Help me compile a holiday cd of songs small kids and parents might like!

[LoveBuckets]

Got a week to compile our holiday car cd, please help! Looking for nice singalong songs that aren't too annoyingly kiddy but have something that would appeal to kids. So far I have:

Autumn Almanac by The Kinks (has a caterpillar in it)

Maxwell's Silver Hammer? I always used to love that, never mind that it was about a serial murderer It's got a very satisfying rhythm and is less kiddy than Octopus's Garden (which I also like, tbh).

Will have a think/look through my CDs.

Buckets do you use iTunes? Just asking so it's easier to pass along my ideas.

something from war of the worlds?

They Might Be Giants - Flood

The song that goes "what's that coming over the hill, is it a monster"

Teenage Dirtbag

Waterloo

Surfin' USA (always popular in our house for some reason)

one poster on here thought it said 'is it a bus stop' makes me lmao when i hear the song now.

LOL!

Wake me Up Before you Go Go - Wham

Blame it on the Boogie - Jacko

My DS1's favourite "grown up" songs include Brimful of Asha (Cornerstore), anything by the Ting Tings (especially "That's not my name" - he loves yelling out the names), the monster song too just like Soup Dragon's children and Country Roads (John Denver - DH's unwholesome music influence there...)

Cornerstore???? Cornershop Spent too long speaking to american sister in law this morning...

My two (3 and 2) are currently listening avidly to Bob Dylan: ds1 likes the one (can't remember what it's called) that starts 'She knows what she likes, she's an artist, she don't look back' and ds2 likes 'Mixing up the Medicine', aka Subterranean Homesick Blues.

Their other fave is Gillian Welch.

They are heavily into Americana. We may have to move to Nashville and turn them into a child act I think.

dinkystinky, perhaps we could take your ds with you if he likes John Denver. We'll make it a trio.

Bohemian Rhapsody - all that headbanging usually goes down well

with us

Midnightexpress - I was almost at the point of ebaying DS1 yesterday so may just take you up on your offer - will keep me looked after in my retirement...

We have Ting Tings and Mcfly. 2.9yo DS also likes Blur 'Song 2'.

I got the V V Brown cd yesterday and there's a few on there that are lovely and bouncy to listen to. www.amazon.co.uk/Travelling-Like-Light-VV-Brown/dp/B001G6RRBM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249220627&sr=8 -1

for dinkystinky - this is the sort of thing I have in mind for them. Coachella, here we come.

This is quite a good one for your cd lovebuckets, actually.

Anything by Dan Zanes & Friends OR Trout Fishing in America (they are ABSOLUTELY A TRIP). B is for Bob is Ziggy Marley's new kids album here. It is GROOVY!

My kids' favourite when I am driving is "Crash".

Midnightexpress - that is excellent! DS1 also loves that song...

I almost forgot:
Imaginatin Movers THE ROCK!

Dan Zanes House Party

Trout Fishing in America (reese is dancing to The Window as i type)

Oh some great ideas thanks. DH has just added Mouldy Old Dough by Lieutenant Pigeon to the list.

On the Americana tip, might stick in some Joan Baez as that's what was obligatory on my childhood holidays. Guantanamera maybe, just to annoy DH.

okay that should read "they rock" and i added links to the other two suggestions that i forgot to tag links to in my other post.

crazy lady out.........

Oh if you're going by 'obligatory in your childhood' how about the Carpenters? We once had an entire holiday based around their greatest hits album. I was particularly partial to the guitar break in Goodbye to Love.