Various Artists --- Go Simpsonic With The Simpsons!

The first Simpsons Rhino CD (I don't count those abomidible Geffen "concept" records) is one of those things you just play over and over again. Everyone I know had at least a dub of it. Just a great CD, down to the donut-painted disc itself.

It was with much eagerness I bought "Go Simpsonic", released over a year later than it was supposed to be. But it was oh-so-worth the wait.

I would venture to say I actually like this more than the first one. It has songs that were both too recent for the first CD ("We Put The Spring In Springfield", "The Simpsons Family Smile-Time Variety Fun Hour", "Canyonero!") and pieces that had been over-looked ("Poochie Rap", "Kamp Krusty", "The Gabbo Song"). This CD really lets you appreciate the nuances of the tunes on the show. Most notably, the James Bond-style closing song to the Hank Scorpio episode: An over-emoting, Streisand-like vocalist extolling the virtures of working for Mr. Scorpio, noting the availible of microbrews, and closing the song with "He loves german beer!"

Personal favorites on the CD include the Cletus The Slack-Jawed Yokel theme song, the Sonic Youth closing credits, and Meet The Flintstones. The most glaring omission, though, is the lack of Professor Frink's theme song (you know the one --- "Professor Frink!/Professor Frink!/He'll make you laugh/He'll make you think/with the thing/and the...thing")

Overall, the CD is essential to any Simpsons fan.

Narc.

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Michael Keegan
1.28.2000

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