Can you recommend me few songs that are appropiate for kids , 7 and 5 years old, my kids really like: Shake-The Gap, Sir Duke, Drive my car. They dont mind all the R&B, Jazz we have but they dont enjoy metal at all, neither my wife does. I would like to add more kids friendly songs to our family ipod, the last thing I want to do is buy Hanna Montana, Justin Bieber stuff.
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Good music for Kids
- Thread starter pedroims
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(most) Barenaked Ladies is pretty kid friendly, and pretty enjoyable for all (they even have a fairly amusing kids album out too; amusing enough that I have it on my iPod!)
Our kids that age dig Jackson 5 songs. The local radio station we keep the car tuned to is Contemporary Christin - 88.3 The Wind. There's never anything on there that's not kid friendly.
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Really depends on the kids. When my daughter was young, she loved Seal, Sting, Barenaked Ladies, Irish traditional music (because I used to be in a band that played a lot of it), Los Lobos, and the Kronos Quartet's Pieces of Africa album. OTOH, her younger brother loves old Who records and jazz. Her little sister is a Bieber freak. Who knows why they like the things they like?
So just try a bunch of stuff and see what rings their little bells. For starters, you might try Los Lobos's children's album, Papa's Dream. My daughter adored that record.
So just try a bunch of stuff and see what rings their little bells. For starters, you might try Los Lobos's children's album, Papa's Dream. My daughter adored that record.
Kids Place Live on XM/Sirius plays commercial free kids music 24/7. This site lists a bunch of the songs and artists:
KiDS Place LiVE Fans
Mine dig Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, The Princess Who Saved Herself, I've Got a Butt and a bunch more. I like it too. They also play old 50's tunes and yesterday they played of remake of Lovely Day and then played Bill Wither's original.
KiDS Place LiVE Fans
Mine dig Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, The Princess Who Saved Herself, I've Got a Butt and a bunch more. I like it too. They also play old 50's tunes and yesterday they played of remake of Lovely Day and then played Bill Wither's original.
My kids are a little younger but the really like the Wiggles. Mostly blues based kids songs they can move to.
Seconding the Frank Zappa.
It'll probably be too deep for them, but they might learn to appreciate it. It's good to be able to appreciate music without lyrics at a young age.
When my kids were little they listened to the same songs I listened to - Beatles, Hendrix, Beach Boys, Cream, pretty much all the classic rock standards. They loved it! My daughter loved The Beach Boys, and my two boys' favorite song was Tin Lizzie's Boys Are Back In Town!
My little guy really likes the Pajanimals CD. I plan on introducing him to this pretty soon as well:
Amazon.com: Let's Go Everywhere (Dig): Medeski Martin & Wood: Music
Gotta love MMW!
Amazon.com: Let's Go Everywhere (Dig): Medeski Martin & Wood: Music
Gotta love MMW!
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Yeah, it's great. I took my older daughter out of school to see a noon Los Lobos gig in Philly when she was in first grade -- not bad for her first show! There are a couple of other great discs in that series.
She also loved The Beatles. You can't go wrong there.
For specific tracks, I think Prince's "Starfish and Coffee" from Sign 'o The Times is a wonderful childrens' song.
