Sing Along!

All Ages

Birth - 12 months

Sing Along!

by Caspar Babypants

Sing Along! is the much anticipated fourth album from Caspar Babypants! Putting a very modern twist on old classics, as well as introducing many new Babypants originals, the majority of songs are upbeat pop-rock style, but there are also some bluegrass-influenced tunes, funk, and even lullabies. Caspar doesn't restrain himself or his audience to a single genre or instrument; he includes guitar, rattle, electric piano, bass, tambourine, bongos, and various small percussion instruments in his songs.

Age: 3 Year-olds | Title: Sing Along! | Artist: Caspar Babypants | Label: Caspar Babypants

Why we chose this music

The main attraction of Caspar Babypants' music is that he not only introduces new and original children's songs that are bound to be future staples, but he also refreshes already established classics with new verses, and creative instruments. For example, Caspar's version of Ba Ba Black Sheep makes just a few simple note deviations, but the whole song has a new feel as a result. He adds entirely new verses to Ring Around the Rosie, such as "Ring around the sage brush, whisper now and hush hush, tip toe, tip toe, down the hall." Them Bones sounds entirely new with the guest talent of Weird Al Yankovic! The original songs on the album are entertaining in their creativity. There is a song about wanting to be a snowman set to a funky retro polka-like tune, a jazzy piano tune called Spider John with silly lyrics like, "Herky Jerky like a robot bunny", and a song about a tiny flea who has dogs.

Between laughs, the songs will also have listeners singing and moving along. The choruses are extremely catchy and easy to learn, so your little one will be singing along by the end of the song the first time they hear it. Songs like Wild Wild Time encourage listeners to whirl and twirl, while songs like Loud and Quiet easily lends itself to a game of yelling and whispering. Caspar and his friends choose two animals, then make the appropriate animal sound loud, then quiet. This can get pretty silly quickly, so be ready! Shadow and Me and My Echo are also fun songs that can be turned into games - where does your little one think their echo or shadow hangs out when it's not around them? Does their echo have an echo of its own? What sorts of shapes can they make with their shadow?

My three year-old friend Dano is as big a Caspar Babypants fan as I am (trust me, that is saying a LOT!), so we enjoy singing and dancing along with Caspar whenever we get together. One of our favorites is My Flea Has Dogs because Dano loves to dance and sing along with the "Wah, wah, wah" in the middle, while I just get a kick out of the words - and the whole concept of the song, actually.

--Audra

About the artist

Caspar Babypants is the alias for Chris Ballew, lead singer of the rock and roll band The Presidents of the United States of America. This CD comes in a cardboard package to save on landfill pollution.

Song list

1. Bad Blue Jay

2. Wild Wild Time

3. Crawl

4. I Wanna Be A Snowman

5. Funny Bone

6. My flea Has Dogs

7. Ba Ba Black Sheep

8. Spider John

9. Shadow

10. Loud and Quiet

11. Mister Winter Bee

12. Long Long Dream

13. Ring Around the Rosie

14. Them Bones

15. Pussycat Pussycat

16. Me and My Echo

17. Butterfly Driving A Truck

18. Helicopter

19. Sun Go

20. Baby Cloud