Robin Hilton

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Thank you so much, Robin.

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And I'm mowing the lawn, and I'm listening to Robin Hilton talk all about this track that came in through the Tiny Desk submission.

He's like, "It just stopped me dead, and, you know, so I'm gonna play it for you today." In his version of that show, 'cause it's, like, different twice a week, where it's, like, one just plays multiple snippets off the same album, but his show plays the full song s- beginning to end without interrupting it.

And he's like, "So here, I'm gonna play it." And I will tell you, I stopped.

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Yeah.

But if you think about it, Robin Hilton says the same thing.

He said it stopped him in his tracks.

Well, it's All Songs Considered.

I'm Robin Hilton.

I'm here with NPR music editor Hazel Sills, and, uh, our correspondent for all things a mile wide and an inch deep-

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Um, Michael Jackson's Greatest Hits or the album Thriller, you know, really, you know, pop up.

There's a sort of a number of kind of Halloween staples that have started to form a Halloween music canon beyond the song Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett.

And what I pitched to Robin, and what I wanted to discuss with you all, is let's agree on a more expansive Halloween music canon.

What songs do we wanna see pop up around spooky season that are true to the season, but also are not just novelty songs, are not just like, "Gather around, my boys and ghouls," you know? [laughs]