{"id":3603,"date":"2008-05-12T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2008-05-12T10:58:12","modified_gmt":"2008-05-12T17:58:12","slug":"happy-people-like-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/12\/happy-people-like-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy People Like You"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the greatest things about having children–aside from the perpetuation of your genetic material and the necessity of having sex to do so–is that you again have an excuse to listen to Sesame Street<\/em> albums.<\/p>\n

It’s not just that the songs are catchy and clever and rife with jokes that only an adult would get, but that everyone involved in their creation clearly had a blast doing so. Where the Disney songs are pitch-perfect and saccharine-sweet, most of the Muppet tunage is a sloppy, silly, hilarious mess. And you totally know those 70’s-era guys wrote this stuff on some high-quality spleef.<\/p>\n

You can find five of my favorites over on muxtape<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I Like You<\/b>: The classic Sesame Street song, sung by a major character (or two major characters in this case, Ernie & Bert), neatly encapsulating a positive message, and scintillating as all get-out.<\/p>\n

For The Birds<\/b>: I defy you to not laugh during this song. Defy! If you listen to your music over speakers at the office, player this sucker on volume 11.<\/p>\n

The Letter U<\/b>: Some of the funniest songs are performed by major artists parodying their own work. This sounds like a standard, high-energy Melissa Etheridge song, until you really pay attention to the lyrics.<\/p>\n

Bein’ Green<\/b>: Sure you know<\/em> it, but have you listened to it as an adult? Do so, and you’ll see why it’s been covered by everyone from Ray Charles<\/a> to Van Morrison to the Boston Pops Orchestra.<\/p>\n

I Hope That Somethin’ Better Comes Along<\/b>: Okay, totally cheating with this one, as it is actually drawn from The Muppet Movie<\/em>. But it would be unforgivable to omit it (as they did on the Muppet Show 25th Anniversary Collection<\/a> … which is why we are now raising a generation of boys blissfully unaware that, someday soon, the girls toward whom they are currently indifferent will be driving them bananas). Fun fact: Jim Henson does both Kermit’s and Rolf’s voice in this track.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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