In 1993, The Muppets had a party on the beach, setting claim to the warm sand with a fence of surf-boards, laying out mats, lighting the barbecue (and the Chef, but that was later), and spreading copious amounts of suntan lotion about hither and thither.
This was The Muppet Beach Party, a CD officially released by BMG Kidz and Jim Henson Records in 1993, and unofficially featured at Muppet Musique where it is currently available for download.
Among the fun, if somewhat funky, tracks are many which capture the imagination (Yes, I'm looking at you Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini) and inspire the heart, as well as many hip beat tracks that force one out of the easy chair and onto the somewhat 60's disco dance floors.
Here is our favorite frog singing our favorite track, Kokomo. What more could you ask for on a long, cool, root-beer sipping evening?
There is nothing on earth that tunes the mind to thoughts of love quite so simply as a little themed music, (well, hypnotism also works, but mainly on chickens).
Music defines the Muppets. 'Never Before' is that first definitive moment in which boy meets girl, pig meets frog, from The Muppet Movie, 'The First Time it Happens' spins The Great Muppet Caper into life, and 'Love Led Us Here' could capture the heart of even the sternest of Mon Capitaines in Muppet Treasure Island.
Here at Swinehearts, we have tracked down the definitive (there's that word again!) online collection of Muppet Music, a site aptly named Muppet Musique.At Musique, you can listen to songs from almost every Muppet production ever made, and can download them for your own computers.
Earlier today, we snagged a song from the site ourselves, and have included it here for your listening pleasure. Oh, and if you stare at the image of Miss Piggy below expecting it to change...chances are you'll be hypnotised as well. (Hey, Kermit was when he first caught that twinkle.)
Before The Muppet Movie was unleashed upon cinemas, the Muppets themselves gathered in Coconut Grove, Hollywood, for a small, private party -- in other words, a huge celebrity bash hosted by Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno, featuring a plethora guests ranging from Christopher Reeve and LeVar Burton to Vincent Price and Liberace. This was The Muppets Go Hollywood, a one-hour tv special which aired on CBS in 1979.
Within the program for this glamerous promo party, Johnny Mathis joined Rowlf at the piano to croon his rendition of Never Before, Never Again, as Kermit and Piggy gaze on from a nearby table-for-two.
In 1993, The Muppets had a party on the beach, setting claim to the warm sand with a fence of surf-boards, laying out mats, lighting the barbecue (and the Chef, but that was later), and spreading copious amounts of suntan lotion about hither and thither.
it is currently available for download.
