Quote Originally Posted by 3-LockBox
I've seen this commercial a few times now...and I'm thinking, how on earth do you let little girls single songs like Big Mess and Whip It? Hopefully, Mothersbaugh (or who ever else is responsible for this crap) has changed the lyrical content of their songs to make them more 'kid friendly'.

Gawd I hate those stupid Kidz Bop CDs and their associated commercials. My 12 year old boy was watching one these Kidz Bop commercials and turns to me and says, "Man those are so stupid. Am I supposed to want this just cuz there's kids singing...I can't even stand school plays". All I could say was "Me either, son...me either". Now I guess we can expect more of our classic (and not-so-classic) pop/rock acts to follow suit. I can't wait for pre-pubecsent dirls to sing all those old Madonna songs.

I know, its not like DEVO is this legendary band or anything, but I think Mothersbaugh has let his stint with "The Rugrats" cartoon blurr his judgment. I guess its hard for some old new wave acts to make a living these days. I wouldn't mind it if Mothersbaugh had just written new kiddy tunes under the 2.0 moniker, but to repackage old songs of social malcontent, cultural disenchantment and sexual double-entendre' for a kids' sing-along...

Like I said, hopefully they've rewritten some these songs, but even if they have...whatta huge sellout.
Interesting. I was going to start a thread on this, but I wanted to wait until I viewed the DVD full of videos first.

My question to everyone was going to be: is this the ultimate sellout (having kids re-sing the songs and release them under the Disney imprint) or a good way to get kids to know good music? I'm really not sure.

First, yes they did change many of the lyrics to make them more kid friendly.

Second, the singing really isn't too bad, and Devo did the instrumentation on the album. However, I guess the kids are going to tour and play their own instruments.

I hear what you are saying. Mothersbaugh has written a Christmas album and other music for movies and shows, why couldn't he have just come up with some new songs for this? But I bet it was Disney (although I have no proof of this) who wanted the original songs. Plus I heard that a similar Go-Go's album is in the works.

I wanted to watch the DVD with my 6 year old son and see what he thinks about it. He does like some of that quirky music, so he may enjoy it. It might be a good way to introduce him to Devo, although I know I've played a few Devo songs for him before.

I'm just rambling. I'm really on the fence about this one because I do see it as a sellout, but it is getting some great music to kids. Oh and it's DEV2.O.