Yo! Gabba Gabba - Not Just For Kids
September 12th, 2007 . by Jilly
I don’t have kids. Quite frankly, I don’t know how parents deal with having to watch the same corny kids shows over and over.
It seems like there’s been a recent trend of indie bands making music for kids, that’s decent enough for parents. I really liked the Rockabye Baby’s lullaby renditions of Radiohead and Bjork. Belle and Sebastian and the Flaming Lips contributed to a kid’s album entitled “Colours Are Brighter“. My friend and hip mom Tracy told me about a kid’s show on Nick Jr. called Yo! Gabba Gabba. Biz Markie was on the show giving beat box lessons.
Its a bit like Pee Wee’s Playhouse. It does an absurd, manic, frenzied approach to bringing wholesome messages to the kids. The Flaming Lips have described their performances as a birthday party on acid, and you could say the same for this show. I mean that in the best way possible. A song called “Party in My Tummy” is about eating your vegetables. They have musical guests every week, too.
Here’s the Aggrolites singing about bananas…