7/27/2019 Halloweeeeeeeeen
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Nicholas Coyne
Halloween is upon us, kids dressing up as hooligans and college
students acting
the part. Music is always a huge part of Halloween activities,
whether providing chilling
music for the nights activities or fueling the parties that will
most definitely pollute theAllegany with raucous noise tonight.
Whether they are solemn or reverent, some songs
manage to chill your senses cold and tangle their intricacies
around your ones, here are
some of my choices!
"he #miths $ "he Night Has %pened My &yes $ a chilling
'ourney through a
night(time escapade, contemplating life. With a smooth guitar
riff from )ohnny Marr,
Morrissey croons and seeps into your psyche with lines like *in
a river+the color of lead
-eto oys $ Mind /laying "ricks on Me $ one of the more morose
hip(hop songs
ever made. #carface and crew lead through a landscape of
paranoid thoughts and
hallucinations of violence 0*at night, 1 cant sleep+1 toss and
turn+candlesticks in thedark+visions of odies eing urned2
3ampire Weekend $ Hudson $ a serene picture rushed together y
&4ra
5oenigs voice. "he imagery of this song rings me ack to summer
nights sitting on the
edge of the Hudson 6iver in 1rvington, swaying with the
currents. "he storyline hereroots to origins of this iconic river,
as well as including a trance(like whirlwind of visions
0*Hudson died in the Hudson ay+the river took its victims
name2.
Nick 7rake $ /ink Moon $ such a solemn and reverent song. 7rakes
voiceinduces a state of concentration and alignment of emotion.
"alking Heads $ 7rugs $ with a psychotic guitar riff and spooky
sentiment, this"alking Heads song eclipses */sycho 5iller in terms
of spine(tingling emotion.
"he Moody lues $ 7ear 7iary $ creepy in every sense of the word,
this songharkens ack to the days of writing y candlelight and feels
like a 'ourneymen, "horeau(
type character trying to capture the curiosities of life 0*7ear
diary+what a day its
een+dear diary+its felt 'ust like a dream2.
)ake ugg $ #lide $ a eautiful song with a scary, underlying
nature. ugg finds
himself overwhelmed y the weight of love and the natural way
that things work around
0*1ve een thinking aout+the way the world turns+and my stomach
churns2. 1ts a songthat oth cools the soul and ignites a fire
within.
-orilla4 $ "omorrow Comes "oday $ the most perfect walking song
made, as faras walking songs go. A smooth sa8 part guides this song
through its addicting melody
and has provided me some of the most reverent feelings that
music has communicated.
Cold War 5ids $ Hospital ed $ A story steeped in desperation and
fright.
