Who writes these SONGS??!!
923761
So my 8 month old likes this toy, probably because she doesn't quite understand yet what the word "inane" means. The songs on this thing are not only annoying (as expected) but to make it worse they are so absolutely creative and boring.
"The cat in the square-is peeking out of there-meow meow meow meow-the cat in the square."
Seriously? People get paid to write this? Can I get this job? We actually have a few V-tech toys that have this same problem- and I have decided I am not buying any more from this brand. It's really like someone over there gave up.
155109
This CD totally sucks. Don't get me wrong,I love the RHCP,but the songs on this album just blow! The only song on here that I would call a hit,is "Under The Bridge".What the hell is a great song like that doing mixed up with all these bullcrap songs anyway??? "Under The Bridge" was released on the WB label,and this CD is from EMI. I could never figure that one out. My advice would be to skip this crappy CD and pick up their REAL greatest hits album that ALSO includes "Under The Bridge" along with other great songs around it,and don't waste your time or money on this awful album.
1170202
How can this be? The chords are wrong. They can't do this. Please do not buy. Mister Dylan?????????? WTF? This is a disgrace.
2858332
Scrubs is a great TV show, and the song selections on it are terrific, and so that makes this CD worth owning...
But! BUT! BUT!! Two of the most memorable songs from the show are AWOL.
ONE: Nil Lara's "Fighting For My Love" (From the ep "My Drug Buddy")
Remember the first time JD and Eliot hooked up, and the great song that played?
("Now I'm standing next to you. I think I've changed my point of view.")
TWO: The UNDERDOG theme (from the ep "My Hero")
C'MON!! To me this is like the Dr Cox theme song. It's abscence is just about unforgivable.
4606189
First of all: all the songs here are great, no doubt. But the disc has only one new song, which wasn't released on single (I wonder why:( ) There are quite some good songs out there that haven't been available to most fans previously, like Oh the guilt, Sappy or D-7, that SHOULD have made it to this album, but didn't. Yes, you are being ripped off. Get the original albums and don't touch this one with a ten foot pole. Five stars for the songs, one for relevance or the release.
1025712
OK.. I was actually looking forward to receiveing this CD. My mistake. So Michael landau is a player, and recognized as such. The songs suck, and no matter what, it always comes down to the songs. They have no meaningful structure, the lyrics are non sense half the time and the vocals are painful to listen to......
Are you kidding me?? How could you listen to this and think thats worthy of releasing?
200704
My main problem is not in the song chosen but how they were mastered.  Since I already had the original album, I only wanted to purchase the "extra" songs.  However, the person who mixed the songs left the end of say track 18 on the beginning of track 19.  What's Love Got to Do with It (Extended 12'' Remix) ends up having about 5 seconds of "Let's Pretend We're Married" at the beginning.  The Queen of Rock deserves better.
3878206
I noticed the track number and names of the songs on the CD go as the book describes...but the songs actually played are different!
For example, the second song according to the book AND the CD track name is "L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle"...but in reality the song played is "Una Voce Poco Fa"!
All songs except the first are wrong.

Is it only my copy that has that problem??

Anyway I made the list of the actual songs played in case anyone has the same issue.

1. Gluck - J'ai Perdu Mon Eurydice (Orphee Et Eurydice)
2. Rossini - Una Voce Poco Fa (Il Barbiere Di Siviglia)
3. Meyerbeer - Ombra Leggiera ("Sahdow Song," Dinorah)
4. Gounod - Je Veux Vivre Dans Ce Reve ("Waltz Song," R Et Jl)
5. Saint-Saens - Printempts Qui Commence (Samson Et Dalila)
6. Saint-Saens - Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix (Samson Et Dalila)
7. Massenet - Pleurez, Pleurez Mes Yeux (Le Cid)
8. Massenet - Adieu, Notre Petite Table (Manon)
9. Spontini - O Nume Tutelar (La Vestale)
10. Bellini - Ah Non Credea Mirarti (La Sonnambula)
11. Donizetti - Il Doce Suono Mi Culpi Di Sua Voce ("Mad Scene," Lucia Di Lammermoor)
12. Donizetti - Spargi D'amaro Pianto ("Mad Scene," Lucia Di Lammermoor)
13. Bizet - L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle ("Habanera," Carmen)
14. Bizet - Pres De Remparts De Seville ("Seguidilla," Carmen)
2685696
I had forgotten if I ever knew how much "personasl" poetry, to different unknown fplks, he wropte. I am disappointed not to know the tunes he wanted to go with his p[oems. Anyone know about a recording of these?
4134175
I really loved Reuben's sound on AI2 and voted for him many times over.  His voice stirred up memories of some of the great black singers I listened to in my younger days and I couldn't wait to buy his CD.
Well, I'm sure glad I was able to borrow the CD from my town library before spending my money because I really would have been upset had I plunked down my hard earned bucks for this collection.
I really had to wonder if these songwriters are only able to write in ONE KEY and if, in fact, they know more than 5 notes.  What was worse is that most of the lyrics to the original songs sounded as if they had been written by members of an 8th grade poetry class. ("What If", and "Sorry" were among the worst offenders in both areas and in fact, they almost sounded like the same exact song!!!)
I gave this CD 1 star instead of 0 solely on the strength of "For All We Know" and "Flying without Wings" and because Reuben really does have a beautiful voice. I truly wantd to like "We Have Not Forgotten" because of its subject matter, but once again the songwriters recycled the same 5 notes ad nauseum and called it a song! Got old real quick!
I don't expect Reuben to last if he is given material like this over the long haul.  That's really too bad!
554262
THere should be a remastered double cd of their work, to cover the songs that always seem to be missing from their compilations.  This cd is missing "Use ta be my girl" and also "darlin darlin baby".  Even if there is another record label involved (tho i'm not sure), enough time has gone by to remedy that problem.
432366
The "Album" consists of 3 different versions of the same song.  Not my idea of a album.  Will not be purchasing anything else from this artist.  In this case, "once burnt, twice shy" is the operative phrase.
3730240
Worst "country" CD ever!

How many crappy county cliches can you fit into one CD?  I don't know.  I lost count.  But nobody does it better (or is it worse) that these two.

I doubt these two could even find the Flordia-Georgia line on a map.

Country radio is dead.  It's corpse can be found at the Florida-Georgia line.
558922
awesome leads but idk songs just drone on  sounds like he trying out pedal effex or something  song writing kinda stale imo  srry after further inspection I just cant listen to this it sounds like alice in chains with grating vocals and songs that languish terrible im srry I cant listen to a whole song  it sounds like maybe holmes stopped in and added a shred part in 5 mins and left  no song writing skills  srry guys u stole my money for this one
3122985
I'm sorry, but after searching for years for a greatest hits collection by the Happenings, I was so disappointed when I finally received this one!  I know these guys recorded more than the hits on this cd, some songs here are  downright painful and embarrassing to hear.  Did they really need to do a  version of the old Teresa Brewer schmaltzy tune "Music Music  Music"?!  And "My Mammy"?! GIVE ME A BREAK! I wish there was  a collection out there with one of my favorite songs by these guys, the B  side of "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"-a song called  "Anyway".  Does anyone out there know of another, better  collection? If so, feel free to email me about it! ...Kim in NJ
4198788
WARNING!  The song itself, as sung by Nina Keali`iwahamana, is wonderful.  Unfortunately Po La'i E and all of the other songs in this collection include party sounds at the beginning and ends of the songs.  This is something that's not clear in the samples provided so it comes as an ugly surprise when you listen to the songs after downloading them.

On a positive note, this song does inspire one to think.  For example, I found myself thinking: what sort of drugs the producers of this collection were using that could have influenced them into thinking that this was a good idea.  And I really hope the producers were hopelessly stoned when they did this because I shudder at the thought that somebody produced this on their own.

And I especially don't like purchasing music I then need to edit.  So producer, take a note.  Let the listeners provide their own party sounds.
1679215
The Floor is a clever name for this song. At least the title consistent with the amount of thought she put into the rest of this worthless track.

Jennifer ends 95% of the lines with the words "the floor". Verse, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Bridge, it doesn't matter. All lines end with the same 2 words. Are you kidding me?!! You call this songwriting?!! I feel disrespected as a human being.

So, should you spend your hard-earned money on this song? Let me answer your question with a question:

Would you pay a gardener to come over and defecate on your lawn?