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Sesame Street Fever was a strange, rare gem of an endangered animal that there was only one of in the first place. Although tons of celebrities had stopped by Sesame Street to appear as a guest on one song, the Bee Gees (specifically Robin Gibb) made an entire ALBUM with Sesame Street on this occasion. Crazily though, it became a cult classic.

The Bee Gees were at the height of their popularity at the time. Lending their songwriting and production skills to this weird bunch of songs sung by Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, etc. gave this record a strange importance. While beyond silly, it was still sonically noteworthy as an excellent example of the genre of disco.

We’ll hear songs contemporary to Fever, such as Islands in the Stream, to get a feel for disco in general. We’ll also hear a smattering of the Bee Gees and Sesame Street’s work independent of each other, just as a refresher. And then we’ll think about the other music around this concept – disco itself, but also children’s music that somehow attains importance outside of making little babies bounce. Steve Burns’ post-Blues Clues career in indie rock will be relevant, as will Daft Punk’s anime opera classic Discovery and even fan-made tributes to children’s music that convey the importance of melody and structure, which we’ll get our fix of from insaneintherain.

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Robin Gibb, Bert, Count von Count, Big Bird, Ernie, Cookie Monster, “Sesame Street Fever”

from Sesame Street: Sesame Street Fever

1978

Cookie Monster, “C Is for Cookie”

from Sesame Street: Sesame Street Fever

Sesame Workshop - 1978

Mariachillout, “Stayin' Alive”

from Mariachillout: The Bee Gees

Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton, “Islands in the stream”

from 20 Golden Country & Lovin' Duets

Bert And Ernie, “La La La”

from Sesame Street: Back to School

Brown Eyed Girls, “abracadabra”

from Sound-G

The Bee Gees, “How deep is your love”

from Children of the World

1966

Axelle Red, “Sensualite”

from Sans Plus Attendre

Virgin - 1993

Cookie Monster, “Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco”

from Sesame Street: Sesame Street Fever

Sesame Workshop - 1978

Steve Burns, “Dead”

from Hello Radio: The Songs of They Might Be Giants

Bar/None Records ‎/ MM3 Records - 2006

Adventure Time, “Baby”

from Adventure Time Soundtrack

Rowlf The Dog, “Cottleston Pie”

from Ol' Brown Ears is Back

Jim Henson Records - 1975

Kermit the Frog, “Bein' Green”

from Sesame Street: Sesame Disco

Sesame Workshop Catalog

Brigitte Bardot, “La Madrague (Antis Remix)”

from La Madrague (Antis Remix)

Daxa production

Bert & Sesame Street's The Girls, “Doin' the Pigeon”

from Sesame Street: Sesame Street Fever

Sesame Workshop Catalog - 1977

Daft Punk, “Digital Love”

from Discovery

Parlophone France - 2001

Ernie & His Rubber Duckie, “Rubber Duckie (Disco Version)”

from Sesame Street Music Mix

Insaneintherainmusic, “Delfino Plaza”

from Super Mario Sunshine

Robin Gibb, “Trash”

from Sesame Street: Sesame Street Fever

1978

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, “Pon Pon Pon”

from Moshimoshi Harajuku - EP

WM Japan

The Cardigans, “Lovefool”

from First Band on the Moon

Universal Music AB - 1996

Handsome Boy Modeling School, “Sunshine (feat. Sean Lennon, Money Mark, Father Guido Sarducci, Josh Hayden & Paula Frazer) (Groove Armada Sunset Dub)”

from So...How's Your Girl?

Tommy Boy Music