I promised you more Barenaked Ladies stuff today -- this time it's a heads up that if you liked "7 8 9" from the video earlier today, for a limited time you can download that song for free here.
Gordie Howe fans need this in their collection, pronto.
Interview: Tyler Stewart (Barenaked Ladies)
Tyler Stewart was the last of the founding members of the rock group Barenaked Ladies, which means he's only been with the band for 18 of its 20 years of existence. He's been the band's drummer ever since. Stewart chatted by phone last week about what his kids listen to (Neil Young and High School Musical, just to begin with); his views on the relative merits of Barney, Sesame Street, and Beethoven; the genesis of their first kids' CD Snacktime; and what's to come for the band. (Photo courtesy Wikipedia.)
Zooglobble: I'm going to start the with the question I always ask whenever I interview someone and that is -- what were your musical influences growing up?
Tyler Stewart: Well, my parents are pretty young so they were into popular and good music. My dad was a big fan of British rock bands like the Who, Led Zeppelin, and the Rolling Stones, and my mom was really into Motown music and soul. There was always good music playing in my house.
Specifically, what do you listen to with your kids?
Well, my kids, their dad's a musician, so it's a pretty varied catalog, and my wife, too, has pretty good taste in music. My iPod has 14,000 songs on it, they run the whole gamut. Recently my daughter Millie was saying, "Gawd, I'm so tired of this old people's music -- I don't want to hear any more Neil Young." My daughter's nine. "I like Neil Young, but not all the time." Yeah, I'm guilty of that.
Right now they're heavily into High School Musical. High School Musical 1 and 2 is like the Grease of today.
Both my daughters really like Alison Krauss and her fiddle music. Of course they love the Beatles, the universal music of all time. And we really love to listen to They Might Be Giants, their three kids' albums, together. They know every word, and they love 'em.
Do they listen to the Alison Krauss-Robert Plant CD?
You know, I haven't gotten that one yet. I can't believe I haven't... They like the live record she did, the 2-CD one she put out 4 years ago -- they really like that one a lot.
My kids, they run the gamut, they like all kinds of different music. That's sort of my goal. When I got them iPods, I filled them with all kinds of varied different kinds of music so that nothing seems surprising. I don't want them to have any musical prejudices or fears at that age. So that when they want to listen to Hilary Duff, OK, we'll put on Hilary Duff...
But that's their own choice, and they've listened to everything else...Happy Cinco de Barenaked Ladies ("7 8 9")
... or is that Barenaked de Mayo?
Anyway, in honor of tomorrow's release of Barenaked Ladies' first CD for kids, Snacktime, I've got a bunch of BNL/Snacktime stuff to post today.
First off, is the video for "7 8 9," the album's leadoff track... This has been out for a while, but you can't go wrong with animated numbers. 'Tis the season of animated numbers, I think.
Stuck in Flyover Country
Sigh... while Bill and Audra stink it up with a whole bunch of people out in Brooklyn this weekend (in a good way), there are bunch of artists headed out to Stagecoach to play their Half-Pint Hootenanny.
I've got a full weekend myself planned, but, y'know, Indio is pretty darn close...
For those of you interested in Half-Pint Hootenanny, the schedule's after the jump, plus details on the special something organizer Karen Rappaport McHugh promised for the weekend....
Kids Do TMBG's Seven
Video: "Gotta Be Me" - Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
I'll have more about North Carolina's Secret Agent 23 Skidoo and his first kids' hip-hop CD Easy in the near future, but for the moment, let me just leave you with this, his new video, for "Gotta Be Me." Pretty simple, with kids jumping around, but with sufficient production values and a fun song to make it worth 4 minutes of your (or your kids') time.
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - "Gotta Be Me"
