The Sesame Street Beat

When I read that Billy Eilish was set to appear on the new season of Sesame Street, my first thought was "Sesame Street is still going?!" Seriously, I thought it ended a couple of decades ago.

I was looking for inspiration for a very quick post after work, though and Pop Stars on the Street sounded as good as anything else I could think of, so here we are.

I think that might be the first time I've seen Janelle Monae, whose name crops up a lot in stuff I read. From context I'd assumed she was a hip-hop artist or a rapper. I suppose she might still be.

Feist is another name I've known for a long, long time without ever having much of a clue who or what was behind it. I used to work with someone who was obsessed with Feist, which at the time I believed to be the name of a band. Maybe it is. I certainly didn't know it was the name of the ex-singer of Broken Social Scene, whose name I once used as a post title, without having much of a clue who they were, either.

I sense a bit of a theme developing here. I'm fairly sure I've never actually heard the Goo Goo Dolls before even though, once again, the name is very familiar to me. I had them pegged as a cut-price Cramps but it seems they're some variant of emo, at least based on this. Although I'm not really sure how much you can infer from a duet with Elmo. Hmm... Elmo-emo... something's happening there...

Pretty sure anyone who's been paying attention all these years knows my fondness for daisy age hip hop. It's no surprise Queen Latifah's style fits Sesame Street like a glove (Don't go there.). I just wish De La Soul had been on the show one time. They'd have been perfect for it.

I was under the impression Sia had something of a reputation for taking herself quite seriously. Seems I was wrong. Again.

And that's probably enough Sesame Street Singing Stars for one day. If you want to see Little Richard sitting in a bath singing about his Rubber Duckie or Elvis Costello parodying himself doing Red Shoes then you have a stronger constitution than I do.

I look forward to Billie Eilish's turn with trepidation and possibly terror. I'm sure it'll be fine...