The kids share an ipod, which sounds a bit extravagant, but I sensed my own ipod was beginning to feel violated by the likes of Sleeping Bunnies (the ragga mix) and Axel F's Crazy Frog (yes, people still listen to that.) So, something had to give and I splurged and got them a Nano on which to store the countless albums they have accumulated in their short lives.
We like our music in this house. I'm a guitarry, indie, lo-fi, alt country, punk, bit of hardcore, twee-pop, ska, reggae, a pinch of garage rock sorta girl and husband is an aging b-boy with an immense record collection covering far too many genres to attempt to list.
One way or another the kids were going to be exposed to a lot of different types of music. But no, neither of the children have particularly sophisticated musical tastes. Tilly likes nothing better than The Wiggles' Hot Potato while Louis thinks Is This The Way To Amarillo is the epitome of cool.
So anyway, in amongst all the crap on the nano is some great music which doesn't immediately make my ears want to spout blood and I thought I'd list a few of our favourites.
The Colours Are Brighter is a great charity compilation put together a few years ago by Belle and Sebastian and featuring artists like The Divine Comedy, The Flaming Lips and The Kooks. My favourite track is Four Tet's 'Go Go Ninja Dinosaur' but Louis and Tilly both love Franz Ferdinand's 'Jackie Jackson' - a cautionary tale about a greedy little boy who exploded after eating over two hundred cakes.
Finally for now is For The Kids Too which is the second in the series of three compilations aiming to appeal to grown ups as well as nippers. This album's best tune goes to They Might Be Giants' 'John Lee Supertaster' a song about a kid with the superpower of supertaste and when he tastes a pear 'it's like a hundred pears!' There are also tracks by Jason Mraz, Nada Surf, Robyn Hitchcock and lots of others who I hadn't heard of before, but sound pretty good.
Not sure if any of these albums are available to buy on cd anymore, but they are on itunes or perhaps have a dig around on Spotify.
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