The Simpsons Sing The Blues Classic or Dud?

CLASSIC.

Homer:
Shut it! Get up, mow the lawn! Move it on the double!
'Cause if you don't, you're in deep, deep, trouble!

Back-up Singers:
Trouble! Deep, deep trouble!
Wanted to snuggle! Deep, deep trouble!

Bart:
So I'm in the front yard mowing like crazy
Sweating like a pig and the sun is blazy
Homer's in the driveway, gettin' in the car
With Mom and Lis, I hope they're going real far
Then Dad yells ---

Homer: Bart!
Bart: And I go, "Yo!" He goes ---
Homer: You done yet?
Bart: And I go, "No." So he goes ---
Homer: Oh, your're too slow!

Bart:
So I step on the gas, speed up the mow
Didn't see that sprinkler underneath that tree
Wham! Keee! Pisssssh!
Rainin' on me! I go, "Whoa!" Homer goes ---

Homer:
D'oh! Now you can't go, to the boat show!

Bart:
Soaked to the bone, standin' in a puddle...
No one needs to tell me I'm in deep, deep trouble...

Back-up Singers:
Trouble! Deep, deep trouble!
One! Two Trouble! Deep, deep trouble!

Bart:
As soon as they're gone, I'm stretched on a lawn
Looking at the sky with my sunshades on
Now I never ever claimed that I was a smarty
But inspiration hits me: "Let's have a party!"
I called up my posse. They were here in a flash
They brought all their pals, we started to thrash!
There was rompin', and stompin', an occasional crash
A fist fight or two, and Nintendo for cash
We raided the fridge, dogs raided the trash
I got a little worried when the windows got smashed
The next thing you know Mom and Dad are home
The kids disappear, and I'm all alone
Everything is silent except for my moan
And the low bluesy tone of a saxophone
They look at me, then they go into a huddle
Get the sinking sensation I'm in deep, deep trouble

Back-up Singers:
Trouble! Deep, deep Trouble!
You're in trouble! Deep, deep trouble!

Bart:
There's a little epilogue to my tale of sadness
I was dragged down the street by His Royal Dadness
We rounded the corner and came to a stop
Threw me inside Jake's barber shop
I said, "please sir just a little off the top..."
Dude shaved me bare, gave me a lollipop
So on my head there's nothing but stubble
Man, I hate bein' in deep, deep trouble!

Back-up Singers: Trouble! Deep, deep trouble! (repeated)
Bart: Oh, come on man

Burns: Where are all the instruments? Smithers: I believe they call this a "breakdown." Burns: We can't have that--play a guitar solo.

So so true!

The funniest line in retrospect is "If you can do the Bart you're bad like Michael Jackson"

Also, this was the CD that brought me out of cassetes and into CDs

Also, D.

which i believe

Most everything else is pretty embarrassing, though. Especially that version of "Hail Hail Rock & Roll."

"Look at all those idiots
Look at all those fools
An office full of morons
A factory full of..."

full of what? It sounds like "boules"!

"look at all those idiots,
look at all those boobs,
an office full of morons,
a factory full of fools!"

dug this out again while doing the washing up. the production is typical of that "positive vibes" rock we've been talking about recently.

The second Compact Disc™ I ever owned. First was Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em.

Why were Simpsons tie-ins so popular back then? It seems strange to me now, even though the show is still (frequently) brilliant.

because it was a massive phenomenon at the time. sky was in its infancy so people aspired to getting satellite and being able to watch the simpsons. plus back then, it was Bart, not Homer who was the figurehead for the show, so it was firmly being marketed at kids.

lol 1991

I never had this, but I had a soundtrack album with like 40 tracks on it.

Total classic.

The soundtrack was Songs In The Key Of Springfield and was exactly what people wanted: the "hits" from the show.

Sing The Blues, on the other hand, is the classic example in my mind of why record labels do cutouts, when I think back on all the unwanted copies of Sing The Blues collecting dust at the end of the Tower clearance section in 1992. I mean that literally. Part of my job was to dust them. It didn't help their sales any.

Groening should set up a reunion show for this at the next ATP.

Why would Bart want to go to a boat show?

Also, lyrics like this

Now I never ever claimed that I was a smarty
But inspiration hits me: "Let's have a party!"

could be used as evidence for Will Smith destroying rap music

it's funny cos this must have come out right when the show was just coming out and none of the characters had been fully developed. A boat show? Seriously? Plus is that supposed to be Homer singing on "Hail Hail Rock'n'Roll"? And there's more made of Bart and Lisa not getting on, whereas were it made today it would be songs about Homer and Bart.

"Mr Burns, you make Muddy Waters sound shallow and cheerful"

DJ Jazzy Jeff produced Deep Deep Trouble, haha. between his stint with the Fresh Prince and this, is he the most wasted talent in the history of music?

Could someone explain to me this possible joke, from the track listing to Songs in the Key of Springfield?

"The Day the Violence Died" (Medley) - from the episode "The Day the Violence Died"

Not Jazz Chor, but Sad Chor"

Krusty the Clown

The Amendment Song (by John Swartzwelder)

Jack Sheldon with Kid
Bart
Lisa
Cast

Chor? Is this a ref to something? The only thing I can think of is "Chorus", but even then. Why did they name a track this?

bump

Bump. I get mad every time I think about it.

Why would Bart want to go to a boat show?

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, March 22, 2010 11:00 AM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This never occurred to me

xp pretend it said -core & that's part of the joek I think

Lisa's rendering of "God Bless The Child" is surprisingly poignant

truth

LOOK AT ALL THOSE IDIOTS!!!

btw I've still only heard Homer's version of "Born Under a Bad Sign"

"Look At All Those Idiots" is still funny. 'i shouldn't grow unsettled / I shouldn't take it hard / I should ignore their capering / With a kingly disregard / But..."

yo, hey what's happening dude?

burns song is the only non-terrible thing here

they got fucking bb king for this thing

Lisa Simpson singing "God Bless the Child" was a real precursor to Kate McKinnon singing "Hallelujah" as Hillary on SNL.

BB King did everything back then, sitcoms and cartoons in addition to more prestigious stuff. He wanted to be THE ambassador of the blues.

I think I heard Lisa's "God Bless the Child" long before I even knew who Billie Holiday was.

Ditto.

"I mean that sincerely, Homer"
"I know"

❤️❤️❤️

"Do the Bartman" (Diplo's Bartman So So Krispy Remix) – 4:27

Apparently Groening wrote the lyrics to "Deep, Deep Trouble"?! Which is wild to me because so much of it (poisoning his family with mothballs, a much-anticipated trip to the boat show, a Risky Business style party) seems tonally off of the Simpsons ca. 1990

SIBLING RIVALRYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Let go of my hand, Lisa

insane oatmeal raisin cookie posse (Whiney G. Weingarten) at 7:54 25 Oct 22

Apparently Groening wrote the lyrics to "Deep, Deep Trouble"?! Which is wild to me because so much of it (poisoning his family with mothballs, a much-anticipated trip to the boat show, a Risky Business style party) seems tonally off of the Simpsons ca. 1990

PLAY A GUITAR SOLO

In July 2015, when Bryan Loren was selling the publishing and songwriting rights for the song, Loren stated that "despite Matt Groening's repeated confessions, I am the sole writer of the song".[7] Loren stated that Jackson's contributions included backup vocals and providing the title "Do the Bartman" and that Jackson insisted his own name be mentioned in the lyrics.[7]

I was a completely acritical junior high kid eagerly hoovering up anything and everything Simpsons-related when this album was released and I still thought it was a total shitsack

god bless the Lunch that's got his own

And that ain't no lie!

WHOOOOOOOOOoooooooaaaaa mama

props to nancy for being the only one who doesn't sound embarrassed to be here - this year must have been a real peak in her life

props to julie kavner for not even bothering to hide the disdain in her voice during her numbers

has there been a Songs In The Key Of Springfield poll? I'd vote!