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Monster Mash


“preoccupied with how much money they could get off (the song).” Pickett was missing out on thousands in licensing fees, but Hersh and Pickett’s goal was not just to make money. They sought instead to help keep “Monster Mash” relevant: by ensuring “Monster Mash” would be affordable to independent production houses, they ensured it would always have a place in culture. The "Transylvania Twist", mentioned in the lyrics of "Monster Mash", was written into a full song for the
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Monster Mash


"Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called "The Original Monster Mash", which contained several other monster-themed tunes. The "Monster Mash" single was #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart on October 20–27 of that year, just before Halloween. It has been a perennial holiday favorite ever
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Monster Mash


campaign video and retitled it "Monster Slash," with lyrics by environmental campaigner Peter Altman, in which he critiqued President George W. Bush's environmental policies. In 1989, Stuart Hersh began managing Pickett, and upon learning Pickett did not own the master recording to “Monster Mash,” the pair in 1993 recorded a perfect copy of the original “Monster Mash” that they then used to undercut the owners of the track, Universal. According to Hersh, the company was unconcerned with the song’s legacy and was instead
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Monster Mash (1995 film)


Monster Mash (also known as Monster Mash: The Movie and Frankenstein Sings) is a horror-themed musical film, based on the Bobby "Boris" Pickett song "Monster Mash" and the 1967 stage musical, "I'm Sorry the Bridge is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night", also by Pickett and Sheldon Allman. It stars Pickett himself as Dr. Frankenstein, was produced and distributed by Prism Pictures, and originally released to cinemas in November 14, 1995. A teenage couple, Mary and
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Monster Mash


song peaked #6 on "Billboard" in mid-September of the same year. In 1985, with American culture experiencing a growing awareness of rap music, Pickett released "Monster Rap", which describes the mad scientist's frustration at being unable to teach the dancing monster from "Monster Mash" how to talk. The problem is solved when he teaches the monster to rap. A movie musical based on the song starring Pickett was released in 1995. During the 2004 presidential election, Pickett turned the song into a
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Monster Mash


in the past and this is the hardest hitting version of them all." Ramone commented: Monster Mash' always reminded me of Boris Karloff. Our version's a lot faster than the original, which was a slower 4/4 beat. I always liked the way the drums seemed to come in out of nowhere after Igor walked across the room." Cadena, meanwhile, remarked that "If I didn't know any better ['Monster Mash'] could have been written for the Misfits." Two separate pressings of
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Monster Mash


to "Monster Mash", in which the footwork was the same but Frankenstein-style monster gestures were made with the arms and hands. The producers made extensive use of foley art for the recording; the sound of a coffin opening was imitated by a rusty nail being pulled out of a board. The sound of a cauldron bubbling was actually water being bubbled through a straw, and the chains rattling were simply chains being dropped on a tile floor. The song is narrated by a mad scientist whose monster, late one
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Monster (The Automatic song)


song, it did really well, I don't really see what there is to be upset about. You get labelled "one hit wonders", but that's more hits than most people have. And it's not like we've disappeared without a trace. We've got a second album coming out, which in my opinion is full of much better songs. We wouldn't have been in a position to fly to LA to make a record if it wasn't for 'Monster'." — Robin Hawkins
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I Love Lisa


". A technique the staff used to come up with stories and ideas was to think "what holiday haven't we done on "The Simpsons", or done lately?". As they had done several Halloween and Christmas episodes before, the staff liked the idea of doing a Valentine's Day episode. The songs "Monster Mash" (by Bobby "Boris" Pickett) and "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" (by The Doors) are featured in the episode. The orchestral version
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Whodini


genre - new jack swing. The group made its name with good-humored songs such as "Magic's Wand" (the first rap song accompanied by a video), "The Haunted House of Rock" (rewrite of "Monster Mash"), "Friends", "Five Minutes Of Funk" and "Freaks Come Out at Night". Live performances of the group were the first rap concerts with the participation of breakdance dancers from the group UTFO. Russell Simmons was the manager of the group in the
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Capital FM Monster Mash-Up


Capital FM Monster Mash Up was a three-day festival sponsored by the radio station Capital FM. Capital's Monster Mash up with Vodafone was held on 3 different days. Day 1 was in Liverpool, on Thursday 27 October. Day 2 was in London on Friday 28 October. Day 3 was in Manchester on Sunday 30 October. Marvin Humes did a Pre-Show DJ Set before each show. Capital's Monster Mash up with VOXI will be held on 3 different days. Day 1 is in Liverpool on Thursday 26
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Bobby Pickett


nearly as popular as the original "Monster Mash", it once again found a reasonable following with the Dr. Demento fanbase. In 1993, Pickett wrote and performed "It's Alive", another sequel of sorts to the original "Mash" song. It did not chart but was played occasionally on the Demento show. In October 2005, Pickett protested inaction on the United States government's part towards global warming by releasing "Climate Mash", a new version of his hit single. In 1962, it was reported
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Crying Blood


child in a Sunny D factory, all OTT vocals and perfectly pitched desperation", they then went on to talk about what Brown calls doo-wop indie and then said "there’s a definite ‘60s vibe what with all the cute backing vocals". clickmusic.com gave the song 3 stars out of 5. The review starts positively: "imagine Mousse T singing 'The Monster Mash' - that's the sound of VV Brown's debut offering 'Crying Blood'. It's pacey and she does have an effortlessly
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Sheldon Allman


. In addition, Allman co-wrote two comedy horror-themed stage musicals with Bobby Pickett, composer of the hit novelty song, "Monster Mash." The musicals were "I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night" and its sequel, "Frankenstein Unbound", the former of which was made into the 1995 film, "Monster Mash". On January 22, 2002, Allman died of heart failure at his home in Culver City, California, at the age of
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Bobby Pickett


" for a Metromedia 45 (it did not chart). Another of Pickett's songs, "Graduation Day", made #80 in June 1963. In 1985, with American culture experiencing a growing awareness of rap music, Pickett released "Monster Rap", which describes the mad scientist's frustration at being unable to teach the dancing monster from "Monster Mash" how to talk. The problem is solved when he teaches the monster to rap. In 1975, Pickett recorded a novelty spoof on "Star Trek"
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Monster Mash


, Rickie Page, and Terry Berg, credited as "The Crypt-Kickers". (Mel Taylor, drummer for the Ventures, is sometimes credited with playing on the record as well, while Russell, who arrived late for the session, appears on the single's B-side, "Monster Mash Party".) The song was partially inspired by Paxton's earlier novelty hit "Alley Oop", as well as by the Mashed Potato dance craze of the era. A variation on the Mashed Potato was danced
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DJ Snake


Toronto's Monster Mash festival. In January 2016, Forbes named him one of their "30 Under 30 In Music" for the year. In December 2013, "Turn Down for What", DJ Snake's collaboration with Lil Jon, was released on Columbia Records. The song was featured in a commercial for the Sol Republic DECK, a wireless speaker, which aired in October 2013. "Turn Down for What" entered the top ten of the "Billboard" Dance/Electronic chart during the last week of December
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Monster Mash


Chambers, singer Jean Ray, and others. "Monster Mash" re-entered the British charts again on November 2, 2008 at #60. "Monsters' Holiday", a Christmas-themed follow up, was recorded by Pickett and released in December 1962, peaking at #30 on the "Billboard" chart. The tune was penned by the renowned novelty song composer Paul Harrison. In 1974, Buck Owens had reinvented "Monsters' Holiday" giving a title "Its a Monsters' Party". That
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Transylvania Twist


Evil One. The film also uses such classics as a Pie in the face for the Ayatollah, and Dexter finding a Skeleton in the closet. Films being parodied are: The film title comes from a line in the 1962 song "Monster Mash." The film was released on VHS videocassette on September 22, 1993 and on DVD on March 27, 2001, both of which are currently out of print. The DVD separates the story into twenty-four scene chapters with the following titles; The film received mixed reviews
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Mashed Potato (dance)


", "Having a Party" by Sam Cooke, "Do the Strand" by Roxy Music and in Ray Charles' version of "Shake a Tail Feather". A variation on the Mashed Potato was danced to Bobby "Boris" Pickett's novelty hit "Monster Mash", in which the footwork was the same, but monster gestures were made with the arms and hands. The dance was one of the inspirations for the Exodus song "The Toxic Waltz", from their 1989 album "Fabulous Disaster".
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Bobby Pickett


Christmas-themed follow-up, "Monster's Holiday", (b/w "Monster Motion") was also released in 1962 and reached #30 in December that year. "Blood Bank Blues" (b/w "Me and My Mummy") did not chart. This was followed by further monster-themed recordings such as the album "The Original Monster Mash" and such singles as "Werewolf Watusi" and "The Monster Swim". In 1973, Pickett rerecorded "Me and My Mummy
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Monster Mash


film "Spookley the Square Pumpkin" (which Pickett narrated) and performed by The Honeydoos, a Pointer Sisters-like girl group of singing melons. The backing singers for the record were The Blossoms, led by Darlene Love. On the Digital Song Sales chart, the song was peaked at position 27 during 2005, 2007 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2017 and is played annually on the Sirius XM Satellite Radio. In 2012, the song ranked #25 on "Billboard". "Monster Mash" became a pop
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Monster Mash


music standard, and many cover versions have been recorded over the years. Horror punk band the Misfits recorded a cover version of "Monster Mash" in 1997 as part of a promotion surrounding a DVD release of the 1967 stop motion film "Mad Monster Party?". Their version was released as a single in 1999, and a new version was recorded for their 2003 album "Project 1950". The Misfits recorded their version of "Monster Mash" in 1997 in a recording studio in Newark, New Jersey. Bassist
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Monster Mash & Battleship


Monster Mash & Battleship is a 1980 video game published by Micro-80 Inc. for the TRS-80 16K. "Monster Mash & Battleship" is two games, "Monster Mash" in which the big monster chases the smaller player around an open maze, and "Battleship" in which the player plays against the computer and each try to sink the other's ships. Jon Mishcon reviewed "Monster Mash & Battleship" in "The Space Gamer" No. 41. Mishcon commented that "All in all, this is a very good buy
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Monster Mash


Jerry Only later stated that "The 'Monster Mash' was a no-brainer for the Misfits to cover as a timeless Halloween release. The song was always a childhood favorite of mine." The recording was the first time that Only had performed lead vocals for the band, while then-Misfits lead singer Michale Graves provided backing vocals. On October 18, 1997 a live performance of the song was recorded and broadcast from the studio of the New Jersey-based cable television music show "Power Play", the
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Monster Mash


same studio in which the song was recorded. The Misfits' version of "Monster Mash" was used in a cross-promotion campaign arranged by Deluxo and John Cafiero, who had directed the Misfits' music videos for "American Psycho" and "Dig Up Her Bones", to create awareness of a home video release of the 1967 Rankin/Bass stop motion film "Mad Monster Party?". Deluxo had recently acquired the rights to the film in hopes of restoring it, but could not find a quality print
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Monster Mash


Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?" The mad scientist says that the dance has been replaced by the Monster Mash, which Dracula embraces by joining the house band, the Crypt-Kicker Five. The song closes with the mad scientist inviting "you, the living" to the party, without specifying where. The song was re-released several times and appeared in the U.S. "Billboard" charts on two occasions after the original release: August 1970 and May 1973. The BBC had banned the record from airplay in
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Here Comes Treble


, the episode features several songs. The group sings the Rose Royce 1976 single "Car Wash", the 1983 Culture Club song "Karma Chameleon", and Edwin McCain's 1998 hit "I'll Be". The group also sings Cornell's alma mater. Pam and Jim later get in an argument about the 1962 novelty song "The Monster Mash". During their Skype-argument Broccoli Rob mentions that he collaborated with Trey Anastasio, the frontman for the jam band Phish. During the seventh season episode "The
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João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados


year they also made a Portuguese-language parody of Bobby Pickett's famous song "Monster Mash", entitled "O Monstro Macho" ("The Macho Monster"). They also provided the opening theme of the children's show "Milk Shake", which was broadcast by Rede Manchete and hosted by Angélica, lasting from 1988 to 1992. In 1990 they would cameo in and also contribute to the soundtracks of the films "Lua de Cristal" and "O Escorpião Escarlate". In 1991 their song "Suga
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Scars (Papa Roach song)


Shaddix arrives home, his house is burnt down. The girlfriend comes back to the ruin and sees what happened and realized what she did. The band performs this song on top of the burnt remains of Shaddix's house. This video project was directed by Motion Theory. A completely different CGI video was shot for the song first. This first video consists in a black-and-white scenery, completely fictional and surreal. In this one, Shaddix and the band defeat another girl that seems to be a monster or
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Gary S. Paxton


with a group thrown together by Paxton's roommate Kim Fowley, The Hollywood Argyles — and a 1962 No. 1 hit inspired by the Mashed Potato dance craze, "Monster Mash", which Paxton produced and recorded with its author Bobby "Boris" Pickett and another assembled group billed as The Cryptkickers. In 1965, he produced "Sweet Pea", a hit for Tommy Roe, and "Along Comes Mary", a hit for The Association, winning a Grammy nomination in engineering for his efforts. The following year
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Monster Mash (1995 film)


Goes Through"), has to go into hiding to keep from devouring the newcomers. Finally, Elvis Presley, now a bandaged mummy, is planning a comeback (to show business and from the dead) with the help of his manager, Hathaway, but in order to fully restore the king to life, they need the blood of a virgin, and Mary just so happens to be one. This song is heard during the film's closing credits. "Monster Mash" is decidedly very different from "I'm
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Monster Mash


evening, rises from his slab to perform a new dance, with a name implying it is inspired by the Mashed Potato, a popular dance of the early 1960s. The dance becomes "the hit of the land" when the scientist throws a party for other monsters, among them classic 1940s horror film icons such as the Wolfman, Igor, Count Dracula and his son. In addition to narrating the song in the Karloff voice, Pickett also impersonated fellow horror film actor Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula with the line, "
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Bobby Pickett


called "Star Drek" with Peter Ferrara, again performing some of the various voices, which was played on Dr. Demento's radio show for many years. He also performed a duet with Ferrara in 1976 titled "King Kong (Your Song)" spoofing the movie by the same name that was released that year. In the early 1980s a musical "sequel" to the "Monster Mash" called "The Monster Rap" was released, which featured Pickett teaching the creature to speak through "rapping". Though not
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Monster (Kanye West song)


in the song, stating "on car stereos, computers and in clubs all over, nothing got more burn than 'Monster,' his new beastly posse cut. Kanye spits about his presence being a present to us all, Jay-Z comes through with what might be his strongest verse in years, and that's where Nicki comes in, more than holding her own against the bad boys." Pitchfork Media's Ryan Dombal reported that Minaj gave the verse of her life, and applauded the contributions by Ross,
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Mashed Potato Time


1996 the Campbell Soup Company used the song in a $30 million advertising campaign, and commissioned a new, more upbeat recording from Dee Dee Sharp. The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1962, as well as No. 2 on the pop chart. It was kept from the No. 1 spot by Soldier Boy by The Shirelles."Billboard" ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1962. It became a gold record. Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash,"
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Galang (song)


signifiers—tigers, cell phones, palm trees, tanks, bombs—that pulsated along to the song's beats, M.I.A. "simply, and coyly," performs a silly little-girl dance, setting up what would become her multimedia M.O. for years to come. Amy Phillips of Pitchforkmedia noted, following M.I.A's performance of "Galang" mashed up with "Lip Gloss" by Lil' Mama at the Terminal 5 club, CMJ Music Marathon, KALA Tour, how "Galang" served as a reminder of how
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Monster Mash


since. Pickett was an aspiring actor who sang with a band called the Cordials at night while going to auditions during the day. One night, while performing with his band, Pickett did a monologue in imitation of horror movie actor Boris Karloff while performing the Diamonds' "Little Darlin'". The audience loved it, and fellow band member Lenny Capizzi encouraged Pickett to do more with the Karloff imitation. Pickett and Capizzi composed "Monster Mash" and recorded it with Gary S. Paxton, pianist Leon Russell, Johnny MacRae
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Joseph S. Pulver Sr.


, Big Bang-Bang, Marquee Moons hanging on for what they got, scream of consciousness—in Outer Space no one can hear it . . . except Coffin Joe, Monster Mash Potato that big ol' Portraits of Ruin—Mars needs it, you need it, so just open the lid and shake your fist—then say: "They kill horses, horses, horses, horses." Thank you. Come again?" —Thomas Ligotti. "Fearless. Daring. Poetic prose for the unhinged. Each
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Monster Mash (1995 film)


in the film, including Renfield (from Bram Stoker's "Dracula"), two graverobbers named Montclair and Clairmont, and a not-quite-dead body. The music also underwent some significant changes. Only four of the twelve songs from the original show appear in the film in some form: "I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night," "Play Your Hunch," "Eternity Blues," and "Things a Mother Goes Through" The songs "On a
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Arnie Ginsburg


that airplay on his show could make a record a hit. Record companies which asked him to do commercials often saw increased sales. This was the case for such records as "Roses are Red" by Bobby Vinton and "The Monster Mash" by Bobby (Boris) Pickett. Ginsburg also reported his weekly "picks" (songs he believed would become hits) to trade publications such as "Billboard" magazine. As was the custom in top-40 radio, record companies would bring up-and-coming singers to do
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Come Back to Me (Vanessa Hudgens song)


Me" a song with "a clever sample and a particularly infectious hook". "Entertainment Weekly" writer Leah Greenblatt considered the song the album's standout and said that it "excellently jacks a sample from soft-rock smash 'Baby Come Back'." In a more mixed review, Fraser McAlpine of BBC Music rated "Come Back to Me" three stars out of five and commented that the song sounded unoriginal and said that several other songs appeared to have been "mashed together" to create it. Furthermore
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Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (song)


"Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" is the title track from David Bowie's 1980 album "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)". It was also issued as the third single from that album in January 1981. Coming as it did in the wake of two earlier singles from "Scary Monsters", "Ashes to Ashes" in August 1980 and "Fashion" in October the same year, "NME" critics Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray labelled its release another instance "in the fine old tradition
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Tim Noah


," "Little Miracles"), while others speak of what Tim encounters at school ("Big Booger" speaks of the school bully) and his childhood reaction to rules. Eventually, Tim concludes that he just can't find the WWWWWWW; however, he is encouraged to continue and his spirits pick up, but then he encounters "Musty Moldy Melvin" and his counterpart Greasy Grimey Gertie, in a song reminiscent of "Monster Mash." The resolution uplifts the concept of friendship and ties the term "Wow
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Monster in My Pocket


of 1992 on ABC, but it was not carried in all markets. Early releases of the special on video from Vidmark Entertainment contained a glow-in-the-dark monster: Charun, Thunderdell, or Yama. There also an audio cassette of original music and along with a cover version of Bobby Pickett's "Monster Mash" titled "Monster Rock", produced by Rincon Children's Entertainment for BMG Kidz in 1992. The songs were written by a person with the last name of Byrd, James McDonnell, Peter
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A Nightmare on Face Time


a group of thugs called the Redbox Killers, and that the Killers have murdered the store clerk, the boys flee. In so doing, they lose Kyle's iPad and a flyer for a Halloween party called the Monster Mash. The Redbox Killers find the iPad and flyer, torture Stan virtually, and learn that the boys are going to the Monster Mash. The Killers dump the iPad in a field before heading to the Monster Mash to silence the boys as witnesses. Meanwhile, as the Blockbuster Video fails to attract customers
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Monster Mash


free MP3 download of the band's live recording of "Monster Mash", available through their website as a "virtual single". The image was used again as cover artwork when the finished single was released physically in October 1999 as the first release of the band's new label Misfits Records. The Misfits' studio recording of "Monster Mash" was included on their 2001 compilation album "Cuts from the Crypt". At the insistence of the band's label Roadrunner Records, the live recording was omitted from the album
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Greg Pikitis


dressed as a nurse. For her Halloween party, Ann dressed like Raggedy Ann, the rag doll protagonist of a series of children's books written by Johnny Gruelle. Tom comes to the party dressed as T-Pain. Ann has a large amount of Almond Joy chocolate bars at her party. The 1962 song "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett is played in the background of the party. Pikitis hires an actress to play his fake mother using Craigslist. April says that during a previous gay Halloween party, she saw
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What More Can I Say


his song "Bring Em Out". On "The Grey Album", "What More Can I Say" is mashed up with The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Rapper Tyler, the Creator of OFWGKTA sampled it in his song "Jack and the Beanstalk" from his 2009 album, "Bastard". The song "Otis" from the collaboration album "Watch the Throne" by Kanye West and Jay-Z carries the following line "What more can I say?". It samples
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Lean wit It, Rock wit It


as it brought them into mainstream hip hop and also wide spread the subgenre of snap music. Lyrics from the chorus of the song were sampled in the Twenty One Pilots song "Holding on to You". Korn and Dem Franchize Boyz did a mash-up of their respective hit singles at the time, "Coming Undone" and "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It", titled "Coming Undone Wit It". The mashup was produced by Jermaine Dupri and Scott Spock from The Matrix, and was first released
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The Toyes


; the song has since been mistakenly attributed to them or to Bob Marley. "The Toyes" also wrote and performed a song called "Monster Hash", a parody of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash". "The Toyes" are composed of Mawg on Lead Vocals and Lead Guitar, B-dub on Vocals and Rhythm Guitar, John Trujillo on Vocals and Bass Guitar and Brian Rogers on Drums. Mawg (Jean-Christophe Kay) and his brother Sky (Michael Kay) were living together
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Mr. Lobo


October 30, 2010, Mr. Lobo did a spoken word parody complaining about how much the song "Monster Mash" is played. Mr. Lobo is cast as Criswell in John Johnson's upcoming remake of "Plan 9 From Outer Space". In addition, for the purpose of promoting the film on the internet, Mr. Lobo has produced 62 episodes of "Criswell Predicts!" which is a parody and homage to the original television program. He also hosts John Johnson's biweekly "Choose Your Own Adventure"-type web series called "
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Mashed Potato Time


"Mashed Potato Time" is a single written and composed by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, and performed by Dee Dee Sharp on her debut album "It's Mashed Potato Time". The song refers to the Mashed Potato dance move which was a fad at the time. It was one of several that came out at that time, for example, "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" in 1960. The Marvelettes song "Please Mr. Postman" is mentioned in the lyrics and is copied in the arrangement. In
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Frankenstein in popular culture


four years. Despite this, he has already cast frequent collaborator Doug Jones in the role of Frankenstein's monster. In an interview with Sci Fi Wire, Jones stated that he learned of the news the same day as everybody else; that "Guillermo did say to the press that he’s already cast me as his monster, but we’ve yet to talk about it. But in his mind, if that’s what he’s decided, then it's done ... It would be a dream come true." The
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Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose


but not necessarily running the whole thing. So my involvement was pretty much peripheral. The album features three duets. Norwegian vocalist Marion Raven duets on "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". "What About Love?" features Patti Russo, who has toured with Meat Loaf for over thirteen years. Finally, Jennifer Hudson performs on "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be". The album opens with the title track. "The Monster Is Loose" is highly influenced by the Gothic style of
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Bobby Pickett


1959. An aspiring actor, Pickett began his musical career as a vocalist for a local swing band 'Darren Bailes and The Wolf Eaters'. Pickett served in the United States Army from March 9, 1956 to March 13, 1959 and was stationed in Korea for an unknown period of time. Pickett co-wrote "Monster Mash" with Leonard Capizzi in May 1962. The song was a spoof on the dance crazes popular at the time, including the Twist and the Mashed Potato, which inspired the title. The
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Shane Filan


are jangling at the thought of going it alone and did not want to rush on things. "It's exciting but, of course, I'll be nervous. It's only natural when you're coming out of a band after 14 years, you don't know where your life's going to take you [...] But all I want to do is sing, sing great songs and see where it goes. It's down to the songs." I'm just working out now exactly what's happening,
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24K Magic (song)


Ci & Jojo". Carl Williott of Idolator rated the song a nine out of ten, comparing it to "Pure Funk compilations, West Coast G-funk and to Midnight Star". Williott said the track did not bring anything new, but it came at a time when there's not enough party songs. In the same review, Mike Wass awarded the song 8 out of 10 feeling that it is a mash-up of the 70's, 80's and 90's R&B into "a nuclear-power
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Come to My Window


feel. In addition, the song implicitly alludes to the singer's sexual orientation and activism by the lyrics: Etheridge tells both in her autobiography and during the interview on the bonus DVD of her greatest hits album that out of all songs she has written, "Come to My Window" is the one that surprises her the most, and that she almost did not put it on the album. She states that while she wrote the song, she did not realize what she was actually writing and that it was not before
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Robin Holcomb


doesn't try to "genre mash" intentionally "...it just kind of comes up because it's what's in the air. I am drawn repeatedly to hymn-type harmonies. I was fascinated by Civil-War songs when I was a kid. I come back to those things." She also describes her style as "minimalism without being a minimalist...when I write poetry, I go for the fewest number of words that evoke a lot or let the readers connect the dots, or relate it to
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Mountainhood


Cloud - February 1, 2008 (Reverb Worship) Mountainhood - Year of the Mountain - January 1, 2008 (Reverb Worship) Almaden - Come On, Do the Monster Mash - September 1, 2007 (Deep White Sound) Almaden - The Dream Continues in 1,000,000 Roads as the Journeyman Slumbers to be Awoken by the Berries of Air and Forest, a Dawn Pre-Imagined and so Owned in Footstep and Deed as Our Lovely Sojourner of Unabysmal Light Sojourns 4th into Willowy and Totally Purple Dawning, Day is Upon r Hero
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Michale Graves


Her Bones due to time. Graves' singing can be found on "American Psycho", "Famous Monsters", backup vocals on the 1999 single "Monster Mash" and "Cuts from the Crypt". He also wrote original songs for the band, including "Dig Up Her Bones", "American Psycho", "Scream!", "Saturday Night", "This Island Earth", "Fiend without a Face", "Shining", "The Haunting","Devil Doll", "Witch Hunt"
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Monster Mash (2000 film)


written by Matt McGuire. "The Heebe Jeebe" was composed and written by McGuire and Karen Guthery. "When We Were Bad" was composed and written by Sandy Howell and Geoff Levin. "Monster Mash" was released on VHS on August 29, 2000. The film was released on DVD alongside "Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein", "Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman", and four episodes of "Archie's Weird Mysteries" on the "Monster Bash Fun Pack" released on September 7,
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Bash Brothers


. It was also performed by the United States national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea. At the Oakland Coliseum, T-shirts and banners bore "Let's Bash". The A's marketing department teamed with local San Jose television station KICU-TV to make a song and complementary music video to the tune of "Monster Mash", the 1962 hit by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. The "Monster Bash" video debuted on the Coliseum’s large Mitsubishi DiamondVision during the A's homestand against the
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Kenneth Edward Gentry


past 14 years (on death row) to grow as a man and mature enough to accept what's happening here tonight. To my family, I'm happy. I'm going home to Jesus." As the lethal drugs began to flow, Gentry cried out: "Sweet Jesus, here I come. Take me home. I'm going that way to see the Lord." His last meal was a combination of butter beans, mashed potatoes, onions, tomatoes, biscuits, chocolate cake and Dr. Pepper.
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Monster Mash (2000 film)


Monster Mash is a 2000 Italian-American direct-to-video animated musical comedy horror film based on the stories of Frankenstein, the Wolfman, and Count Dracula. Drac, Frank, and Wolf were the scariest monsters around until they became associated with fun. They end up summoned by the Superior Court of Horrors where the judge orders them to prove that they are still scary by the end of 24 hours or they will be sentenced to an eternity entertaining at children's parties. Drac, Frank, and Wolf are assigned
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Monster Mash


Boris Karloff as he appears in "Mad Monster Party?" was used under license from his daughter Sarah Karloff in artwork for a 7" vinyl single of the Misfits' version of "Monster Mash". Percepto Records used the same image of Karloff for the cover of the film's soundtrack album which was released in September 1998. The Misfits single was intended to be released the following month, but was delayed due to lack of time to properly mix the studio recording. Instead the artwork was used in connection with a
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When I Start To (Break It All Down)


Presley song "Love Me Tender". In the short film on the album, Clarke stated the track got ""mashed up into what it is now"", noting ""to me now it sounds like Tears for Fears."" Mute Records released a live video clip for the song as its official music video. This clip used footage recorded during the Total Pop Tour in the summer of 2011, most of them coming from the first of two Dublin gigs played in June 2011. It was released officially
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Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose


. Like "Bat II", the album contains two songs ("It's All Coming Back..." and "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be") that originally appeared on "Original Sin", Steinman's 1989 concept album with Pandora's Box. Steinman's demo of "In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher Is King" was part of the preparations for the unrealized "Batman: The Musical" project. Steinman's "Cry to Heaven" demo was intended for the possibility that
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When Your Heart Stops Beating


] is about coming out a year later and telling the truth," Barker said. "For a year, people were saying that what Tom did was valid or called for. It eats at you. So maybe you have to talk about it, and maybe you have to write a song about it." The Postal Service influence is noticeable in "Make You Smile", which makes frequent use of boy-girl exchange and lament. The song was initially dubbed "Puppy Killing Machine" — a name created
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Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein


. Meanwhile, Dr. Frankenstein is revealed to have been given the job of being the studio's mascot, Sammy Squirrel, much to his dissatisfaction, as he is trying to get the mascot's head off in a last ditch effort to kidnap Alvin. All original songs written by Michele Brourman and Amanda McBroom. The film was released via VHS on September 28, 1999 and DVD (as a "Monster Bash Fun Pack" with "Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman", "Monster Mash", and four episodes
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Gamera vs. Zigra


Slant Magazine noted the films "slipshod construction (even by the standards of films featuring actors in rubber monster suits)" which "suggests less in the way of a thought-out film than a product cranked out so as to fulfill a McDonald’s Happy Meal toy contract." The review concluded that "Gamera vs. Zigra" "isn't nearly as much fun as it should be, but for those with a cheeky fondness for city-scale monster mashes, there are some fleeting pleasures." In their scholarly book
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Home (Phillip Phillips song)


"Bears", as well as the ending credits of "Parental Guidance and Monster Trucks". It was in a television commercial for "", played at the end of "Suburgatory" episode "Krampus," and was performed as a mash-up with Simon & Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound" on "Glee." The song was used in a number of commercials – it was first used in a commercial for American Family Insurance in the US, then Vizio, Coldwell Banker, Mazda, and Walmart.
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It's My Life (Cezar song)


its "generic" lyrics, genre crossover, and naming it "excruciating to listen to". Overall, the reviewers on the website gave the song 5.71 out of 10 points. In a 2016 Wiwibloggs poll called "What is your favourite Eurovision song from Romania?", "It's My Life" finished in eighth place with over 300 votes. In a more negative review, "The Sun" labelled the song a "weird dance mash-up", while Adam Postans of "The People" satirically called
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Beginnings (Ambrose Slade album)


later perform the song on the BBC children's show "Monster Music Mash" in 1969 when promoting the single "Wild Winds Are Blowing". "Born to be Wild" is another song originally by Steppenwolf. "Born to be Wild" was later included on the 1972 live album "Slade Alive!", which gave the band's version of the song greater recognition. "Journey to the Centre of Your Mind" is a cover of the 1968 song by The Amboy Dukes. Upon release, reviewer Lester Bangs
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Terrance Simien


something new that we couldn't do live. But we basically stayed true to what we were doing; we didn't try to make a hit song. We just put out what we've been doing for the past five years on the road, and it couldn't have come out any better than it did. There are some disappointments. You always wish you had more time, more money, more everything." Simien and his group have toured internationally, presenting over 8500 live performances in more than 45 countries,
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Forever Country


in one of the original mash-ups. But everybody would keep coming back to "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton, saying that it was sort of a quintessential song in the country genre. But Kahn kept rebuffing the suggestion since his choices of music would not blend together with the song. Even after presenting a demo of a second medley he made that everyone loved, they would still request him to incorporate "I Will Always Love You". Kahn did not object to this idea but felt wary
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Fake You Out


because he wanted to write a song that had verses as infectious as the chorus: "I feel like writers slack on verses when it comes to melody... I've always felt like why not have the verses—the melody of the verses be just as infectious as the chorus? So I'm proud of this song in that way". The vocalist also expressed that he tried to implement many musical genres in the song; he elaborated: "Also, it does the whole mash-up genre thing that everyone is
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Bobby Pickett


Robert George Pickett (February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007), known by the pen name Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer, songwriter, actor and comedian known for co-writing and performing the 1962 hit novelty song "Monster Mash." Pickett was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on February 11, 1938. His father was a theater manager and as a nine-year-old, he watched many horror films. He would later incorporate impressions of them in his Hollywood nightclub act in
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Coming out


in the pre-war years [pre-WWI]... did not speak of coming out of what we call the gay closet but rather of coming out "into" what they called homosexual society or the gay world, a world neither so small, nor so isolated, nor... so hidden as closet implies In fact, as Elizabeth Kennedy observes, "using the term 'closet' to refer to" previous times such as "the 1920s and 1930s might be anachronistic". An article on coming out in the
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Hurt (T.I. song)


album. After the third time we went back, he hadn't heard back from T.I. so we started writing some stuff on it. But later he called and said he was using it. By then we liked what we had written, and T.I. didn't care." "I love what he did with it," says Comeau of T.I.'s "Hurt." "Maybe one day we'll do a mash-up." The Montreal Canadiens use the beat to "Hurt" whenever they score a goal
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Ur So Gay


song "wasn't meant to be a big single or show what the album is going to be all about. That was for my Internet bloggers, so I'm not coming out of nowhere." Perry's A&R representative Chris Anokute confirmed this by saying that they had no plans for radio coverage but just wanted to put this "novelty" song out online as an introduction to see "what the attraction was". As expected, sales were low, but Anokute said the track did well in terms of building a
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Monster (The Automatic song)


incarnation featuring a different chorus, both musically and lyrically. However the band decided first to change the music before deciding to rewrite the chorus's lyrics. The chorus was planned to have a fairytale-esque theme to it, with keyboardist and vocalist Alex Pennie penning the idea which would become the track's famous lyric ""What's that coming over the hill? Is it a monster? Is it a monster?"". Originally however, the lyric was used just to fill the chorus until a more suitable lyric
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Monster (The Automatic song)


was found, but over time the lyric stuck and so was eventually used when the band recorded a demo of it in 2005. Many of the lyrics used in "Monster" are metaphors for drug and drink intoxication; ""brain fried tonight through misuse"" and ""without these pills you're let loose"", with the chorus 'monster' lyric being a metaphor for the monster that comes out when people are intoxicated. The original demo of "Monster" featured more prominent synthesizers, with some different
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Song at Midnight


leads to Tang Jun, the thug, pouring nitric acid onto Song Danping's, permanently disfiguring his face and hands, turning him into a "monster". Troubled by his appearance, Song spreads the rumor of his death and lives in the seclusion of the theatre attic, only comes out to sing every midnight. Xiaoxia is emotionally disturbed by the news, At half past the night, Song Danping sang high in the theater floor, and Xiaoxia seemed to be comforted in the song. Ten years later, another theatre
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'Merican


funny because, from the old Descendents fan's point of view, it's kind of like 'What? Why did they put out this EP? It doesn't even have the best songs on it. I waited seven years for this?' But from the newer kids perspective, it's more like, hey let's try to introduce this new decade of kids to Descendents so it's at least on the tip of their tongue when the album comes out." "'Merican" was released on both compact
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Beach Boys Concert


-Oom-Mow-Mow", "The Wanderer" and "Monster Mash". "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" was actually a Jan & Dean hit. Alongside those were a sampling of their favorites, such as "Hawaii", "In My Room", "Fun, Fun, Fun", and "I Get Around". "Little Deuce Coupe," "In My Room," "Johnny B. Goode," "Monster Mash," and "Long Tall Texan" dated
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Monster Hunter Tri


the sound of really learning a game for once instead of just drifting through it, "Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate" is essential." Digital Spy gave the same version a score of four stars out of five and said, "With some truly breathtaking battles, great online play and the promise of free challenges to come, "Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate" is just what Nintendo's fledgling console needs." "The Escapist" also gave it four stars out of five, saying, "While grinding and idiosyncrasies will
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Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)


" the composer expounded much later on what he meant: One very important point was that when Hitler attacked Russia, he did so with his entire military might. Practically everyone who lived through it remembered the event as an instantaneous shock of tremendous power. None of this comes out in the symphony. The "invasion" theme begins very softly in the strings, "pianissimo". It eventually becomes a howling monster, but only gradually. If this music portrays an invasion, it is not depicting a sudden one. It
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Seeing Sounds


the [live] show. That was the most important thing…[The song] 'Spaz' is [an] old school, hip hop feeling with some drum and bass. It becomes a big, tall monster. It's almost like this big gorilla looking down at you. If he smacks you, he kills you. His fingers are the size of your body. That's kinda what we're doing. We're facing this big monster of, of what we know is out there, of what we
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The Ronettes discography


unreleased songs the Ronettes recorded for Philles Records that did not see a release. These songs were first issued on later compilation albums, mentioned respectively. Four of the songs below—"The Twist", "Mashed Potato Time", "Hot Pastrami" and "The Wah-Watusi"—were released, and credited to, popular Philles contracted singing group The Crystals, on their 1963 Philles LP, "The Crystals Sing The Greatest Hits". During the Summer of 1964, the Ronettes spent a lot of time hanging out at Odine's,
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The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet


of Monster Magnet", although it is believed that "Carnival of Light" is more fragmented and abstract than Zappa's effort the previous year. The song begins with the following dialogue: Male voice: Suzy? Female voice: Yes? Male voice: Suzy Creamcheese? Female voice: Yes? Male voice: This is the voice of your conscience baby ... uh, I just want to check one thing out with you ... you don't mind, do ya? Female voice: What? Male voice: Suzy Creamcheese
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Delroy Wilson


Better Must Come" as their election campaign song. The same year saw the release of one of his most popular songs, "Cool Operator", which became his nickname. He worked with a string of producers in the years that followed, including Joe Gibbs ("Mash Up Illiteracy", "Pretty Girl"), Gussie Clarke ("Love"), Winston "Niney" Holness ("Rascal Man"), Harry J ("Ask The Lonely"), and Joseph Hoo Kim ("It
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Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico


respect the fact that they did not want to sell it. Fuente explains that he learned of Mr. Smiley and Charlene's plans and wanted to warn the Oteros and Mystery Inc. of what was really going on. Luis admits that the real reason he did not come to Alejo's rescue because he was paralyzed with fear — after their father died the previous year, Luis was afraid of losing Alejo, so he lied by saying that El Chupacabra had knocked him unconscious. Alejo comforts Luis and assures him that there are worse things
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Vinicius and Tom


simple" and highlighting their symbolisms for the animals and plants of Brazil. However, Charlotte Wilder, a writer on "USA Today"s sports column "For The Win", was unimpressed by Vinicius's design, stating, "Whoever was in charge of coming up with this creature of the huge hands and feet did exactly what it looks like, which is mash up a bunch of animals, video game characters, and cartoons, stuff it with some synthetic filling, and call it day." Robert John Young, Professor
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Suspicion Song


somebody buys the paintings. Susan calls Bree and Gabrielle to come and buy them and they are horrified as they see the paintings as a confession to what they did. They buy the paintings but Chuck, who has continued to stalk Bree, sees them and lets the three of them know that he is very close to finding out what happened and what they did. He then leaves leaving Gabrielle and Susan furious with Bree for not telling them what Chuck has been doing. Lynette returns home and finally takes off her wedding ring
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Get Happy (song)


Stock" finished at #61 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. Garland sang this song with Barbra Streisand in a mash-up that also included "Happy Days Are Here Again" on "The Judy Garland Show" in 1963. In the 1970 film "The Boys in the Band", now considered a landmark of queer cinema, the character Michael sings a line from the song before remarking, "What's more boring than a queen doing a Judy Garland imitation?
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Fatboy (EastEnders)


he is "waiting for that monster to appear". Ashley turns up and is annoyed that Fatboy has kept the wedding a secret, and of this, Norwood stated: "When [Ashley] finds out what has happened he is pretty shocked. He tries to make Fatboy see the consequences of his actions, but Fatboy doesn't want to hear it—his dad has already betrayed him when it comes to Mercy." Mercy is shocked to learn that Fatboy did not tell her that Ashley reported her. Although Norwood
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Ice (Lights song)


The cutouts are all operated by Lights herself. Lights is then seen with new confidence and she comes out to face the monsters, resulting in her fighting and knocking them down. This part of the video gradually transitions to show only scenes of Lights in person with two life sized monsters, imitating the cutouts. She defeats both of the monsters and exits the scene texting again. "Ice" has a revamped version of the music video. The video is a sequel to the Saviour video. Instead of the monster, she
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Medicine (Jennifer Lopez song)


giving you taste of what you give out, letting guys know that we’re not going to take any junk." Lopez announced the song on social media on March 21, 2019, sharing the cover art and pre-order link. On April 3, 2019, Lopez debuted the song live on "The Morning Mash-Up" on SiriusXM Hits 1 Celebrity Session. The cover art was noted for Lopez's use of Designer Heidi Lee's Endless Echo Hat that was previously worn by a man known as Di Mondo
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