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Kid picks

Comments[0] 09:02PM Jul 01, 2007 by Dave in General

Leo got a cheapo CD player for his 5th birthday so the kids asked me to burn some CDs for them to take to the beach this week. I told them that I'd do it if they each type a list of the 20 songs they want and send it to me via email. Alex (10) and Linus (9) took me up on the offer. Working independently and combing through my ~3300 song iTunes collection here are the two lists they created:

Alex's picks
birdhouse in your soul - tmbg
day tripper - beatles
dear god - xtc
dead - tmbg
Outta Mind (Outta sight) - wilco
somebody to love - blues brothers
king of all of the world - old 97s
book of poems - old 97s
whistling in the dark - tmbg
all alone in the supermarket - the clash
come together (come to-get-her) - beatles
let it be - beatles
free fallin' - tom petty
generals & majors - xtc
get the clone troppers - dad
Istanbul (not Constantinople) - tmbg
nasty zoo - dad
Outtasite (outtamind) - wilco
respectable street - xtc
hey jude - beatles

Linus' picks
Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Dear God - XTC
Dead - They Might Be Giants
Outta Mind (Outta Sight) - Wilco
Somebody to Love - Blues Brothers
King of All the World - Old 97's
Book of Poems - Old 97's
Whistling In The Dark - They Might Be Giants
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC
Hearing Aid - They Might Be Giants
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Hot Cha - They Might Be Giants
Letterbox - They Might Be Giants
Mr. Me - They Might Be Giants
Octopus's Garden - The Beatles
Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
Soul Man - Blues Brothers
They Might Be Giants - Flood
We can work it out - The Beatles

Indoctrination complete, right? Obviously they're more than heavily influenced by my vintage musical tastes at this point, but it's still interesting what they picked. I'm not that much of a TMBG fan and they really zeroed in on Flood. Dear God is also a pretty interesting choice. And it's also telling that 9 of the 20 picks are the same (I rearranged the list to highlight that); obviously these guys hang out together 24x7.

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