The animation is certainly true to the Schoolhouse Rock style, and Coulton’s song is, up to a point. The Schoolhouse Rock songs were all very easy to understand, there was never a lyric that went by too fast for a child to catch. Coulton’s song is good but at times veers more toward Ben Folds Five territory than Schoolhouse Rock. The fast-paced section, while clever, left this 5th-grader’s ears singed with its verbosity. Coulton may be the internet’s hero songwriter, but he’s no Bob Dorough (r.i.p.)
–Danny, age 11
