Pickett Monster Mash. All right. Now Monster Mash is a very famous classic

Halloween party song. it's not the latest or the coolest

but it is one that if you're at enough Halloween parties, it almost

always gets played. It's a classic song. It always comes back every year, but

anyway let's look at it. So the name of the song is the Monster Mash. All right.

Now mash, now even just the title mash can have two meanings. It's suitable

because it almost couldn't have a double meaning here. Mash could mean to crush

something you know and monsters often crush things. But it could also be a

mixture of things and here it's I think it's a mixture of all these characters

from horror movies are actually in this song. So it could it could play on both

here. If you say a Monster Mash. So it's a mixture of monsters. Okay. So anyway

let's get into it. Let's start the lyrics then I'll explain. it, All right. I was

working in the lab late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight. All right.

if you are , obviously this is this is being sung almost like from DR.

Frankenstein and he was in the laboratory. Remember of DR. Frankenstein

made Frankenstein in the lab, and his eyes beheld, well beheld is the past

tense of to behold , to see something. An eerie sight. Eerie means very strange or

mysterious or scary. So let's continue. I was working in the lab late one night

when my eyes beheld an eerie sight from from my monster from his slab began to

rise and suddenly to my surprise. All right. Now my monster from his slab. A

slab is this. A large flat surface where a dead body is laid on. So I'm riemember this

supposed to be Frankenstein. Remember Frankenstein was like a dead

body. So all right let's continue. So that's just what he says here. For my, for

my monster from his slab began to rise and suddenly to my surprise. And then

this is the chorus. That gets repeated throughout the song. He did the mash. He

did the monster mash. The monster mash. It was a graveyard

smash. Well remember if you say something is a smash, it means it is a big hit. Oh oh

Yeah. He did the mash. It caught on in a flash. It caught on means , if something catches on

a flash it catches on very quickly. He did the mash. He did the monster mash.

This is the type of song too, that if you're at a Halloween party and even if

you're not a good dancer sometimes you can get up and dance this song, you

pretend like you're Frankenstein and move like Frankenstein. Kind of like this.

He did the mash. He did the monster mash. So that's what you could do in a song like

this. So it's actually a pretty fun song. If you actually check it out and listen

to the whole song complete. All right. Let me continue. From the lavatory in the

castle east to my master bedroom where the vampires feast. Okay. So I guess it's a

big castle. Master bedroom of course that's the main bedroom that's always in

a house. Where my, when my vampires feast. Feast of course they have a large

meal. Where they feast. Okay good. The ghouls all came from their humble abodes.

To get a jolt from my electrodes. All right. So ghouls we say, ghoul is an

imaginary creature from stories that eat people. All right. So the ghouls all came

from their humble abodes. Humble abodes, a way of something, a way of saying your home

is not fancy. We always say this is a humble abode. So they don't live in

high-class. All right. From their humble abodes.

Yes. so the monster mash very good. Ghouls all came from their humble abodes to get a jolt from my electrodes.

Well jolt means a shock. Remember in the old Frankenstein movies, he used to

have those little bolts coming out of his neck. That's where the electrode

would be. The electrode, electrode here of course this is a conductor that one uses

to make electrical contact to a circuit. So the original Frankenstein, he got he

came to life through electricity. And he used to have those little bolts sticking out

of his neck. So that's what that's about. Okay. Let's continue. The zombies were all

having fun. The party had just begun. Well of course here,

if you say zombies you know, well we know zombies in all the movies that they have

now that's a dead person in some religions especially in voodoo. That

comes back to life and they look and behave like they're still alive. Those

are zombies. So , so you got everything at this party.

So yeah , the zombies were having fun. The party had just begun. The guests included

Wolfman , Dracula , and his son. So all the normal horror people are here.

Okay. The scene was a rockin'. All were digging

the sounds. Igor are on chains backed by his bang hounds. Okay. So the scene

meaning that music scene . Or the rock scene they were rocking. Here remember if

we say to rock, in this sense, it means to play or dance to rock music. Digging, well

especially like in the 1960s and 70s , dig was a common word. It meant that you liked

something. So it's a word that the hippies used to like to use. Yeah. I dig it. So that's why

it's in this song. The scene was a rockin' all were digging the sounds. So they

thought the sounds were cool. Igor on chains backed by his baying

hounds. All right. Okay. Bay means to howl. So the hounds are the

dogs are howling oh oh (howling sounds ),. So they, they were doing that during this song. They were

howling. Yeah. By his baying hounds. The coffin bangers were about to arrive with

their vocal group the Crypt kicker five. Okay. So this is like another rock band.

Crypt, crypt is an underground burial chamber or room. So they usually show it

by like skeletons or something. So the crypt kicker five. it's supposed to be a

joke of course. Not a real band. Yeah. So and then of course the chorus goes they

did the mash. They did the monster mash. The monster mash , it was a graveyard

smash. All right. So let's continue with the rest of the song. Out from his coffin

Drac's voice did ring. It seems he was troubled by just

one thing. So this is Dracula out of his coffin he came out of his coffin. Drac's

they just shortened it for Dracula. His voice did ring. His voice sounded

here. So remember here . If we say to ring, if something rings, it makes a

continuous loud sound . It did ring. Seeing, he was troubled troubled or worried

by just one thing. Open the lid and shook his fist and said 'whatever happened to

my transylvania twist.' So it's making a joke. Like maybe all these monsters had

songs maybe. A twist there's a song or we twist your body like this. So he said

whatever happened to my Transylvania twist.So maybe that was , that used to be

the cool song among the monsters. Now it's the Monster Mash. You know, it's like

Frankenstein song. So that's that's what they're saying here. So open the lid and

shook his fist. And said whatever happened to my Transylvania twist. And of

course they sing it in a little bit of like a Dracula accent. You know an

Eastern European Transylvania accent. All right. Good, and then of course it goes

back to the chorus. You know, and they you know they did the mash , they did

the Monster Mash. . That continues again and then it goes to the next part.

Now , now everything's cool Drac's a part of the band and my monster man is the

hit of the land. So I guess Dracula got into the party.

He doesn't care that his song isn't the main song anymore. He's just playing

along. So he's part of the band and he's singing with them.. And my monster man, my

monster man. Of course this is Frankenstein because dr. Frankenstein is

talking is the hit of the land. Well you know the most popular one of the land.

For you, the living, the living you know, the people alive. This mash was meant too.

So you know you're invited too. You, you living people. When you get to my door

tell then Boris sent you. Yeah. So I actually sometimes to use the name Bobby

Boris Pinkett and if you remember back at that time in the old horror movies.

One of the most famous directors of the Horror movies was Boris Karloff. So

that's why I probably used that name as well. All right good. Oh. Yes

All right. And then of course it just it really comes to the end here. Basically

they say, they say well and then it just you know sluts going to the end you

know, Wah-ooh Monster Mash. Wah-oog. Yes easy Igor you impetuous young boy. Well

here of course if we say impetuous. Someone who is impetuous does things

quickly and without thinking about what will happen. As we say you impetous

young boy. Oh Monster Mash wah-ooh wah-ooh. And that's the end of the song. So if you

ever get invited to a Halloween party in the US or you know and you know Halloween is

mostly in American holiday. Anyway they might play this song and this is what

this song means it's actually a song about a bunch of monsters all getting

together and you know playing music together and dancing together. Well

anyway , I hope you got it. I hope you enjoyed it . I hope it was informative. Thank

you for your time. Bye-bye