Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Musical Tribes of Old-School Sesame Street

Roosevelt Franklin

Roosevelt is a fun-loving dude, but he's also the smartest kid in school. Roosevelt's choice in music would be upbeat, catchy and danceable, yet with a positive social message.

Roosevelt Franklin would listen to Sly and the Family Stone.

Ernie

Ernie likes to annoy people. He would prefer music guaranteed to get on everybody's nerves.

Ernie would listen to KISS.

Bert

Whether it be pigeons, oatmeal, or linoleum, Bert can always be counted on to like what nobody else likes. His musical taste would be definitely uncool. Not ironic-uncool, but real uncool, and preferably several decades out of date.

Bert would listen to Pat Boone.

Grover

Happy, friendly, and a complete idiot, Grover would fit in perfectly with the disco scene. They even put him on the cover of Sesame Street Fever, for heaven's sake.

Grover would listen to KC and the Sunshine Band.

Oscar


Oscar would listen to the Sex Pistols. 'Nuff said.

The Count

In his long, immortal life, the Count has clearly faced much sadness, but instead of turning away from darkness, he embraces it. He is a proto-goth.

The Count would listen to Bauhaus.
(poor Bela.)

Cookie Monster

The ultimate hedonist, Cookie Monster is bombastic and loud, living utterly in the moment. His musical choice would be equally self-indulgent.

Cookie Monster would listen to Queen.

Sam the Robot

Sam is mechanical, repetitive, and extremely irritating. Same goes for his music.

Sam would listen to Kraftwerk.

6 comments:

Miss E said...

heh heh heh! You said 'proto-Goth'. And how dare you! Pat Boone!!! Now I must listen to Kraftwerk to cleanse myself. :P

Miss E said...

plus: are there no Like and Tweet buttons for blogger?

joe said...

Hahaha Bert's definitely a Pat Boone kind of guy ;^)

JSusskind said...

Facebook and Twitter buttons are now enabled!

JSusskind said...

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Anonymous said...

Awesome you knew about Bert's favorite things. Nice site.