Is it a sell-out to record a song for a kid's animated movie?

[Pacifist Patriot]

k.d. lang's "Golden Slumbers" just came up on my iPod. I adore this song and even liked it during the movie "Happy Feet" with my kid. I think it's only too bad that Allison Krauss didn't do the original "Baby Mine" in Dumbo. Though realistically I do believe that was before she was a gleam in her parents' eyes.

[seemunkee]

1. Have you heard the Bonnie Rait version of Baby Mine?

The entire Stay Awake album is pretty good.
Pink Elephants done by Sun Ra is fantastic

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. No I haven't. Off to find it!

[MissMillie]

2. of course it isn't!

not at all

[Missy Vixen]

4. One of the adult contemporary stations here

has been playing Paul Simon's "Father and Daughter" for a couple of years now. I believe this song was used in an animated children's movie, and it's evidently requested, or they wouldn't be playing it.

Julie

[Tripper11]

5. Yes it was for the Wild Thornberrys movie

I love that song...it quickly became my and my daughters "theme" song...

[SacredCow]

6. Not at all....

I'd think it was an honor, in fact.

[taterguy]

7. Depends on how much you let the suits have creative control

There's one artist I won't mention who caved into Disney's ridiculous demand that he delete his lyric "Santa Claus is a motherfucker" from a song he did for the Grinch soundtrack.

[skygazer]

8. I don't know - I guess it depends to me

It really seemed like a sell-out when Elton John started doing songs for Disney movies but I hate Disney movies and it just seemed bizarre that someone who was once on the cutting edge of rock and roll would be doing soundtracks for them. :shrug:

[bluedigger]

9. Heck no!

Why would children's desire for music be less "worthy" than adults? Just different tastes in music, not inferior.

[bigwillq]

10. Not at all

Sometimes those songs are the artists' biggest hits.

[Orsino]

11. Not if you claim you meant it ironically.

Then it's cool, even if you take the money.