Dinosaurs and Metaphors

Dinosaurs and Metaphors. Performed by Danny Weinkauf. CD. Approx. 33 min. Red Pants Music. 2020.  Digital: $9.49.

K – Gr 3

Multi-award winning Weinkauf performs 15 original songs in various styles of rock, polka, pop, and R&B. Weinkauf performs expertly on guitars, bass, ukulele, piano, drums, and percussion. The various guest vocalists are excellent and the harmonies soaring. There is even some expert whistling. A parade of “Dinosaurs on Roller Skates” includes tyrannosaurs, stegosaurs, iguanodons, velociraptors, and others. “Your Love is a Metaphor,” and is compared to a puppy chasing his tail; a pizza with lots of extra cheese; and a Jedi when Darth Vader is at the door. A poor child has the “Hiccups All Day” and tries different ways to get rid of them. A “Perfect Day” is one in which one can ride bikes, build forts, and play basketball. On a “Lovely Lazy Saturday Morn’” one child loves sleeping in. The “Boy with a Hole in his Heart” hears a bird sing, then his heart is filled with love. “Hooray It’s Monday” is the opinion of at least one child who gets to get up early and walk to school. There’s a “Hairy Little Bug” dancing on this toilet bowl. “A Song That Makes Us Happy” is one that brings a smile at work or play. One child complains, I “Don’t Want a Haircut,” but loves it when it is done. “My Nose Knows” all the smells that goes around. On “Halloween,” the night that this child loves, one might hear rattling bones, hear tapping at the front door, or see kids in their costumes. “Homer, Danny, and Alf” is an instrumental, orchestral piece that sounds like background music for movie or TV show. “Cut the Cheese” is exactly what it sounds like, with disgusting sound effects. Rounding out the collection is the very catchy rock anthem “Superstar.” Young listeners will be singing and dancing along with these catchy, lively tunes.

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