Sesame Street
Songs From The Street
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MOG Editorial Review
The first of celebrated puppeteer Jim Henson's many imaginative adventures, Sesame Street is the most pervasive, effective, and celebrated children's program of all time. For five generations, it's proved an indispensable part of early education, introducing million upon millions of children to letters, numbers, and the basic ideas of respect and understanding. Transcending age, race, and place of origin, this collection captures the show's inclusive, uplifting spirit with three decades worth of educational tunes from Big Bird, Elmo, Bert, and Ernie. Long-running standards are spruced up with appearances by everyone from Paul Simon to Destiny's Child. Simultaneously heartwarming and silly, the songs are so fun that it's easy to forget that there's learning on top of it all.
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AMG Review of Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music
Rob Theakston
All Music GuideFor those who grew up on the magic of PBS and #Sesame Street, there are countless musical moments permanently imprinted in the back of our minds, as well as in popular culture's. That said, there are 63 moments spanning three-and-a-half decades that children (and adults) of all ages will recall and sing along to with great fondness. An armada of #Sesame Street's guest appearances are included here : Cab Calloway, Lena Horne, R.E.M., the Fugees, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Tony Bennett and Johnny Cash are just but a few. However, it's the interludes from the show's original material featuring cast members, muppets and educational songs that are inarguably the true stars here. From the opening bells and guitar of #Sesame Street's instantly identifiable theme song, to the charming, simple anthems courtesy of genius Joe Raposo, to such classics as "C Is for Cookie," "Rubber Duckie," "Doin' the Pigeon" and "Mah Na Mah Na," to the contemplative, potent "Bein' Green" from Kermit the Frog -- it's all here. While some collectors may scoff at the availability of most of this material on other CDs (and truth be told, a follow-up collection focusing entirely on the earliest years would be superb), fans who grew up on the show and children alike will find having them all on one disc, complete with superb liner notes, lyrics and pictures, an essential piece in their children's record collection. This is the definitive resource, bar none. Simply outstanding.
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