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Minivan Rotation: Summer Playlist

by Amy Davis

Once upon a time, in the not-too-distant past, I wrote mainly about kids' music.  In my quest for kids' music that was also enjoyable for grown-ups, I accumulated piles of CDs, DVDs, and mp3s.  It would be my dream to have every kids' music track in our collection sorted and tagged, so I could easily pull a playlist of songs about school or food or art or dogs.  That would have made today's post so incredibly easy.  But alas, I had to rely on memory, Google searches, and informal surveys of other members of my household to compile this summer playlist.  These are songs about all things summer -- baseball, swimming, roller coasters, bugs.  And because I'm all about sharing great music, I published these songs as an iMix on iTunes so you can easily download them.

“Centerfield” by Visqueen

“Route 66” by Ben Rudnick and Friends

“Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip” by They Might Be Giants

“Day Camp” by Justin Roberts

“Lady Bug” by the Terrible Twos

“Surfer Girl” by The Beach Boys

“Roller Coaster” by Lunch Money

“How Fast Can You Run?” by The Quiet Two

“H2O+O2+Sun” by Rebecca Frezza and Big Truck

“While the Music Is Playing” by Dan Zanes

“Pop Fly” by Justin Roberts

“Tricycle” by Frances England

“Play Outside Today” by Uncle Rock

“Pool Party” by The Aquabats

“Ladybug Picnic” byElizabeth Mitchell

“I Like to Run, I Like to Jump” by David Mead

"Good Night" by Matthew Sweet

Two other tracks on our summer playlist, but which aren't available on i-Tunes:

"Ready for the Summer" Lisa Loeb (find it here)

"I Scream, You Scream" Frances England (find it here)

Be sure to check out summer playlists from some of the Savvy bloggers in other cities!