Monster Mash came on the radio the other day (it’s that time!) and it dawned on me that we are hearing a description of someone witnessing monsters and ghouls performing the Monster Mash (the song and dance, presumably) but we as listeners to his tale never get to hear the actual Monster Mash.
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The song the monsters were dancing to was undoubtedly Dee Dee Sharp’s Mashed Potato Time, which had an associated dance called, not surprisingly, “the Mashed Potato”. According to Wikipedia, “A variation on the Mashed Potato was danced to ‘Monster Mash’, in which the footwork was the same but Frankenstein-style monster gestures were made with the arms and hands.”
Yes I did, great minds think alike I guess.
I did not see the article you linked to… pinkey swear.
This does not follow. There were plenty of songs that people would mash to…and I was there to see it.
A better answer would be to suggest listening to “Monster Mash Party,” the B-side of the single, which purports to be the “background” sounds of the party itself. Pick out any riffs or sequences you care to. There are some similarities to the “Monster Mash,” but, no, they were not mashing to the original.
What’s weird is that according to the song, the dance came before the song:
First lyrics:
Later in the song:
So basically, everyone was dancing, and then the band came up with a song to match the dance.
After this can we discuss how the song The Tennessee Waltz is about a song called The Tennessee Waltz?
*Tribute (to the Greatest Song in the world) * doesn’t sound anything like The Greatest Song in the World.
I guess Manilow’s ‘I Write the Songs’ is only about the songs he writes…
Maybe a better thread would have been songs that are about songs that aren’t actually the song. Or something.
Not only that, there is absolutely nothing in the song that mentions Halloween.
Bobby Pickett wasn’t singing about a song. The monster mash was a dance.
No, it’s about the songs Bruce Johnson writes.
When Smokey sings, Smokey doesn’t sing When Smokey Sings.
How does that fit with:
"(They played the Mash…)
“They played the Monster Mash.”
As a devout pacifist, I’m a bit afraid to ask about the backstory for " The Bristol Stomp ". :eek:
Here is an article if you’re interested in Pickett’s subsequent career. Let’s just say that he embraced his particular niche in pop history.
Nitpick: It’s Bruce Johnston.
I’ve never seen people in real life dancing to this song, just marching as their costumes are being judged.
Silly Love Songs is just a song about silly love songs, but I guess we’ve heard plenty of those from Paul over the years. Insert the classic joke here.