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Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 4697
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 075679268129
UPC: 075679268129
EAN: 0075679268129
ASIN: B000005J80
Release Date: April 9, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | I'm Just a Bill - Frishberg, Dave | | • | Three Is A Magic Number - Blind Melon | | • | Conjunction Junction | | • | Electricity, Electricity | | • | No More Kings - Ahrens, Lynn | | • | The Shot Heard 'Round the World | | • | My Hero, Zero | | • | The Energy Blues - Newall, George | | • | Little Twelvetoes | | • | Verb: That's What's Happening | | • | Interplanet Janet - Ahrens, Lynn | | • | Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here | | • | Unpack Your Adjectives - Newall, George | | • | The Tale of Mr. Morton - Ahrens, Lynn |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! ROCKS
Title: SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! ROCKS
Street Release Date: 04/09/1996
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP COLLECTIONS
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The beauty of Schoolhouse Rock in its original Saturday morning run (1973-85) was that kids watching couldn't tell whether the catchy three-minute cartoon jingles were meant to be commercials, shows, or something else entirely. That enabled overexposed TV youth to learn without realizing it between episodes of Scooby Doo and Fat Albert. Then the Brady Bunch generation became the alternative nation, and the innocence with which they took in these grammar, history, and math lessons was lost. Now comes the obligatory tribute album, Schoolhouse Rock Rocks--pleasant enough, but full of postmodern yuks and missed-the-point nostalgia that aim to celebrate but instead drain the joy from childhood memories. Though it's somewhat interesting to hear Pavement turn "Mo More Kings" into lo-fi krautrock or Moby make "Verb: That's What's Happening" into industrial techno-pop, the performers who most successfully preserve Schoolhouse Rock's edutainment viability are those who are most cartoonish to begin with: Ween ("The Shot Heard 'round the World"), Biz Markie ("The Energy Blues"), and Daniel Johnston ("Unpack Your Adjectives"). The problem remains, nonetheless: Any revamping of these songs implies Schoolhouse Rock somehow needed to be made hipper. That none of these songs is better than its original proves how very unhip '70s kids have grown up to be. --Roni Sarig
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 Effective tribute album better for fans September 17, 2008
If you liked the groovy educational kids show you will perhaps pick and choose through this decent sized compilation of mostly 90's alternative acts covering some learning fun, but few songs possess the power to transcend fanboy roots (most artists welcome the warm cheesy style found in the show) and simply stand on it's own musically ala Blind Melon's "Three Is A Magic Number", where even multiplication tables sung by Shannon Hoon sound sincere.
 great CD For teaching students August 24, 2008
This is an extremely useful cd in teaching students their multiplication tables and parts of speech. It also has Science and Social Studies songs!
what a great cd January 21, 2008
I bought this years ago, thinking it was the original. Recently I broke it, and that brought me to Amazon. What a great cd! I teach 5th grade, and most of what is on this album (can we call them that anymore?), I can use in our studies! Plus, when you drill in the original, then play these updated songs, you get some real interest! Highly recommend for educators and others who grew up on the originals...
 Don't. Just don't. September 14, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The heartfelt/fun/educational twist is just lost in the souless renditions by these bands to fulfill some sort of contractual obligation. This compilation manages to make some non-involved advertising creep happy without giving anything to the kids. Trust your kids to find the heart of the originals. They'll be "practical" soon enough.
childhood flashbacks July 21, 2007
great covers of the unforgettable and educational songs from the 70's cartoons by rockin bands.
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