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October 18, 2007 11:38 AM

Halloween costume help! Help a music nerd dress up as a song.

I am planning on being "Devil With a Blue Dress" (blue dress, devil ears and tail, etc). I'm trying to think of a good companion costume for my boyfriend and we've both drawn a blank. The only song I could come up with is "Rocket Man."

FWIW, boyfriend is about 6 feet tall, slender with some muscles. We both live in the US (New Orleans to be exact).

Help us Hive Mind!

posted by radioamy to grab bag (27 comments total)

Alright, I'm a music moron, but I know there are songs about angels. Maybe he can be an "angel" themed song, to balance out your devil?
posted by tastybrains at 11:41 AM on October 18, 2007

Do another devil variant. "Devil went down to georgia". Golden fiddle, "I [heart] Georgia T-shirt, horns, tail, etc.
posted by cosmicbandito at 11:41 AM on October 18, 2007 [3 favorites has favorites]

He could be "Lola" and dress as a transvestite.
posted by amyms at 11:41 AM on October 18, 2007

Earth Angel would be pretty easy to do.
posted by Bookhouse at 11:44 AM on October 18, 2007

"Candyman"?
posted by cmgonzalez at 11:50 AM on October 18, 2007

FWIW, boyfriend is about 6 feet tall, slender with some muscles. We both live in the US (New Orleans to be exact).

Well, he could wear a New Orleans Saints uniform, along with army boots. Make sure he marches in.

Oy, I suck.
posted by Skot at 12:01 PM on October 18, 2007

"Man In Black" - Johnny Cash? Too simple?
posted by grabbingsand at 12:01 PM on October 18, 2007

"Boy with a thorn in his side?"
posted by squarefrink at 12:02 PM on October 18, 2007

He should be "Lady in Red"
posted by Shebear at 12:11 PM on October 18, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

Vicar In A Tutu.
posted by everichon at 12:12 PM on October 18, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

Hooker with a Penis.
posted by Schlimmbesserung at 12:18 PM on October 18, 2007

Does he have some friends you could recruit? They could be a "Chain of Fools."
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 12:19 PM on October 18, 2007

Judy Staring at the Sun
Brass in Pocket
Pink Cashmere
posted by mr. remy at 12:22 PM on October 18, 2007

The Fool on the Hill (Beatles)
Wrapped Up In Books (Bell and Sebastian)
Monkey Gone To Heaven (Pixies)
Karma Police (Radiohead)
Hounds of Love (Kate Bush/Futureheads)
Herculean Bellboy (Young and Sexy)
Incredibly Drunk on Whiskey (no, seriously; by Memphis)
Miss Teen Wordpower (The New Pornographers)
Calendar Girl (Stars)
Lady Picture Show (Stone Temple Pilots)

I had a friend go out as "Video Killed the Radio Star" once; she cut a VHS tape in half and affixed it to the front and back of a shirt with a yellow star on it. She may have also had an antenna... it's been a while; I don't remember exactly.
posted by heeeraldo at 12:23 PM on October 18, 2007

He could be the clock that you rock around.
Or, if you want to get racy, he could have great balls of fire.
posted by rocket88 at 12:28 PM on October 18, 2007

FWIW, boyfriend is about 6 feet tall, slender with some muscles. We both live in the US (New Orleans to be exact).

Buddy Holly, by Weezer.
posted by 23skidoo at 12:31 PM on October 18, 2007

House of the Rising Sun? (There is a house in New Orleans...)
posted by diastematic at 12:38 PM on October 18, 2007

Looking through my MP3 directory, I found a few that could work, depending on your creativity level, and the hipness of your friends:

Detachable Penis
Music, Sex, and Cookies
Mack the Knife
White Christmas
Boys in the Hood
Stagger Lee
Sexual Healing
Sex Dwarf
White Man in Hammersmith Palais
Andre the Giant
Schoolhouse Rock
Lost in the supermarket
Scary Monsters/Super Creeps
Desperado
Tequila Sunrise
Electric Avenue
God's Comic
Enormous Penis
An American in Paris
I Just Got Back from the Dentist
Dixie Chicken
Caligula
Bob George
Mama's Boy
And anything by Wesley Willis

posted by MrMoonPie at 12:42 PM on October 18, 2007

Rhinestone Cowboy?
posted by DrGirlfriend at 12:46 PM on October 18, 2007

Doctor Jazz?
Big Chief?
Tipitina? (Big banana)
posted by diastematic at 12:47 PM on October 18, 2007

"Johnny Angel"-- wings, halo, nametag that says Johnny. OK, not the best song, but easy and fits with yours.

Perhaps "Long Tall Sally"?

Also from 1966 (like Devil in a Blue Dress):
Secret Agent Man
Sunshine Superman
Paperback Writer
Nowhere Man
Cool Jerk
Red Rubber Ball
If I Were A Carpenter
Working in the Coal Mine
I Am A Rock
posted by Shoeburyness at 1:24 PM on October 18, 2007

How about if your boyfriend dresses up as the deep blue sea (some painted waves, or a painted letter C), and you can be "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea".The only problem I see is that people will keep trying to get between you.
posted by Philbo at 1:33 PM on October 18, 2007

Check out this AskMeFi Thread.
posted by ms.v. at 1:37 PM on October 18, 2007

Long Cool Woman (in a black dress)?
posted by pointystick at 2:21 PM on October 18, 2007

I would break up with any woman who wanted me to go as "Detachable Penis."

I think your boyfriend should go as himself, but with a T-shirt with print on the back: ...and you're gonna be in trouble." (There's even an Angels reference there!)
posted by kimota at 2:29 PM on October 18, 2007

Here's a list of songs with the word "angel" if you're into the angel/devil thing. Maybe "Blue Angel" by Roy Orbison to go with the blue theme too?

Or maybe he could dress up as God and hand out flyers that say "MISSING" and have a picture of an angel's face on it. ("Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel")
posted by Metroid Baby at 3:20 PM on October 18, 2007

Blue Moon
posted by theora55 at 3:20 PM on October 18, 2007