"I Want it All" (CD single)

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HSM 3 song is boring and pretty shallow.
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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this is another single from the upcoming High School Musical 3: Senior Year. It's relatively fine for the tween set, although it does talk about wanting all the fame and fortune that comes with being a famous actor.

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    Talks about the desire to be a superstar -- and wanting all the superficial stuff that comes along with that: personal stylist, the glamour, the press, the traveling ("Don't you see that bigger is better/And better is bigger/A little bit is never enough…You want it, you know that you want it/The fame and the fortune and more").
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    Not applicable.
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What's the story?

In this single from the upcoming High School Musical 3: Senior Year siblings Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) and Ryan (Lucas Gabreel) banter back and forth about their wish to become big, big stars.

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High School Musical fans will be disappointed with this tune. More like a dialog set to music instead of an actual song with singing, "I WANT IT ALL" comes out sounding like something from a bad Off-Off-Off-Broadway musical and definitely falls flat. Maybe in the context of the movie, the singing/talking of the "song" would make sense and actually flow. But instead, it sounds too forced and strangely out of place for HSM. Ashley Tisdale does have a decent voice, but there's no way to tell in this track -- and instead of singing along, kids will most likely be hitting the fast forward button.

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What families can talk about

Families can talk about the success of High School Musical. Do you think that because a song -- or video game or book -- is associated with HSM it should be a big hit? Why do you think the franchise is so popular?

This review was written by Heidi Kotansky
Teen, 16 years old
August 25, 2010
AGE
8
 
Nice Video
hey, to the commonsense media= ur review says dat the song is shallow!! i think u ppl need to get a life coz the song is just perfect for the character in the movie!!! it's supposed to be shallow!!!
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Kid, 12 years old
December 28, 2009
AGE
8
 
Perfect!
This is fine as long a ppl know that you can't have everything you want.
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This review was written by Heidi Kotansky
Artists:Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel
Release date:August 15, 2008
Label:Walt Disney Records
Genre:Pop
Parental advisory:No
This review was written by Heidi Kotansky
 

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