha-ha) But I love it when you smile Let me know what you want from me Whisper low in my ears Before you try to get your hooks in me I should warn you, my d...

Song: Poor Unfortunate Souls/I Put A Spell On You Artist: Voctave feat. Rachel Potter Keeping things in the realm of Disney inspired "spooky" music. I love this mash-up! Bravo! 👏 Click to be enchanted ✨ I admit that in the past I've been a nasty They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch But you'll find that nowadays I've mended all my ways Repented, seen the light, and made a switch True? Yes And I fortunately know a little magic It's a talent that I always have possessed And here lately, please don't laugh I used it on behalf Of the miserable, lonely, and depressed pathetic Poor unfourtunate souls In pain, in need This one longing to be thinner That one wants to get the girl And do I help them? Yes, indeed Those poor unfortunate souls So sad, so true They come flocking to my cauldron Crying, spells, Ursula, please? And I help them? Yes, I do Now it's happened once or twice Someone couldn't pay the price And I'm afraid I ha...

Song: Once Upon A Dream Artist: Lana Del Ray from, Disney's Maleficent 'TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE HALLOWEEN AND ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE ... HAPPY   HALLOWEEN  WEEK !  🎃💀👻👹👽👾😈🧹 I recently watched the 2014 film  Maleficent   and heard this song during the credits. It's definitely got a spooky vibe going on. I figured this song would be OK to post on the Sabbath (in the past I typically don't like to post anything too "Halloweenish" on Sundays since it's the Lord's day) but I figured this song could work since, lyrically, it's completely innocent. Seems kind of funny to be posting this Disney Princess love song as part of my "Halloween" playlist but, if the eeriness fits! 🤷 Looking forward to watching Maleficent II: Mistress of Evil later this week!  I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream I know you, that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem But if I know you...

Song:  E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Artist: Blue Oyster Cult I found this song on Apple Music and it sounded very Halloween to me because of the reference to "Extra Terrestrials" and errybody should know how I feel about E.T.'s around here (...especially one in particular ) 😱👽😭 Fitting this song comes from the same album as another Blue Oyster Cult song I shared two years ago... Psst. Come here. I hear the music, daylight disc, Three men in black said, "Don't report this Ascension," and that's all they said. Sickness now, the hour of dread. All praise. He's found the awful truth. Balthazar. He's found the saucer news. Wait! There's more. I'm in fairy rings and tower beds. "Don't report this," three men said. Books by blameless and by the dead. King in yellow, the queen in red. All praise. He's found the awful truth. Balthazar. He's found the saucer news. Dead leaves always give up motion. I no longer...

Song: Witchcraft Artist: Frank Sinatra A little witchy-love song from one of the greatest most iconic voices of all time 🖤💋 Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That strips my conscience bare It's witchcraft And I've got no defense for it The heat is too intense for it What good would common sense for it do? 'Cause it's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft And although I know it's strictly taboo When you arouse the need in me My heart says "Yes, indeed" in me "Proceed with what you're leadin' me to" It's such an ancient pitch But one I wouldn't switch 'cause there's no nicer witch than you [instrumental] 'cause it's witchcraft, that crazy witchcraft And although I know it's strictly taboo When you arouse the need in me My heart says "Yes, indeed" in me "Proceed with what you're leadin' me to" It's such an ancient pitch But one I'd never switch 'cause there...

Song (s) :  Bad Habits & Count Dracula 🧛 Artist(s):  Ed Sheeran & Robert J. Walsh The music video alone is reason enough for this song to be here! And also because it's Ed and he's presented us with another great bop! (One, two, three, four) Ooh, ooh Every time you come around, you know I can't say no Every time the sun goes down, I let you take control I can feel the paradise before my world implodes And tonight had something wonderful My bad habits lead to late nights endin' alone Conversations with a stranger I barely know Swearin' this will be the last, but it probably won't I've got nothin' left to lose, or use, or do My bad habits lead to wide eyes stare into space And I know I lose control of the things that I say Yeah, I was lookin' for a way out, now I can't escape Nothin' happens after two, it's true, it's true My bad habits lead to you Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh My bad habits lead to you Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh My bad habits lead t...

Song:  Psycho Killer (Noir Version) Artist: Madam Bandit aka Mindy Gledhill I've posted several Mindy Gledhill songs here before... usually during my Grateful For Music Challenge in November. Her music has always been so sweet and whimsical to me. Well, apparently she has an alter-ego known as Madam Bandit who is the polar and complete opposite of the Mindy Gledhill music I have known before and she practically screams Halloween! 😱💀👹 At least, this song does - which is the only song I have heard from "Madam Bandit" so far. I probably won't be listening to much of her future releases as it's low-key disturbing and not really my taste... I just think the whole look/tone and overall feel of this song works well with the current season. 🎃 I can't seem to face up to the facts I'm tense and nervous and I Can't relax I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire Don't touch me I'm a real live wire Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est ? f...

Song: Ghost 👻 Artist: Justin Bieber Literally just saw this on the "top songs" on Apple Music a few weeks ago and decided to save it to my Halloween Playlist and see if it was any good... I only listened to a little bit of it so far but I think it sounds a'ight. The name is fitting if nothing else 👻 Actually, after really listening to this song and reading through the lyrics... 😭💔 Hits a little closer to home than I was expecting 😢 Youngblood thinks there's always tomorrow I miss your touch on nights when I'm hollow I know you crossed a bridge that I can't follow Since the love that you left is all that I get I want you to know that if I can't be close to you I settle for the ghost of you I miss you more than life (More than life) And If you can't be next to me Your memory is ecstasy I miss you more than life I miss you more than life Youngblood thinks there's always tomorrow (Woo) I need more time but time can't be borrowed I leave it a...

DISCLAIMER: I haven't been very motivated to start my annual " Halloween Song Challenge ." I haven't been motivated for much these days. It's still hard dealing with the loss of my life . I don't feel the same giddy excitement and anticipation of the fall and holiday season this year. In fact, what's usually my most favorite time of the year feels depressing and dull. I'm still sifting through my feelings of anguish, grief and guilt. I feel guilty trying to pretend like everything is fine and normal again. Each passing day it gets easier for this "new normal" to become my normal. And I hate that! I don't want to get used to this! But I know I can't act and feel this way forever. At some point, I have to move on. And in ways, it seems like I have. I interact with my family. I laugh. I listen to music. I eat. I watch movies and TV. I read. I do all the things I thought I could never do again without my best friend. All the things that ...