All I Want For Christmas Is A Playlist

Adam is getting an iPod Shuffle this year so I spent tonight going through my library of 500 songs trying to find the perfect playlist for his 5 yr old ears. Not the easiest thing to do, but once you I cut out all the DMB (too dark), the Cold Play (to deep), Jay Z(too explicit), and Linkin Park (too angry) I was able to pick out a good group of 30+ songs that should be the perfect fit.

Of course iPods were not even science fiction when I was kid and my parents sure never spent the night debating what songs they should record on a cassette. I had a tape player that I tied to the handle bars of my bike. It was so heavy I spent most of the time driving clockwise. I was so cool struggling to stay on my knock off BMX not able to turn left as I bobbed my head to Banana Rama's Cool Summer. The chics knew they didn't stand a chance and made sure to keep their distance.

Most of these Adam listens with me in the car and are his favorites (Silversun Pickups, Cage The Elephant, Train). Others are just my way of trying to teach him the joys of different types of music (Gym Class Heroes, Michael Jackson, Jason Aldean, Adele, DJ Jazzy Jeff)

Anyway without further embarrassment I present Adam's playlist in no particular order:

1. Rolling In The Deep- Adele


2. Swing Swing-All American Rejects


3. Spiderman- The Ramones


4. Nothin On You- BoB


5. Rockabilly Lullaby- The Backyardigans


6. Go Go Go- The Backyardigans


7. Love Done Gone- Billy Currington


8. I Gotta Feeling- Black Eyed Peas


9. Back Against The Wall- Cage The Elephant


10. Show Me What I'm Looking For -Carolina Liar


11. You Break It, We Fix It- Handy Manny


12. Mr. Jones- Counting Crows


13. Summertime- DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince


14. Somewhere Only We Know-Glee


15. Anyway You Want It-Glee


16. Safety Dance-Glee


17. Stereo Hearts-Gym Class Heroes


18. Cupids Chokehold-Gym Class Heroes


19. Scooby Doo Where Are You- Scooby Doo


20. MMMBop- Hanson


21. The Truth-Jason Aldean


22. Sweetness- Jimmy Eat World


23. Moves Like Jagger- Maroon 5


24. Say Hey- Michael Franti


25. PYT- Michael Jackson


26. Remember The Time- Michael Jackson


27. Secrets- One Republic


28. Gitcheed Gitchee Goo- Phineas & Ferb


29. Substitution- Silversun Pickups


30. Hot Dog!- Mickey Mouse


31. That's Not My Name- The Ting Tings


32. Hey Soul Sister-Train


33. Get To Me-Train


34. If It's Love- Train


35. If You're Wondering- Weezer