I think half the reason I wanted to post this was so I could put the word "Live" three times in a post title. Ed Kowalczyk, best known to most of us as the lead singer of '90s alternative rock band, had a guest spot at Lollapalooza's Kidzapalooza stage. After being introduced by Kidzapalooza producer Tor Hyams, Kowalczyk explains that he doesn't have any kids' songs, but he does have songs about kids, and proceeds, in this edited video, to sing "Heaven," a song he wrote for his newborn daughter about 8 years ago, and a favorite from his Live days, "Lightning Crashes." Kowalczyk's voice is still in fine form, but I'm always amused to see the stock-still response of the adult listeners who crash the Kidzapalooza/Austin Kiddie Limits stages for the cool folks Hyams brings in as opposed to the abandon with which the young listeners throw themselves into dancing... Ed Kowalczyk - "Heaven" / "Lightning Crashes" (live at Lollapalooza/Kidzapalooza) [YouTube]

How's this for the progress of family music? One of the first shows J.P., Chrissie and the Fairground Boys, featuring Chrissie Hynde, plays is at Lollapalooza... at the Kidzapalooza stage. Here they are playing "Your Fairground" from their album Fidelity!. Nice stuff, though not necessarily kid-focused in any way. (Kinda wish the YouTube doesn't cut out when it does because it looks like Hynde's about to make a point there...) J.P., Chrissie, and the Fairground Boys - "Your Fairground" (Live at Lollapalooza/Kidzapalooza) [YouTube]

Watch below, but briefly: Recess Monkey The Happiness Club (group of students from Chicago) CandyBand Rocknoceros Dan Zanes with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra (!) The Verve Pipe Tim and the Space Cadets The Q Brothers Peter DiStefano with Tor Hyams plus special guests The New Number 2 and Chrissie Hynde (JP, Chrissie, and the Fairground Boys) That'll do, for sure. Watch Perry Farrell and Tor Hyams announce the schedule below. Lollapalooza is August 6-8, 2010.