I fucking love mash-ups. I don't know why. I guess cause they're corny and cheesey, and I like how they're honest about their sources in a totally obvious 'pointing & winking' way instead of some obscure tiny little sample in a legitamate electronica song.
So here's my review of
The Muppet Mash Up Album.
1.The Muppet Strut (The Muppet Show Theme vs The Stray Cats)
It's just too confusing and not terribly catchy. It's just like listening to two songs at the same time. Meh.
2.Jam On Sesame Street (Sesame Street Theme vs Newcleus)
Fun stuff. You can't go wrong with the old sesame street them song added to somethin. Maybe a little long though.
3.Scooter And The Computer Worms (Scooter vs L Bit)
Ehh, sounds like a normal electronic sampled song. But, at least by the time you're annoyed with the canned laughter repeating, it's over.
4.Pinball Number Count (ATOM's Math Problem Mix)
Again, not so much a remix as a straight electronic song with sme Kitsch value. 7 minutes long though, I mean, really? I can take a dump in shorter time than that.
5.I'm Happy (India from Sesame Street vs Edwinn Starr vs Big Bird, Snuffy and Prarie Dawn vs Lou Rawls, Animal and Floyd vs John Bonham vs Baby Bear)
This is great. I may be biased cause it's got one of my favourite songs from sesame street, the little black girls singing, clapping and stomping making a great catchy little song, with a famous beat works oh so well. Crminally short though. Let that groove ride man, let it ride.
6.Queen Latifah's Rascally Little O (Queen Latifah, Prarie Dawn and Telly vs The Little Rascals Theme)
This one works well, but the levels of each element are wrong. The singing should be louder. But I boogied, and anything that gets me boppin gets a thumbs up.
7.Ladybug's Picnic
Straight cover. I recommend The Dead Hensons for a better version.
8.Five Song (Song of Five) (McSleazy Remix)
Just a remix of counting. Meh.
9.Pinball Number Count (ATOM's Math Problem Mix)
It starts off strangely, but as the famous pinball song creeps in you start getting it.
It's pretty odd..I think I like it.
10.Spinning Rubber Sing Thing (Big Bird vs Ernie vs The Shaggs vs Cale & Eno)
I have a soft spot for Big Bird..I just wanna hug him, so that makes this song enjoyble enough. It is weird hearing him, and 'auto tuner' at the same time.
A good mash up will have two songs melded seamlessly together and you love how well they work together. In fact I've listened to Go Home Productions of 'crazy little fool'- a mash up of The Beatles' 'The fool on the hill' and Queen's 'Crazy little thing called love' and to this day if I hear one or the other, I can it's counterpart perfectly slotted in with it.
But anyways, some of these songs here, just aren't like that at all.
My criteria for getting an album is it has to have at least 3 songs on it, I like. There are exceptions to this rule if the songs are very good, maybe two, rarely one, but I did buy a Young MC album just for 'Bust A Move', but that was before I got into pirating stuff on the net. But for an album genereally three good songs is enough for me to say I like the band.
This mash up probly just scrapes in on my criteria.
5 out of 10.
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