Customer Reviews

Kidz Bop

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(42)

 

 

Truth is, my boy/girl twins who are 3 years old, really enjoy this CD. We bought it due to their interest in the enticing advertisements on television which show children dancing around singing cheerfully to pop "hits." My son has long appreciated Smash-Mouth's "All-Star" and since these tracks are slower versions of the originals, the lyrics are more easily heard. My son now proudly performs his dramatic and adorable version of the song with correct and complete lyrics for all 3 verses. My daughter, to my chagrin, loves to belt out the lyrics to "Oops! I did it again!" formerly by Brittney Spears. This has been a mixed blessing for us. On one hand, my kids really like the upbeat songs, and the (mostly) easily undertood lyrics. On the other hand, they rarely listen to Top 40 music, and would never have otherwise been exposed to the lyrics of some of these songs were it not for this CD. For this, I now regret buying it. Some song choices are questionable at best, like the one song with lyrics that say, "I steal your honey like I stole your bike." and the song with lyrics that say, "I'm not that innocent." or the other songs mentioned in previous reviews. While it may be charming that my 3 year old son performs his favorite song to everyone he meets, singing, "So what's wrong with taking the back streets? You'll never know if you don't go...." it is horrifying to watch my 3 year old daughter sing, "I'm not that innocent!"

As for the quality of the recordings, be forewarned: the songs are not entirely sung by children as the advertisements might lead you to believe. They are primarily sung by adult vocalists (different for each song) with the children singing back-up on the chorus. This was a fact NOT LOST on my 3 year old son, who announced that these songs weren't really "KidzBop Songs" but really, "PeoplezBop Songs" since the kids didn't always sing. They are slower, watered-down, more generic, and less interesting versions than the originals, and while my kids really like this CD, they have liked all of the CD's bought especially for them, to include KidSongs, 'One Magical Night' by Russ Bono, the exquisite 'Counting Sheep' by Colin Raye, 'Return to Pooh Corner' by Kenny Loggins, 'A Playdate with Blue', and a truly delightful musical CD featuring songs from the Dragon Tales PBS TV show.

In retrospect, I wish I had known all of the songs on this CD before purchasing it, or I wish I had at least known all of the lyrics to the songs I *thought* I knew on this CD. I wouldn't have ever bought it. While this may be appropriate for older children, at the point the lyrics become appropriate, children of that age group would not be interested in this anymore. I would say this is NOT really appropriate for very young children, at least those under 5 due to lyrics and song choice.

Remember the advertised suggestion that parents will enjoy listening to this music as much as their children? Three words: Don't Buy It!

The Kidz Bop series is the ultimate travesty in music. And don't think that it's good just because your kids might love it. Kids also like to eat McDonalds, but don't try telling me that their food is healthy. There is plenty of good music out there than is clean enough for children. And, surprisingly, a lot of these songs are very inappropriate for children, even with the expletives deleted. There is no reason on earth why these records should exist, excepting for the fact that record execs want to milk more money out of the singles once their radio play starts to diminish. I agree with the person who suggested the Beatles as an alternative. Seriously, don't buy this!

All I can say is "wow". This is worth getting just to hear their rendition of Barenaked Ladies' "One Week" - I never thought I'd hear a crowd of kids singing lyrics like "Like Sting I'm tantric, like Snickers guaranteed to satisfy," or "Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon, Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes, That make me think the wrong thing."

Oh yes, and we also have the wonderful "Livin La Vida Loca", a song almost entirely about sex... but hey, if we make it a bit more poppish, and add little kids for singers, we got wholesome family entertainment....

Just thought I'd point out the irony in the songs here. By the way, the 2 stars are there for sheer humor, rather than for any sort of quality.

My eight year old daughter BEGGED me to get this CD set. Now we listen to it in the car any time she can convice me to put it in. The music is strange because it sounds just like the original songs, only kids are singing (off-key) in the background or for the chorus. This really makes the kids go wild in the car. I think it encourages them to sing and enjoy themselves even though they don't sound like Brittney Spears.
As for the collection, it is pretty good. I do have to censure (skip) a couple of the songs because the lyrics are too racey. But for the most part, I find myself actually enjoying the tenth playing of "I'm blue, da-ba-dee, da-ba-dye." I would recommend this CD to parents.

This CD was given to my son as a gift when it first came out (he's 10 now)...though the songs are supposedly aimed towards children, the lyrics have not been changed. There is nothing cute about a preschooler singing Britney's lyrics "I'm not that innocent"...and they also did not change Ricky Martin's lyric "Like a bullet to the brain".

I suppose if you don't mind that your children hear lyrics such as this, the CD would be okay, but since the singing is of poor quality, you might as well just play the artist's original song.

I for one will stick to Raffi, Greg & Steve, Ella Jenkins, and Dr. Thomas Moore for my preschooler!

These songs will give anyone who listens to them a huge headache. "Kidz" just sing the chorus, and adults sing everything else, but these are not people who would ever become famous for singing. I don't see what the point is of saying that kids sing these songs when it's mostly adults. But they sound like cows stuck under a gate- awful. Sheesh, these people drove me NUTS. There's no point to this at all, who needs amatuers singing bad remakes of songs that real artists worked hard to sing. ...

The only thing good about this cd is that they to make Brittany Spears' song sound better.

Putting out a cd with a bunch of kids that can't sing or harmonize, with a bunch of lame singing adults is not a good Idea! This is another excuse to spend on this junk! The Sugar Beats is the Real Deal for any type of cover songs of hits! YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!

Don't be fooled by foolish reviews. I found this out the hard way. My kids were driving me crazy because they wanted me to buy Kidz Bop for them. After seeing the commercials, I was reluctant to buy it because I knew that the songs were sung by kids. This made me nervous because I knew this would be played endlessly, and if the songs were butchered I would want to destroy the tapes. But, my kids wanted it, so I came here to get it. Before I got it, I read all of the negative reviews and found myself trying to think of ways to avoid this purchase. After all was said and done, I decided to buy the album anyway. After all, that's what my kids wanted. What a great decision!!! My "Kidz" LOVE Kidz Bop!!! They sing along with every song. They won't stop playing it. And the best part is that I enjoy it myself. It's not one of my personal favorites, but I do find myself singing along with my kids whenever we are in the car. They are all such catchy tunes. MusicSpace did a great job on Kidz Bop and my fellow reviewers did a lousy job! My kids can't wait to get Kidz Bop 2, and neither can I. I hear they also have 2 other Kidz Bop albums. I hope I can find them soon and add them to my collection.

I hate all kids bop cd's! I put 1 star but this cd dosen't even deserve 1 star!!! Kids bop cd's take great songs and make them sound horrible! I have always and always will hate kids bop!

You'd think maybe the kids would atleast TRY to sound good! It's like they make it sound bad on porpose! Even my singing teacher who majored in music thinks the same!

Don't waste your money on this horrible cd! Even adults should know better and most kids don't even like their songs! Don't spend your money, even litsen to the samples, they sound horrible!

Thank you, I hope you don't waste your money,

Nori