365 Days #164 - Strawberry Shortcake - Shortcake Hits Vol. 2! (mp3s)

MP3:
What The World Needs Now (3:31)
Celebration (3:24)
I Was Born To Disco (3:43)

I was super jealous when somebody else got to do Strawberry Shortcake music for 365 Days back in 2003 (I thought I had dibs! lol)  We'll call this "Shortcake Hits Vol. 2!"

This is one of the rare occasions when outsider music comes from a toy and cartoon character.  Most of the early versions of this records I found had cracks clean through them, as if kids (or a parent) had jumped on them or thrown them against a wall after a listen.

I've listened to every Shortcake LP I've come across, and most have boring kids singing.  The ones where Strawberry actually sings are horrible treasures of torture to be cherished.  Here are 3 more shortcake classics for your pleasure.  These come from the albums:

"Strawberry Shortcake Live" (1980) which is definately the crown jewel LP of the strawberry patch and features the song "Celebration".

"I Love You" (1981) and the cut "What The World Needs Now"

and

"Let's Dance With Strawberry Shortcake" (1983) - Featuring the sinister "I Was Born To Disco" by The Blueberry Chef - which sounds oddly similar to the vocalizations of Archbishop Jason Polland of The Nourishment.

And who was behind the music?  None other then Flo & Eddie!  They produced 4 albums for Strawberry Shortcake (and the Care Bears.. but maybe another day we will feature the bears).  The only song on today's strawberrylishus selections that is Flo & Eddie produced, is the dance floor monster... "I Was Born To Disco".

Click your mouse and I'll see you all in Strawberry Land!  Mwaa Ha ha ha

- Contributed by: B.C. Sterrett (The Lost Media Archive)

Comments

[have clue will travel]

The Blueberry Chef? Sounds more like the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak to me.

[American Death Fat]

Damn, I had a tape aquired from a goodwill store in the 90's but I made a mix tape out of it for a girlfriend. I left the first few seconds of Strawberry Shortcake and then taped over the rest; probably with Archers of Loaf.

[BC Sterrett]

You're right, it's the Purple Pie Man. Not the Blueberry Chef, which is a name I made up, I guess. lol

[Keith Handy]

Those were rough to listen to; the only track I made it through is the Flo & Eddie one. Definitely a recognizeable voice for anyone who's listened to early Zappa.

[brightbite]

To be honest, I saw none of the shows. I did not grow up with cable. It was these albums that were in many ways better, because I was actively viewing the scenes in my own (very young) mind. It built up my visualization skills at a very young age, which is very important.

[Kasha]

Thank You!!!
I repeatedly tortured my parents with my Strawberry Shortcake Live record, back in the early 80's. I recently bought my own kids a Strawberry Shortcake CD, and it's SO NOT the Strawberry Shortcake I remember! I was so psyched to find Celebration on this site. I even called up my mother and tortured her with it once again! It brings back so many memories!!