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 Love Farmer Jason Nov 29, 2008
We've seen FJ twice "live" and our 5 year old LOVES him. We love both LPs he has out as Farmer Jason. Highly recomend them. Nice, bouncy tunes, with easy words. Kids love it!
love it! May 20, 2008
We borrowed this cd from the library originally and my boys (2 & 4 yrs. old) loved it. After listening to it a few times the songs were just constantly running through my head -but they were so fun that I didn't mind. My boys love to have "dance parties" with Mom and Dad. This cd gets *frequent* requests! These songs are fun and catchy and get everybody moving. We love it.
Great fun for children! Feb 28, 2008
A Day at the Farm is the perfect CD for toddlers. The animals are familiar, the tunes are fun, and the music rocks! My two year old really loves to dance to this CD, and "Tractor Goes Chug, Chug, Chug" can get him out of any toddler funk. We love to listen to this CD in the car and at home. I love it just as much as my son!! By the way, if you think this CD is energetic, wait until you see Farmer Jason in concert! Pure energy and tons of fun for kids!!! Don't miss his shows!
 Parents Could Do a LOT Worse... Oct 24, 2006
Whenever a friend of mine hears news that is startling, she yells, "Oh my God! Soylant Green is people!!" Okay, that's an obscure movie reference, but I thought of her when I first played "A Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason." Listening for the first time, I figured I was listening to just another corny kids disk. Then, somewhere around track three, I suddenly yelled, "Oh my God! Farmer Jason is Jason Ringenberg!!"
Yup, `Jason' from Jason and the Scorchers has invented a new persona for himself, one that is hoping to anoint the ten-and-under set with an appreciation for roots-based Americana. But where exactly is he aiming? Anybody who ever raised a child knows that there's a world of difference between a four year old and an eight year old, and age ten is already out of bounds for kid's stuff. Left with no clear reference point, how am I to judge this? My own kids are in their teens, so their opinions would be worthless in this particular situation. As far as I know, none of my readers are in the second grade, either, so I guess I ought to review these disks from the parent's perspective, which is a trick when the music is squarely intended for the waist-high, single-digit crowd.
When my own kids were three or four or five, I can remember how they latched onto one specific recording. My oldest listened to Disney recordings for hours at a time, and my youngest listened to Thomas the Tank Engine until I thought my head would explode - the poor kid is fourteen, and he's still waiting for my ex-wife to remove the train stencils from his room. If you're a parent, you could do a LOT worse than Farmer Jason's disks. Ringenberg has an intrinsic grasp of Americana, and he utilizes his knowledge to write a few singalong tunes that kids can latch onto. If they stick, then the most important `grown-up' factor is just how bearable this will be for the parents. Will you find yourself singing along, or will you be smashing your head against a baby blue or pink wall?
To my taste, "A Day at the Farm" is a bit more juvenile than "Rockin' in the Forest." Translated, that means that "A Day at the Farm" was considerably more cringe-worthy. The `farm' tunes are much more suited to pre-schoolers, while the `forest' collection is a bit more tongue-in-cheek. It's sort of like comparing Barney to Bugs Bunny, and as a parent who by necessity is repeatedly subjected to this stuff ad infinitum, I'd choose Bugs every time. "Forest" has songs about a chicken, a pony, a dog, a cow, a cat, a hog, a lamb and a tractor. Hoop-de-woo. "Rockin' In the Forest" stretches the concept a bit, though, and even has moments that make me smile; the guest appearance by Todd Snider is a bit of fun, as is the spot where Farmer Jason has to stop the song because his harmonica was in the wrong key. It is stylistically more diverse, too, as the titles "Ode to a Toad" and "Punk Rock Skunk" suggest.
So, what's a young mom or dad to do? If your kids are four or less, suffer through "A Day at the Farm." Otherwise, let "Rockin' in the Forest" do the trick; you may even find yourself `borrowing' it.
"A Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason" B-
"Rockin' in the Forest" B Tom Ryan
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