# Looking for fun, non-cloying kids' music - what do you recommend? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671 "2010-09-30T23:16:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/41 "2010-10-03T03:15:33Z")
Pretty much anything by **Jonathan Richman**. ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/42 "2010-10-03T03:43:25Z")
Trout Fishing in America. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/43 "2010-10-03T07:11:49Z")
Peter Paul and Mary did a couple of kid’s albums entitled Peter Paul and Mommy. The first was very good. The second not so much. Kenny Loggins’ “Return to Pooh Corner” had some beautiful stuff on it. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/44 "2010-10-03T13:18:07Z")
Veggie Tales: [“Silly Songs with Larry”](http://www.amazon.com/Silly-Songs-Larry-Veggie-Tales/dp/B00005N8X1/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1286111814&sr=1-8) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/45 "2010-10-03T15:15:16Z")
[Little Bird, Little Bird - Elizabeth Mitchell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz6WRiNwujQ) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/46 "2010-10-03T15:16:40Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > [Lead Belly - Lead Belly Sings for Children](http://kidsmusic.about.com/od/musicreviews/fr/leadbellysings.htm) Wow, that is awesome. I’m getting that CD. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/47 "2010-10-03T16:12:39Z")
Another vote for Disney. A lot of the songs are already available on sing along DVDs. I may be prejudiced, since I live in Orlando and know a fair number of current and former cast members. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/48 "2010-10-03T16:17:02Z")
I have to ask - when you say under 10, how much under 10? Because if you mean 8 or 9, I’d guess that 70 % of this music will be really uncool to them. I had gotten music made for kids when my girl was little, but over all, it’s really really lame. we listen to regular music, but a wide variety. She currently adores the Carpenters. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/49 "2010-10-03T16:20:39Z")
One suggestion, which may or may not work… A friend gave my daughter a mix cd of songs with her name. She thought it was really cool that there were 12 songs with “Anais” in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/50 "2010-10-04T03:08:56Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > [Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films](http://www.amazon.com/Stay-Awake-Various-Interpretations-Vintage/dp/B000002GFM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1285938795&sr=8-1) is a real keeper. It’s time for Volume 2 of this one. I love his album. Best Disney album ever. My favorite version of _Heigh Ho_ (Tom Waits). A Volume 2 covering the modern classics & Pixar would be great. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671/51 "2010-10-04T05:13:35Z")
My favorite kids’ song is probably “Skin and Bones” by Raffi. It’s a Halloween song, ftr. But I’d kill to get an mp3 of a Sesame Street song possibly called “Low Middle High,” but I haven’t see the record it was on for 25 years, so I’ve had no luck finding it. Bert sang it. It’s not [this song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JECF2EB3LXU), but another with the chorus “low middle high high low high.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-non-cloying-kids-music-what-do-you-recommend/555671.md?page=2)