VEGANGELICA

I was listening today to a song I loved as a child and still like as an adult because it touches me, so I decided to resurrect my old thread. Now that I have a child, I see the song from both perspectives: that of the child, hoping for something, and that of the parent, hoping a child's wishes come true.

I always liked the non-specific source of these miracle ribbons and felt how lovely it would be if such personal, surprise gifts to soothe someone's longings were possible.

Jim Reeves - "Scarlet Ribbons"

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Burning Down

Great song. It's been awhile since I've heard it.

Has anyone mentioned Raffi in this thread? I used to like his music as a kid.

Zaqarbal

I remember some songs from cartoon series. Especially those of the "clever boy" kind. You know, the main character is a kid who uses his ingenuity to solve problems and all that.....

* Vicky the Viking. The original was German, but it was translated into several languages. More recently, El Canto del Loco made a Spanish rock version for the 2009 film.

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Stephen

My son likes these two from Cat Stevens.





LOL. Might not show him the movie Harold and Maude until he's older though.

Lisnaholic

My son knew this song by heart because, along with his primary school classmates, he dressed up as one of the vowels and marched round the playground for his school carnival :-



Cri-Cri, who took his name from the sound of a cricket, specialised in writing songs for children set to traditional styles of music, and has charmed about three generations of Mexican children.

Zaqarbal

Regarding cartoon songs, I think many of them are clearly manipulated by adults in order to influence children's tender minds according to wicked intentions. For instance, let's remember Popeye song:



♫ "I'm strong to the finish, cause I eat my spinachs. I'm Popeye the sailor man...." ♫

I liked it when I was a child. But later on I realized what it really was: an adults' desperate measure to make children eat spinachs! And it may be something worse: a hidden vegan conspiracy, perhaps??

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Mr November

I don't remember that much of my childhood really... but I remember some of the music that was around the house as a child... The Beatles, Dean Martin, Elton John, Van Morrison... kind of weird looking back... My parents had a really nice sound system for the day so there was good bass. My dad used to have a friend who would go around to all kinds of concerts and do live recordings, so there was also a whole box full of some weird music that my Dad used to play... I think there was like ZZ Top and stuff...

As far as actually children's music I grew up on stuff like Fred Penner, Mr Dress-up, Mr Rodgers, Sesame Street...

Fred Penner is probably the coolest one.

VEGANGELICA

I've never heard of Fred Penner, but I have heard the song, "The Cat Came Back!"

I just looked it up on wikipedia. I was surprised to learn that the song was written in 1893, much longer ago than I expected. It doesn't go by its original title, for obvious reasons. The Cat Came Back - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Here's one of my favorite children's songs, a song from the movie "Charlotte's Web."

Charlotte's Web - "Mother Earth and Father Time"

From the movie and sung by Charlotte the spider:



And below sung very sweetly by a mom for her twins:

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hip hop bunny hop

I'm surpirsed no one has mentioned the old Loony Toons episodes where they adapted classical music; the adaptation of "Ride of the Valkyries" (KILL THE WABBIT! KILL THE WABBIT!) sticks with me to this day. Their Peter & The Wolf is good, as well, but that's a song that's sort of impossible to muck up.

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VEGANGELICA

That's true, hip hop: I do invariably associate certain classical songs with cartoons. Thanks for mentioning Looney Toons music and Peter & The Wolf, too.

I had a Peter & The Wolf record I liked to play when I was a child, leafing through the illustrated story page pictures that came as part of the jacket. I always felt sad for the duck when the wolf swallowed her down!

Sergei Prokofiev - "Peter and The Wolf" - "The Duck"



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The song I'll share below isn't really intended for children, but I remember loving it when I was a child and still do. My mom was learning to play guitar and sometimes played at folksy social gatherings with sing-alongs I enjoyed. She was in this cool '70s fashion phase during which she wore wide collars, colorful pantsuits, and short dresses with wild prints. I liked those years.

Cat Stevens (Yusuf) - "Morning Has Broken"
with a German intro! I especially like the strength and gusto of the piano entrance.

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