Compilations are always fun. This one is geared for kids. There are some covers, but everything rocks. Everything.
“Nellie the Elephant” is covered by Sgt. Major. Sgt. Major makes the song its own, but it’s still clearly a cover, the best of both worlds. Venerable Visqueen shows up to cover “Centerfield.” Put them in, coach. I thought I loved this song until I realized it was the original song that I like, not the cover. It’s like those Coors Light commercials in which they splice footage from NFL press conferences with a bunch of Coors Light drinking dorks asking stupid questions. They aren’t funny. It’s the press conference clips that are.
“Holiday Dinner Song” is neat. If you’re going to a pumpkin carving party, this is a great song to play in the background. “Pumpkin squash/oh my gosh” is just a sample of the great lyrics. Want one more? OK. “Who’s the boss?/Applesauce.” Good times.
However, nothing beats “Green Up Time.” It’s a good song in its own right, but then you see it’s sung by Mirah and Tara Jane O’Neill, and it gets 300 times better. Why was there not music like this when I was a kid? I’d rather have heard this than “Frosty the Snowman.” A
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