Entertainment For Lively Minds
Children's Songs
Posted by popdoc on 9 February 2010 - 12:21pm.
Being the tree-hugging recycling man that I am, I recycle my old copies of Word. Unfortunately this has meant I can't look up old articles.
Having recently become a Dad, I was looking for kiddie friendly tunes. Got the wonderful Colours Are Brighter collection which is brilliantly bonkers but remembered that the Word did an article on the best rock songs for kids.
Could anyone help me out by giving me the tracklisting?
Much obliged,
Sandy
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the might be giants brought out some
young childrens kids cd a year or two ago which went down well with the younger members of our family. Crucial the older members of the family could also bear repeat listens of them as well!
http://tmbg-catalog.stores.yahoo.net/no.html
Congratulations!
I've got a 4 year old and a 1 year old. I can heartily recommend the TMBG albums too.
These threads are also worth a flick through:
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/treehouse-thirteen-songs-cool-kids
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/songs-kids
I also...
...have a (nearly) 4 year old and 1 year old as well and would recommend Stuart Staples' (him out of the Tindersticks) 'Songs for the Young at Heart' - versions of an assortment of children's classics done by the man himself and guests such as Jarvis Cocker and Cerys Matthews.
Like all the best kids TV/music it appeals to children and adults alike, although my wife has to leave the room when I put it on in protest at what he's done to 'Inchworm'.
I can recommend
"My Silver Balloon", featuring Jon Snow and Matthew Priest from Dodgy, among others. They're customisable with your child's name and are remarkably tolerable for songs about adding up, making rasberry noises and the animals on the farm. They also have pastiches of 70s funk and Neil Young, which alieviates the boredom.
http://www.silverballoon.co.uk/