Comments on: Thursday 1 September

by: sidcramp

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:49:19 +0000

Songs our kids particularly like at moment:Mony Mony-Celia & mutations,All the small things-Blink 182,Save It-The Cramps & Theyre coming to take me away ha haa_Napolean XIV

by: Dave Woolford

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:15:47 +0000

children go mad for rock, onic and bob. Make sure you include on of their’s on your next tape. Nice

by: Mark

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:18:38 +0000

from experience…babies love Optiganally Yours, or any other Rob Crow stuff (ie Heavy Vegetable) for that matter.

http://www.absolutelykosher.com/oy.html
http://www.optigan.com/oy.html
http://www.absolutelykosher.com/crow.html

just one observation…

by: Chris

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:30:45 +0000

Can I have a copy please?

by: Neil Davidson

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:41:40 +0000

My girlfriend insists that only Camera Obscura’s ‘Underachievers Must Try Harder’ will lull my 11 month old to sleep in the car on the way to nursery. Which was great for the first few times cos I like it but after 3 months, 3 days a week…

I have very fond memories of coming home from work and slow dancing round the living room with her every night when she was just a few months old, Neil Youngs Greatest Hits on the stereo, desparate to keep her happy. Eventually we realised she was tired so just put her in bed for the night. Don’t think I’ve listened to that CD since

by: Per-Christian

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 08:07:08 +0000

Mah-na-mah-na is of course originally from a Swedish soft porn flick. Not the kind of thing that first comes to mind when choosing music for kids. Although I must admit it’s a big favourite with my 2-year old. (Piero Umiliani’s original that is).
As for suggestions for volume 2, the upbeat songs on Kevin Rowland’s My Beauty used to go down well when my son was a month or two old.

by: Steve

Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:22:44 +0000

I know you’ve got something by Calvin but surely LOADS of early Beat Happening is a must!

by: Richard

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:55:53 +0000

I’ll second what Milo said. I’ve been forced to listen to it thousands of times by my children, but I still end up putting it on for myself from time to time when they’re in bed.

by: Milo

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:36:52 +0000

Should have just gone the whole hog and given him the Muppet album in it’s entirety. My favourite ever record.

by: alex

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:11:19 +0000

haha slightly throwaway comment.

I’m not sure that would be my #1 reason to have kids….

by: Jim

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:05:52 +0000

"I think I want to have kids just so I can raise them on Jonathan Richman’s music…"

That’s kinda selfish don’t you think? Kids aren’t Airfix kits deigned for your petty amusement.

by: Brindle

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:58:33 +0000

I have found that a mixture ‘Six Organs Of Admittance’ and ‘Stars Of The Lid’ have a very calming influence on my 7 week old baby. Our 5 year old has a very low threshhold for listening to music, although brief spurts ‘Lightning Bolt’ or ‘Lighting Bulb’ as he prefers to call them can get him to trash the sitting room in very short order. A friend who works in a nursery found the ‘Konono No 1′ CD I gave him had a great calming effect on his young charges, as well as, predictably, Raymond Scott’s ‘Soothing Sounds For Baby’.

by: Alex

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:11:03 +0000

I think I want to have kids just so I can raise them on Jonathan Richman’s music…

I think I would add to this list a great cover of The Hives ‘Hate to Say I Told You So’ by The Flu.

An mp3 of this tune can be found at:
http://swedesplease.blogspot.com/2005/08/flus-new-ep-and-their-cover-of-hives.html