The much-missed Gary Loggins always shared this song on Thanksgiving, on both this site and his own personal site. I’m happy to honor his memory by continuing that tradition.
Category Archives: Song of the Day
Song of the Day: Under the Eye of the Electric Storm by Depth Charge (RIP, J. Saul Kane)
Today’s song of the day is in tribute to Jonathan Saul Kane, who died earlier this month at the age of 55. This British DJ was also known as Depth Charge and The Octagon Man and he is one of the many people who have been credited, over the years, as being the inventor of both trip hop and big beat. Along with founding several key independent record labels, Kane was also sampling Kung Fu movies before it was cool. In fact, as one of the founders Made In Hong Kong, Kane played a key role in introducing Hong Kong action to the west.
As for today’s song of the day, Under The Eye Of The Electric Storm was first released in 1991.
RIP, J. Saul Kane.
Bonus Halloween Song of the Day: This Is Halloween From The Nightmare Before Christmas
From 1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, here’s the anthem of the day!
Horror Song of the Day: Main Theme From Halloween by John Carpenter
Was there ever any doubt?
Bonus Song of the Day: Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes
Thanks to the one and only John Carpenter, the version of this sweet little song that The Chordettes recorded in the 1950s will be forever associated with the Night He Came Home. Sadly, none of the Chordettes are with us anymore and I haven’t been able to find any interviews about how they felt about their song of teenage love being used in Halloween.
I’d like to think they would have appreciated it. Michael Myers may not have had hair like Liberace but he did have a mask that looked a lot like William Shatner.
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Season of the Witch by Lana Del Rey
As I mentioned earlier, there have been many covers of Donovan’s Season of the Witch. This one is from Lana Del Rey.
Horror Song of The Day: Cat People (Putting Out Fire) by Giorgio Moroder and David Bowie
Today’s song comes the hypnotic soundtrack of Paul Schrader’s Cat People. This song was so good that it later showed up and was used to equally strong effect in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Love Song For A Vampire by Annie Lennox
I kind of feel like I didn’t give enough love to the vampires this Horrorthon. I’ll make up for it next year.
For now, though, allow me to offer up this Love Song For A Vampire, which was recorded by Annie Lennox for 1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula!
Horror Song of the Day: Ave Satani by Jerry Goldsmith
Today’s horror song of the day is the only hymn to Satan to have been nominated for an Oscar. From 1976’s The Omen, here is Ave Satani. Don’t sing along as much as you may be tempted too. We’ve all seen Hellraiser.
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith, this version of this song was performed by the Tenerife Film Orchestra and Choir.
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Season of the Witch, covered by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Did you know that Joan Jett did a cover of Season of the Witch?
I didn’t, at least not until the YouTube algorithm decided to let me know. For once, the algorithm was a force of good. (Apparently, this song was used on the soundtrack of Netflix’s Son of Sam documentary. I did watch that documentary and I do remember this song being used in it but I didn’t realize that it was Joan Jett performing the song.)
Here’s Joan Jett and the Blackhearts with their cover of Donovan’s Season of the Witch.
