Statler And Waldorf Prepare Their Best Balcony Critiques For “Muppets Remastered”

noah | September 18, 2009 2:00 pm

The beloved motley crew known as the Muppets will continue its curious hookups with the pop-music world next year with the release of Muppets Remastered, a covers album on which artists of today will cover Muppets-warbled tunes of yore. According to a Muppets fansite two tracks on the comp have been announced: Weezer will pay homage to its music-video co-stars with their take on “The Rainbow Connection,” while the Fray is going to take on “Mahna Mahna” (which I fear will have the unfortunate side effect of putting poor old Rowlf to sleep). I guess it wouldn’t be too far of a stretch to think that the always-synergistic Lady GaGa will somehow be involved—perhaps she will sing, and perform a water ballet, to “Miss Piggy’s Fantasy”, and thus spark a big Lady-on-Miss row? Me, I just hope they figure out a way to bring Alice Cooper back into the fold.

Disney23 Update: Special Muppets Presentation [The Muppet Mindset; HT Pitchfork] Alice Cooper & The Muppets – Welcome To My Nightmare [YouTube]