'The Muppets' New 'Green Album' Streaming Free Online

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[img]http://moviesblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/muppets-thumb.jpg[/img]The Beatles had "The White Album," and now the Muppets have "The Green Album."

[url="https://www.npr.org/2011/08/14/138984517/first-listen-muppets-the-green-album?sc=tw"]NPR[/url] premiered a first listen of the album today, available for free streaming online at their website. Loaded covers of the show's classic songs by popular musicians Weezer, OK Go, The Fray, [url="http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/665908/my-morning-jacket-are-so-sad-about-the-cancelled-muppets-tour.jhtml"]My Morning Jacket[/url] and Amy Lee, the album gives fans a taste of the musically-included film they're headed to see come November.

In other words, if you're a sucker for '80s nostalgia, this should be right up your alley.

As [url="http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/124370/i-was-hip-hop-before-hip-hop-was-hip.jhtml#id=1547847"]Kermit the Frog[/url] once told MTV, he was "hip-hop before hip-hop was hip," so it should come as no surprise that the upcoming "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/383855/moviemain.jhtml"]The Muppets[/url]" flick is loaded with A-list musical talent.

Kermit has always kept up-to-date with popular music, as he told MTV during an interview back in 2006. Back then he was listening to Cypress Hill, The Executioners and Green Day, but I have a feeling that the music he's listening to now is more in line with what's on this album. He's always been a sucker for playing music as well, even if people do give him a hard time about his banjo.

"A lot of people think a banjos kind of a corny musical instrument, but where I come from in the swamp, it's a good one," he explained. "When you're in the swamp, it's very difficult to get into electronic music because of course you don't really have electricity. Water, electricity, not a good idea. So I had to go with an acoustic instrument. And there aren't that many around, either. It's kind of limited what you can get in the swamp."

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