Friday, May 16, 2008

21st Century Peanut

We love Dan Zanes at our house. If you don't know who that is, you probably don't have kids. Dan Zanes used to be in a cool band in the 80s called the Del Fuegos. Now he makes CDs for kids, but the music is very adult-friendly. He plays a lot of old-timey classics, complete with banjos and mandolins and fiddles and accordians and MELODICAS! So, thanks to Dan Zanes, Daphne has learned a lot of cool old songs that she would probably never hear otherwise. One of those songs is Sidewalks of New York...you've probably heard it. It's in 3/4 time, and makes you want to do a little soft shoe. It always reminds me of Bugs Bunny when I hear it. Anyway, the lyrics go "East side, west side, all around the town..." and so on. But when Daphne sings it, she says, "East side, web-site, all around the town." A young victim of the age of technology I guess.

She starts off singing really well in the video, pretty close to being right on pitch. Not sure what happens at the end. Maybe she's singing the harmony part! ("She made it her own, Dawg!") We may not have the next American Idol here, but I think she's right on track for joining the PPHPHB.

4 comments:

Gye Greene said...

Good stuff!

Ours sings "and the BOWL ran away with the spoon" -- because the "dish" in the "Hey Diddle Diddle" mobile we have is poofy, so looks more like a bowl. I love how little kids are un-encumbered: they sing what makes sense.


Word verification: "tcpox" -- **almost** "TCP/IP". (Kevin would "get it".)


--GG

Julie said...

awwwww....

marty said...

What happened to the Peanut Gallery?

Tara said...

Flickr has replaced the Peanut Gallery...so much easier to use.