If you want to know how busy I've been this winter and spring, this video below is proof. It's from Mark Greenberg, half of the duo behind the brilliant John and Mark's Children's Record, and was on the holiday CD card Greenberg puts out annually. I received a copy right around the New Year and finally got around to watching it this week. (Musicians, I promise, it takes me less time to get to your actual CDs.) And as soon as I watched it, though, I e-mailed Greenberg and only half-jokingly suggested that if he didn't post it to the Internet for public enjoyment, I would, copyright laws and artistic ownership be damned. (OK, maybe three-quarters-jokingly.)
Luckily, Greenberg decided that he'd be happy to share. It's called "Frankie's Instruments" and features his youngest son, Frankie, along with Frankie's two older siblings. It's a jazzy little tune, and while the illustrations would never pass Walt Disney's muster, they fit really well with the kids' vocals. (Note: As Amberly surmises below, the illustrations are indeed from Frankie's older siblings and they're better than I could ever do.)
Mark Greenberg - "Frankie's Instruments" [YouTube]
Video: "Hello Hippopotamus" - Laura Doherty
I know that Gwyneth just posted this too, but just because she's more efficient with her to do list doesn't mean I should be prevented from posting on this video from yesterday myself... This is a simple but effective song from Laura Doherty's Kids in the City disk. The animations in her new video for the song aren't the most polished (albeit better than what I could do), but convey the lyrics with humor.
Challenge: come up with matching lyrics for the following animals or bugs: three-toed sloth, cougar, praying mantis.
Laura Doherty - "Hello Hippopotamus" [YouTube]
Video: "You're Not the Boss of Me" - Bill Harley
This isn't really a video per se -- it's Bill Harley staring into the camera telling a story.
That's good enough, though, because although Harley's storytelling needs no visual accompaniment, Harley's facial expressions are a sweet bonus. This is "You're Not the Boss of Me," collected on Harley's Play it Again disk in which lessons are learned (and promptly forgotten).
Bill Harley - "You're Not the Boss of Me" [YouTube]
Video: "A Counting Error" - John Upchurch and Mark Greenberg
I know... a video in the midst of KidVid Tournament 2010? Just not fair, is it?
Trust me, I wouldn't be posting a video in the midst of all these awesome videos if it wasn't awesome itself. Tell me that this video for "A Counting Error" from John Upchurch and Mark Greenberg (John and Mark's Children's Record) shouldn't get an immediate spot in a Sesame Street video rotation (or a first-round bye in KidVid Tournament 2011).
A Counting Error from Barry Phipps on Vimeo.
(or, for those of you for whom Flash is problematic, here it is in YouTube-ian glory)Monday Morning Smile: "Three Little Birds" - Bob Marley (Noggin)
Yes, I already told you once about the Noggin video for Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" -- the version is on the B is for Bob remix/re-imagining album from his son Ziggy.
But now there's an officially sanction version on YouTube. And it's such a sweet (almost dorkily so) video, that I wanted to share again. If this had been out last month, it totally would have made KidVid Tournament 2010.
Bob Marley - "Three Little Birds" [YouTube]
Video: "What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby?" - The Telephone Company
I know, interrupting KidVid Tournament 2010 for... a video? I promise, I'll get back to a more regular swing of news and reviews soon (sometimes the real world intervenes, though for all good reasons), but when The Telephone Company makes a video for my favorite song from Panda Brain!, then I'm all over it.
A fairly literal video translation. One can only wonder what the passengers on the passing trains must've been thinking as they saw the video shot...
The Telephone Company - "What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby?" [YouTube]
