Artist	Song
Shel Silverstein	Forgotten Language
Bobby McFerrin	Good Lovin'
Stevie Wonder	Sir Duke
James Taylor	Jelly Man Kelly
John Cougar Mellencamp	Hurts So Good
Huey Lewis & The News	The Power of Love
Ray Charles	Hit The Road Jack
Men At Work	Down Under
Lou Reed	Walk On The Wild Side
Paul Simon	You Can Call Me Al
Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone
Steve Winwood	Back In The High Life Again
Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime
UB40	Red, Red Wine
Jethro Tull	Bungle In The Jungle
Cat Stevens	Longer Boats

Comment:

When I was six years old, I had a cassete single of Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" that was backed with his version of The Young Rascals', "Good Lovin'." I always liked that B-side more than the hit when I was little. I was reminded of this a little while ago, so I decided to get my hands on a copy of this great song that I hadn't heard for about fourteen years. It brought with it such a wave of nostalgia that I decided to seek out other songs that I loved during my early childhood in the late 80's. And so, this is a collection of songs that I really enjoyed when I was very young, from the ages of about 3-7. I realize that certain selections will inspire scoffing, spitting, and hatred from some (Steve Winwood, John Mellencamp, Jethro Tull anyone?), but I was barely more than a toddler when I counted these songs among my favorites, so my musical pallete was not as refined as I like to think it is now. Considering my age at the time, I think I had rather good taste from the start (how many children do you know that love "Walk on the Wild Side"?). Because of nostalgia, and also because most of them are just plainly great songs, I still really enjoy all of these.

One final note, that opening track is from "Where the Sidewalk Ends," which I had a tape of back then, and absolutely wore out because I played it so much. It was difficult picking only one poem to open with, but I think this one fits.

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