![]() It was a crazy little ditty with a swingin' tune He started to rock, really rockin' around (we wear short shorts) Flyin' purple people eaterĪnd then he swung from the tree and lit on the ground. Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flying purple people eater. I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fineīut that's not the reason that I came to land One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater It was a one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater Well he came down to earth and lit in a tree (one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)Ī one-eyed one-horned,flyin' puple people eater It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater. It looks like a purple people eater to me. I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee" Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky lolĬompletely pointless thread here but neverthless interesting. I was like whaaaaa SO that's the origin of the name. I had to read it in my class back in 3rd grade." So as I'm explaining the names and all, one of them happend to be PPEs.Īnd I go "Purple people eaters. As usual, he gets curious (reef addiction runs in the blood) and starts asking questions. It’s such a fun throwback to the diner-style music of the ‘50s and one that’s perfect to rock out to at Halloween.So I was drooling over some of the pictures on a few days back, and my 10yr old brother walks by. It also became a 1988 Disney movie, with Neil Patrick Harris playing a young boy who befriends the alien. While artwork was created of the creature, primarily depicted as purple, there’s nothing in the song saying he’s purple. It was the technique used in the “Witch Doctor” and “The Chipmunk Song,” both released the same year. According to, a speeded up recording made the squeaky Purple People Eater’s voice. The song is extremely catchy - I dare you to read lyrics to the chorus and not hear the tune in your head. It’s about an alien who descends to earth for two things - to eat purple people (a bit of a problem) and to join a rock and roll band, certainly more doable. It makes sense because the song is equal parts absurd and adorable. 1 on the Billboard Chart, was written in an hour, stemming from a joke Wooley heard from a friend’s child, according to TIME magazine. Sheb Wooley’s 1958 novelty song “The Purple People Eater” was actually released in May of that year, but it fits perfectly into a Halloween playlist. One of the cutest Halloween monsters is a rock and roll, one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple-people eating alien. Some of these songs you’ve certainly heard and some are lesser known that we hope to familiarize you with. Some are songs specifically written for the holiday, but others are great selections you can listen to year-around but have a great theme for the spookiest of all holidays. Every day we’re going to bring you a great song that fits right in on your Halloween playlist. That’s why we’re celebrating 31 Days of Halloween Hits here at The Word for the entire month of October. With songs like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” Halloween season is a heavy hitter when it comes to music! Granted, Halloween music has nowhere near the mega-market that Christmas music has, but it seems that quality trumps quantity in this particular situation. Rarely, if ever, do you hear anyone say what they’re looking forward to most about the season, is the music. As we welcome October with its cool breezes, and - now socially distanced - festivities, we often think of scary movies, pumpkin patches and killers in masks.
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