After daily commute to school listening to our first mixed cd it was time to get some fresh tunes. W and I went through my itunes and landed on a more advanced playlist. He is very into asking, “is that rock and roll?” Obviously because his favorite song is I Love Rock N’ Roll so he needs to know before he proclaims fondness for a song, “is it rock, mama?!”
This mix shows his new appreciation for songs with repetition. Tom’s Diner is a song he asked me to play on repeat five times and now he flies through the chorus of do do do do’s. The Black Keys song is something we heard ages and ages ago on WXPN and he flipped for it. repetition.
The highlight of this mix is the beginning of his Beatles education. Of course I played The Beatles when he was a tiny guy, but now he is really listening. These are his first two favorites. So I am making a note of it.
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Toddler Playlist: Version 2
The Cars — You Might Think
Susanne Vega — Tom’s Diner
Salt-N-Pepa – Shoop
MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
The Beatles — Love me Do
The Knack — My Sharona
House Of Pain — Jump Around
Cars 2 Original Soundtrack –Collision of Worlds
The Beatles — Yellow Submarine
The Black Keys — Howlin for you
Men Without Hats — Safety Dance
R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People
Lipps –Funkytown
Starship — We Built This City
*OBVIOUSLY some of the lyrics and themes in a few of these songs are just a wee bit advanced, so, um, just a heads up there.
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Is that rock and roll? Man, I love that boy.
At least he isn’t going around quoting the Silver Jews line “where’s the paper bag that holds the liquor, just in case I feel the need to puke”. That is a truly magical line coming from the face of a 2 year old {ahem}. Love your mix!
We prefer Jump by Kris Kross over Jump Around — no need to explain lyrics like, “If your girl steps up, I’m smackin’ the ho.”
Burrito and Tamale love many, many mid-career Beatles songs but want nothing to do with any of the first four albums. There’s disagreement over Revolution, though: “Play Alright!” “No, no play Alright!” “Yes play Alright!” and so on.
I first learned to sing harmony to “Love Me Do”.
Don’t worry about the lyrics, JD taught R “b.s.” after jokingly answering a Jeopardy question (“What river flows under the Capitol in DC?”)
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