CIVL Station Manager Aaron Levy is “ready” if not “excited” for Halloween season, but these songs are all selections that DO pass the smell-my-feet-give-me-something-good-to-eat test of making him happy in a nostalgic kinda way.
Tracy Morgan — “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah”
I’ll never stop shuffling this. Is it the SNL and 30 Rock alum’s casually Big Bopper-esque delivery of the Hebrew word “haftorah,” referring to the Hebrew Bible passage read in order to ascend to adulthood, or is it the absurd picture, drawn through song, of “Boys becoming men / Men becoming wolves?”
Guns N’ Roses — “November Rain”
With the changing of the seasons comes the recycling of pumpkin spiced java tinged stories, the re-emergence of rain, and the quick transition from Thanksgiving, Halloween, and post-season baseball into November, the holiday season, midterms, and this re-shuffled classic. Far and away, this is my favourite Guns N’ Roses recording. Sorry, “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.”
Michael Jackson — “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”
If you were at the inaugural Abbotsford Canucks game on Friday, you would’ve heard some MJ, marking one of the first times in the last couple years I’ve been presented with the Pop King in public. Not getting the R. Kelly treatment, evidently, or alternatively, The Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” mode.
Gob — “I Hear You Calling”
This classic Langley mall-punk band had a series of Canadian radio hits, not the least of which included a cover of the aforementioned Stones’ “Paint It Black.” This music video in particular is a Halloween fright-fest, replete with soccer hooligan-style zombie melee action.
