Here’s a mix cd I compiled for Kate — upbeat, playing and dancing songs. Most songs are available from iTunes.
“Circle I” Jonathan Richman
“The Far Country” Andrew Peterson
“We’re Going to Be Friends” The White Stripes
“E Eats Everything” They Might Be Giants
“Beautiful Day” U2
“Two of Us” Aimee Mann
“Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” Paul Simon
“Vegetables” The Beach Boys
“The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)” Jason Mraz
“What I Like About You” The Romantics
“Rains in Asia” Jump Little Children
“Yellow Submarine” The Beatles
“ABC” The Jackson 5
“Matthew’s Begats” Andrew Peterson
“Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” They Might Be Giants
“My Doorbell” The White Stripes
“Vertigo” U2
“New York, New York” Ryan Adams
“Hesitating Beauty” Billy Bragg and Wilco
Ooh, cool mix! They recently closed all of the MediaPlay stores here in town (maybe everywhere?) and we bought a bunch of kids CDs when they were 80% off. They had a ton of them from They Might Be Giants. I also made my kids very happy and bought some Laurie Berkner :)
We like Dan Zanes at our house- http://www.danzanes.com He was the lead singer of the Del Fuegos and has really wild hair! Plus, Blondie sings on one of his albums which is cool.
Another TMBG to add to the mix would be “The Sun Is A Mass of Incadescent Gas.” My boys love it.
“Me and Julio” never fails to make me dance!