Relegating the Wiggles to the Dustbin of History
Mark Perlsweig | San Francisco, CA | 01/27/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"After being a DJ when The Clash was putting out London Calling, seeing the Gang of Four for a $1 admission fee at The Bayou in Washington, DC and interviewing The Edge of U2 in St. Louis, MO when they were playing a club show prior to opening the next day for J Geils (1982), it's hard to get excited about children's music for your kids many years later. You can't exactly take your kid to a Minor Threat or X show in a bad part of town (but my kids do like the B-52's). So all these years later, my wife dragged me to the Tom Chapin show for the third year in a row, and while he was pleasant and the songs were nice, it was getting a little old. Justin Roberts CD's are pretty good mostly because my kids are having a good time but don't think that I am going to be camping out for concert tickets any time soon. The Wiggles were fun to watch with my kid on TV but let's face it, the lyrics stink. And the Wiggles aren't nearly as entertaining as Rocko's Modern Life or Spongebob. The theme song from Fairly Odd Parents smokes any Wiggles tune. So what were the suits at Disney thinking?
Fortunately, in the long run, quality triumphs over all else. And the Sippy Cups have quality and plenty of it. Some reviewers think that their music is more appealing to adults than kids. Not so Joe. I have been to see the Cups and the kids are up dancing and having a good time. In fact more people danced at the Sippy Cups show than the last time I saw REM at Shoreline Ampitheatre a few years back. The Sippy Cups are basically the first band to be unafraid of taking a back catalogue of nearly forty years of rock history and introducing it to your kids. Shouldn't your kids know something about the Velvet Underground? I guess one of the best ways to describe the Sippy Cups and especially their show is as though the Talking Heads decided to do a children's benefit show and have the kids watch it. So even though I have been dropping all these references to the past, it is merely descriptive. What is certain is that as the Sippy Cups evolve, they will certainly be as original as the Monkees were in their day. So when you see them on the telly, think about all of the corporate types who will be kicking themselves for not having jumped on the Sippy Cup bandwagon when they had a chance.
You really don't want your kid to be listening to the Pussycat Dolls and Paris Hilton when he or she gets a little older, do you? The Sippy Cups will help you prevent that unfortunate outcome."
Best kids music--ever!
Georgia McNamara | San Francisco, CA USA | 12/29/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I hate kids music, and until The Sippy Cups came along I refused to play it anywhere except in the kids' rooms. This CD has earned a place in my iPod! Excellent, amusing covers of adult tunes. Check out their website, [...], to buy the CD (or go to CDBaby) until Amazon starts stocking it."
Track Listings (13) - Disc #1