For Kids and Just Plain Folks

Editorial Reviews
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Perfectly titled, this collection leans heavily toward songs that appeal to kids while also bringing parents around to a smile and a sing-along. Kids will have a hard time resisting tracks like "Michael Row Your Boat Ashore" (with its rousing hallelujahs), "Put Your Finger in the Air," and "Here's to Cheshire, Here's to Cheese," all live recordings with scores of voices (mostly kids) singing along with gusto. There's great silliness and fun on narrative songs like "Henry My Son" and "Be Kind to Your Parents" and quiet moments of beauty on tracks like the instrumental "Nameless Lick" and the sweet "Little Birdie." "Hobo's Lullabye" may lull a toddler to sleep with its lilting train rhythm and "Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase" is sure to entertain with its imaginative story line. You can also introduce your kids to activism with "If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus." --Lorry Fleming --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

For Kids and Just Plain Folks, Music, Pete Seeger, Children's Folk, Childrens, Folk Revival, Folksongs, Political Folk, Pop, Traditional Folk
For Kids and Just Plain Folks
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Not So Good
  • an excellent entertaining cd for the entire family
  • Good songs and kids love it
  • Extremely disappointed
  • Like you were there
 For Kids and Just Plain Folks
Pete Seeger
Manufacturer: Sony Wonder (Audio)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
Traditional FolkTraditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
RevivalRevival | Folk | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Children's Music | Styles | Music
Folk MusicFolk Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music
CDs $7 - $10CDs $7 - $10 | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
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ASIN: B0000062EI
Release Date: 1998-03-24

Tracks:

  1. Nameless Lick
  2. This Old Car
  3. If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
  4. Put Your Finger In The Air
  5. Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase
  6. Little Birdie
  7. Hobo's Lullaby
  8. Here's To Cheshire-Here's To Cheese (Froggy)
  9. If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus
  10. Michael Row The Boat Ashore
  11. Henry My Son
  12. This Land Is Your Land
  13. Be Kind To Your Parents
  14. Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)

Amazon.com

Perfectly titled, this collection leans heavily toward songs that appeal to kids while also bringing parents around to a smile and a sing-along. Kids will have a hard time resisting tracks like "Michael Row Your Boat Ashore" (with its rousing hallelujahs), "Put Your Finger in the Air," and "Here's to Cheshire, Here's to Cheese," all live recordings with scores of voices (mostly kids) singing along with gusto. There's great silliness and fun on narrative songs like "Henry My Son" and "Be Kind to Your Parents" and quiet moments of beauty on tracks like the instrumental "Nameless Lick" and the sweet "Little Birdie." "Hobo's Lullabye" may lull a toddler to sleep with its lilting train rhythm and "Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase" is sure to entertain with its imaginative story line. You can also introduce your kids to activism with "If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus." --Lorry Fleming

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Not So Good.......2006-04-23

Undoubtedly, Pete Seeger is one of the great musical/political wonders of our time and he really is a great man (I saw him perform live in New York right after he had been let out of prison)

...but I really don't like this album and I'll tell you why... when I was growing up in the 80s, my parents would always quote 'Be Kind To Your Parents' and I realized that they were right but make no mistake, the song 'Be Kind To Your Parents' itself is not good... it's not good at all... and it feels kind of like a feeble attempt to achieve a folk/goodie goodie kind of idiom that could make me... well I won't even go there..

4 out of 5 stars an excellent entertaining cd for the entire family.......2005-05-03

This is an excellent cd for the entire family. It introduces young children not only to american folk music but also folk songs from the English Isles and the experience of making folk music itself. Blue grass, banjo, guitar, and New york folk, are the order of the day. My kids, ages 2 and 7 love this album. In addition to its music literacy, one song with a politcal conscience provides a wonderful springboard for conversations with my 1st grader about our country's history of segregation and the hope that accompanies political activitism. I find nothing on this CD objectionable. Yes, the song about the Chesire cat is gory, but it has never struck my daughter as violent and she listens intently. I think it is because it has a mythical quality to it and a sense of being from another time and place. I also do not find the audience annoying. If anything, the fact that the album is live helps to convey Pete Seeger's warmth and charm. Our family is indebted to Mr. seeger for this musical exploration of a certain sector of american culture.

4 out of 5 stars Good songs and kids love it.......2001-08-03

There are some wonderful songs on this album and my children love singing along. As one listener pointed out, the clapping by the concert audience is annoying (to me, not to my children). The froggy song is violent, but the children (ages 4 and 2) don't "get it." The chorus (Here's to cheshire, here's to cheese) is actually very sweet. I honestly don't think that they are learning violence from this song anymore than they are learning to eat eels from another song on this album.

1 out of 5 stars Extremely disappointed.......2001-04-12

My husband, two year old, and I find this CD to be virtually unlistenable. The songs (classic folk songs, one of the reasons this CD seemed like a perfect choice) are performed in such a way as to render them impossible to sing along with. For example, Seeger often simply recites the lyrics over the faint sounds of the audience singing them. The song "Weemoweh" contains none of the lyrics, just the chorus over and over and over, which is incredibly irritating. To top it all off, the CD contains a "sequel" to the classic "Froggie Went A-courtin'" that is completely inappropriate for children. In this song, the wedding ends in a bloody massacre in which all the animals are mutilated or killed by a cat. I am not making this up, although I wish I were.

5 out of 5 stars Like you were there.......2000-07-13

Most of the tracks from this album feature stories by Pete Seeger complete with the interactions of the audience. As I listen to the catchy tunes (with my 2yr old daughter, who loves it), I feel transported back to the concert and drawn into Pete's wonderfully anecdotal world. I feel the audience background augments the experience. You can even use the tracks as a chance to educate a younger one on the world back in the late 60's/early 70's.

Not just great tunes, but great stories.

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