Artist	Song
Songs To Wear Pants To	Wake Up
from Corduroys, With Tassles A song geared towards people of all ages who need some convincing to get out of bed. I use my ipod as an alarm clock sometimes, and I'm considering putting together a short morning playlist that starts with this track.
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes	The Rainbow Connection
from are a drag (1999) I originally wanted to find a nice slow version of this song to put near the end of the mix, but then I remembered that he mentioned liking Me First & The Gimme Gimmes and realized that they had a version.
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	I'm A Litle Airplane
from Live (1979)
Weezer	All My Friends Are Insects
from Hurley (2010) Weird how one of the best Weezer songs in years was a bonus track that was originally written for Yo Gabba Gabba.
The Apples In Stereo	Energy
from New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
Cake	Mahna, Mahna
from B-Sides and Rarities (2007)
They Might Be Giants	Clap Your Hands
from A User's Guide To (2005)
Billy Bragg & Wilco	Hoodoo Voodoo
from Mermaid Avenue (1998) I was torn between this or "Just A Kid", but I decided "Hoodoo Voodoo" slotted in with what I had already a bit better. Woody Guthrie did write these lyrics to entertain his kids and all.
Ween	Loop De Loop
from SpongeBob Squarepants: Original Theme Highlights (2001) If any other band were to introduce themselves to the world with a song called "You Fucked Up", then later go on to do a song about how to tie your shoes for a SpongeBob episode, it'd be weird. With Ween, it's not that surprising.
Georgia & August Greenberg	Georgia Sings Yes
from Sing Songs For You And Me (2004) A man named Mark Greenberg took some songs his six and four year old son and daughter made up and gave them full band arrangements, letting the kids handle the vocals themselves. Free EP available here: http://www.comfortstand.com/catalog/010/index.html
Beck	Funky Lil' Song
from Dimension Mix (2005) From a Bruce Haack tribute album.
Space Balloons	Grapes
from Welcome to Balloononia (2011) The Space Balloons are one of several musical projects formed by Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola: In this case a ukulele-wielding children's music band who supposedly got lost while traveling outside of their home planet of Balloononia. Name your price full album here: http://spaceballoons.michaeljepstein.com
Charles Spearin	Vittoria
from The Happiness Project (2009) Charles Spearin is a member of Do Make Say Think, and The Happiness Project is a solo album where he interviewed people around his neighborhood, then set the recordings to music. This track makes the phrase "And it's like, um" oddly catchy.
Belle And Sesbastian	The Monkeys Are Breaking Out the Zoo
from Colours Are Brighter (2009) Colours Are Brighter is an album of indie groups doing original songs aimed at kids.
Brak	I Love You, Baby
from Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que (1997) I found my old copy of this CD a few weeks ago and since then I've been looking for an excuse to put Brak on a mix CD, and I guess this is as good as any.
Irish Rovers	The Unicorn Song
from The Best of Irish Rovers (1999) I felt the need to include this because it's a song I myself grew up with. A few Halloweens ago I went to a concert where the theme was covers of kids songs (being played to an adult audience), and someone broke this out - it was great to see a bunch of 20-30 somethings doing the dance for the whole "green alligators and long neck geese" bit between sips of beer.
The Terrible Twos	Amelia Minor
from Jerzy the Giant (2008) This is actually just a plain great song all around. I was recommended this band when looking for adult-friendly kids artists - they're basically The New Amsterdams moonlighting as a children's music group, and thus they are fronted by Matt Pryor, who is also known for fronting The Get Up Kids.
The Beach Boys	Vegetables
from Smiley Smile (2001)
Julia Nunes	Pizza
from Settle Down (2011) I figure kids can relate to burning your mouth on a slice of pizza as much as anyone else.
The Free Design	Kites Are Fun
from Umbrellas [UK] (2011)
Andrew Bird	Bein' Green
from Muppets: The Green Album (2011)
Syd Barrett	Effervescing Elephant
from Barrett (1970) One of the first songs I thought of to use, despite it not not being specifically geared to kids at all. The humor to this one has always kind of reminded me of Shel Silverstein.
Ben Folds	Golden Slumbers
from "I Am Sam" Soundtrack (2002) This begins the bedtime section of the mix - when I thought of this idea I wanted to a whole lullaby CD, but couldn't find enough suitable material that I liked, so instead I put this this little six song, 15 minute lullaby "suite" right at the end.
Mark Kozelek	Bedtime Lullaby
from The Finally LP (2008)
The Terrible Twos	Whispering the Melody
from Jerzy the Giant (2008)
Dean & Britta	Making Me Smile
from Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies (2010)
Cornelius	Sleep Warm
from Sensuous (2006)
Tom Waits	Bend Down the Branches
from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (2006) Who better to sooth a baby to sleep than Tom Waits? No, really, I do think this particular song fits the purpose.
The Beatles	Good Night
from The White Album (1968)

Comment:

A co-worker who's a big music fan recently had a kid - we're all pitching in for a gift, but I figured I'd also attempt an adult-friendly children's music mix. Not everything was specifically written for children, but I tried to think of specific songs by "adult" artists that might appeal to kids and be appropriate for them.

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