I'm obviously biased when it comes to Go Waggaloo, the kids music album from Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, since I have liner notes in the release. But I like the way this slickly produced electronic press kit has the occasional sound of Sarah Lee and Johnny's kids screeching in the background. If you like the sound of the clips (the songs, or the kids) in the piece below, you can go to Folkways' album page and preorder the album, which will not only get you the album early (it'll ship around Oct. 1, nearly a month before it's officially released), but also, if you're one of the first 100 pre-orders, get you an autographed copy.
But there's more...
Video: "Hush Little Baby" - The Bluegrass Babies
I posted their rendition of "Get Along Cindy" a while back, now the Bluegrass Babies (creation of Paul Castle) are back with a new video, this time for "Hush Little Baby." It's a bit too uptempo for the last thing to listen to (or watch) before bedtime, but it's got a sweet sound. Again, the animation is a bit too simple to be classic, but the dancing animals might amuse your 2-year-old.
The Bluegrass Babies - "Hush Little Baby" [YouTube]
Video: "Never Gonna Be Bored" - Adam and the Couch Potatoes
It takes a minute or so to really get revved up, but not since Central Perk has a red couch been employed to such busy effect. Adam and the Couch Potatoes are the friends who rattle off a bunch of suggestions for the "I'm bo-ored" crowd in "Never Gonna Be Bored" from One Size Fits All.
Adam and the Couch Potatoes - "Never Gonna Be Bored" [YouTube]
Kids Music Fights H1N1 Flu
That's right, folks, nothing like the onset of the cold and flu season as an excuse to watch two excellent kids music videos.
The first is "Nice 'N' Clean," and it's from Chromeo, a band that you will not typically listen to with your kids. But Yo Gabba Gabba has a way of getting folks to do all sorts of songs you wouldn't expect. This song is all about washing your hands, and has a funky synthesized video to go along with the funky synthesizers. There's no embedding, but it's worth going here and watching it with the kiddos.
And then, yeah, you have to do the elephant.
The Jimmies - "Do The Elephant" [YouTube, also on the forthcoming Trying Funny Stuff DVD]
Video: "Big Truck" - Rebecca Frezza and Big Truck
It's pretty simple, really. There's a big yellow truck goin' down the road. It's a long road. Rebecca Frezza drives the truck, the band piles in the back. (They're standing and playing instruments, which seems like not the safest method of travel, but the truck is animated and smiling, so I guess it's OK.) Lots of colors, cute animation, and a flute solo. Not complicated, but it works. The video's also on the band's new EP, Rockin', Ridin' and Rollin', out later this fall and which features Sesame Street's Gordon, Roscoe Orman, on the cool, instruction-following "Hey-O."
Rebecca Frezza and Big Truck - "Big Truck" [YouTube]
Video: "Put It To the Test" - They Might Be Giants
All things considered, "Meet The Elements" is my favorite video off They Might Be Giants' Here Comes Science DVD/CD. (I'll post that one some day when it gets stripped of all the Boing Boing folderol.)
But "Put It To the Test" is -- hands down (whatever that means) -- the funniest.
They Might Be Giants - "Put It To the Test" [YouTube]
