An early, as-yet-unrevealed formative video experience for Michael Rachap?
Who knows, but this is pretty much a guaranteed grin. Not kids music, but bring 'em round the computer.
Papas Fritas - "Hey Hey You Say" [YouTube]
Video: "Robin on a Wire" - Caspar Babypants
Step 1 to putting together a nice kids music video: Have a nephew. (Or niece, I suppose, if a nephew is unavailable.)
Step 2: Have that nephew become a teacher.
Step 3: Have that nephew assign your album as an assignment for creating videos.
Step 4: Profit!
OK, there was probably no profit for Chris Ballew, his nephew Marty, or Marty's student Gabe Trainer, but this video for "Robin on a Wire" from Ballew's second Caspar Babypants album More Please!, is pretty sweet. Very much like a children's picture book. (Note: Your ability to follow Ballew's template may vary.)
Caspar Babypants - "Robin on a Wire" [YouTube]
Video: "Mahna Mahna" - The Okee Dokee Brothers
Yes, it's simple, with low-grade production values.
But.
It's the Muppets, with a nice arrangement of the classic "Mahna Mahna." I love the goofy angles from the Okee Dokee Brothers. So I think it's worth the minute or so runtime.
Okee Dokee Brothers - "Mahna Mahna" [YouTube]
Video: "A Cow Says Moo" (Live) - Alastair Moock
I know you've heard a little bit about Alastair Moock and his first album for kids, A Cow Says Moo, and I think you'll probably hear more as the album gets into more and more hands, but for the moment I just wanted to post this video, which spotlights the benefits of getting a chorus of kids to sing along with you in an appealingly raggedly manner. Can't overdo it, of course, but used sparingly, like crushed red pepper, it adds flavor.
Also: I'm hypnotized by the drummer's twirling of the drumstick in the right hand.
Alastair Moock - "A Cow Says Moo" (Live) [YouTube]
Video: "Super Friend Vacation" - Todd McHatton
This song from Todd McHatton is a couple years old, and I can't say that I'd probably listen to the song more than a couple times on its own. But the video for "Super Friend Vacation" puts a dorky grin on my face every time. McHatton's note on the very low-budget video -- "We had to give up on the editing process about half-way into it and just let these two knuckleheads do their thing" -- is spot-on. (PS -- download the song here.)
Super Friend Vacation from Todd McHatton on Vimeo.
Video: "Baby In My Pocket" - Dean Jones
If the video for "Isthmus Be The Pirate Waltz" from Dean Jones was raucous and a big party, this video for "Baby In My Pocket" from the same Rock Paper Scissors album is a warm fuzzy of a blanket. (No sign of the Felice Brothers on this track.) It's lo-fi, but a nice little 75-second break.
Dean Jones (w/ Earmight) "Baby In My Pocket" [YouTube]
