Comments on: Sesame Seventies

Sesame Seventies

pxe2000 — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:41:55 -0800

Sesame Seventies is an informational website about the three disco-related Muppets/Sesame Street records released in the 1970s. It makes for a good argument in favor of file-sharing, it reveals some of the stranger children's music of the past twenty or so years, and it's cute. (warning, some flash)

By: squirrel

squirrel — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:50:46 -0800

What a tease. Where are the tracks?

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:54:09 -0800

I owned the saturday night fever one with grover in the suit on the cover. Man, what were we thinking back then. It just looks creepy now.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 00:07:52 -0800

I'm sorry, but nothing beats Disco Mickey Mouse's Macho, Macho Duck.

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 01:35:28 -0800

Oh what the hell. What do I need bandwidth for? Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco, which, I believe, is the LP single they don't have any information on yet.

By: pxe2000

pxe2000 — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 02:24:15 -0800

the tracks are under "music and lyrics", squirrel. (i can't deep link to it, sorry.)

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 05:47:56 -0800

what a long, painful intro with those words typing out at 10 wpm.

By: davehat

davehat — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 05:51:11 -0800

Wierd that this should come up.... I bought the Sesame Street Fever album with Grover on the cover last month. I listened to it with a friend of mine and he snatched it off me and has now sampled one of the OTT drum breaks on it for a track he's recording. Sesame Disco lives on!

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 06:41:42 -0800

This site is being bookmarked for when I get finally upgrade from dialup at home this weekend. Thanks, pxe2000.

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 07:25:22 -0800

I was wrong -- "Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco" is on Sesame Disco, and the page on the site also has the mp3.

By: monkey closet

monkey closet — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 07:30:21 -0800

I can't believe they found a cellist called Kermit... The Band Drums: Richard Crooks Bass: Herb Bushler Guitars: Jack Cavari, Jeff Layton, and Cliff Morris Keyboards David Horowitz and Pat Rebillot Conga: Jimmy Maelen Percussion: George Devons Trumpet: Joe Shepley Trombone: Alan Ralph Reeds: Lou Marini Strings: Paul Gershmann, Harold Kohon, Joe Malin, Gene Orloff, Matt Raimondi, and Gerald Tarack Cellos: Jesse Levy and Kermit Moore

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 07:59:05 -0800

This looks cool, but I'd rather have mp3s from Chipmunck Punk. I do, however, still own a copy of the John Denver and the Muppets "Christmas Together" on vinyl. It was a staple growing up.

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:31:08 -0800

Oh holy fuck. That's my site. And dammit, it's only a month away from a big-ass overhaul, too (it hasn't been touched in 2+ years), so it's kinda embarassing that it's up on MeFi right now. Tweaked design, more music, more lyrics, more artwork, and scans of the promotional art and Billboard Magazine ads (thank you, eBay). And yes, fixing that overly slow flash intro. And I found copies of the rare Japanese CD releases and will be ripping them and posting the cleaner audio tracks (in particular for Sesame Street Fever, where the current online tracks are very muddy sounding). I even have copies of the lyrics (from the CD booklets) in Japanese. Yes, yes, I am obsessive and weird, but dammit, the music is just so good, and I couldn't believe that Henson and CTW hadn't re-released the albums. Especially since so many people have good memories of dancing around to it as little kids. FYI, the people at Henson and henson.com do know about the site, have e-mailed me about it (to compliment, not to sue, luckily), and have actually directed people to it who have e-mailed them about the (lack of) availability of the albums. And while I was making it in college, the site also served as an Internet Law project for me about the legality of posting online music when the copyright was still extant but not likely to ever be re-released or enforced.

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:58:27 -0800

...but, um, don't let that stop anyone from making any constructive criticism about it or nuthin', Pay no attention to that woman behind the curtain.

By: pxe2000

pxe2000 — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:44:15 -0800

argh! did not mean to embarrass you, asparagirl. 'tis a good site. (and while i am on the opposite side of the ideological fence with you, your blog is well-written and intelligent.)

By: Rattmouth

Rattmouth — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 12:32:07 -0800

Being "obsessive and weird" is what makes you perfect for creating that site. Thanks for all of the hard work. Can't wait to see the updated version.

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 12:32:19 -0800

No no, thank you for liking it! I mean, there's no way anyone but my overfrazzled brain could have known that version 2 of the Sesame Seventies site is coming down the tracks soon. It's really flattering that you liked the site enough to post about it. And thanks for the nice words about the blog. [blushes furiously] Now, time for a *real* ideological fence question: "Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco" or "Disco Frog"? Or attractive third party candidates like "Has Anybody Seen My Dog"?

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 12:34:38 -0800

And thank you too, Rattmouth. I thank everybody! I kiss you!

By: pxe2000

pxe2000 — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:17:46 -0800

i cast my vote for "disco frog" -- the trilling "ribbits" capture my heart.

By: Down10

Down10 — Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:47:29 -0800

Thank you, Asparagirl! While I distinctly remember my "Sesame Street Sing-Along" record, I haven't heard these and they're delightfully campy and fun. I greatly look forward to your revamping of the site. ...The 1970's are long gone, aren't they?