Top Requested Songs

The kids always request songs to be played off the iPod on the way to and from school. As this is the last day of school for a while, I thought I'd get these down for posterity. In no particular order:

• No Sleep til Brooklyn - The Beastie Boys
• Free Fallin; - Tom Petty
• American Girl - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• Pocket Full of Money - Jens Leckman
• The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side - The Magnetic Fields
• Rock Lobster - B52s
• Hard Knock Life - Annie Soundtrack
• Honkey Tonk Woman - Rolling Stones
• Hang Fire - Rolling Stones

These kids have been introduced to all kinds of music: blues, pop, folk, alternative, jazz, motown, etc. But  these are the ones they like to hear over and over these days. Lesson Learned: Make sure you really like the music you introduce to your kids because you will have to listen to it every day for weeks and weeks. There is something adorable about overhearing a 4-year-old Eliza singing "No Sleep Til Brookland" to herself while she plays.