Michael Wermuth, Jr's Top Ten Favorite Fraggle Rock Songs

Michael Wermuth, Jr. - You’ve seen my articles and lists on The Muppet Mindset. Most articles I’ve written have been about either Sesame Street or The Muppet Show. While I’ve occasionally mentioned Fraggle Rock in my articles, I have never done a full article relating to the series before. And there’s a simple reason for that: I like most of Henson’s other works better. I do enjoy the show, but I’m a bigger fan of Jim Henson’s other properties. But, to show that I do like the show, for the first time ever, here is my list of the top ten Fraggle Rock songs. Enjoy!
10. Dum of a Son of a Gun (from "The Garden Plot")
This is a catchy song, sung by Pa Gorg and Junior Gorg. Pa expresses his frustration over his son's stupidity.

9. Pass It On (from "The Perfect Blue Rollie")
This song was sung by the Fraggles as they get and give rollies to each other. This song was later sung by the Fraggles in A Muppet Family Christmas.

8. Yes We Can (from "All Work and All Play")
This song was sung by The Architect at a ceremony for Doozers to get their helmets. I used to think the line “Does a Doozer thumb his nose at doing Doozer work?” was asking if Doozers pick their noses over Doozer work.

7. Follow Me (from "Beginnings")
The first song from the show, Uncle Matt sings to Gobo before setting off to “Outer Space.” Also famous for being Jerry Juhl's favorite song from the show and sung at his memorial service.

6. I’m a Little Fraggle (from Boober Gorg)
This song, sung to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot,” was sung by the Fraggles to Boober after Boober lost his memory, in an attempt to get Boober to remember who he is.

5. I’m Always Here (from "Wembley and the Gorgs")
A funny little song sung by Wembley, about always being here and never being there. It would have made a great song for Sesame Street as well.

4. I’ve Seen Troubles (from "Beginnings")
Marjorie the Trash Heap sang this song, stating that troubles are her favorite thing.

3. Let Me Be Your Song (from "The Minstrels")
One of the best songs sung by Cantus and the Minstrels, sung by the group when they made their first appearance on the show. A good way of introducing the group.

2. Convincing John (from "The Preachification of Convincing John")
Convincing John’s trademark song, sung to both convince the Fraggles to NOT eat Doozer constructions, and later to convince them TO eat Doozer constructions. This song includes a rare instance of a Fraggle referring to a human being (as opposed to calling them "silly creatures").

1. Friendship Song (from "Marooned")
Sung by Boober and Red (two of my favorite Fraggles) when trapped during a cave-in, this is a very moving song.

What are some of your favorite Fraggle songs? Mine is "Dixie Wailin'," but we'd love to know yours! Share with us on Facebook or Twitter or in the comments below.

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Fraggle Rock Music Campaign - Have You Voted?

As you surely remember, a few weeks ago, we here at The Muppet Mindset, in a partnership with Matt Baker, started a campaign to have a Complete Fraggle Rock Music Collection released on CD or for download. Well, I'm proud to say that our efforts have garnered over 200 positive votes so far--but we still need more!

If we hope for our efforts to be taken seriously by The Jim Henson Company or any music company that may release the set, we need to garner quite a few more votes. The effort has been endorsed by Cory Edwards, writer/director of the upcoming Fraggle movie, on his blog, so we're already starting to pick up steam and support.

So cast your vote in the polls today, let your friends know, and let's get Fraggle Rock music released so we can all dance our cares away!

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Complete Fraggle Rock Music Collection - Let's Make It Happen!!

I always get excited when I get an email in my inbox from a reader of the blog with an idea for an article, so you can imagine how excited I was when Matt Baker emailed me with an idea so awesome that it couldn't be restrained to just an article. What was Matt's idea, you ask? To start a push for The Jim Henson Company to release all of the incredible music from Fraggle Rock for public purchasing. Excited yet?

Well, if not yet, consider this: Last week, The Unhinged Knitter, a blog for knitting and knitting-related... things, started a group of polls asking Fraggle (and knitting) fans if they would be interested in a knitting book dedicated to Fraggle Rock. These polls, for a Fraggle Rock knitting book, have already garnered over 750 positive responses and The Jim Henson Company is fully behind the project. I ask you, Fraggle fans, what sort of response do you think an effort to release all of Fraggle Rock's music would receive? After all, who doesn't want a good quality version of "Dixie Wailin'" for their iPod?

There's only one way to find out! Below are five separate polls to gauge fan support of this proposition. Please, please take five minutes to cast your vote in each poll. Once enough support is garnered, I will pass along the data to my contacts within The Jim Henson Company and I have a good feeling that we might see something happen within the world of classic, wonderful Fraggle music. Come on, Fraggle fans, let's show what we can do when we band together for a noble cause! Let's get a Complete Fraggle Rock Music Collection released!

The polls will be open indefinitely and will remain on this page permanently after this post has disappeared from the front page.

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