Songs that feel like Ghosts (2021)
The cozy, chaotic warmth of domestic life shared across centuries between exasperated mortals and eccentric historical spirits.
- Ghosts by The Jam: It shares the specific thematic territory of looking back at lingering specters of the past.
- A Design for Life by Manic Street Preachers: Captures the grand dignity of old crumbling estates and working-class determination to rebuild them.
- House Of Fun by Madness: Mirrors the bouncy, theatrical chaos of living in a sprawling, unpredictable building filled with characters.
- Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo: Brings the upbeat, swinging party energy of people who are very comfortable hanging out with the deceased.
- Ghost Town by The Specials: A tongue-in-cheek nod to architectural decay and the haunting presence of history in everyday spaces.
- Everyday Is Like Sunday by Morrissey: Evokes that slightly faded, quiet countryside isolation where time feels suspended.
- The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen: Lends a dramatic, cinematic weight to the eerie yet comforting nocturnal life of a haunted manor.
- A Well Respected Man by The Kinks: Channels the stuffy, upper-crust historical pomposity of the show's resident 18th-century and Edwardian ghosts.
- Temptation by New Order: Provides an infectious, driving rhythm for the endless patience required when dealing with stubborn roommates.
- Strange Magic by Electric Light Orchestra: Celebrates the surreal, whimsical romance of living in a place where the impossible happens daily.