Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Charleston Chickens All Percussion Band
It all started with this book and CD: 
It is very very funny and we love it so. It is the kind of children's music that is appealing to little ones and easily tolerable for adults. As with most things Sandra Boynton, there is wit and intelligence in her lyrics. And famous people sing them. People like Kevin Kline, and Meryl Streep. Also Erik Stoltz and Scott Bacula--not quite so famous, and yet funny nonetheless. You can listen to the whole CD for free right here. We know all the lyrics by heart, even the girls who got to enjoy it in the car with us last Christmas when we drove from Chicago to South Dakota. They love it. They might even admit it without rolling their pretty little teenage eyes.
It's all thanks to Grandma, who first spotted the set at the Chicago Symphony gift shop. She had season tickets last year and bought us a book/CD every trip it seems. Boynton has four of these sets now and we have them all. Philly Chickens is still our favorite, but this one is closing in:
This one is especially cool because it has actual musicians singing and not just movie stars. Our favorite on this one is the title hit, performed by John Popper and Blues Traveler. Alison Krause, Spin Doctors, Five for Fighting, and the one-and-only Weird Al Yankovic are featured, as well. There is this weird "Cows from Another Planet" theme running through it with 3 or so song clips, but we just skip those. Other than "Dog Train", our very favorite song of late has got to be "Pots and Pans" performed by the Bacon Brothers (yes, Kevin Bacon and his brother) We love it so much, it inspired this impromptu jam session in the kitchen. 
I'm not sure they are musically inspired, but they are certainly musically inclined.
I'll go with that.
It is very very funny and we love it so. It is the kind of children's music that is appealing to little ones and easily tolerable for adults. As with most things Sandra Boynton, there is wit and intelligence in her lyrics. And famous people sing them. People like Kevin Kline, and Meryl Streep. Also Erik Stoltz and Scott Bacula--not quite so famous, and yet funny nonetheless. You can listen to the whole CD for free right here. We know all the lyrics by heart, even the girls who got to enjoy it in the car with us last Christmas when we drove from Chicago to South Dakota. They love it. They might even admit it without rolling their pretty little teenage eyes.
It's all thanks to Grandma, who first spotted the set at the Chicago Symphony gift shop. She had season tickets last year and bought us a book/CD every trip it seems. Boynton has four of these sets now and we have them all. Philly Chickens is still our favorite, but this one is closing in:
This one is especially cool because it has actual musicians singing and not just movie stars. Our favorite on this one is the title hit, performed by John Popper and Blues Traveler. Alison Krause, Spin Doctors, Five for Fighting, and the one-and-only Weird Al Yankovic are featured, as well. There is this weird "Cows from Another Planet" theme running through it with 3 or so song clips, but we just skip those. Other than "Dog Train", our very favorite song of late has got to be "Pots and Pans" performed by the Bacon Brothers (yes, Kevin Bacon and his brother) We love it so much, it inspired this impromptu jam session in the kitchen. 
I'm not sure they are musically inspired, but they are certainly musically inclined.I'll go with that.
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