Really Rosie (1975 Television Special)
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Composer: Carole KingEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1999-05-25
Music Label: Sony Wonder (Audio)
Product features:
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- Really Rosie
- One Was Johnny
- Alligators All Around
- Pierre
- Screaming And Yelling
- The Ballad Of Chicken Soup
- Chicken Soup With Rice
- Avenue P
- My Simple Humble Neighborhood
- The Awful Truth
- Such Sufferin'
- Really Rosie (Reprise)
Music reviews of Really Rosie (1975 Television Special)
Music Review: Maurice Sendak and Carole King make magic together
Rating: 4 Stars
The last reviewer said that this was not from the Carole King TV special. The CD version definitely IS. Maybe the cassette they sent is different. The CD is the original soundtrack album, available from Ode/Epic/Legacy. Carole King wrote an excellent, toe-tapping score for Maurice Sendak's wonderfully offbeat poems! For instance: "Chicken Soup With Rice" is a bona-fide classic which you will be humming for days ("Sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice"). "Pierre" is a funny morality tale about a boy who only says "I Don't Care" until his apathy gets him eaten by a lion! "Alligators All Around" is a funny alphabet song; "One Was Johnny" does the same for numbers. This album is not strictly for kids -- it is fun for kids and adults alike, especially if you grew up with these songs!For some reason, Pierre's "I don't care" voice is different on this album from the one on the TV special -- I think it might be that of Carole King herself. I don't remember if any other voices were changed. However, Ms. King is accompanied by a juvenile chorus on "Really Rosie." "Chicken Soup with Rice" and others, just like on the special.
I wish they would re-release the TV cartoon special on VHS or DVD; it was really well-done, with Maurice Sendak's renditions coming to life! And some of the Amazon reviews said there was a live cast album out a few years ago, which I would LOVE to get! I just saw a local performance of the musical -- it was wonderful and I recommend that you go to see it if it plays in your area! Maurice Sendak's dialogue is every bit as funny and quirky as the songs on this album!
Description of Really Rosie (1975 Television Special)
12 tracks from 1975's Maurice Sendak' annimated feature. Scuffs on disc will not affect play - graded only G+.Carole King's 11 songs for the Really Rosie TV special (it originally aired in 1975) came from characters found in Maurice Sendak's books The Sign on Rosie's Door and Nutshell Library, but it can easily be argued that the characters never really lived until given voice by King. Ostensibly the story of Rosie--a little girl from Avenue P, who, dontcha know, is a star just waiting to be discovered--there are other delightful characters here, including Johnny ("who lived by himself and liked it like that!") and Pierre (who learns to care after being eaten by a lion). There are also a couple of straight-up educational songs: one an alphabet song (the wonderfully alliterative "Alligators All Around"), the other a calendar song ("Chicken Soup with Rice"). Great music that's delightful for children and parents alike, Really Rosie remains a family favorite for all the right reasons. --Randy Silver --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Carole King's 11 songs for the "Really Rosie" TV special (it originally aired in 1975) came from characters found in Maurice Sendak's books The Sign on Rosie's Door and Nutshell Library, but it can easily be argued that the characters never really lived until given voice by King. Ostensibly the story of Rosie--a little girl from Avenue P, who, dontcha know, is a star just waiting to be discovered--there are other delightful characters here, including Johnny ("who lived by himself and liked it like that!") and Pierre (who learns to care after being eaten by a lion). There are also a couple of straight-up educational songs: one an alphabet song (the wonderfully alliterative "Alligators All Around"), the other a calendar song ("Chicken Soup with Rice"). Great music that's delightful for children and parents alike, Really Rosie remains a family favorite for all the right reasons. --Randy Silver
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