For those of you who were wondering, I did finish the Baby Mix Tape I once blogged about. In fact, I finished it awhile ago and never blogged about the final cut. Now there are also two smaller mixes made up of faster and slower songs that made the final cut. A Day Baby Mix Tape and a Night Baby Mix Tape, if you will.
Today we gave it it's first run. When CCR, Looking Out My Back Door, came on, he settled down immediately. Wide-eyed and peaceful. Then Now and Always, by David Gray followed. I tried to sing it to him, but he scowled. I love that song. It reminds me of him, "You're in my mind baby, now and always". By the time Shelter, by Ray Lamontagne, came on, he was fast asleep. But as I listen to it, I think this is a pretty good mix.
Many of you will know little of some of the 70 or so songs. Others may know all of them. But let me know what you think.
BABY MIX TAPE
Wonderwall Oasis
Faith My Eyes Caedmon’s Call
Name Goo Goo Dolls
Grace U2
Where You Are Bebo Norman
Bubble Toes Jack Johnson
Jenny Wren Paul McCartney
Down On The Corner Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lookin' Out My Back Door Creedence Clearwater Revival
Have You Ever Seen The Rain?Creedence Clearwater Revival
When You Say You Love Me Josh Groban
Come Away With Me Norah Jones
The Nearness Of You Norah Jones
Lord You Have My Heart Delirious?
Thank You For Saving Me Delirious?
King Of Love Delirious?
Calico Skies Paul McCartney
Something In The Way James Taylor
How Sweet It Is James Taylor
She's Got A Way Billy Joel
Lullabye Billy Joel
To Make You Feel My Love Billy Joel
Better Together Jack Johnson
Banana Pancakes Jack Johnson
No Other Way Jack Johnson
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Jack Johnson
Do You Remember Jack Johnson
Thy Mercy Caedmon's Call
I Boast No More Caedmon's Call
Nightswimming R.E.M.
Home Michael Bublé
Faithful To Me (Reprise) Jennifer Knapp
A Little More Jennifer Knapp
Martyrs And Thieves Jennifer Knapp
You And Me Lifehouse
Baby, Now That I've Found You Alison Krauss & Union Station
But You Know I Love You Alison Krauss & Union Station
When You Say Nothing At All Alison Krauss & Union Station
Down To The River To Pray Alison Krauss & Union Station
Hymn Jars Of Clay
Sweet Afton Nickel Creek
Amie Damien Rice
When God Made Me Neil Young
On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand Jars Of Clay
Lover Derek Webb
Sometimes By Step Rich Mullins
If I Stand Rich Mullins
Boy Like Me / Man Like You Rich Mullins
Hold Me Jesus Rich Mullins
Be Still And Know Steven Curtis Chapman
What's Simple Is True Jewel
Pass Me Not Fernando Ortega
Be Thou My Vision Fernando Ortega
I Will Praise Him, Still Fernando Ortega
When All Thy Mercies Fernando Ortega
Give Me Jesus Fernando Ortega
The Hammer Holds Bebo Norman
Where The Angels Sleep Bebo Norman
A Page Is Turned Bebo Norman
Every Grain Of Sand Derek Webb
Shelter Ray LaMontagne
Hold You In My Arms Ray LaMontagne
Miracle Foo Fighters
Now And Always David Gray
The One I Love David Gray
The Hand Song Nickel Creek
Beautiful Boy (DARLING BOY) John Lennon
The Things We've Handed Down Marc Cohn
Like A Star Corinne Bailey Rae
5 comments:
Baby mix tape ?
Some choice tunes there, but maybe a bit too much contemporary Christian? Could you maybe toss in some cure, squeeze,, INXS?
*ha* Nightswimming. Of course that would be on there.
Nice selection. Only 1 Damien Rice? Interesting choice. Calico Skies is a good one (it was actually our wedding song).
Yeah, I would've liked more Damien, but many of his songs are too dissonant for a baby I think. They change volume to quickly many times and make it tough to listen too, even for me. But Amie's a great song and moves a little more smoothly than some of his others.
Same goes for the fact that there's no INXS or cure or much rock music on there. As much a fan of that music that I am (which isn't anything more than casual) it doesn't have the soothing tones we were looking for. As for the contemporary Christian content, well, much of what I've selected are hymns that I like -- except for Rich Mullins (and you can't go wrong with Rich).
And yes, any and all lists must include Nightswimming.
Two songs I would have liked to see on there:
And so it goes Billy Joel
#41 Dave Matthews Band
I put Logan to Sleep with "Every New Day" by Five Iron Frenzy Occasionally we listen to a little Thousand Foot Krutch too
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