Of Wolves and Girls in Hoods: Sam the Sham

 

I am fairly certain everyone reading this knows the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" (if not, read this and this, and then come back) and possibly even a few horror stories (by they film or comics) based on it. Some of you may even have seen more "adult" adaptations of the story.

This month, we're going to spotlight a few of the more unusual versions of the "Little Red Riding Hood" story. We're kicking things off with a couple of songs from Sam the Sham. (There are no neat visuals with them... that'll come with the cartoons when we post them.)

First, it's Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs with a song conveying a modernized, tongue-in-cheek version of the Little Red Riding Hood story, as seen through the eyes of the Big Bad Wolf. In 1966, this song was a smash hit on AM radio and reached the Top 5 and even better on numerous charts. 

Striking while the iron was hot, Sham and his back-up singers--the Sham-ettes, recorded and released a sequel/point-of-view reversal on the relationship between the wolf and the maiden in the first song. And the wolf may be in for a surprise. Without further ado, we invite you to click below and enjoy "Big Bad Wolf" by the Sham-ettes.

(Maybe I've seen too horror movies, or read too many horror stories, but in my imagination, these two songs add up to a couple of psychopathic stalkers finding that they're each other's soulmate and then go skipping off in search of victims.)