The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More! - The 25th Anniversary Collection
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Free Music Notes for The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More! - The 25th Anniversary Collection
Free Music Review: Inspirational, Celebrational, Muppetational!
Hit: 5 Stars
How could anyone pass up this terrific track listing compiling fourteen songs from The Muppet Show and thirteen tracks from the Muppets six feature films?1. THE MUPPET SHOW THEME
2. MAHNA MAHNA
a. MAHNA MAHNA
b. LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
3. THERE'S A NEW SOUND
4. THE AMAZING MARVIN SUGGS AND HIS MUPPAPHONE PLAY "LADY OF SPAIN"
5. TREES
6. A MONOLOGUE BY FOZZIE BEAR
7. BEIN' GREEN
8. SIMON SMITH AND HIS AMAZING DANCING BEAR
9. TENDERLY
10. WISHING SONG
11. WHAT NOW MY LOVE?
12. HAPPY FEET
13. WE GOT US
14. CLOSING THEME (Instrumental)
15. RAINBOW CONNECTION
16. MOVIN' RIGHT ALONG
17. CAN YOU PICTURE THAT?
18. FINALE: THE MAGIC STORE
19. HEY A MOVIE!
20. HAPPINESS HOTEL
21. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENS
22. TOGETHER AGAIN
23. I'M GONNA ALWAYS LOVE YOU
24. HE'LL MAKE ME HAPPY
25. ONE MORE SLEEP 'TIL CHRISTMAS
26. LOVE LED US HERE (Muppets Version)
27. I'M GOING TO GO BACK THERE SOMEDAY (Muppets From Space Version)
To further whet your appetite, three of the songs ("Together Again", "I'm Gonna Always Love You", and "He'll Make Me Happy" from "The Muppets Take Manhattan") have NEVER been released on CD before! Plus, Rhino has included a beautiful 20-page CD booklet featuring many photos as well as a few essays on the Muppet phenomonon. Clearly, if you ever own just one Muppet CD, this is the one to chose.
Free Music Review: Not a catch-all, but a nice compilation
Hit: 5 Stars
This is basically a Muppets "Greatest Hits" CD and is good for Muppet fans who don't have any of the original movie soundtracks. It combines Muppet Show classics with the best songs of the movies up through Muppets From Space. Will you recognize everything from the first 14 tracks? Probably not. I'm 29 and don't remember them all. Are there a few songs missing from the movies that should be here in favor of some of them? Maybe. But all of the really important ones are here.
Kermit's "Bein' Green" is one of my favorites, as it's sung in a very heartfelt manner. The big ones from the Muppet Movie, like "Rainbow Connection" and "Movin' Right Along", are also here. I particularly like the "Monologue with Fozzie Bear" track, as it is very indicative of the intelligent silliness that the Muppets were known for in their shows and movies. There are also a couple of Statler & Waldorf monologues hidden after a couple of tracks that aren't labelled on the CD, so listen to the tracks in their entirety or you could miss them. And, of course, "Mahna Mahna" is a classic that I only recognized from commercials (primarily because of my age) but is one of those catchy ditties that will easily become stuck in your head for a week to follow after hearing it.
Highly recommended for the fan who has no Muppet music in their collection and wants a nice summary of the classics on one CD.
Free Music Review: A wonderful trip down memory lane
Hit: 5 Stars
I adore the Muppets. I grew up on "The Muppet Show" in the mid to late '70s (as well as the '80s). I still love The Muppets in whatever their latest incarnation is. I was fortunate enough to find a used copy of "The Muppet Show: Music Mayhem & More" in the used cd bins at my favorite record store. The cd has all my favorite songs from "The Muppet Show" as well as from the movies that Jim Henson and co. made through out the past two decades. There were quite a few songs that I almost completely forgot about such as "Wishing Song" sung by the Great Gonzo, a plaintive ballad and "There's a New Sound" featuring nerdy muppet Scooter. Of course it wouldn't be a Muppet compilation without the immortal classic "Bein' Green" and "Rainbow Connection" (from "The Muppet Movie"). Those two songs are timeless without a doubt. They still hold up well twenty years later. As far as monologues goes, my particular favorite is the monolgue between Fozzie Bear and Kermit the frog. That just cracked me up. I also loved the occasional wisecrack from the two guys in the balcony who always puts down the show. I also love the songs from The Muppet movies especially from "The Great Muppet Caper". I love "The First Time It Happens" and "Together Again". All the songs and the occasional monologue on the cd is excellent. Listening to it brings back memories of when I watched "The Muppet Show" on Saturday nights as a child.Free Music Review: "Hey, Look It's a Bear".
Hit: 5 Stars
I grew up with the Muppets. When I was a wee lad I had daily doses of Sesame Street, weekly doses of "The Muppet Show", when I got older I devoured "The Storyteller", and THE MUPPET MOVIE is still one of my favorite movies of all time. For a fan like me, this album is a must have. It includes songs not only from "The Muppet Show" but at least one tune from all six Muppet movies. However, I wish they would have had something different from MUPPETS IN SPACE than the remake of "I'm Going To Go Back There Someday."Some of my favorite songs on the album include:
"The Muppet Show Theme"
"Mahna Mahna"
"Wishing Song"
"We Got Us"
"The Rainbow Connection"
"Happiness Hotel"
"One More Sleep 'Til Christmas"
"Love Led Us Here"
The album also comes with a well informed twenty page booklet, filled with all sorts of Muppets trivia. If you love the Muppets, you will love this album.
Free Music Review: Quality entertainment ... so lacking in this world ...
Hit: 5 Stars
This is, without a doubt, one of the best compact discs I have ever purchased.I am a real sucker for nostalgia, and "The Muppet Show" is one of my favorite collections. If I had to make one slight complaint, it would seem that this collection is, mostly, a compilation CD of songs from the various Muppet movies released over the years.
I would, frankly, rather see individual soundtracks brought back into print. Where can one find a clean copy of Rowlf and Kermit singing "I Hope That Something Better Comes Along" nowadays, after all? But perhaps the market wouldn't bear that: soundtracks don't do well when they only appeal to specialized audiences.
That is, however, pretty much my only complaint: I wanted more. That should tell you what high, entertaining quality the Muppets produce: it's a wonderful, non-harmful addiction. Purchase this CD: you very much will not regret it.