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Halloween Special

by Jim McGuinn

October 30, 2021

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A yard in northeast Minneapolis (Fifth Street and Seventh Street NE) is covered in skeletons and gravestones, waiting for trick-or-treaters to come knocking.
A yard in northeast Minneapolis (Fifth Street and Seventh Street NE) is covered in skeletons and gravestones, waiting for trick-or-treaters to come knocking. Carly Quast | MPR News

This week it’s a very spooky time on Teenage Kicks. With Halloween on Sunday, we gather by our radios Saturday morning for songs and bands that fit the season — ghosts, devils, and goth — plus some pumpkins and candy too. It’s the Halloween Kick-tacular!

Program Playlist

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare

Patti Smith - Ghost Dance

The Dream Syndicate - Halloween

10,000 Maniacs - Candy Everybody Wants

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween

Motörhead - Hell Raiser

The Sugarcubes - Delicious Demon

Oingo Boingo - Dead Man’s Party

Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

AC/DC - Highway to Hell

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead

The Police - Spirits in the Material World

Ministry - Everyday is Halloween

Edwin Collins - Witchcraft

Book of Love - Witchcraft

Annie Lennox and Hozier - I Put A Spell On You

Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

Shriekback - Nemesis

The Misfits - Skulls

Robyn Hitchcock - The Ghost In You

The Specials - Ghost Town

Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters

Matthew Sweet - Devil With The Green Eyes

The Alarm - Devil Inside

Van Halen - Runnin’ With The Devil

The Shaggs - It’s Halloween

Halloween Special