POX: Disney songs

That's the first ten that came into my head anyway. But I'll admit to being a self-proclaimed Disney nut, so much so that I feel an ILE thread coming on (sorry, I actually don't have anything better to do at this time in the morning).

Cliff Edwards (aka Ukelele Ike) sings that song in Pinnochio.

Great film, though. Especially the "Pink Elephants on Parade" hallucinogenic sequence. Freaky, man.

From The Little Mermaid. Ariel in her secret cave with her stuff.

'Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?'

And it builds.

'Bet you on land they understand. Bet they don't reprimand their daughters. Bright young women, sick of swimming, ready to stand.'

It's the best one.

That's not true. It's Cliff Edwards.

Number nine is "A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes" from Cinderella, because it's so fun to sing. that high trilling is insane, and the lyrics are so corny, but optimistic in the grand Diz-Nee tradition.

Eight would have to be "Sieze the Day" from Newsies, the commercial failure 1990s live-action musical. It's the best song in the movie, and the accompanying dance sequence roXors so much! Gives me a boost when I feel oppression is getting me down.

Scar's song in "Lion King" is seven because some silly Cleopatra band could do a fun cover of it. "I know it sounds sordid/but you'll be rewarded/when at last I am given my dues"

"When you Wish upon a Star" is six – kind of sweet, good and classic and also kind of boring: hence it sums up perfectly what I think of Disney. They play it in all their ads, it is like Disney's "Yesterday".

One-five coming when I get home from work!

BUT, in answer to the Pinnochio point... this is actually a bit of a legend. Cliff Edwards certainly voiced Jiminy Cricket, and sung the song in the film - but there is a version sung by Walt Disney too. I think that's right anyway.

Ariel the Vampire Slayer?

But everytime I hear "Whistle While You Work" I think of what a union-busting old Nazi he was...

RIP songwriter Robert B. Sherman -- "It's a Small World," Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, etc.

The contemporary ones certainly are a pox. I spent much of the weekend in a car with a 6-year-old repeatedly singing "Colors of the Wind," that Pocahontas toss. Torture.

Picked up a Jungle Book LP a few weeks ago at a thrift store, mostly for "The Bare Necessities". Yes that song still rules. There is some really cool rocking proto-psychedelic Big Guitar rock n roll pop in here. There's a cool version of "I Want to Be Like You". I tried looking it up on youtube and it's a totally different arrangement.

Songs from The Jungle Book and Other Jungle Favorites

Disneyland Records issued another soundtrack album in 1967, Songs from Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book and other Jungle Favorites, which featured reworked jazz versions of the film's songs plus two covers, performed by Louis Prima and his band under the title "The Jungle V.I.P.s".

I just spent a while looking for this. Nope. There are some scary cover versions though, by Smash Mouth and Fall Out Boy. A video of Richard Sherman himself playing it on piano too. The arrangement on this album is so much better than the others though, it's played almost like a straight calypso.

https://youtu.be/vKRDS6iYozQ?t=5m40s

turns out someone did upload this to youtube! as a whole LP

http://i.imgur.com/0qPfnFG.jpg