Simply Mad About the Mouse VHS Music Videos Tape

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This listing is for Simply Mad About the Mouse VHS Music Videos Tape.

Actors: Sam Cornell, Michael Bolton, Alison Krauss, Billy Joel, Ric Ocasek

Directors: Scott Garen

Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC

Language: English

Rated: NR - Not Rated

Number of tapes: 1

Studio: Walt Disney Video

VHS Release Date: April 14, 1994

Run Time: 35 minutes  

Presenting a celebration of imagination, where eight of today's brightest recording stars combine cutting edge music with some of the world's best-known and loved music - classic Disney songs! In 1991, Disney released an album titled "Simply Mad About the Mouse," a collection of Disney songs performed by popular artists of the day. On this VHS of the same name, we are treated to music videos of 8 of the 10 performances on that album. All the videos are very dated, mainly due to the special effects used in them. However, thanks to the pleasing performances from the mostly memorable stars who actually appear in their videos, this can be overlooked by true lovers of Disney music.

To start with, we have the legendary Billy Joel performing Disney's best loved classic, "When You Wish Upon a Star," from "Pinocchio." The video treats us to footage of a live-action AND an animated Billy Joel, along with footage of a Geppetto-looking animator at work whose drawings seem to be coming to life. This is followed by a Ric Ocasek (of "The Cars") performance of "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from "Song of the South." Both performances are enjoyable, though the dated feeling of the program is immediate. L.L. Cool J is up next, bringing us his very unique rendition of "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf." This one takes the viewer by surprise, as one wouldn't expect to hear a song like that redone. It is interesting to see at the very least, though probably not to everyone's tastes. Props go out to L.L. Cool J for daring to tackle a song from a Silly Symphony cartoon ("The Three Little Pigs"). Next comes one of the best performances, though also one of the most abstract videos. It's Gypsy Kings doing their Flamenco style rendition of "I've Got No Strings" from "Pinocchio." Highly enjoyable! The fifth performance is another favorite of mine, combining my favorite solo artist with one of my favorite Disney songs from one of my favorite animated films, "The Jungle Book." It's Harry Connick, Jr. performing "The Bare Necessities," and it's simply delightful to watch, though I could have done without the bubble effects (which were the only truly dated part of this video, besides the youthfulness of Harry himself). Bobby McFerrin is up next. Remember his much loved "Don't Worry, Be Happy?" Well, here he performs a very spiritual version of "The Siamese Cat Song" from "Lady and the Tramp." It's good stuff though. The next to last performance is from Soul II Soul. This would be the one performance on the program by artists I don't remember at all and didn't even know at the time of their popularity. Sadly, this makes their very basic performance of "Kiss the Girl" just as unmemorable, despite it being from another favorite Disney film of mine, "The Little Mermaid." The final video of the program is one of the best, in my opinion, and is Michael Bolton performing "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" from the Disney Masterpiece, "Cinderella." It's one of those simplistically charming and classy videos that mainly shows the artist performing in a specially lit space, though a pair of ballet dancers are added to the mix in this one. I honestly have no idea why Michael Bolton has received so much ridicule over the years. He's an amazing singer. Coming to us from the height of Disney's Eisner-period popularity (AKA the Disney Renaissance), "Simply Mad About the Mouse" is an excellent program overall, with wonderful performances of some of the finest Disney music. 

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