Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits

Various Artists - Alternative - Indie Rock

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 5, 1995)
• Original Release Date: December 5, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002OYG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,637 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Tra la la Song (One Banana, Two Banana) [The Banana Splits] - Material Issue, Liz Phair

2. Go, Speed Racer, Go! [From Speed Racer] - Sponge

3. Sugar, Sugar [From the Archie Show] - Mary Lou Lord, Semisonic

4. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? - Matthew Sweet

5. Josie and the Pussycats - Tanya Donelly, Juliana Hatfield

6. Bugaloos - Collective Soul

7. Underdog - Butthole Surfers

8. Gigantor - Helmet

9. Spiderman - The Ramones

10. Johnny Quest/Stop That Pigeon - The Reverend Horton Heat

11. Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sun Shine In - Frente!

12. Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You) - Violent Femmes

13. Fat Albert Theme - Dig

14. I'm Popeye The Sailor Man - Face To Face

15. Friends/Sigmund And The Seamonsters - Tripping Daisy

16. Goolie Get-Together - Toadies

17. Hong Kong Phooey - Sublime

18. H.R. Pufnstuf - The Murmurs

19. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy - Wax

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and Solid Tribute Album!, May 29, 2004

By	K. Brown "El Rudo Lucky Pierre!" (Walnut, Ca USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

There is so much to embrace here! It seems like there's a new tribute album released every day, but the misses usually outweigh the hits.

This album is one of the great few hits. It opens with The Banana Splits by Material Issue (and Liz Phair on vocals!), which is one of the best tracks on the CD. They put a raw energetic indie-style spin on the song, but without losing the essence of the original.

The unmistakable Ramones sound hits home with their take on Spiderman. Like Liz Phair & Material Issue, the Ramones keep the passion of the tune we knew and loved as kids, but sped it up, and we hear Joey, in that traditional high-octane Rock & Roll spirit, yell "Look Out!" before going into the instrumental portion.

About the only songs that left me cold were Sponge's "Speed Racer" and Helmet's "Gigantor." The theme songs we knew and loved as kids were unrecognizable; only the lyrics give you a clue which tune they cover.

Other shining moments are Reverend Horton Heat's "Johnny Quest" and Frente's "Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In." There's nothing quite like Pebbles & Bam-Bam singing the latter tune, but these cats do a great cover!

So much to enjoy on this CD! Worth the money and time!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Turn on the TV and break out the Cocoa Puffs..., January 2, 2003

By	Jack Fitzgerald "JFD" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

"Saturday Morning - Cartoon's Greatest Hits" is a fun spin for anyone who grew up watching cartoons in the early to mid 1970s. You probably ate a lot of overly hyped sugary cereal, but the Cocoa Puffs, Trix and Quisp trivia is another story. This collection from 1995 was one of those "tribute" disks featuring altern/modern rock artists.

Liz Phair (with Material Issue) has a fun time with "The Tra La La Song" from Banana Splits. Sponge doesn't fare so well with their take on "Go Speed Racer Go." I recently heard a remix that used samples of the actual theme and sound effects from the show, as well as some of those bad voiceovers. Hilarious. But again, I digress. Matthew Sweet's version of "Scooby-Doo, Where are You?" is faithful to the original and one of the best cuts on the disk. Both Helmet's "Gigantor" and Ramones "Spider-Man" really rock. My favorite cut is probably the Reverend Horton Heat medley of "Jonny Quest/Stop that Pigeon," a bizarre combo, with some blistering guitar work on J. Quest. Multiple key changes, dramatic time alternations. Very cool.

Dig also does a fairly faithful "Fat Albert Theme" comlete with "Hey hey hey!" Watch out for Sublime's version of "Hong Kong Phooey" which is a little edgier than the dog janitor may have intended.

Some other choices are less obvious, like "Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In" from the Flintstones, rather than the theme that everyone knows. Another is the Violent Femmes "Eep Opp Ork ah-ah (means I love you)" from The Jetsons.

Okay, and what is Happy, Happy Joy, Joy from Ren and Stimpy doing here?

Pour yourself a bowl of Cap'n Crunch, put on this disk, and enjoy reading the back of the box, or in this case, the interesting liner notes.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the songs you remember.. with a twist, July 10, 2006

By	Wiliam J. Starling (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great CD with songs you remember as a kid. I really got it because of the "Tra La La" Song from the Banana Splits, but all the others are great re-makes; Hong Kong Phooey, Scooby Doo, Stop the Pigeon, Fat Albert's Theme, Spiderman.. and others.