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Songs for the Car | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Hip-O Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $5.39
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 61459
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000862702.2
UPC: 602517260399
EAN: 0602517260399
ASIN: B000Y2WAQG
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Madness - Our House | | • | Smash Mouth - All Star | | • | Bob Dorough - Three Is A Magic Number | | • | Chuck Berry - Route 66 | | • | Hanson - MMMBop | | • | Patti LaBelle - Stir It Up | | • | The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg | | • | James Brown - I Got Ants In My Pants - Pt. 1 | | • | Joseph Israel - Teach Your Children | | • | C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) | | • | Bobby McFerrin - Manana Iguana*track listing subject to change |
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Product Description
For kids ages 2 and up. Finally you can hit the road with songs that will keep kids (and parents) happy in the car! Songs for the Car is a new CD in a series from Universal Music Family developed specifically to entertain kids and not drive parents crazy! All songs are specifically to entertain kids and not drive parents crazy! All songs are original versions by their original artists!
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| Customer Reviews:
fun songs! October 17, 2008
These are fun songs. It's great to have some cds that are real songs that we know that the kids like, too. We have the whole series (Songs for the Car, Motown For Kid, Future Idols, Totally 80's For Kids, Miss Ella's Playhouse, Jazz Lullaby)
Move Over Radio Disney! August 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a modern American family, we spend a *LOT* of time in the car, shuttling from one event to the next. During the commute, we usually have Radio Disney on, which, for the most part, isn't bad. It's "real" music (compared to, say, the Kids Bop series, whose cover versions I find atrocious), but being commercial radio (and one owned by a major entertainment company like Disney) there's a lot of repetition, and a lot of focus on Disney artists. So was I happily surprised when I stumbled on this collection. These are all the original versions (except "Teach Your Children," but more on that later), and I knew most of the songs, so I was taking a chance that my kids would enjoy it. Was I relieved when, on a handful of occasions, my kids would go, "Hey, I know this song!"
The CD opens with Madness' "Our House," a fun romp of a tune that I remember growing up and my kids now know as the theme to a coffee company commercial. Smash Mouth's "All Star" my kids know from Shrek, while they remember "Stir It Up" and "Everybody Dance Now" from the "Chicken Little" film. Chuck Berry's "Route 66" was in "Cars," and Lionel Richie's "All Night Long" was the inspiration for the Cheetah Girls' "En Fuego."
"Three Is A Magic Number" and "Teach Your Children" are two tunes from *MY* youth; the former I recall from the Schoolhouse Rock cartoons, while my dad would always crank up Crosby Still Nash & Young's "Teach Your Children" whenever it came on the radio while we were in the car. It's a shame they couldn't get CSNY's version, but Joseph Israel's beachcomber reggae version has a great feel to it, especially during the dog days of August.
James Brown's "Ants In My Pants" is an interesting choice. It's not one I know well, but it's classic James Brown funk (and a welcomed departure from "I Feel Good"). My 10 year old loves it. My 7 year old, however, loves The Temptations, and sings the opening line like a man wounded.
It's fun to hear Hanson's "MMMBop" (which was always a guilty pleasure of mine) in this setting; they give the Jonas Brothers a run for their money. You can hear the seeds of "Year 3000" in this.
The CD closes with a whimsical track from Bobby McFerrin called "Manana Iguana," a little live gem.
Really smartly selected, I catch myself listening to this disc even when the kids aren't in the car. Highly recommended.
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