Today is the 31st anniversary of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, the feature film that took the three Winnie the Pooh short subjects, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, and tied them together in a seamless package.
Today I have chosen to celebrate this anniversary with a song heard at the end of Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day from 1968. Hip Hip Pooh-Ray was sung to Pooh after he 'saved' Piglet from almost certain death and to Piglet after he gave up his home for Owl. It was written by the Sherman Brothers and is one of the lesser known Pooh songs.
In 2000, Eurobeat record label A-Beat-C released a series of Eurobeat Disney albums. The fourth in the series focus on Pooh and featured a few obscure Pooh songs, all by Eurobeat's top talent.
One of most recognized names in the Eurobeat is DOMINO who has recorded a number of Disney songs. Domino, whose real name is Allesandra Mirka Gatti, was part of the duo Dave and Domino with her husband until they divorced in 2004. Together, they were one of the top Eurobeat groups and have made a name for themselves since their split.
Thanks to Jamie for turning me onto this album! He doesn't think it's that great (I do agree that it is super cheesy and can get quite annoying a few songs) but the Eurobeat albums are far greater than any of the American produced Dance remix albums.
 | Hip Hip Pooh-Ray Domino & Stormy Seven 2001   |
4 comments:
Well, it is admittedly entertaining in an "Oh my god, this is over-the-top ridiculous" way. I cringed, I laughed, but I think Eurobeat is just not my thing. I'll give them credit though for tackling Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!
Lol, I did a post on this movie not too long ago. Love all the songs in all three featurettes because the Sherman Brothers are so great! Yeah they should leave Pooh to the experts lol.
I can't tell if this is weirdest or most unlikely, but I'll go with...
Vote 2008 - Most Unlikely Candidate
Outside of the main theme, almost nothing from Winnie the Pooh gets covered. The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers, Pooh's exercise song, Little Black Rain Cloud, Rumbly in my Tumbly, and so on. I mean, where are the Heffalumps & Woozles covers? Surely something as beloved as Pooh should merit more cover songs. It's unlikely for Hip Hip Pooh-Ray to be covered in the first place, let alone by a Eurobeat artist!
Vote 2008 - Most Unlikely Candidate
Fongolia and I seem to have similar tastes (since we both voted for the same cream of the crop and now are voting for the same unlikely candidate).
I, too, couldn't decide whether to put this under weirdest or most unlikely, but I went with the latter because this is a song I'd never imagine getting covered, let alone in this style.
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