Disney's Karaoke Series: Duets

Karaoke Songs:
Track #1: So This Is Love | Popularized by: Cinderella
Track #2: Winnie The Pooh | Popularized by: Winnie The Pooh
Track #3: You've Got A Friend In Me | Popularized by: Toy Story
Track #4: If I Didn't Have You | Popularized by: Monsters, Inc.
Track #5: I Just Can't Wait To Be King | Popularized by: Lion King, The
Track #6: I Won't Say (I'm In Love) | Popularized by: Hercules
Track #7: Bare Necessities, The | Popularized by: Jingle Book
Track #8: Hakuna Matata | Popularized by: Lion King, The
Track #9: So This Is Love | Popularized by: Cinderella w/Vocal
Track #10: Winnie The Pooh | Popularized by: Winnie The Pooh w/Vocal
Track #11: You've Got A Friend In Me | Popularized by: Toy Story w/Vocal
Track #12: If I Didn't Have You | Popularized by: Monsters, Inc. w/Vocal
Track #13: I Just Can't Wait To Be King | Popularized by: Lion King, The w/vocal
Track #14: I Won't Say (I'm In Love) | Popularized by: Hercules w/Vocal
Track #15: Bare Necessities, The | Popularized by: Jingle Book w/Vocal
Track #16: Hakuna Matata | Popularized by: Lion King, The w/Vocal


There is no sense picking up Duets or any of the Disney Karaoke series unless you, or whoever you are buying it for, has a karaoke machine, and Disney is forthright about letting potential buyers know it (the cover features a microphone prominently, and a TV screen below it alerts potential buddy-belters to its on-screen lyrics feature). The main consideration here, then, is not the music--which, for karaoke purposes, has to be kept fairly tepid--but the track selection. The producers picked wisely, going deep for half the songs and splitting the difference with a dose plucked from partner Pixar movies; thus, "Winnie the Pooh" butts up against "You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story, etc. Vocal versions arrive on the heels of the instrumentals for anyone requiring a primer on inflection and phrasing, but the big fun, of course, is the side-by-side factor. Something about passing a mike back and forth, even when it's only in someone's basement, says "friends for life" as much as swapping diaries, only in a much cooler, if occasionally off-key, way. --Tammy La Gorce