HighFives Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Manitoba - Up In Flames Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dls Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hey, thanks for the input everyone --- I'm going to check out a few of these recommendations this weekend. The Beatles were a big part of my childhood too. The first 45 I ever bought was Strawberry Fields Forever with Penny Lane on the B side. I think I was seven or eight. Thanks again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 i was raised on a heavy dose of 60's folk, miles davis and beatles. i turned out ok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nettles Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I rememeber listening to the Beatles early hits collection ( the red cover ) on a little boombox in my bunk bed many times over, also remember having a strange fascination with Steve Miller's Abracadabra, I tapedoff of MTV with my boombox, must have sounded terrible. My 3 year old nephew digs The Breeders 'Cannonball' and XTC's 'Peter Pumpkin head' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 On a trip back from Nashville to Chicago, when Rosie was still a babe in arms, she was unconsolable until my buddy Chris put on a tape of the group Trapezoid and that seemed to work. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SunkenKamera Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Jerry Garcia/David Grisman "Not for Kids Only" This is a good one that my almost 4 mo. old daughter seems to like. It will even be better when she can sing along.My wife says she liked Neu! in the womb, so we'll have to bust that out again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 The boys refuse to fall asleep unless this is on the stereo: We forgot it one weekend when we went downstate to visit my folks and an Enya CD my Ma had laying around did not work nearly as effective. Outside of that, they seem to like everything from Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros to the Beastie Boys. P.S. The album was done by Jason Falkner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 The boys refuse to fall asleep unless this is on the stereo: We forgot it one weekend when we went downstate to visit my folks and an Enya CD my Ma had laying around did not work nearly as effective. Outside of that, they seem to like everything from Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros to the Beastie Boys. P.S. The album was done by Jason Falkner. thanks for mentioning jason. sometimes i feel like the only person who's ever heard of him. btw: paul mccartney gave this jason disc a big thumbs up. it's always nice to get a good mention from one of the guys who wrote the songs in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marino13 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 http://ellenandmatt.net/ Somebody just gave this disc to my daughter and it is fantastic. Influences from the Beatles to The Pixies to The Ramones. She was rocking out in the backseat this morning, slapping her leg and bobbing her head. I would HIGHLY recommend. "The surprises never end on this CD, and that's one of the things I love about it. First, it's a lot of fun to hear a kids' album and wonder if it really is a kids' album. The music is so great that, if you didn't listen to the lyrics, you would swear this was some new indie rock CD. Second, every time you think you know what's coming next, you get thrown a curve melodically or composition-wise...The Kennedys' empathetic lyrics about kid concerns like friendship, courage, bicycles, bedtime, dreams, zoos, and, of course, juice boxes, show a great talent for writing from and relating to a child's perspective. Musically, the songs on Best Friends are shaded with light brushstrokes of George Harrison, Sloan, the Sundays, the Byrds, Fleetwood Mac, Smashing Pumpkins, Blondie, the Ramones, and, yes, (even their website admits it) the Carpenters...Great tunes, great production (especially the drums), great debut CD." - Warren Truitt, Children's Music That Rocks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ludwig Von Drake Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 This is what I explicitly remember from my childhood (the late 1980s): Tom Chapin (Harry Chapin's very underrated brother, excellent children's songs)They Might Be Giants' late 80s albumsRosenschantz (very cheesey)The BeatlesJames TaylorPaul Simon solo (all about Graceland)Peter Gabriel soloSimon & GarfunkelSesame Street of courseA tape my aunt and uncle made of children's lullabys and songs for my mom to play to usclassical music and operavarious musicals the last two were a result of my dad being a former student of the Cleveland Institute of Music as well as a singer in the Cleveland Orchestra Choir. Though my mom was also into musicals, having been a singer at CIM for a little awhile as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 the last two were a result of my dad being a former student of the Cleveland Institute of Music as well as a singer in the Cleveland Orchestra Choir. Though my mom was also into musicals, having been a singer at CIM for a little awhile as well.I saw the Clevleand Orchestra Choir a few times..they kicked ass. (Directed by Robert Shaw at the time if memory serves me well...which it may not.....I slept through a few Orchestra concerts at Severence in my time....) LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ludwig Von Drake Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I saw the Clevleand Orchestra Choir a few times..they kicked ass. (Directed by Robert Shaw at the time if memory serves me well...which it may not.....I slept through a few Orchestra concerts at Severence in my time....) LouieB My old man was with them on-again, off-again throughout the late 70s to the early 90s. (he was also in various local choirs). When Tel Arc came to town, my dad was lucky enough to be involved when they recorded this: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Yea, all that was after my time in Cleveland, I did some excellent sleeping through Orchestra concerts during the 60s, when George Szell was still there. I am half kidding about the sleeping. I did sleep some, but I also saw some fantastic stuff as well. You still in Cleveland? Not me, I escaped decades ago.... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tweedyisgod Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 search "Woody Guthrie kid music" and you'll find some good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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