No!
by: They Might Be Giants
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Hitch up your I-Pods, egg-headed hipsters of the future: They Might Be Giants, the out-there band that files its sound under the banner of "Can't We All Just Get Along" is speaking your language. What they're saying is No!, but in a way that's weirdly welcoming, especially to anybody who's over 3 and has a hard drive. No!'s computer enhancements (animation, games, and a sing-along scroll bar) don't assign the strictly audio experience to the so-what pile, but at certain moments they seem necessary--how else are you supposed to decipher a song ("Violin") whose only words are "violin," "hippo," and the ticking off of fractional segments of George Washington's head? Of course, to try to make sense of the 17 tunes contained here may be to miss the point. While TMBG's lyrical and vocal hijinks can be off-putting to grownups prone to self-consciousness about not getting the joke, the generation No! takes aim at needs nothing in the way of validation. Thus the brilliance of baggage-free ditties like "Fibber Island," where the natives strum rubber guitars and sew buttons on cars, "John Lee Supertaster," a rock & roll fantasy following a hero with heightened senses of sweet and sour, and "I Am a Grocery Bag," detailing what's bumping around in brown paper after a trip to the market. With their triumph over the tube (TMBG took home a Grammy for the theme to Malcolm in the Middle and perform and wrote the intro to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), frontmen John Linnell and John Flansburgh have already infiltrated the family market, sort of. No! finds the band bending to a level lots of other giants might overlook, but without cramping up. Given the right reach, They Could Be Kiddie Icons. -Tammy La Gorce
Hitch up your I-Pods, egg-headed hipsters of the future: They Might Be Giants, the out-there band that files its sound under the banner of "Can't We All Just Get Along" is speaking your language. What they're saying is No!, but in a way that's weirdly welcoming, especially to anybody who's over 3 and has a hard drive. No!'s computer enhancements (animation, games, and a sing-along scroll bar) don't assign the strictly audio experience to the so-what pile, but at certain moments they seem necessary--how else are you supposed to decipher a song ("Violin") whose only words are "violin," "hippo," and the ticking off of fractional segments of George Washington's head? Of course, to try to make sense of the 17 tunes contained here may be to miss the point. While TMBG's lyrical and vocal hijinks can be off-putting to grownups prone to self-consciousness about not getting the joke, the generation No! takes aim at needs nothing in the way of validation. Thus the brilliance of baggage-free ditties like "Fibber Island," where the natives strum rubber guitars and sew buttons on cars, "John Lee Supertaster," a rock & roll fantasy following a hero with heightened senses of sweet and sour, and "I Am a Grocery Bag," detailing what's bumping around in brown paper after a trip to the market. With their triumph over the tube (TMBG took home a Grammy for the theme to Malcolm in the Middle and perform and wrote the intro to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), frontmen John Linnell and John Flansburgh have already infiltrated the family market, sort of. No! finds the band bending to a level lots of other giants might overlook, but without cramping up. Given the right reach, They Could Be Kiddie Icons. -Tammy La Gorce
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Rating: 
- You can't stop humming!
This catchy album of children's songs is one of my favorite TMBG albums ever. There's plenty for kids to love, including nonsense songs like "In the Middle" that have become minivan singalong staples. Adult fans of TMBG will find songs like "Robot Parade" and "Edison Museum" that rival TMBG's best work.
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- Music is "meh" and the enhanced CD is a pain in the neck...
I purchased this for my kids after listening to the short clips here on Amazon.I think the short clips where the best parts of the album.Fibber island and a couple others are alright, but my toddlers were not impressed with any of the songs.
The annoying part is that this is one of those enhanced/flash/copy protected CDs.The flash program/cartoon video interface might be fun to some people, but it just a pain to most people. My kids have those Blue Hat Toy Company MP3 players and ... Read More
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- Okay
Not as catchy as their ABC production, which is terrific.This one is okay.
Rating: - love this!
Our whole family loves this CD -- 2 parents, 2 kids (ages 5 and 11). It's not sappy and sing-songy like so much other music "for children." It's completely wacky and great musically -- a great gift for anyone with kids.
Rating: - No!
My husband is a huge TMBG fan and when we found out that the theme song for "Malcolm in the Middle" was written by them, we started watching the show.Now it was time to get the music.
- You can't stop humming!This catchy album of children's songs is one of my favorite TMBG albums ever. There's plenty for kids to love, including nonsense songs like "In the Middle" that have become minivan singalong staples. Adult fans of TMBG will find songs like "Robot Parade" and "Edison Museum" that rival TMBG's best work.
- Music is "meh" and the enhanced CD is a pain in the neck...I purchased this for my kids after listening to the short clips here on Amazon.I think the short clips where the best parts of the album.Fibber island and a couple others are alright, but my toddlers were not impressed with any of the songs.
The annoying part is that this is one of those enhanced/flash/copy protected CDs.The flash program/cartoon video interface might be fun to some people, but it just a pain to most people. My kids have those Blue Hat Toy Company MP3 players and ... Read More
- OkayNot as catchy as their ABC production, which is terrific.This one is okay.
- love this!Our whole family loves this CD -- 2 parents, 2 kids (ages 5 and 11). It's not sappy and sing-songy like so much other music "for children." It's completely wacky and great musically -- a great gift for anyone with kids.
- No!My husband is a huge TMBG fan and when we found out that the theme song for "Malcolm in the Middle" was written by them, we started watching the show.Now it was time to get the music.
