Comments on: Barenaked Ladies free Xmas single -- and awesome kids' record! http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TheWillow http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-349959 TheWillow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349959 Have to agree with #1 - the best kids stuff has always spoken to a much wider audience. I just got back from Toronto where BNL sort of debuted the newish format - a shorter kids concert in the daytime followed by a full on show in the evening (similar to how TMBG do it). I think it worked very well, personally... though I could see a few moments where overly protective parents might've wanted to cover their kids ears... any parent who is a BNL fan probably isn't that kind of parent though. One thing I was *not* prepared for - is it just Toronto or do all Canadians sit down for concerts (the evening shows, not the kids shows)? I'm not used to being screamed at for trying to dance! Have to agree with #1 – the best kids stuff has always spoken to a much wider audience.

I just got back from Toronto where BNL sort of debuted the newish format – a shorter kids concert in the daytime followed by a full on show in the evening (similar to how TMBG do it). I think it worked very well, personally… though I could see a few moments where overly protective parents might’ve wanted to cover their kids ears… any parent who is a BNL fan probably isn’t that kind of parent though.

One thing I was *not* prepared for – is it just Toronto or do all Canadians sit down for concerts (the evening shows, not the kids shows)? I’m not used to being screamed at for trying to dance!

]]> By: Malgas http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-349960 Malgas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349960 I totally agree with Droogy. The best cartoons have always had references aimed at adults. This is why "Animaniacs" remains one of the finest series ever produced. This is something that goes back way before cartoons; the caucus race in <i>Alice in Wonderland</i>, for example. I totally agree with Droogy. The best cartoons have always had references aimed at adults. This is why “Animaniacs” remains one of the finest series ever produced.

This is something that goes back way before cartoons; the caucus race in Alice in Wonderland, for example.

]]> By: Slowermo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-351262 Slowermo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-351262 I like BNL's rendition of Deck the Halls where they just keep repeating "Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young" I like BNL’s rendition of Deck the Halls where they just keep repeating “Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young”

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-350038 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350038 i'll add my voice, too -- all those old warner bros cartoons had many many references only adults would get. to this day, 40+ years later, i'm STILL clueing in to some of them. i’ll add my voice, too — all those old warner bros cartoons had many many references only adults would get. to this day, 40+ years later, i’m STILL clueing in to some of them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-350333 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350333 A kids' album, eh? Always two steps behind They Might Be Giants. A kids’ album, eh? Always two steps behind They Might Be Giants.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-350115 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350115 Way to go BNL! "Let's do blow, let's do blow, let's do blow!" - Sung to "Let it snow" - Cute adult cultural reference huh? Get it? Way to go BNL! “Let’s do blow, let’s do blow, let’s do blow!” – Sung to “Let it snow” – Cute adult cultural reference huh? Get it?

]]> By: jetsetsc http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-350129 jetsetsc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350129 Thanks for the link. We need more bands to make more better Christmas tunes. If it weren't for the Kinks, Waitresses, and Pretenders, radio would be a dismal listen. Here's my band's humble offering to the genre: http://www.thejennifers.com/Christmas_In_Reverse.mp3 -John Thanks for the link. We need more bands to make more better Christmas tunes. If it weren’t for the Kinks, Waitresses, and Pretenders, radio would be a dismal listen.

Here’s my band’s humble offering to the genre:
http://www.thejennifers.com/Christmas_In_Reverse.mp3

-John

]]> By: Droogy http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-349909 Droogy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349909 "In the old days cartoon produced for kids more or less stayed on target"? I don't know what cartoons of old you're thinking about but there were tons of "dual-layer" cartoons from days of yore...Rocky and Bullwinkle, fer instance. “In the old days cartoon produced for kids more or less stayed on target”?

I don’t know what cartoons of old you’re thinking about but there were tons of “dual-layer” cartoons from days of yore…Rocky and Bullwinkle, fer instance.

]]> By: Bionicrat2 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-349919 Bionicrat2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349919 Another Xmas song of theirs, "Elf's Lament, " is free on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XXOAFU/ref=br_fq_4?pf_rd_p=456026201&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=678551011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=12C8HVNTTNSXDJP8QRCD Another Xmas song of theirs, “Elf’s Lament, ” is free on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XXOAFU/ref=br_fq_4?pf_rd_p=456026201&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=678551011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=12C8HVNTTNSXDJP8QRCD

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-349939 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349939 My kids love this album!! They loved the Barenaked Ladies anyway, so this album was a shoe in for them. Any kids album that makes the kids happy and doesn't make the parents crazy is a plus. Being fans of BNL, this album is perfect. If you're a parent and you're looking for other kids music that parent's can enjoy too, check out the compilation called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Various-Artists/dp/B00006L7QX" rel="nofollow">For The Kids</a>. It's got songs by BNL, Cake, Sarah McLachlin, Wilco and Tom Waits! Cake doing their version of the Sesame Street song "Mahna Mahna" alone is worth the price of the album. A Google search for this album shows that there are at least <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kids-III-Various-Artists/dp/B000VBIERY" rel="nofollow">two other</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Too-Various-Artists/dp/B0003JANQE/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b" rel="nofollow">albums in this series</a>, but I've just heard the first. My kids love this album!! They loved the Barenaked Ladies anyway, so this album was a shoe in for them. Any kids album that makes the kids happy and doesn’t make the parents crazy is a plus. Being fans of BNL, this album is perfect.

If you’re a parent and you’re looking for other kids music that parent’s can enjoy too, check out the compilation called For The Kids. It’s got songs by BNL, Cake, Sarah McLachlin, Wilco and Tom Waits!
Cake doing their version of the Sesame Street song “Mahna Mahna” alone is worth the price of the album.

A Google search for this album shows that there are at least two other albums in this series, but I’ve just heard the first.

]]> By: Avram http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/barenaked-ladies-fre.html#comment-349941 Avram Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349941 I'm with Droggy (ct #1). I grew up (late '60s, early '70s) watching old Warner Bros "Looney Tunes", many of which which were originally made to be shown in front of movies, and were aimed at the grown-ups of the 1930s-50s. Lots of parodies of old movie stars, and quotes from old commercials. I’m with Droggy (ct #1). I grew up (late ’60s, early ’70s) watching old Warner Bros “Looney Tunes”, many of which which were originally made to be shown in front of movies, and were aimed at the grown-ups of the 1930s-50s. Lots of parodies of old movie stars, and quotes from old commercials.

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