noddin0ff
01-24-2008, 05:23 AM
Ok, I got suckered, but in a good way.
I was in my local CD store last night and saw a new Medeski, Martin & Wood album. What caught my eyes was the unusually colorful and goofy album art. “Cool,” I thought! AUTO-PURCHASE MODE activated. I can’t help myself. I glanced at the track titles, and they’re unusual. Cat Creeps, Pat A Cake, Pirates Don’t Take Baths. Not exactly your typical MMW title, but what the heck. Purchase complete.
I get ready to upload it at home and I look at some more titles…Hickory Dickory Dock, The Train Song. One of the tracks comes up incorrectly on in iTunes as Everybody Poops…I look at the cover…this is a KIDS ALBUM!
Actually, it’s pretty good…really good. And, by fortunate coincidence, I have a 4 year old. The kid connection is probably an important one for fully enjoying the album. There’s a good mix of straightforward and not so straightforward in the MMW vein. But all are kid accessible. Uptempo, gentle, odd, funny and a little noodley are all represented. Lot’s of good Kid vocals, a rap version of Pat A Cake, e.g., and a terrific spoken word bit about pocket lint and the creature whose fur it comes from (The Squalb), by John Lurie (of the Lounge Lizards whom I also dig)
The album is certainly more musically challenging than, say, Raffi. That’s a good thing in my opinion, start ‘em early.
Two sample tracks for you to download in lossless, flac-y goodness. The careful reader will know to click the links. The first, Let’s Go Everywhere (http://www.mediafire.com/?cdlnmdiycz4) owes an obvious debt to Johnny Cash. The second, Where’s the music? (http://www.mediafire.com/?abhyaqeyn3m) to show that MMW are still here.
I don't think I'd recommending having kids so you could buy the album. If you have kid's, however, I'd recommend looking into it.
I was in my local CD store last night and saw a new Medeski, Martin & Wood album. What caught my eyes was the unusually colorful and goofy album art. “Cool,” I thought! AUTO-PURCHASE MODE activated. I can’t help myself. I glanced at the track titles, and they’re unusual. Cat Creeps, Pat A Cake, Pirates Don’t Take Baths. Not exactly your typical MMW title, but what the heck. Purchase complete.
I get ready to upload it at home and I look at some more titles…Hickory Dickory Dock, The Train Song. One of the tracks comes up incorrectly on in iTunes as Everybody Poops…I look at the cover…this is a KIDS ALBUM!
Actually, it’s pretty good…really good. And, by fortunate coincidence, I have a 4 year old. The kid connection is probably an important one for fully enjoying the album. There’s a good mix of straightforward and not so straightforward in the MMW vein. But all are kid accessible. Uptempo, gentle, odd, funny and a little noodley are all represented. Lot’s of good Kid vocals, a rap version of Pat A Cake, e.g., and a terrific spoken word bit about pocket lint and the creature whose fur it comes from (The Squalb), by John Lurie (of the Lounge Lizards whom I also dig)
The album is certainly more musically challenging than, say, Raffi. That’s a good thing in my opinion, start ‘em early.
Two sample tracks for you to download in lossless, flac-y goodness. The careful reader will know to click the links. The first, Let’s Go Everywhere (http://www.mediafire.com/?cdlnmdiycz4) owes an obvious debt to Johnny Cash. The second, Where’s the music? (http://www.mediafire.com/?abhyaqeyn3m) to show that MMW are still here.
I don't think I'd recommending having kids so you could buy the album. If you have kid's, however, I'd recommend looking into it.