PopKIDS vs. All Girl Summer Fun Band, LeTigre and more!

By liz

A few reviews for spring from the PopKIDS. These date from January 2002 to March 2004.
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Theme Song
Didi and LaDara are 6.

Miss Allen: So, are you happy it´s going to be summer soon?
Didi and LaDara: Yeah!
Didi: Wait. No!
Miss Allen: Why?
Didi: I got to watch my brother. And he bit the head off all my Barbies! All day, I gotta say ¨Tyrell, you want kool-aid?¨ And he ALWAYS says yes! So then I got to mix it up.
LaDara: My sister and I, we played our game, candyland, and then she lost and she put all the pieces in the toilet! my momma said, "you do that again, you´re buying your own games¨!
Miss Allen: What do you think of the song?
LaDara: Who are these girls? Do you know 'em?
Didi: Is it your mom?
Miss Allen: Nope.
Didi: I like it.
LaDara: Can we have it?

LeTigre - "Except from My Metrocard"

 

Ms Allen: Do you ride the subway?
Patrick: (nods)
Ms Allen: Do you like it?
Patrick: (nods)
Ms Allen: What do you like best about it?
Patrick: Ridin the cars.
Miss Allen: Anything else?
Patrick: No.
(pause)
Are we gonna ride the subway now? Cause I need to ask my mom if I can go on it. Can I call her in the office?
Miss Allen: Don´t worry, Patrick. We´re not going on the subway. It´s time for math.

Unrest - "Isabel"

 

Ms Allen: Carlos, you have a love for music that is really nice!
Carlos: Music is better than sharks! It´s better than cookies! Music is my parents!
Ms Allen: Do you like this song?
Carlos: This song is my life! Isabel! I love you, Isabel! Marry me, Isabel!
(Three girls in unison, across the room): SHUT UP, CARLOS!

Dress Bessy Interview
Miss Allen is "interviewed" about Dressy Bessy by Shatila Jones, a third grader.

 

Shatila: This is Shatila Jones, the reporter. I am here to ask you about Dressy Bessy, the music. Ok, Ms. Sarah, why you like this music?
Miss Allen: I like that it's happy. And it makes me think about driving in a car in the summer.
Shatila: You got a car?
Miss Allen: No, I don't.
Shatila: Cause if you did, you are takin' me to six flags!
Miss Allen: I love Six Flags!
Shatila: Ummm...
(thinking)
Ms. Sarah, does Helen Keller like Dressy Bessy?
Miss Allen: Well, Helen Keller passed away. But when she was alive, she couldn´t hear music, remember? But she liked the way it felt. She could feel it.
Shatila: (Blank stare)
Could she hear a bell?
Miss Allen: No.
Shatila: Could she hear a horse?
Miss Allen: No.
Shatila: Oh my GOD! Could she hear a raindrop??!!
Miss Allen: She was deaf. She couldn´t hear ANYTHING!
Shatila: Could she smell?
Miss Allen: Yes, but she couldn´t see or hear.
Shatila: Oh my GOD!

Ladybug Transistor - Song Unknown

 

Maribel: Ohhhhhhhhhh!
Miss Allen: What is it?
Maribel: I heard this song before! In my life!
Miss Allen: You did?
Maribel: Yeah, when I was taking a bath!
Miss Allen: Tell me the story.
Maribel: My daddy said, "Maribel, if you don´t splash water all over the place, you can listen to music in the bathtub!" So he was putting...he put the cd player outside of the bathroom so I could hear it. And I heard it!
Miss Allen: Are you happy to hear it again?
Maribel: Yeah! I like this song! I never knew I would hear it at school! I also had a dream about this song!
Miss Allen: What happened in the dream?
Maribel: I had a horse. Then the horse died but it turned into a bike. And, my brother gave me all these jelly beans. They were stuck on my bike. I was riding the bike, you know? And eating jelly beans and stuff. And when I got home, my Grandma was there and she played this song. In my dream, my Grandma was so small. Only the size of a baby! That was my almost craziest dream I ever had! I only had one dream that was crazier than that. That one was about when my bones was made of forks.