I once went as the man with the Red Right Hand from the Nick Cave song, so there's precedent. The following year, I was the guy from the cover of Black Sabbath's Paranoid.

My ex was "Devil in a Blue Dress" last year. That was a simple costume. Horns and a tail. There may have been a pitchfork.

No riffs right now, but I am freaking out because I was lying in bed this morning thinking exactly the same thing. With exactly the same songs.

Pigs (Three Different Ones)

My ex was "Devil in a Blue Dress" last year. That was a simple costume. Horns and a tail. There may have been a pitchfork.

Ha! I was just wondering if I can find the blue dress I jammed into storage last year, and if it would be warm enough to wear! My horns are lovely and non-negotiable: I AM wearing them.

Unless I go as Sexy Albert Einstein.

OH HAI IS THIS EARWORM THREAD?

Some spitballing to make any psychedelic outfit into Lucy:

kaleidescope eyes: Buy a couple of those two-inch pocket kaleidescopes at a toy store and use wire and glue or duct tape to make them into a lorgnette to wear around your neck.

alternately, sun in her eyes: cut out felt or craft foam into sunshine shapes. Glue it to a pair of cheap sunglasses.

cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head: make a pipe-cleaner ringlet for your head, affix cellophane flowers atop it.

bonus points: carry a basket or bucket of marshmallow pies and origami newspaper taxis.

super extra bonus points: make the entire back side of the costume, including the back of your head, flat black or some other plain solid neutral color. "Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes" (turn around) "AND SHE'S GONE!"

Earworm -- that's not a bad costume idea. You could walk around all night putting evil tunes into people's heads.

Y'all are awesome!

I am freaking out because I was lying in bed this morning thinking exactly the same thing. With exactly the same songs

That's TOTALLY EERIE because I was thinking about this lying in bed this morning before I got up! OMG!!!@!

Sexy Albert Einstein! Bwawahahaha!

Yeeeeah, I'm not really sure how I'd pull that off, but at least I have the hair. Any ideas?

I do have a preference toward scary costumes, but lately the whole "Obligatory Sexy [Whatever]" is getting on my nerves enough to feel like commenting on it.

I'm not really sure how I'd pull that off

Hate to say it but I'm picturing corset + fishnets + ratty cardigan + lab coat + handheld chalkboard on which you scribble formulas like

(f)1/2n*b = XXX

...maybe a math geek will come along and suggest a formula that makes a funny math joke somehow.

Oooh, fishnets would sexy it up well. I thought of the lab coat, too, but I don't think I can get one on short notice. (I knew I should have bought that five-dollar lab coat at the salvage store last month!)

I might aim for this Einstein: a too-small white collared shirt all unbuttoned and cleavage-y with a loosened tie and maybe a tweedy vest, too-short skirt, clunky mens'-wear shoes, and a big bushy moustache. And fishnets --- good idea.

The chalkboard slate is a great idea, and I even have one handy.

Or I might just go with my devil horns. I do love them.

With the devil horns you could be Evil Einstein... "E=MCHammer, bwahahaha..."

But costumable song titles? Going through my still-unreconstructed music collection, I see...
The B-52s' "Rock Lobster"
The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper"
(too obscure, but The Buoys' "Timothy", a miner costume and bite marks)

Hard to find one that isn't too subtle; the Beatles have "Eleanor Rigby", "Lady Madonna", "Sexy Sadie", etc. and Elvis Costello has "Alison" and "Veronica"...

I vote for "Devil With a Blue Dress, Blue Dress..."

(You say it's too obscure, but - honest! - Timothy was totally the first one I thought of.)

Traditional sexy math formula.

That's awesome, O_R!

Obscure Reference to the rescue!

My favorite song is "Here Comes the Sun" That would be a pretty simple costume, wouldn't it?

Sexy Sadie was originally a dig at the Maharishi.

what an awesome idea.