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What's your baby listening to?

When I posted this on the old forums, my baby was really a baby, now he's almost three and his varying tastes in sound still fascinate. We're not listening to music these days, sadly. So E really digs music from kiddie shows (BArney, Blue, Sagwa) or commericals. E loves hip hop sound bytes best. He digs the drums. And he likes loud guitars. Probably because mom and dad play. (Sigh) What a sad commentary from a musician mom...my boy's listening to commercials...

By teepee at 08/09/2004 - 11:54pm | What Are You Listening To? | previous forum topic | next forum topic

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learning the meaning of war through music

I was playing Ricanstruction's cover of Bob Marley's "War" (a cover that I like much better than the original) and dd, who was eating a grilled soy cheese, asked, "What's war?"

"Well, war is when two countries fight each other. Lots of people get killed. Sometimes kids get killed. Sometimes kids' mamas get killed." I then asked if she remembered the big marches we went on last year to protest the war and to protest people being killed in a far-away country called Iraq.

She did.

"Do you think war is a good thing?"

"No." she said.

later, she started head banging to the guitar riffs.

By PhoenixRising at Thu, 09/02/2004 - 2:11am |

Besides "grown-up" stuff...?

The kids music that they like and I like, too is anything by Ralph Covert, They Might Be Giants, most Dan Zanes we all like, Laurie Berkner isn't too vomit-inducing. Felonious has an album called "Busta Nursery Rhyme" that's kids hip hop, not bad.
They also like songs from Mary Poppins and Cinderella.
As far as "grown-up" music they like Yellowman, Toots and the Maytals, the Police, the Manhattan Transfer, the Beatles, Louis Prima....

By gigi at Tue, 08/10/2004 - 2:01am |

Do you have bed, bed, bed? I

Do you have bed, bed, bed? I just ordered it. My kids love TMBG and Kimya Dawson sings on that one too.

By Amelia Jayne at Wed, 08/11/2004 - 3:42am |

Nope.

But now I have something else to add to my list of things to look for at the library today!

By gigi at Wed, 08/11/2004 - 11:26am |

oh i forgot about laurie berk

oh i forgot about laurie berkner. holy cow...isabel was singing "victor vito" at the top of her lungs before bed. it just kills me because she gets a giant grin on her face as she sings it.

By sylvia_p at Tue, 08/10/2004 - 2:21am |

hip hop baby

My little dude loves outkast. A lot. Any outkast song that comes on the radio he instantly starts doing his little bum sway dance to.

By vidiotgal at Tue, 08/10/2004 - 1:31am |

my daughter who is almost thr

my daughter who is almost three is hooked on ABBA. i don't know what it is about it, but she loves it. she also likes tori amos, the dandy warhols, and the cranberries.

By sylvia_p at Tue, 08/10/2004 - 12:35am |