Baby ipod playlist.

[Kitsa]

So this stroller that my parents got, it's got a snap container near the handlebar for an mp3 player. Seriously, you put the mp3 player in the container, plug that sumbitch in and there are speakers down near the seat that deliver music to the baby. I didn't believe it until I saw it with my own eyes. The stroller isn't even that expensive.

Well, what the hell. We got a cheapie 4 gig memorex and I figure I might as well ensure that there's no KidzBop going on here, I want her to grow up with some taste. Now I need a baby playlist.

I want to do a big mix of everything, from classical (Vivaldi and Mozart mostly) to whatever. Ramones are a given. I'm going to stay away from death metal or anything especially distressing/depressing for the time being.

I'm taking suggestions.

[Pentegarn]

I would suggest Steel Panther for my own amusement. But I don't think you are looking to teach your baby about tongue-in-cheek sex driven hair metal parody bands. So my serious recommendation would be throw in a song or two by Yes. Maybe "I've seen all good people", "Starship Trooper", "Going for the one", or "Roundabout".

[Fathom Zero]

I had Mozart tapes as a kid. I think it's responsible for my love for music.

[King Hadas]

Simon & Garfunkel? I know what I like but I'm not sure what would be best for an infant. Maybe something in a foreign language.

[Colonel Flagg]

Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev), Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns), The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky) are all kid-friendly classics.

[Fathom Zero]

Dude, Peter and the Wolf is great. So is Peer Gynt. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt_(Grieg)) I always loved In the Hall of the Mountain King.

And I'm not suggesting music because it's gonna make your kid smarter. It's just... more melodic, and probably easier on a kid than the Sex Pistols or Iron Maiden. Music with lyrics are a bit lost on a mind made of jello.

[Pentegarn]

I would think Simon and Garfunklel would be a good choice for similar reasons I would choose Yes. Vocally Simon and Garfunkel are very pleasant, just like Yes is instrumentally pleasant. I would go with complex pieces that are good examples of their genre. Xanadu by Rush would be a good synthesized rock piece, YYZ by Rush would be a good complex guitar piece (though the baby might react poorly to electric guitars, they might sound scary to them)

[Fathom Zero]

That's a good one.

I also remember from my childhood Electric Light Orchestra. It doesn't get any better feeling than them.

[Colonel Flagg]

Dude, Peter and the Wolf is great. So is Peer Gynt. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt_(Grieg)) I always loved In the Hall of the Mountain King.

I :love Grieg. I remember seeing "The Song of Norway" when I was a young'un. Good stuff!

[Grislygus]

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And toddlers love the hell out of Enya, for some reason

[Tadao]

The Beatles always makes kids happy, I think it's Ringo's simple drumming.

[Sam]

MASTODON: CRACK THE SKYE

IT'S ABOUT RASPUTIN AND A PARAPALEGIC SO IT'S EDUCATION AND SHIT

[bigtimecow]

cocteau twins. the vocals are complete gibberish

get it?

[Tadao]

How do you feel about Jazz?

[Pentegarn]

The Beatles always makes kids happy, I think it's Ringo's simple drumming.

This is true

I also remember from my childhood Electric Light Orchestra. It doesn't get any better feeling than them.

Not a bad idea, but be careful on this one. Go with something light and fun, like 'Mr. Blue Sky' or the very obscure 'One Summer Dream' and steer clear of their well done instrumental 'Fire on High' only because the weird sounding beginning is scary to adults even so I can't imagine how it would effect a baby.

[Fathom Zero]

Just grab the Greatest Hits and you'll be alright.

[Kitsa]

all good suggestions. Jazz is fine.

Keep it coming, I have 4 gigs.

[executioneer]

colma by buckethead :(

[Sam]

NO! by They Might Be Giants :x

[executioneer]

they might be giants are very educational music

[Tadao]

Branford Marsalis
Eric Clapton
B.B. King

[King Hadas]

George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in the Blue."

I love Chuck Berry's Deep Feeling, Low Feeling and Blue Feeling compositions, Low Feeling being my favorite. They're real laid back compared to Berry's other music.

Rodrigo y Gabriella, I love those flamenco guitars but your baby might not have a taste for them.

Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil."

Ozzy Osbourne's "Momma I'm Coming Home."

[Tadao]

^^^
A lot of old Grateful Dead would be good. American Beauty and Workingman's Dead would be 2 albums to consider.

Elvis Costello

[Colonel Flagg]

Ozzy Osbourne's "Momma I'm Coming Home."

One of his best.

If you are amenable to modern-ish jazz fusion, try Pat Metheny. He's rather eclectic, but his music is generally upbeat with complex rhythmic structure and interesting melodies. Two albums to try are "Speaking of Now" and "Letter from Home".

[Babs]

Kidz Bop version of Frank Zappa's greatest hits including Catholic Girls.

[Colonel Flagg]

More Jazz - Bob James and Earl Klugh "One on One"

Babs - There's a KIDZ BOP version of Zappa? :lol

[Tadao]

That would be funny if Warner Brothers did it as a fuck you to Zappa.

[lumpisan]

I'd reccomend Bucketheads entire Colma its really slow tempoed beautiful music

[executioneer]

i already suggested that, dogg

[Tadao]

he's pretty dam slow in the head

[executioneer]

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[Fathom Zero]

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:)

[lumpisan]

i already suggested that, dogg
thought you meant just the song colma not the entire album ^^; and while we are on the subject id also recomend earth heals herself and the entire electric tears album too.... well minus kansas dust storm that one gets kind of loud. and accoustic shards is good too

[Babs]

Chopin with out a doubt

[WhiteRat]

Kids love Steely Dan so you can't go wrong with that. I did and I was a model child so whatever worked for me will work for others.

[Tadao]

Loggins and Masena (sp)

[Fathom Zero]

Donnie Iris - Ah Leah

[lumpisan]

Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 is a personal classical favorite of mine

[Pentegarn]

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Almost anything by Queen.

Both are good harmonizing bands, which I would think would also be pleasant for the baby

[Babs]

Mr. Bungle's "California" album.

[Tadao]

Pizzicato 5 - Awesome japanese gogo jazz techno

Puffy - has the flow of the Beatles but instead has two jap girls singing in harmony. Try the album AmiYumi

[Fathom Zero]

Puffy - has the flow of the Beatles but instead has two jap girls singing in harmony. Try the album AmiYumi

That's like saying the Polysics is good for a baby. It'll make their poor little mind explode.

[executioneer]

Mr. Bungle's "California" album.
i think there might be a little too much out-of-nowhere shrieking on that album for an infant

[Babs]

Any Nick Drake would do. Pink Moon is very soothing and relaxing along with Bryter Layter.

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[Tadao]

That's like saying the Polysics is good for a baby. It'll make their poor little mind explode.

EXPLODE WITH PLEASURE

[Fathom Zero]

John Valby :lol

[Aaarg]

John Fahey (see my other thread on this forum!) though a lot of his stuff is very somber.

Bobby McFerrin has a lot of very positive and interesting music.

More positive but less interesting is an Australian dude named Mal Webb. He's very very silly, almost overbearingly so, but he has so much fun making music--you can tell that with every lyric he sings, he's got a big goofy smile on his big ugly head. He does weird things with his voice and plays a variety of instruments. His lyrics have a lot of rhyming.
http://www.myspace.com/malwebb1
"Dodgy" is probably the best song on there, hahaha.

THIS SONG is wonderful!
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My kid(s) will be exposed to a variety of crazy things.

[Womti]

The Beatles always makes kids happy, I think it's Ringo's simple drumming.
if you want kids listening to the beatles, these 3 songs are the best for kids:
Hello, Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
I Am the Walrus

those are all from the album magical mystery tour, but I find that kids love those 3 the best.

[Tadao]

I always play those songs in my van.

[Womti]

your child-kidnapping van, right?

[Pentegarn]

That's just silly, Tadao playing that music in his child kidnapping van? Really? Don't be absurd. His child kidnapping van doesn't have a stereo. At least it didn't when he kidnapped me in it all those years ago

[Fathom Zero]

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And I remember my mum making me listen to Thin Lizzy and the Bay City Rollers, too.

[elx]

here are two soft clean bands that have kinda fun melodies itty ones might enjoy :)

noah and the whale (http://www.last.fm/music/Noah+and+the+Whale)
the submarines (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Submarines)


and yeah the chopin/liszt/mozart collection is a must!

[Colonel Flagg]

Finlandia - Sibelius
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

[Kitsa]

Cool, thanks everyone...

We also got the Rock a Bye Baby series, which is stuff like Beatles and Stones and Ramones music that has been retooled into lullabies. Some of it is unrecognizable, some of it just sounds like it's had its balls ripped off, but some of it is good.