Schoolhouse Rock: Science Rock

Schoolhouse Rock (Related Recordings), Bob Dorough | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 1997)
• Original Release Date: April 1, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033XU
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,511 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Body Machine

2. Do the Circulation

3. Electricity, Electricity

4. The Energy Blues

5. Interplanet Janet

6. Telegraph Line

7. Them Not-So-Dry Bones

8. A Victim of Gravity

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The soundtrack for the Science Rock videos from Schoolhouse Rock, December 18, 2005

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
From a future world.
She travels like a rocket
With her comet team,
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.

Yes, the 1970s gave us Watergate and long lines to buy gas, but there was also the bicentennial, "Jaws" and "Schoolhouse Rock!" Who does not have fond memories of those 3-minute cartoons that aired on ABC television on Saturday mornings teaching a generation of children about history, government, math, grammar, and science? What kid does not know that a noun is a person, place, or thing or cannot explain how a bill becomes a law? (I am shocked that "I'm Just a Bill" is only #2 on the list of most popular Schoolhouse Rocks! behind "Conjunction Junction"). As you can tell, "interplanetary Janet" (#8), with its tour of the solar system, is my favorite Science Rock, although I guess it is not too shocking that "Electricity, Electricity" (#5) ranks higher. After the "Schoolhouse Rock" song you ge eight of the nine Science Rock episodes:

"The Body Machine" which needs things like chicken salad sandwiches as fuel;
"Do the Circulation," the big new craze as everybody is doing the circulation;
"Electricity, Electricity" on the use of electrical power;
"The Energy Blues" or more accurately Energy Conservation;
"Interplanet Janet" and a tour of the Solar System;
"Telegraph Line" all about the Nervous System;
"Them Not-So-Dry Bones" without which you would be just a blob; and
"Victim of Gravity" sung by the Tokens.

What is missing is the Science Rock episode on "Weather." That omission and the fact that you are just listening to these educational cartoons instead of watching them on the video makes me round down on this one. After all, science teachers around the nation are still using those wonderful little "rock videos" to both introduce key topics and to provide a bit of musical reinforcement. I know that music is still being used in schools to help students learn material (my daughter can sing a song with all the state capitals and there is a woman at work who can do all the nations of the world) and that was the guiding principle behind "Schoolhouse Rock." The series was created by an advertising executive who noticed his song was having trouble with memorizing multiplication tables but knew all the words to the latest rock songs. Faster than you can say, "you got chocolate in my peanut butter" he put the two together and the rest is not just history, but science, math, grammar and government. You can just sing along with this CD, but that is not the complete Schoolhouse Rock experience.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good music, good message, June 15, 2004

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This review is from: Schoolhouse Rock: Science Rock (Audio CD)

the 'science' isn't 100% up-to-date on these tunes, but they're so good that it doesn't matter. each song on this cd (and all the other schoolhouse rock cds) is stylistically unique, and they're all well-written and beautifully performed. these songs have been stuck in my head for decades now.

btw, 'scripture rock guy', you and your oh-so-subtle plugs SUCK.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Schoolhouse Rock - Generation Next, May 24, 2000

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Y. Collins "yodi1" (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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Hey, I learned an awful lot schlepping around my house on Saturdays to the tune of this stuff. My 7-year-old isn't going to miss out.