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Dive Into Disney = A Good Buy

Peter Stoia | Redondo Beach, CA USA | 12/05/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"There's two things you should know before I begin this review:



1. I'm a big Reel Big Fish fan.

2. I'm a big Disney fan.



So, I learned about this album through my knowledge that Reel Big Fish did a cover of the Main Street Electrical Parade. It's like a mixture of two of my favorite things. So that's how I found out about it.



Now, since there is no track listing on this page, I shall provide one before we begin.



1. Beat Crusaders - "Mickey Mouse Club March" (Mickey Mouse Club)

2. Snuff - "Yo Ho"(Disneyland)

3. Reel Big Fish - "Main Street Electrical Parade" (Disneyland)

4. H2O - "It's A Small World" (Disneyland)

5. The Band Apart - "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Pinocchio)

6. Husking Bee - "Baby Mine" (Dumbo)

7. All - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Mary Poppins)

8. Asparagus - "Forever And Ever" (Winnie The Pooh's Most Grand Adventure)

9. Voodoo Glow Skulls - I Wan'na Be Like You (The Jungle Book)

10. Oi-Skallmates - "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (Mary Poppins)

11. Doping Panda - "Go The Distance" (Hercules)

12. 4106, Yuki, TDC, Masa (Spoony) - "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (Cinderella)

13. Rude Bones - "Hakuna Matata" (The Lion King)

14. Tsutchie Feat. Mayu Kitaki - "Someone's Waiting For You" (The Rescuers)



Now, I'd like to start off by saying that I'm only familiar with 4 bands on this album. I also think it's pretty clear that some bands on this album don't speak English, which I feel is the only problem. The greatest example would be the cover of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. While it is a ska/reggae cover (which I like), the verses are done in some strange over-tone that makes them illegible, and the band almost screams the chorus, barely getting out the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious or any of the lines in between. I know it's a hard word to say, but you should have it after you watch that part of Mary Poppins a few times.



The fact that Japanese bands are on the album does not ruin it, though. Musically, the covers by the non-American bands are very good. I just really don't care for the Japanese Pop kind of songs, which a few do appear. The only song I dislike, though, is the Yo-Ho cover, only because Snuff actually sings in a different language (I think) except for the Yo-Ho part in the chorus.



But each cover is very good. I personally love the covers by Reel Big Fish and Voodoo Glow Skulls (because I love ska music), but I think the best cover on the entire album is the Mickey Mouse Club March. I think maybe places should have been traded with it and The Rescuers song so the March could have been the last song on the album. It's definitely the best.



So, through all this blabbering, I hope you've come to know that the album is very good and should be bought. But buy it used. I don't think I could spend $40 on just a CD.



Later kids."