thurl ravenscroft sang you're a bad one mr grinch.
who sings you're a bad one mr grinch?
thurl ravenscroft
the book has been adapted into a variety of media, including stage and film. chuck jones and ben washam (co-director) adapted the story as an animated special in 1966, featuring narration by boris karloff, who also provided the grinch's voice. thurl ravenscroft sang "you're a mean one mr. grinch" with lyrics written by dr. seuss himself. in 2000, the book was adapted into a live-action film, directed by ron howard and starring jim carrey as the grinch. illumination entertainment also developed a 3d animated feature film, titled "the grinch" directed by scott mosier and yarrow cheney and starring benedict cumberbatch as the grinch. it was originally scheduled to be released on november 10, 2017, but in june 2016, it was pushed back to november 9, 2018.
how the grinch stole christmas!
the song "all hands on the bad one" features guitar riffs that are reminiscent of the band's second album, "call the doctor". it was chosen as the title track because, according to guitarist carrie brownstein, it is the song that best represents the sentiment of the album. brownstein explained that the song deals with "your relationship to evil and your relationship to the hypocrisy of forcing a morality on someone else when you yourself are no better." she added, "'ballad of the ladyman', for instance—who is 'the ladyman'? is the person that wants to be on the radio, 'the bad one,' or is it the fans assuming that they [the artist] want to be on the radio—are they 'the bad one'? or is 'the professional,' the ominous professional figure, 'the bad one'? i think all these songs can go into that machine of 'the bad one' and that mentality and then be spit out in a bunch of different scenarios. so that's why i think it works as the title."
all hands on the bad one