Beth Blenz-Clucas blogs about music for kids that grownups will love too
All of my parental compunctions go out the window at Halloween. I know a lot of better parents who are offering apples and popcorn to the little trick or treaters tonight, but I’m helping to fund the Hershey and Mars corporate fortunes (all at discounted prices of course). The big steel IKEA bowl is brim full of the sugary stuff, and I’m looking around for the best songs to get us all into the spirit.
Luckily, there are a ton of great Halloween songs. I do adore watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show at least once a year, but Tim Curry’s “Sweet Tranvestite” is unfortunately not very kid friendly. Nor is Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” particularly when Michael’s sad and strange Neverland episodes come to mind. But every year, we have to play Bobby Pickett’s 1962 hit “Monster Mash,” preferably over and over again. What a campy-great Halloween tune with just the right amount of spookiness. I’ll be doing The Twist to this one again this year:
