8) This is Halloween
From: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Nominated by: Justin_Crossing
What I love most about this song is the two conflicting moods: the mood of the atmosphere is dark and mysterious, but the mood of the song is light and hoppin'. I just find that hilarious. Bum. Bum. Bum. Ba-dah-dum. Bum. Bum. Ba-DAH-dum. Bum. Bum. Ba-dah-dum, ba-DAH-dum. Buuum. It's the kind of beat you bop to- just a bit jazzy and quite a bit fun. The whole town is in on this, so there's a huge variety of singers and not just one person imitating a lot of voices à la Robin Williams in FLM or the Marilyn Manson version of this very song (which sucks by the way). Some of them harmonize quite well, others don't, but it's all good.
My favorite part of the song is actually the part at the very end- As the grown townsfolk go "LALALALALALALALA HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN. LALALALALALALALA HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN" and the young townsfolk go "La, la, la, LALA. La, la, la, LALA" and everyone ends with "wheee!" it just all comes together so harmoniously. My favorite stretch of the song is the one in which the werewolf goes, "Aren't you scared?" to which the witches reply "Well, THAT'S JUST FINE!" "Say it once, say it twice. Take a chance and roll the dice. Ride with the moon in the dead of night!" And then the tree enters in. In fact I just love how each scene bleeds right into the next in nifty little transitions like the tree opening its maw or the moon's light revealing the Oogie Boogie Man... It's just nice. Also that clown with the tear-away face used to scare the piss out of me.
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You're such a kid! By fr0q. - http://img.imgcake.com/genirisjpgde.jpg
Me. By me - http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae221/GenesisSaga/JustForFun.jpg