Various artists
“The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie–Music From the Movie and More …”
When a delicate genius such as Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy composes a tune that makes the “Banana Splits” theme seem like a dirge and ranks among his best compositions, you know the kid inside him is alive and kicking. Pop music is really just kid stuff; to play it, to enjoy it, it’s about keeping that little bugger inside you alive. So you can’t not love this soundtrack. Avril Lavigne’s opening “SpongeBob SquarePants Theme” is a 45-second pop-metal sugar rush, out-sweetened only by German garage duo Electrocute’s sassy “Bikini Bottom” and the Flaming Lips’ sing-songy “SpongeBob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy.” Kids can hip parents to hip-hop via the Hawaiian-guitar-kissed “Prince Paul’s Bubble Party,” done by the Waikikis plus Prince Paul & Wordsworth. Parents can turn their kids into indie snobs with the typically lovely Shins song “They’ll Soon Discover.”
Take away: Family affair
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