Let's start off the 2nd week of KidVid Tournament 2008 with a battle for supremacy in the Leadbelly Region -- the #1 seed They Might Be Giants' "Seven Days of the Week (Never Go To Work)" (from their recently-released Here Come the 123s CD/DVD) taking on the #2 seed, David Tobocman and his track "Home" (from I Count to Ten and Other Helpful Songs, also recently released).
Go forth, watch both videos, then You. Make. The. Call. (Or, rather, vote in the comments below by 9 PM Thursday night. Vote once per family. Play nice, y'all.)
They Might Be Giants - "Seven Days of the Week (Never Go To Work)"
David Tobocman - "Home"
KidVid Tournament 2008: Gustafer Yellowgold vs. Asheba
The final day of the first round of KidVid Tournament sees a matchup from the Pete Seeger Region, with the #1 seed -- Gustafer Yellowgold's "Pinecone Lovely" (off the Have You Never Been Yellow? CD/DVD) -- taking on the #4 seed, Asheba's "No More Monkeys," most recently found on Putumayo's Animal Playground disk.
Who will win? That's up to you -- vote in the comments below, one per family, please. The voting deadline is 9 PM West Coast time tonight (Friday). And vote nicely.
Gustafer Yellowgold - "Pinecone Lovely"
Asheba - "No More Monkeys"
KidVid Tournament 2008: The Jimmies vs. Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang
While some other "March Madness" starts today, we're already on Day Thre of KidVid Tournament 2008, in which we have a matchup from the Woody Guthrie Region -- the #1 seed "Spanimals" from The Jimmies from their debut Make Your Own Someday versus the #4 seed "You Can Be Anything" from Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang (off their self-titled debut).
Vote in the comments below. One per family, please. Play nice. Votes due by 9 PM West Coast time today (Thursday).
The Jimmies - "Spanimals"
Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang - "You Can Be Anything"
KidVid Tournament 2008: The SqueeGees vs. Mr. Richard
In day two of KidVid Tournament 2008 we feature a matchup from the Pete Seeger Region -- the #2 seed "The Elements" from The SqueeGees from their self-titled CD and Meet The SqueeGees EP versus the #3 seed "Cheese" from Mr. Richard (off his Polka Dot Puzzle album).
Vote in the comments below. One per family, please. Play nice. Votes due by 9 PM West Coast time today (Wednesday).
The SqueeGees - "The Elements"
Mr. Richard - "Cheese"
KidVid Tournament 2008: Orange Sherbet vs. Eric Herman
Leading off the KidVid Tournament 2008 is a matchup from the Woody Guthrie Region -- the #2 seed "Campfire Song" from Orange Sherbet with help from Hot Buttered Rum (off their Campfire Sing-Along CD versus the #3 seed "My Lucky Day" from Eric Herman (off Snow Day!).
Vote in the comments below. One per family, please. Votes due by 9 PM West Coast time.
"Campfire Song" - Orange Sherbet with Hot Buttered Rum
Watch here (broadband link here)
"My Lucky Day" - Eric Herman
Video: "Good Day" - Tally Hall
I don't talk a lot about music that isn't specifically kids' music, but that guideline's never stopped me before from veering into stuff for the adults.
And so when I saw the video below for Tally Hall's "Good Day," I thought, hey, that's worth posting. For one thing, it's a really cool song. For another thing, it's a really cool video. The punchline to the video will probably go over your kids' heads, but the video and the song is pretty kid-friendly. Especially if you and your kid are able to process rapidly-changing cuts and about 8 different tempo changes.
"Good Day" is from Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, which is being re-released by Atlantic Records on April 1. (You can hear "Good Day" and more at their Myspace page.)
Now, I'm hardly the first person to the Tally-Hall-for-the-kids party (Clea mentioned this very song more than 18 months ago), but there really is a kids' music connection here...
