Singing With the Stars

Wonderful blending your favorite Muppets with celebrity pop singers - A must for adults and kids alike!
This terrific DVD is the follow-up to "Elmo's Music Magic" which was released last year. In fact, this 2012 release is a lower priced version of the SSSWTS DVD released in 2011 and comes with a bonus CD (more on that in a minute).

While "Elmo's Music Magic" -see my review of it elsewhere on Amazon - had a few celebrities performing, this DVD's 17 songs are all by well known pop (and in one case, classical) artists and it's a joy to watch, even if you don't have children. Will,i.Am starts things off with the song "What I Am" and anyone watching it - no matter their age - will find themselves getting into the groove. Some of the songs are originals and some are adaptations of big hits by the "stars". When Norah Jones sings to Elmo the song "Y", it's virtually the same as her hit "Don't Know Why" but it teaches children the alphabet. The Black Eyed Peas' Sheryl Crow James Blunt and R.E.M are here too. More Alphabet songs come from The Dixie Chicks ("B"), and Ricky Gervais...

Excellent DVD- entertaining and fun
I bought this DVD after having watched some of the Sesame Street music videos on YouTube together with my 10 month old baby. Unlike the Baby Einstein videos which he didn't like at all, I noticed that he responded very well to the music videos. I searched Amazon for a Sesame Street DVD that had his favorites and found this DVD. It was a no-brainer purchase, and a great one that I would recommend to other parents. This is one DVD that I can actually watch and sing along to very happily whereas other baby DVDs just bore me to death. The DVD is a collection of videos with songs sung by various international stars and different Sesame Street characters. My baby is very active and he normally can't sit still for a second, but once this is on he is totally engaged by these songs. He loves them. Despite my initial plan not to let my baby anywhere near a TV until he gets older, I've relaxed about letting him watch this. It's highly entertaining for him, and once he gets older, it...

Bought it for Feist's "1234", pleasantly surprised with everything else.
Our baby loves music, and one song he really reacts to is the Sesame Street version of Feist's song "1234". We saw that the song was available on DVD, and after looking into what was included, we decided to take a chance on the other songs. We weren't disappointed; for the price, the DVD has a decent amount of content. I really admire some of these artists for appearing on Sesame Street, often singing tongue-in-cheek versions of their biggest hits. Some of the clips are a little old; a couple that jumped out were Destiny's Child and N'Sync. As a parent, I appreciated that the songs gave us a little nod and a wink, since we'll probably be listening to the songs over and over again. Be warned, some of these songs may already grate on you from being overplayed the first time they came around. James Blunt's "You're Beautiful", Jason Mraz's "I'm yours", Alicia Keys "Fallin'" and Norah Jones "Don't Know Why" are represented on this DVD. Considering the puns and wordplay, I don't...

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