Introducing: S3

After reviewing the first two Scott family CDs here and here, it is time to unveil the newest addition to the library and, much much more importantly, to the family.  

Samantha Sinclair Scott was born on September 1, 2011 at just past 7:00 in the morning in Palo Alto, California. Mom, baby and big sister are all doing well and happy. In celebration of her birth, below is the S³ playlist.

Tracklist:

1. "Perpetuum Mobile" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
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2. "Mother's Sick" by Horse Feathers
   " We're beat, beat, beat / asleep on feet"
3. "Bellyfulla" by Ramona Falls
   "More happiness than a body can hold"
4. "Your Were Born" by Cloud Cult 
   "But I'm here with you now"
5. "Baby" by Devendra Banhart
   "I'm learning to let in all the laughter"
6. "Sister" by Vetiver
   "Too young to be treated fairly"
7. "I Know You've Come to Take My Toys Away" by Mountain Goats
   "Sun flashing red and then orange / then opting for secession"
8. "City of Daughters" by Destroyer
   "A city of daughters / is that what you want this to be?"
9. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Starfucker
   <Cyndi Lauper cover>
10. "Take Care" by Beach House
    "I'd take care of you / if you ask me to"
11. "The Golden Age" by Beck
    "Put your hands on the wheel / let the golden age begin"
12. "Scott" by Fanfarlo

Bonus Tracks

1. "Beginner's Luck" by Eels
2. "California Stars" by Billy Bragg & Wilco
3. "Born With Things To Do" by Zookeeper

Rewind: The ELS CD

As we put the finishing touches on the newest Scott family CD, it is an opportune time to revisit the first two. Wedding CD review was here.

ELS was born in March 2009 and is now a two-and-a-half year old about to start the first week of preschool and welcome home a baby sister.  We didn't hold much good baby stuff back for a future CD, using favorite lullabies from the Pogues and Tom Petty and making the not-so-bold prediction that she would stay up late and make a mess. She did.

Tracklist:

1. "First Sight" by These United States"A generation would follow in the path that we'd charted"
2. "Chemicals Collide" by Cloud Cult"It's unforgettable / unpredictable / the way our chemicals collide"
3. "It's Growing" by Otis Redding"And every day / it grows a little more"
4. "This is the Day" by The The "This is the day / your life will surely change"
5. "New Soul"  by Yael Naim"I'm a new soul / in this very strange world"
6. "I Live in the Mess That You Are" by Zookeeper"We are on the road to something / we are sleeping still inside / we are name idea children / we are thinking how we might / believe in the mess we are / conceive in the mess we are / find peace in the mess we are / I live in the mess you are / I'm in love mess you are"
7. "Stay up Late" by Talking Heads"Mommy had a little baby / there (s)he is / fast asleep / (S)he is just / a little plaything / why not / wake (her) up"
8. "Me and the Bean" by Spoon"She don't know anything / but she's beautiful to me"
9. "My Girls" by Animal Collective"With a little girl / and by my spouse / I only want a proper house"
10. "Lullaby of London" by The Pogues"So I pray now child / that you sleep tonight / when you hear this lullaby"
11. "Alright for Now" by Tom Petty"So sleep tight my baby / unfurrow your brow / and know I love you / we're alright for now"
12. "Slow Show" by The National
    "You know I dreamed about you / for 29 years / before I saw you"
13. "Flood of Love" by Zookeeper"When you sail into the world in a flood of love..."

Bonus Tracks

1. "Foxes Mate for Life" by Born Ruffians
2. "Strangers" by The Kinks
3. "Five Years Time" by Noah and the Whale

Rewind: The Wedding CD

As we put the finishing touches on the newest Scott family CD, it is an opportune time to revisit the first two.

Our wedding was 6 years ago last week and when I revisit the track list from our wedding CD today, there isn't much I would alter. There are a couple songs that are either new or new-to-me since 2005 that would have been nice to include, but that is cheating. We entered the wedding reception to Talking Heads and had our first dance to the Magnetic Fields, neither of which I would change. The mini-suite of tracks 5-8 represent our departure from New York and our cross-country journey to our new home in San Francisco, with a proposal along the way. If pushed, I would probably pull either David Byrne or Shuggie Otis from the bonus tracks, if only merely to streamline the thing a bit.

In the Grooveshark playlist below I was not able to include the Norah Jones track (the Tom Waits original is substituted) or the Shuggie Otis track.

Tracklist:

1. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) by Talking Heads
2. Thirteen by Big Star
3. Wild West End by Dire Straits
4. This Time by Los Lobos
5. Leaving New York by R.E.M.
6. The Long Way Home by Norah Jones
7. Question by Old 97s
8. California by Tom Petty
9. Beautiful Girl by INXS
10. The Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields
11. How Sweet It Is by Junior Walker & The All Stars
12. Your Song by Elton John
13. Moonlight Mile by The Rollings Stones
14. I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) by Stevie Wonder

Bonus Tracks

1. Emma Blowgun's Last Stand by Beulah
2. Sweet Thang by Shuggie Otis
3. Loco de Amor by David Byrne
4. Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole