So we just have to find the lyrics to “Transylvania Twist?” Or does this mean that the Transylvania Twist was about the Monster Mash? At which point things are getting recursive…
Although Barry Manilow wrote many of his own hits songs (and a fuckton of commercial jingles that were probably stuck in your head for forever), he did not write I Write the Songs.
I will now go off to make Monster Mashed Potatoes which involves cutting the tips off of baked potatoes, scooping out the insides and mashing them with butter and milk and salt and pepper and maybe garlic or cheese, putting the potato back into the skins and attaching olive eyes with toothpicks. Maybe some green pepper fangs or chive hair.
Your wish is my command. By Bobby Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers:
Note the minimalist lyrics.
Wait, are they saying that they’re dancing to the same song, or that the Mash is the new thing and has replaced the Twist.
Finally I made a reference people didn’t get? Enjoy.
I’ve heard Richard Thompson play that song acoustic and electric, and it is always great. But you’re right - it is hard to dance the Monster Mash with two left feet.
“Fats Waller says your feets too big. I say your feets too left” - RT in Philadelphia.
I think it’s clear from the song that the Monster Mash copied the Transylvanian Twist. Dracula threatened to sue and they gave him a share of the royalties as a settlement. To cover up the embarrassment, the official story was that he had joined the band.
Thought I’d bump the thread, because Youtube tonight popped up a video of Bobby “Boris” Pickett performing the song on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. He’s quite a ham, that boy is. Does a good job of lip synching too. Those who are too young or experienced enough to know of Boris Karloff probably won’t understand the facial expressions, but Pickett does put on quite a show. And he didn’t look anything like I pictured him all these years. Anyway, here 'tis:
Only if we include Bonaparte’s Retreat and The San Antonio Stroll.