One of the cooler tracks from the Tor Hyams-compiled (and recently re-released) A World of Happiness is the Perry Farrell-Deborah Harry duet "The Patience Bossa." As with other kids' songs, the potentially annoying fact that it's a fairly overt message song ("patience = good," natch) is very much ameliorated by the fact that it's a pretty cool song. Farrell and Harry each do a good job with their roles in the song (Farrell, unsurprisingly, is anti-patience 'til the end) and the bossa rocks. The video, directed by Gary Oldman, may have a bit too much Farrell and Harry and not quite enough, you know, kids for the whole family to adore, but it's kinda cool anyway.
Perry Farrell & Deborah Harry - "The Patience Bossa"
Video: "Monkey Man" - The Wiggles (feat. Kylie Minogue)
You know, if I'm going to spend some time talking about the Wiggles, I may as well go full out. On the positive side, this video for the song, "Monkey Man," from their album Go Bananas!, features Kylie Minogue dancing. On the not-so-positive side, this video also features the rest of the Wiggles dancing. They look like they're having fun, but they also look like me if I were dancing in a business suit next to Kylie Minogue.
I don't believe Kylie will be making an appearance at tonight's show, much to my dismay, because I'm not sure the song will survive her absence.
The Wiggles (feat. Kylie Minogue) - "Monkey Man"
Video: "Green Light/Red Light" (Live)- The Not-Its!
New stuff from Seattle's The Not-Its!, who in addition to raiding Heart's unrecorded tracks for a "Green Light/Red Light" song also helpfully give props to the usually-neglected yellow light (though I'm sure the "yellow light - go slow" lyrics will confuse many listeners). I hope this'll be on the follow-up up to We Are The Not-Its!, because it's a great little track.
The Not Its! - "Green Light/Red Light" (Live)
Concert Recap: Todd Baio (Phoenix, July 2009)
I never got a chance to mention the next show in the Children's Museum of Phoenix series I helped put together, a show featuring Phoenix musician Todd Baio, who's a little bit Pete Seeger and Dan Zanes, and a lot ukulele master. Why? Because by the time I was ready to send out an e-mail a day or so after the show hit the CMOP calendar, the free tickets were already sold out.
So you'll just have to make do with a couple videos from the concert. First up, Baio's opening medley, featuring four great renditions of "Down By the Bay," "Skip To My Lou," "Polly Wolly Doodle," and "Ain't Gonna Rain No More."
Todd Baio - Kids Song Medley (Live)
and one more...
Listen To This: "Come Over To My Dollhouse" (Live) - Lunch Money
It has been a long, at times frustrating, day. New music from Lunch Money, a song that features the phrase "fortress of solitude," makes it ever so slightly less long and frustrating. (And I - duh! - forgot to mention that the video is Gwyneth's.)
Lunch Money - "Come Over To My Dollhouse" (Live at Sirius-XM)
Video: "Ants in Your Pants #99" - Eric Herman
I've always liked Eric Herman's animated music videos. They've gradually increased in quality from the viral hit "The Elephant Song" (6.5 million views and counting), but they've always retained a sly sense of humor. Now, you can see what an animated Herman would look like with a bear in his hair in his video for his dance-along song "Ants in Your Pants #99" off his latest album What A Ride!. (It's funny, 'cuz it's true.) And for those of you interested in such a thing, Herman's hosting a contest involving the posting of dance videos -- details are at the YouTube video page.
Eric Herman - "Ants in Your Pants #99"
