Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks
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Free Music Notes for Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks
Free Music Review: Knowledge is power!
Hit: 4 Stars
The album features contemporary acts covering Schoolhouse Rock songs. All of them are good, with the notable exception of Pavement's dirge-like version of "No More Kings". Everything else is a lot of fun. And if you're not careful, you may learn something before it's done.Free Music Review: Groovy!
Hit: 4 Stars
Worth buying just to hear the Mr. Morton track, by Skee-Lo, I also liked Blind Melon (w/Shannon) doing 3 is a Magic Number. Okay, this is no grammy winning CD, but interesting and fun enough to listen to more than a few times, I mean where else can you hear Moby singing about Verbs? If you want the Orignal School House Rock songs,with all those cute voices, you'll have to get the original SHR CD or better yet, buy the videos (of course, the videos we purchased have some exceedingly annoying intros by some very annoying kids and Cloris Leachman? I think that's her name, blyuck!).Free Music Review: Not the originals, but a fine tribute
Hit: 5 Stars
Unlike those who have been shocked by the high reviews for this album, I'm shocked by the low reviews. They come almost exclusively from people expecting a collection of the original SHR songs. THIS IS A TRIBUTE ALBUM! If you don't understand what that means, you shouldn't buy this record.Among the things you do get are:
-One of the last tracks put out by Blind Melon before the death of Shannon Hoon.
-A track by Moby about three years before he was shot into the stratosphere of fame.
-Arguably the best track that one-hit-wonder Skee-Lo ever laid.
-A very timely reworking of "No More Kings" done in classic Pavement style.
-A "hip" Biz Markie without his usual "hop".
-A chance to reflect on how the world as a whole and the world of music have changed since those simple days of the early seventies.
I question whether anyone who uses a music review to insult a whole generation deserves to be an editor at Amazon.
And lastly, I don't really think that Bob Dorough and company see this as a "mangling" of their classic songs. After, their permission was needed to make the album. The original SHR brought, along with education, messages of tolerance and open-mindedness. Bring the same when you listen to this. If anything, this record is a testament to how many different kinds of people in my generation were touched by these Saturday morning snippets.
Free Music Review: Fun songs from the past, badly mangled
Hit: 1 Stars
The music of the series was a "Jim Croce" type folk music. It was usually light and friendly. This "music", (fortunately I only spent $$$used) is poorly executed, flatly sung, and almost as entertaining as a root canal. I only gave it one star because I couldn't give it minus stars.Free Music Review: School House Freaking Rock
Hit: 5 Stars
Wow. I love it. First of all it has some of my favorite bands: Pavement, Better than Ezra, the Lemonheads, Blind Melon, and the like. Second, I love the way the styles are imprinted on the songs. I'm not a _huge_ hip hop fan, but when I heard Skee-Lo's version of "The Tale of Mr. Morton", I was laughing so hard I thought I was going to pee my pants. A classic for whenever I want to cheer myself up.