SING DANCE AND UNDERPANTS! SONG BY SONG
1- THE FRIEND SONG Josh wrote (and sang) this song with his dear friend
and colleague, Kimberly Foster (producer of FunkeyMonkeys LIVE). It was originally
written for a their children's musical "Happy Flower and the Weeping
Willow" but it expresses the wonderful, unconditional-ness of their friendship,
and all true friendships.
2-YOU ARE CUTE While playing with her twin infant niece and nephew (affectionately known as 'the chickens'), Olga Toporovsky began singing: "You....are cute! You.....are cute!". Witnessing this, Josh got her to say it again in front of a microphone and added the dance romp behind it. And it also includes the lyrics "mushy", "tushy", "tiny" and "hiny". hee hee.
3-I'D LIKE
A BANANA Inspired by the scene in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory" when Gene Wilder says, "Lick a pineapple. It tastes like
a pineapple! Like a snozzberry. It tastes like a snozzberry!". This song
expresses one monkey's genuine desire to have a banana.
4-ONLY ONE
OF YOU Inspired by the extremely open-hearted and angelic Fred (Mr.) Rogers,
this song expresses the reality that we are all, absolutely unique, and special
individuals who could never be replaced, and that we deserve unconditional
love. Parents might want to sing this to their children every day until they
are 5 years old.
5-COPY CAT
copy cat DON'T DO THAT don't do that STOP IT stop it YOU GET THE IDEA you
get the idea
6-LOS POLLITOS
DICEN From "FunkeyMonkeys en español", Los Pollitos Dicen
was recorded in Mexico City and performed by the fabulous Dominguez sisters,
ages 8, 10, 12, and 14. Translated as "The Little Chicks Say", it
is one of the most widely known children's songs in the Spanish-speaking world.
7-HERE COMES
THE MONKEY KING An instrumental track consisting of 4 Jew's harps, 3 recorders,
and an empty 5-gallon Poland Spring water bottle which was used as a drum;
all recorded by the super-talented Stuart Bogie, composer, saxophonist, and
clarinetist extraordinaire and member of the wickedly funky: Antibalas, an
afro-beat orchestra.
8-SING DANCE
& UNDERPANTS Title track of the album. To be truly free, you must
sing and dance, and either say the word or be wearing 'underpants'. We also
do the old style switch in this number; from salsa to jazz to classical to
country.
9-THE WHEELS
ON THE BUS The new "Take the A Train, our "Wheels on the Bus"
is a 40's style-swing, Andrews Sisters send-off. Take out your Metrocard and
sing in 4-part harmony!
10-BREATHE
It's all about breathing people, and we were never taught how. Listen
to the song, and when you need to, you will remember to breathe. Imagine yourself
on a bed, flying through the clouds on a moonlit night during this song.
11-HEY
MR. TUNA Sung in a completely improvised nonsensical gibberish language,
we named this song "Hey Mr. Tuna" because the 1st words kind of
sound like, 'hey Mr. Tuna'. Ah, sweet fun for no purpose.
12-GOTTA
BE ME Written by Jed Becker with his daughter Lucy, and performed by Lucy
with her dad, Jed, "Gotta be Me' explains to parents that us children
need to assert our individuality. I'm not trying to make you mad, Lucy sings,
"It's just my way of saying that I gotta be me".
13-BASHANA
A lot of people think the world is going down the toilet. I know it's just
growing pains. And listen to the children "You will see, You will see,
just how good it will be, Bashana (next year), Bashana (next year), Bashana
(next year)". Optimism is always a win-win situation.
14-SPRING
Funny words to the first theme from Vivaldi's Four seasons. "It's Springtime,
C'mon Get Happy. My dog's ears are very flappy; he's happy. 'Cause springtime
is here, today."
15-DON'T
POOPY IN YOUR PANTS Inspired by the popular children's book "Everybody
poops" and the fact that it's always fun to say the word 'poopy', this
song tells the true story of the King of France, who as a young boy, often
wet his pants. But now he knows where to go. Toilet bowl. :)
16-BEAR CUB
A young boy has lost his bear cub, and just wants to find him so he can
hug, and hug, and hug, and love...his bear cub. Who wouldn't want a real live
bear cub?
17-BE SLEEPY This song is about...the...........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz