Sophistopop: The Forgotten Learning Tool

I have no children and thus am not concerned with the education of children, nevertheless I have recently begun to wonder about the disappearance of old but valuable educational tools from my own past, specifically late 80's and 90's "Sophistopop". Smooth jazz with pop sensibilities. An uplifting melding of nonchalant vocals, synth string and horn sections, piano and gated drums.
Kids music has always relied on the general formula of obnoxious repetition and "singing the round" where weird puppets toss parts of a song back and forth, scaring children into remembering important facts.
Weird puppet creature: "Alright kids, whatcha-gonna do when you see a power socket!?"
Children: "Cover it up with duct tape and dial nine-one-one!"
All: "YAY!"
And then a magical dance ensues.

Maybe it's a more "social", group oriented form of reception, but extensive government based research (and A Clockwork Orange) has demonstrated that lulling the subject into a comforting state and bombarding them with a series of images is very effective. And this is where the power of sophistopop comes into play.

In the early 90's it was very fashionable and common for Sesame Street and other similar shows to have segments where artsy fartsy animated "music videos" were accompanied by songs like the classic "Breakout" by Swingout Sister, "I Can't Wait" by Nu Shooz, "Walking on Broken Glass", "The Captain of Her Heart", "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" or later material from Siouxsie & The Banshees. In other words, "mall-walking music" (where the best of educations used to occur). All of which begin with the womb-like comfort and brain melting smoothness of minor chord synthesizer intros. And then, after the child has been reeled in by the happy-go-lucky tempo it crescendos up and, BAM!, the message kicks in. The sweet, uplifting message of introspective wisdom.
So, there you have it. Bring this back and thank me later. The world will be filled with lots of socially unajusted children who like to sit and gaze out the window while wondering what the meaning of it all is.