Carly Simon - Piglet's Big Movie

Disney's latter-day attempts at building on its sterling character franchises have sometimes fallen short of the original's magic. But this Winnie the Pooh-inspired spin-off is a joyous musical surprise from first track to last. Veteran singer/songwriter Carly Simon seems to have soaked up a half-century of Disney animated song tradition and joyously made it her own on the seven new songs here, as well as a smart, modern folk-jazzy reinterpretation of the traditional "Winnie the Pooh" title tune. "If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)," "Mother's Intuition," and "With a Few Good Friends" are all charmers, while the march-along "Sing Ho For the Life of a Bear" taps into the vaunted Sherman Brothers tradition with playful joy. This is children's music without an ounce of condescension; indeed Simon's own children--Ben and Sally Taylor--are present on several of the tracks. Simon's sparkling slate of songs is augmented by five sprightly selections from Carl Johnson's orchestral score, and the collection concludes with a handful of bonus track demos by a solo Simon. --Jerry McCulley Amazon.com

it is NOT a "mother's intuition" to be a good little housekeeper!

UGH! My son's godmother is a BIG Piglet fan so I let him see this movie and I want to choke Carly Simon for the Mother's Intution song. I will NEVER let my daughter(s) see that part of the film or hear that song - too likely that they'll internalize the "good little wife" syndrome that decades of women have worked so hard to minimize. It's fine if that's how you naturally are, but for those of us who have more important things to focus on than constant sweeping and washing behind the baby's ears constantly (such as keeping the baby from climbing out a 2nd story window), this trite drivel is obnoxious. The fact that it sticks in your brain like superglue doesn't make it any more endearing in this household.

The renditions of the other, classic songs and "If I Wasn't So Small" are what saved this from a one star review, they're worthy of at least 3 or 4 stars, but I'm so annoyed about the one song that's stuck in my head from that movie that I can't be that generous. Mothers who aren't neat-freak tidy and don't hope for such things from their daughters, be prepared with the "skip" button in hand when that track comes up. I'm annoyed enough that it might be putting such ideas in my son's head about his far-future spouse's responsibilities. May 29, 2007

A few good friends.....

After seeing Piglets Big Movie and loving the music so much we had to get the soundtrack. Our favorite is....."With a few good friends and a stick or two, a house is built at a corner named Pooh". My children know all the lyrics and sing it all the time. It is feel good music. They also like to recall what is going on in the movie when a particular song plays. May 27, 2007

My two year old loves this!

I have a two year old that is currently in her Pooh phase...she adores everything to do with Pooh, and his friends from the hundred Acre Wood. We watched Piglet's Big Movie, and both of us loved the songs in it that buying this CD was a no-brainer. Yes, the tracks may not be long, but then again if you're the parent of a young child, you'll know that a tune may get played over and over again indefinitely:) We especially love 'Sing Ho for the Life of a Bear', 'Mother's Intuition', and yes, 'With a few good friends"...they are truly classics with so much meaning abt friendship, and life. March 5, 2007

Nicely Put Together

All around, this a great CD. I really like how it was put together.

The CD is actually divided into three sections --- Chapters, they're called. The first Chapter is The Songs and features all of the vocal songs from the movie. The second section is The Score and has the instrumental-only tracks. Finally (and this is a nice touch) you get a bonus section featuring Carly Simon's original demo tracks.

Of the original songs, my favorite is definitely Mother's Intuition. The music that goes along with it extremely zippy and catchy and the lyrics are a great match with what happens in that part of the movie. Second-favorite song --- "With a Few Good Friends," which I had already heard on the "Best of Pooh and Heffalumps Too" album. Another fun, upbeat, tune. Honorable mention to "Sing Ho for the Life of a Bear (Expotition March)" --- can you tell I like the ones that are fun and upbeat? But that's not to say I don't like the others too --- I really do, and they're all great.

The instrumental tracks are neat too. They really bring out the feel of the movie and all the various emotions. The Carly Simon demos are enjoyable too, I'm not ashamed to say I prefer the final versions of the songs, but it's neat to have Carly Simon's original work included.

Finally, there's something to be said for packaging. The case and disc artwork are superb. The album insert folds out into a mini-poster and there are lyrics for all of the tracks in the Songs section. January 25, 2006

So Cute CD in English and Spanish

I live in Mexico and bought both language version of the disk, English, and can say that both are great, the songs are beautiful. It is very recommendable to get a great time with your kids. September 20, 2005

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