Not generally a topic here, but I just picked up a CD of music for children called "Colours Are Brighter." It's great! Tracks by Belle and Sebastian, The Flaming Lips, The Kooks, Franz Ferdinand, and Rasputina, amoung others.
The "Pooh Trilogy" of Pooh's songs set to music may be the most adorable thing in ever.
Since I can't stand listening to most kids' albums, I thought I would pass on the rec.
(I also just got An Even Scarier Solstice, the follow-up album to the HP Lovecraft Historical Society's first holiday album, but I recognize this to be a niche recording)
This weekend's NYTimes had an interesting kids'-music-for-hip-adults-that-don't-like-traditional-kids-music article:
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Also, I am enjoying your mix, Nicklas. The track I cannot get enough of is the last one - the William Elliott Whitmore one. I love it and will probably steal it for my own year-end mix.
A kids' album that has Rasputina on it?! Oh dear, I sense a purchase in my future ...
Appeal to the hivemind:
Just watched an old episode of Scrubs, the one about the odds of someone dying in a hospital being one in three and all of their patients end up dying, and the end musical montage had a male singer who sounded a lot like Springsteen doing a song about dying. There is what seems to be a chorus of "Hallelujah" to the song. Is it Springsteen? Does anyone recognize it? I've tried Google with no love.
I don't watch Scrubs, but the song is probably one of the numerous covers of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," none of which have been done by the Boss. It could be Cohen, or Rufus Wainwright, or Jeff Buckley, or John Cale.
And upon further research, it's Cale. [link]
I'm just amazed that connie has only til now managed to avoid one of the umpteenth million montages done to one of the versions of "Hallelujah"
I swear there was a period there that you couldn't swing a dead cat at your TV without hitting one.
Oh, is that the song you keep mentioning? I only watch House and Bones, and I guess they haven't used it yet--or I missed it.
Connie - Have you seen Shrek? Rufus Wainwright's version featured prominently.
(actually, until I just looked it up, I thought it was the John Cale version. Bad DJ!)
actually, until I just looked it up, I thought it was the John Cale version
Huh, I could have sworn that SHREK DID use the John Cale version. I remember thinking how strange it was to hear a John Cale cover of a Leonard Cohen song in a kid's movie.
Have you seen Shrek? Rufus Wainwright's version featured prominently.
I did see Shrek but I have no memory of that song. I rarely pay attention to the actual songs of montages, but Hubby found the song interesting and asked me to track it down for him.
Well, no, "Holding Out For A Hero" in Shrek II made me very happy, but I'm proud of my unhip musical tastes.
