Tell Them Boris Sent You

[filkertom]

Sadness in the land of Dementia. Bobby "Boris" Pickett, who sang the all-time classic "The Monster Mash", has passed away at the age of 69.

Here's Pickett performing with Richard & The Young Lions in 2005, and this machinima video is pretty good, and of course has the original music.

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[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to turn on a video, mostly because I'm here at work, but I have a different reason for responding to this. There was a song played on Seattle radio in 1966, "Open Up Your Door" by Richard and the Young Lions. I got to the Twin Cities and found out that nobody had ever heard of it (and in fact, never heard it again). It was a great rocker (presumably still is) and I remember regretting that I would never hear of Richard and the Young Lions again. One of my fantasies (that never even came close to fruition) was that I'd play in an "originals" band; we'd do 25 songs by me, 10 songs by other band members (since when I had this fantasy, it was highly unusual for rock'n'rollers on any local scene to write their own material) and the rest would be songs that were known to Seattle rockers but not to Twin Citians; "Open Up Your Door" would have been one of these. Here that name comes again. I did like "Monster Mash" -- which I have played on stage -- but the sequel, "Monster Holiday," was nowhere near as good. Still this death is a milestone, as are so many others.

Nate