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Skatune Sunday – Fat Lip (Sum 41) SKA COVER
I don’t know what I was expecting since I hadn’t heard this song before (I’m old. Leave me alone.), but this cover absolutely SLAPS. https://medi-nerd.com/2026/05/03/skatune-sunday-fat-lip-sum-41-ska-cover/
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Polkalodeon Sunday – One Step Beyond (Prince Buster) POLKA COVER
This was an April Fool's joke, but Jer has fully committed to the bit. Or have they?https://medi-nerd.com/2026/04/26/polkalodeon-sunday-one-step-beyond-prince-buster-polka-cover/
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Polkalodeon Sunday – A Message To You Rudy (The Specials) POLKA COVER
There are so many reasons I love this cover, but I’ll spare you and give my top four.https://medi-nerd.com/2026/04/05/polkalodeon-sunday-a-message-to-you-rudy-the-specials-polka-cover/
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Skatune Sunday – Everything is Alright (Motion City Soundtrack) SKA COVER
Once again, Skatune Network introduces me to music I haven’t heard before, and does it while making the song their own. -
Skatune Sunday – I Melt With You (Modern English) Ska Cover
They ska’d the world. Let’s melt with them.https://medi-nerd.com/2026/02/15/skatune-sunday-i-melt-with-you-modern-english-ska-cover/
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Skatune Sunday: The Moon Theme (Ducktales NES) SKA cover
The energy and joy of Ducktales (Oooh-ooooh!!!) shines through in this fresh take on the Moon Theme.https://medi-nerd.com/2026/02/01/skatune-sunday-the-moon-theme-ducktales-nes-ska-cover/
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VIDEO: Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (Fall Out Boy) SKA COVER
Skatune Network made this song better in two ways:
1) Made it ska
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VIDEO: Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (Fall Out Boy) SKA COVER
Skatune Network made this song better in two ways:
1) Made it ska
2) NO CHIMPS -
VIDEO: Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (Fall Out Boy) SKA COVER
Skatune Network made this song better in two ways: 1) Made it ska 2) NO CHIMPShttps://medi-nerd.com/2026/01/26/video-thnks-fr-th-mmrs-fall-out-boy-ska-cover/
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Skatune Sunday – You’re A Mean One, Mr Grinch (SKA COVER)
Given the choice between the two of you, I’d choose the seasick SKAcodile!https://medi-nerd.com/2025/12/14/skatune-sunday-youre-a-mean-one-mr-grinch-ska-cover/
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Skatune Sunday – Sleigh Ride (Ska Cover) Ft. Esteban Flores
Sleigh Ride was in desperate need of a refresh. Skatune Network and Esteban Flores have come to our rescue with this incredible ska take on a holiday classic. https://medi-nerd.com/2025/12/07/skatune-sunday-sleigh-ride-ska-cover-ft-esteban-flores/
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Skatune Sunday – Ghostbusters (SKA COVER)
If they had originally gone with a ska version of the Ghostbusters theme song, it would have been an even better movie.https://medi-nerd.com/2025/10/26/skatune-sunday-ghostbusters-ska-cover/
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Skatune Sunday – The Addams Family (SKA COVER)
Skatune Network really is neat, sweet, and petite, as well as a scre-am. You really ought to see ‘em. https://medi-nerd.com/2025/10/19/skatune-sunday-the-addams-family-ska-cover/
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Skatune Sunday – Lithium (Nirvana) SKA COVER Ft. Em Williams
When this song first came out, I was a senior in high school, but I was a music snob and didn’t give Nirvana much credit or attention back then.https://medi-nerd.com/2025/10/05/skatune-sunday-lithium-nirvana-ska-cover-ft-em-williams/
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Skatune Sunday – Dragon Roost Island (Legend of Zelda Wind Waker) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/TG3K1aAvMIw?si=sVWQqz5ufXUMctAX My wife is the Legend of Zelda player in the family, but this cover is reminding me that I need to get on Wind Waker ASAP. The original: https://youtu.be/SfaNKs2KZ1o?si=yKjKVmAOwvziGKYl FYI, that is NOT a bass trombone Jer is playing during the opening brass chorale, but they sure make it sound like one. Help Jer get a bass trombone as well as continue to make these great ska covers by joining their Patreon. You get access to fun perks such […] -
Skatune Sunday – Giant Woman (Steven Universe) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/vwXBfcofGf4?si=22XEnnrG9y02j5r1
First, this is another cartoon I keep meaning to watch but haven’t yet. This song reminded me that I need to get Steven Universe on my watch list.
Second, there’s a great fake out about halfway through the song.
Finally, here’s the original song:
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Skatune Sunday – Death Of The Heart By JER
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lG1Z-35w2BV_kPFputYFfi5PM0qV-pW-Y&si=bhnu_SBe2VCX-5o0
JER, the creative mind behind Skatune Network, has released their second album, Death of the Heart. I enjoyed their first release, Bothered/Unbothered, and I expect to love this one even more. JER’s messages of decolonization and anti-capitalism are just as present, if not more so, in this album. I’ll be listening to it while I work (the irony is not lost on me), and I’m looking forward to it.
https://medi-nerd.com/2025/08/17/skatune-sunday-death-of-the-heart-by-jer/
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Skatune Sunday – I Miss You (Blink 182) SKA COVER
We can live like Jack and Sally if we want.
This cover SLAPS.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday – Capitalism Breeds Devastation (JER Official Lyric Video)
https://youtu.be/c1Qw9xknGjc?si=Fo9J0QECSMrPsmGI
Jer drops their second track from their upcoming album, DEATH OF THE HEART. It’s exactly what you wanted and hoped for. I’m Kevin, and I approve their message.
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Skatune Sunday – American Idiot (Green Day) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/GFGTIGJUR_g?si=Bwjr3aaaqUchqdDN
Don’t wanna be an American idiot Don’t want a nation under the new mania
The lyrics were spot on in 2004. They’re even more so now.
The original:
https://youtu.be/Ee_uujKuJMI?si=JaAFBiWCyDj4zUnZ
Support Skatune Network by purchasing their merch!
https://www.skatunenetwork.com/
You can also pre-order Jer’s new album and order merch of their other original work.
https://www.badtimerecords.com/collections/jer
https://medi-nerd.com/2025/07/06/skatune-sunday-american-idiot-green-day-ska-cover/
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Skatune Sunday – Killer Tofu (The Beets) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/ncJBL62gZUQ?si=aYupGDzrKkh5Af5I
I have had tofu (one time) more than I’ve seen episodes of Doug (zero times). I now want to increase both of those numbers.
The original;
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Skatune Sunday – Killer Tofu (The Beets) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/ncJBL62gZUQ?si=aYupGDzrKkh5Af5I
I have had tofu (one time) more than I’ve seen episodes of Doug (zero times). I now want to increase both of those numbers.
The original;
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Skatune Sunday – Killer Tofu (The Beets) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/ncJBL62gZUQ?si=aYupGDzrKkh5Af5I
I have had tofu (one time) more than I’ve seen episodes of Doug (zero times). I now want to increase both of those numbers.
The original;
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Skatune Sunday – Killer Tofu (The Beets) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/ncJBL62gZUQ?si=aYupGDzrKkh5Af5I
I have had tofu (one time) more than I’ve seen episodes of Doug (zero times). I now want to increase both of those numbers.
The original;
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Skatune Sunday – Killer Tofu (The Beets) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/ncJBL62gZUQ?si=aYupGDzrKkh5Af5I
I have had tofu (one time) more than I’ve seen episodes of Doug (zero times). I now want to increase both of those numbers.
The original;
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Skatune Sunday – True Believers (The Bouncing Souls) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/EhlMFBF6vLc?si=STOGhuCBphPYWMMx
Jer said Pride Month starts a day early.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday – True Believers (The Bouncing Souls) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/EhlMFBF6vLc?si=STOGhuCBphPYWMMx
Jer said Pride Month starts a day early.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday – True Believers (The Bouncing Souls) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/EhlMFBF6vLc?si=STOGhuCBphPYWMMx
Jer said Pride Month starts a day early.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday – True Believers (The Bouncing Souls) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/EhlMFBF6vLc?si=STOGhuCBphPYWMMx
Jer said Pride Month starts a day early.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday – True Believers (The Bouncing Souls) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/EhlMFBF6vLc?si=STOGhuCBphPYWMMx
Jer said Pride Month starts a day early.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday – Your Love (The Outfield) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/TvkK7h5wlaI?si=mX8I5UEjTGRCJcG_
I have memories of listening to this song as a kid on my Walkman while riding in the back seat of my grandparents car going on vacation. Thanks for bringing those memories back, Jer.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday – Angry Beavers (Theme Song) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/HXJZWkDLRPI?si=lmnYK2ubGaPfFzCh
I’ve seen a few episodes of Angry Beavers when my father-in-law was watching it and we were visiting him. It might be time to check it out for myself while it’s on Paramount+.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday: Bob-Omb Battlefield (Super Mario 64) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/ljsvYECgy20?si=qqF75KGgxE_DTjet
I can always depend on Skatune Network dropping a killer ska cover of video game music which makes me want to play the game. This is no exception.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday: Bob-Omb Battlefield (Super Mario 64) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/ljsvYECgy20?si=qqF75KGgxE_DTjet
I can always depend on Skatune Network dropping a killer ska cover of video game music which makes me want to play the game. This is no exception.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday: Bob-Omb Battlefield (Super Mario 64) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/ljsvYECgy20?si=qqF75KGgxE_DTjet
I can always depend on Skatune Network dropping a killer ska cover of video game music which makes me want to play the game. This is no exception.
The original:
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Skatune Sunday: Bob-Omb Battlefield (Super Mario 64) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/ljsvYECgy20?si=qqF75KGgxE_DTjet
I can always depend on Skatune Network dropping a killer ska cover of video game music which makes me want to play the game. This is no exception.
The original:
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VIDEO: Skatune Network – Green Hill Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog) COVER
https://youtu.be/6X3G2qR7nbc?si=uz-t6jRGSct4KRio
I did not get a lot of Sonic playing growing up as my friends and I were Nintendo houses, but I’d love to dig up an emulator and get some games in just so i could hear the soundtrack.
The original:
https://youtu.be/G-i8HYi1QH0?si=Ag0uvRjahyJ8fYFS
#COVER #GreenHillZone #Music #ska #SkatuneNetwork #SkatuneSunday #SonicTheHedgehog #video
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VIDEO: Skatune Network – Green Hill Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog) COVER
https://youtu.be/6X3G2qR7nbc?si=uz-t6jRGSct4KRio
I did not get a lot of Sonic playing growing up as my friends and I were Nintendo houses, but I’d love to dig up an emulator and get some games in just so i could hear the soundtrack.
The original:
https://youtu.be/G-i8HYi1QH0?si=Ag0uvRjahyJ8fYFS
#COVER #GreenHillZone #Music #ska #SkatuneNetwork #SkatuneSunday #SonicTheHedgehog #video
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VIDEO: Skatune Network – Green Hill Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog) SKA COVERGreen Hill Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/6X3G2qR7nbc?si=uz-t6jRGSct4KRio
i did not get a lot of Sonic playing growing up as my friends and I were Nintendo houses, but I’d love to dig up an emulator and get some games in just so i could hear the soundtrack.
The original:
https://youtu.be/G-i8HYi1QH0?si=Ag0uvRjahyJ8fYFS
#COVER #GreenHillZone #Music #ska #SkatuneNetwork #SkatuneSunday #SonicTheHedgehog #video
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VIDEO: Skatune Network – Green Hill Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog) SKA COVERGreen Hill Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/6X3G2qR7nbc?si=uz-t6jRGSct4KRio
i did not get a lot of Sonic playing growing up as my friends and I were Nintendo houses, but I’d love to dig up an emulator and get some games in just so i could hear the soundtrack.
The original:
https://youtu.be/G-i8HYi1QH0?si=Ag0uvRjahyJ8fYFS
#COVER #GreenHillZone #Music #ska #SkatuneNetwork #SkatuneSunday #SonicTheHedgehog #video
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VIDEO: Skatune Network – Green Hill Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/6X3G2qR7nbc?si=uz-t6jRGSct4KRio
I did not get a lot of Sonic playing growing up as my friends and I were Nintendo houses, but I’d love to dig up an emulator and get some games in just so i could hear the soundtrack.
The original:
https://youtu.be/G-i8HYi1QH0?si=Ag0uvRjahyJ8fYFS
#COVER #GreenHillZone #Music #ska #SkatuneNetwork #SkatuneSunday #SonicTheHedgehog #video
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VIDEO: Skatune Network – What I Like About You (The Romantics) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/abbik3PZgNg?si=8pOisqSjFzz_Q7Y5
Skatune Network says that this cover works incredibly well, and I have to agree. When I heard their version of this song, I had to go back to the original to remind myself of how it sounded.
Speaking of which, here is the original:
https://youtu.be/Rqnw5IfbZOU?si=35C2KskfIH8a9CWZ
Make sure you follow and support Skatune Network.
#COVER #Music #ska #SkatuneNetwork #SkatuneSunday #TheRomantics #video #WhatILikeAboutYou
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VIDEO: Skatune Network – What I Like About You (The Romantics) SKA COVER
https://youtu.be/abbik3PZgNg?si=8pOisqSjFzz_Q7Y5
Skatune Network says that this cover works incredibly well, and I have to agree. When I heard their version of this song, I had to go back to the original to remind myself of how it sounded.
Speaking of which, here is the original:
https://youtu.be/Rqnw5IfbZOU?si=35C2KskfIH8a9CWZ
Make sure you follow and support Skatune Network.
#COVER #Music #ska #SkatuneNetwork #SkatuneSunday #TheRomantics #video #WhatILikeAboutYou
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VIDEO: Skatune Network – Blank Space – Taylor Swift (SKA COVER Ft. Suzie True!)
https://youtu.be/mWyGBIgaHK4?si=CzCzDSAg1GV_jRzL
We’re going back three years on this one, when Skatune Network wrote their name into the blank space of Taylor Swift ska covers we didn’t know we needed.
The original:
https://youtu.be/e-ORhEE9VVg?si=CdSEAVuCxn0225nu
#BlankSpace #COVER #Music #ska #SkatuneNetwork #SkatuneSunday #SuzieTrue #TaylorSwift #video
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Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!
First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j
It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae
Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ
On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of placesSo began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL
There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi
Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:
https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV
And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:
https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc
https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/
#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube
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Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!
First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j
It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae
Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ
On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of placesSo began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL
There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi
Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:
https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV
And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:
https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc
https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/
#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube
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Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!
First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j
It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae
Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ
On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of placesSo began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL
There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi
Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:
https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV
And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:
https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc
https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/
#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube
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Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!
First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j
It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae
Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ
On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of placesSo began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL
There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi
Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:
https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV
And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:
https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc
https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/
#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube
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Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!
First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j
It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae
Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ
On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of placesSo began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL
There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi
Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:
https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV
And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:
https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc
https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/
#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube
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https://youtu.be/PjIta4igjOs?si=ACCYyGD1cP1jyD5Y
This is another one of those songs which I hear all the time on the radio or popped through some bar’s speaker system, but I don’t think about into it hear it again.
Well, Skatune Network fixed that problem. I want to listen to this version of Binding Lights on repeat.
Here’s the original for reference:
https://youtu.be/4NRXx6U8ABQ?si=IpnziWZwBl-QXuvE
https://medi-nerd.com/2024/06/16/skatune-sunday-blinding-lights-the-weeknd-ska-cover/
#BlindingLights #COVER #Music #ska #SkatuneNetwork #SkatuneSunday #TheWeeknd