Earthling
David Henson
My old man used to entertain me with stories of the crazy stuff they did when they were kids (1950's) in the small Indiana town he grew up near. Knocking over outhouses, putting dead pig snouts on water fountain nozzles so the water would come out both holes, and all kinds of crazy stuff I can't remember.
Halloween was a special time for me growing up in the same small town in the 1970's, but we weren't nearly as crazy and destructive as they were. Just the usual soaping windows, toilet papering trees, and especially, my favorite, corning houses and cars. And of course, trick or treating. I used to love going out in the corn fields in the fall when it was starting to get cold, the corn that had been green in the summer was then browned and brittle. Gathering the corn in gunny sacks and shucking it in a metal tub, then going out at night in the brisk air and throwing handfuls at cars and houses. There was always some grown up who had done the same as a kid and would come running after us pretending to be furious. Then there were always the more uptight ones who less dramatically stood and hollered at us for real.
Then, in an amazing display of the stupidity of man and fake news, in 1982, all of that changed. Poisoned Candy Myths (Wiki Link). Nowadays, at least where I live, very near that same old small Indiana town, Halloween is like a corporate sponsored play date. People are . . . weird.
Anyway, I first heard this song back then in them good old days, though it had been recorded more closely in the time of my old man's Halloween adventures. I guess, more like somewhere in the middle. 1962, according to Wikipedia. But it was only yesterday that I saw it performed by Bobby Picket in this YouTube Video. Man, the faces he pulls as a part of the act are something to behold.
Are any of you old enough to remember some of the silly novelty songs that were recorded during those times?
Halloween was a special time for me growing up in the same small town in the 1970's, but we weren't nearly as crazy and destructive as they were. Just the usual soaping windows, toilet papering trees, and especially, my favorite, corning houses and cars. And of course, trick or treating. I used to love going out in the corn fields in the fall when it was starting to get cold, the corn that had been green in the summer was then browned and brittle. Gathering the corn in gunny sacks and shucking it in a metal tub, then going out at night in the brisk air and throwing handfuls at cars and houses. There was always some grown up who had done the same as a kid and would come running after us pretending to be furious. Then there were always the more uptight ones who less dramatically stood and hollered at us for real.
Then, in an amazing display of the stupidity of man and fake news, in 1982, all of that changed. Poisoned Candy Myths (Wiki Link). Nowadays, at least where I live, very near that same old small Indiana town, Halloween is like a corporate sponsored play date. People are . . . weird.
Anyway, I first heard this song back then in them good old days, though it had been recorded more closely in the time of my old man's Halloween adventures. I guess, more like somewhere in the middle. 1962, according to Wikipedia. But it was only yesterday that I saw it performed by Bobby Picket in this YouTube Video. Man, the faces he pulls as a part of the act are something to behold.
Are any of you old enough to remember some of the silly novelty songs that were recorded during those times?
