Make an album of my favourite songs to
introduce the kids to music. (Number 62 Day Zero Project)
Both the kids already
love music and we regularly go to music classes and sing our little hearts out
to The Wheels on the Bus and Old MacDonald’s Farm. It gets us out and they love it, but I do want the children
to learn some ‘real’ songs.
My original intention
was to compose an album. However, after going through our entire iTunes
library, I ended up with over 70 songs so I have organised them into 4 albums
which I will post separately.
Here is the first one,
perfect to listen to on car journeys:
Yellow Submarine – The
Beatles
Mr. Tambourine Man –
Bob Dylan
Three Little Birds –
Bob Marely
I Want To Hold Your
Hand – The Beatles
3 is a Magic Number –
Embrace
Octopus’s Garden – The
Beatles
One Day Like This –
Elbow
Good Day Sunshine –
The Beatles
My Girl – Otis Redding
Banana Pancakes – Jack
Johnson
Warerloo Sunset – The
Kinks
In the Morning – Norah
Jones
Dreams be dreams – Jack
Johnson
( Sittin’ On) The Dock
of the Bay – Otis Redding
The first half are a
collection of upbeat, sing-a-long numbers, and the second half a little more
chilled out.
I really hope they
feel as passionate and excited by music as I am when they are older. Already
Yellow Submarine is a new favourite with The Whirlwind.
Any to add?
Any to add?
Kels - this will make a nice selection for any age. Will try to find a few songs to add to your list x
ReplyDeleteHere we are Kels:
ReplyDeleteDooing the Doo - Betty Boo
Sugar Town - Zooey Deschannel
Woo Hoo - the 5678's
Underneath the Arches - Max Bygraves
Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey
Baby I love you - The Ramones
Great Balls of Fire - The Jolly Boys
Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison
Do you want these on a disc? x
Funnily enough, Baby I Love You and Great Balls of Fire feature on my other 'albums'! Yes, that would be brilliant, thanks! x
ReplyDeleteSuch a good selection!
ReplyDeleteThank you for submitting to LAB - looking forward to your other music posts!
Fab idea & good choices - can remember dancing round the kitchen with my 2 when they were smaller to Banana Pancakes. Wrote a similar post a while back here with some other tunes on that the children liked http://blog.kidstravel2.com/2011/03/top-10-songs-for-kids-in-the-car-that-wont-drive-you-mad/
ReplyDeleteFab choices. Have you heard any of the Yo Gabba Gabba albums? They have songs by The Killers, The Shins and The Flaming Lips amongst others on them. All 3 are well worth investing in. Also 'Here come the ABCs' and 'Here come the 123s' by They Might Be Giants are not only educational for the kids but they're bloody catchy as well!
ReplyDeleteOoo thanks for the tips! Will check them out!
DeleteI love love love Banana Pancakes by Jack Johson, its guaranteed to make me happy anytime! x
ReplyDeleteOooh what a superb collection - I want that album :)
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