two songs that i remember from my young life. gone daddy gone - the original Violent Femmes version communication breakdown - led zeppelin
but if that's too rough for her, there's always Yellow Submarine and Obla Di Obla Da. --- In [email protected], "Amy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just given myself a heckuva task to do, and the more I think > about it, the more I realize I need to turn to this very group for > advice.... > > My daughter (Organic Kid) is turning 9 this Friday. I decided that > she was old enough to have her own music in her room. So, I'm > getting her a small desktop CD player (yeah, I know, I should just > get her some sort of MP3, with some attachment so she can listen > like on a CD, but I'm trying to lessen the technology takeover of > our life, so bear with me here....) for her birthday. To go with > this, I was going to purchase her a few CDs to start her own > library. I asked her some questions about what kinds of music she > hears that she likes, and she could only come up with happy sounding > stuff. > > Now, having followed the chat for years (and more recently got > involved with y'all), I KNOW that the people in this group has > diverse, eclectic, and, most importantly, discerning taste in > music. So, I ask of you....what songs would be essential to have on > a small, say 3-CD, collection (I'm talking about purchasing online, > and burning to 3 disks, so yes, I could have Grateful Dead and Frank > Sinatra and Tchaikovsky on the same disk) in order to help a > youngster develop appreciation of great music? What are the > quintessential songs for a learning to appreciate all that great > music has to offer? What song is the best demonstration of Dylan's > brilliance, or the subtle political discourse of the Sex Pistols? > Help me, oh wise ones, help me! > > Amy the Organic Gal >
