Lullabies and car music

[dwenius]

Some time ago (en route to crisper and cda's baby shower?), in need of car music we all could handle, I loaded a playlist of Seamus Kennedy songs. I saw Seamus perform at the late lamented Ireland's Own pub in Old Town Alexandria probably 200 times in the early 90's.

Then, after mentioning them in a response to ilanarama, I put on an old VHS tape of the the King's Singers.

And I remain, as has been noted, a damned dirty hippie.

• Seamus:

Finnegan's Wake ("a nice happy Irish song about death")




The Wild Rover (complete with claps...these two crack me up)




Mary Mac




Danny Boy (continuing in the hallowed tradition of lullabies being about death ("if I should die" etc.))




The Rattlin' Bog




Waltzing with Bears




Inch By Inch/All God's Critter's Got a Place in the Choir (medly)

• King's Singers:



Early One Morning (Calvin sing's this one with me for 2-3 verses, and is starting to try to hit the right pitches!)




Nae Luck About the House (complete with weird hard Scots accent)




Masterpiece (which Calvin calls "Johann Sebastian BOX!!")

• Hippie stuff:



Brokedown Palace (See "lullabies about death comment above)




A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall




Visions of Johanna

Calvin's also got a strong fondness for the better parts of Paul Simon's _Graceland_ album, so we sing the title track, Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes, and Under African Skies all the time.

Nina, on the other hand, came home from school with a CD of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man", and has been headbanging around the house. So when I drive her to school, I try out selections from my er, more hardcore past, and so far, she gives two big, stomping thumbs up to:

• "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana


• "Burning Inside" and "Jesus Built My Hotrod" by Ministry


• "March of the Pigs" and "Heresy" by NIN


• "Electricity" and "The Twelve Steps" by Spiritualized


• "Cult of Personality" and "Times Up" by Living Colour


• "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" by ZZ Top (?)

Hmm. Perhaps she will outgrow her angry angst music phase before she's even REACHED her teen years. This could be interesting.

Comments

have you heard

[potterygirl.livejournal.com]

David grisham and Jerry Garcia did a CD full of kids music.
Its good.

Re: have you heard

[dwenius.livejournal.com]

Puh-leeze, give me a littel credit! :) We wore that one out a while ago. Calvin still asks for Jenny Jenkin's solmetimes (and can sing it), but it isn't in heavy rotation right now.

[louiseroho.livejournal.com]

Will has a great fondness for They Might Be Giants.

[dwenius.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons we put in Seamus was that neither A. nor I could stand to hear "No is No" or "I am not your Broom" for the 200th time that particular week.

So yes, TMBG are big in the house also. But also on a short hiatus so the parents can be spared.

Nothing, though...NOTHING is less desired by the parents in this house than the FIRE TRUCK song on the Ivan Ulz CD Nina brought back from preschool lo these many years ago. I hid it 3 weeks ago, and Calvin still sometimes screams it at the top of his lungs during dinner. Oy.

[louiseroho.livejournal.com]

There was one point when Will was three where he spent 45 minutes repeating

"Who let the dogs out? Who? Who? Who?"

I was awe inspiring in a way that is usually reserved for elder gods.

in another direction?

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

I recall you telling me about singing PDQ Bach's Christmas Carols in front of a rather selective audience, back in your West Springfield days. Between that and the Art of the Ground Round (S 1.19/lb)...

[elsibeth.livejournal.com]

Sun cuts loose from the frozen ..

[dwenius.livejournal.com]

"Free happy crazy people naked in the universe..."

Ok, not the same song, but the same album, and for you, quite apt.

SSC

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

I started listening to loud, obnoxious music while in single digits. The shameful part is that, almost 30 years later, I haven't outgrown it.

Re: SSC

[dwenius.livejournal.com]

I'm not suggesting that one needs to outgrow it per se, but there is a distinct difference between enjoying such music (which I still do) and making it a fundamental lifestyle choice (which I'm done with, as the music brought forth anger that just sat there doing nothing useful).