August 10, 2006

• Additional CDs as seen previously, but not in its own FPP, I believe.
• (But finally -- someone sees the value of Cure's "Lullaby" as a lullaby! Mothra be praised! And "Here Comes Your Man"? Perfect for that little holy terror you have running around...)
• Lulla-palooza!
• The appropriate shirt?
• The appropriate decor?
• ** waits for release of Baby Beautiful South and Baby Dead Kennedys
• Hello? Anybody there? ** taps from the inside of your monitor **
• ** puts up closed sign, goes home. **
• Damn. It's closed. *looks at watch, hails a taxi*
• Lord. Baby Rock Radiohead?! Lord... There are no words. I think if you put your baby to bed with 2+2=5 s/he'd have horrible dreams.
• They need downloadable samples.
• These sound kinda like they downloaded really lousy MIDI renditions from the internet, switched some of the instruments to toy pianos and vibraphones, and said, "good enough!" (Although the Coldplay songs sound pretty much identical to the original recordings...)
• That's neat, but I wish they would've changed the Metallica songs at least a little bit. Is it still fashionable to make Metallica jokes?
• I made a conscientious to listen to Tool, Led Zep, Marley, AC/DC, etc, often and loudly while I was pregnant with both my children. We also listen to all forms of jazz, classical and blues. Country/Western is not allowed in my house, however. I realize that makes me un-American........at this point that is probably not a bad thing.
• They Might Be Giants have a great kids' album called No! that our kids enjoy. It's the only music for kids I'll allow on long trips. I'd heard about the Radiohead album but that would not be good for their mental health. I'd so buy the Bjork and Pixies albums, though.
• Monkeybashi - TMBG also have 'Here Come the ABCs', which is fairly catchy, even thought some of the songs are designed to accompany the videos on the CD. The Putumayo Playground series is mostly listentoable. Having recently spent a week listening to Sesame Street on a roadtrip with friends, (more accurately listening to 2 songs repeated over and over), I'd also recommend suicide to some of the stuff marketed towards children.
• I know some kids that really like old punk, because of some of their simple rhythms and melodies. The entire works of the Ramones are great for tots. Teach your kids to sniff glue!
• My neice loved dance and hip hop, though she didn't often hear it at home - she would just bop all over. I'm finding my musical tastes have changed as I've aged. But I don't think that I ever liked insipid covers of pop music. Tacky covers, inappropriate covers, sure - but not insipid ones.