Need Help choosing music...

I'm putting together a slideshow for my daughter's (5th grade) graduating class. It's about 200 pictures from this entire school year - classroom activities, cafeteria, plays, science fair, etc.

They're fun shots and she wanted the songs from High School Musical to play over the images. Some of those songs just won't work. They're too... well... high school.

I thought I'd use a couple of classics -
Queen - You're My Best Friend and We Are The Champions.
Beatles - With a Little Help From My Friends.

But from there, I'm stuck for songs from today that might fit for an elementary school slide-show. Any ideas?

"School's Out!!!" lol, no seriously ummmmm.......
"Friends Will Be Friends"??????????????

FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS!!!! Of course!!! Thank you!

Schools Out - lol!!

Devo- Uncontrollable Urge & Working in A Coalmine

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Ummm... hmmm. I'ma gonna say, 'no'. ;-)

Hmmm....

Maybe a Kind of Magic???

All Together Now by the Beatles!!

lol Another Brick in the Wall... haha just kidding!

Stay in School Kids!

I know this maybe a stretch but how about Autumn Almanac by the Kinks???

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]magicalfreddiemercury wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Paul McCartney Junior wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Devo- Uncontrollable Urge & Working in A Coalmine [/QUOTE]

Ummm... hmmm. I'ma gonna say, 'no'. ;-)[/QUOTE]

You could get the DEV2.0 versions if you want kids singing it

but 8 year olds singing Whip It.....thats just not right.....

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]DreaminQueen wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
I know this maybe a stretch but how about Autumn Almanac by the Kinks??? [/QUOTE]

I'll have to check into this one - I don't know it. <blushes>

This is what I have so far -

Friends Will Be Friends – QUEEN
With a Little Help from My Friends – THE BEATLES
You’re My Best Friend (Maybe too lovey for 5th graders?) – QUEEN
We’re All In This Together – HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
Breaking Free – HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
Do I Make You Proud – TAYLOR HICKS

I need about 30 minutes worth of music. Something the kids (and they're parents) won't mind listening to more than once... and will still appreciate in the future.

Umm... We Will Rock You? :)
Oh, Don't Ask Me Why! Best song ever!! XD

If you do use "Friends Will Be Friends" I don't recommend the regular version. The lyrics are just too gay/relationshippy/adult for a 5th grade class. There's a karaoke version which would be much better.. original Queen music, not a cheesy cover band.. and it is instrumental save for the chorus. That should work nicely.

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Well, since the songs will be background music for your slideshow, the parents and their kids will probably be more focused on the images they are seeing rather than trying to follow the lyrics to the songs...Unless you want them paying attention to the lyrics :D

But I just have to suggest Shine by Mr. Big. Yeah, the song is relationship-heavy, but I just find the actual music and vocals so uplifting! And besides it's really unknown here in the US, unless you've seen Hellsing. Here's a link to the video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVUl2wpipo&search=mr%20big%20shine

uhh...what else

These Are the Days of Our Lives?

Don't Stop Believin' by Journey? heh heh

IN MY LIFE - Beatles (Rubber Soul)
I WISH - Stevie Wonder (Songs in the key of life)
GLORY DAYS - Bruce Springsteen (Born in the USA)
ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD - Paul Simon

I have used "Local Hero" by Mark Knopfler numerous times for all kind of private films. It's instrumental which is much better as a background music and it's just "good mood" music and fits to almost everything. For a private film about Montreux I used Queen music from "The eYe" which is also instrumental but not Karaoke. If you fill 30 minutes with pop songs, it will be very tiring.

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Kewl! :-) Thanks so much!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]koopa wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Well, since the songs will be background music for your slideshow, the parents and their kids will probably be more focused on the images they are seeing rather than trying to follow the lyrics to the songs...Unless you want them paying attention to the lyrics :D [/QUOTE]

You know what it is? With parents, even if they're not listening to the music, certain words WILL jump out at them. That's why I have to be careful. Besides, there's quite a variety of ethnic groups here (right 'off the boat')and each has its own idea of 'decent'. I have to listen to the lyrics first so that I don't offend anyone.