SOUNDTRACK: KINDERANGST-“Let’s Play” (2012).
I heard this song on Kid’s Corner recently and I loved the verses. This is a very funny song, in which two girls play together. The verses are sweet, musically–a kind of retro synth sound. They have a sing-song melody with the lyrics, “it’s so much fun to play with you, you’re my best friend.”
Of course, as games go, the game devolves, so when they play Princess, the singer is the pretty one and the friend has to stay home. Or in the pirate game, the friend gets caught by the Navy and is forced to walk the plank. In the background you hear the friend getting more and more upset: Huh? Hey! So true and so funny.
The chorus turns into a much punkier song, “I don’t like you any more… If you’re really my best friend, we’ll never ever play this game again.” I don’t really like the way the chorus fits in with the verse–I think more for the forced rhymes than the music. I also wish the song had more resolution…it just kind of ends. But the verses are very enjoyable. Even if (especially because?) they are kind of mean.
[READ: November 5, 2012] The Flying Beaver Brothers and The Fishy Business
Book #2 in the Flying Beaver Brothers series is even more fun than the first book. Why? Because two of the “evil” penguins from Book 1 are back, but this time they help out the Beaver Brothers (one of whom speaks, the other just says “Ka”, (which I find very funny) and neither has eyeballs–in other words, they are adorable). The two of them have moved into the Beaver’s house (without asking). At first the brothers are freaked out (at seeing evil penguins) but the penguins prove to not be evil (they make pancakes for everyone). But before anyone can determine what’s happening with these penguins, Ace notices the volcano that has appeared out their window.
The “volcano” proves to be a factory belching smoke. And the factory is making Fish Stix Environmental Manufacturing. Fish Stix are the most popular, best-selling sticks around and they’re good for the environment! (That last claim must be true, they keep telling us it’s true over and over). No one’s exactly sure what Fish Stix are, but they are the best! (more…)
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