Lindsay-
As a parent I feel like you should just play whatever YOU like and they
will make their own choices for their own reasons. My number one (who is 10
now) was drawn to alot of the music I was listening to and has charted his
own course ever since. His early interests were Beatles, Michael Jackson,
and Tom Petty. We took him to see Tom Petty as his first official concert.
He passed out shortly after "Last Dance With Mary Jane", you know it had the
line about UNDERWEAR. He is now firmly planted in the rhythm and blues genre
with preferences in the current boy group thing BSB and N'Sync etc. Although
we went to a show in the park yesterday and caught the subdudes reunion set
(rootsy, soulful, rock with great harmonies check them out if you haven't
already) and Cheap Trick. He really liked them alot and he thought Cheap
Trick was ok. He also has been digging in my collection lately and just
checks things out on his own. He sings along with me on alot of the stuff
that I play especially Joni Mitchell and Beatles. My number two son is a
huge Dave Matthews Band fan + he also is in the BSB camp, but he is showing
more natural music ability as well as a wide taste in different types of
music. He sings a very nice version of Big Yellow Taxi and is an expert in
making grown women burst into tears. I say keep the flipping TV off as much
as possible and let the music play...
Good luck,
Michael
NP-OOPS> The Flipping TV in the other room.
Just spun-Taxman-Beatles Alternate Revolver
Lindsay wrote:
"Also, I have two kids, 4 and 6, and am thinking about music they should be
exposed to. I so often hear on this list and in general people who say
they remember music from their childhoods, or their parents playing this or
that (i.e., the recent thread on music we grew up with or that made an
early impression on us.) Of course I've done my best with the Joni and my
husband's done his best with Ozzy Osbourne. Stevie Wonder is another
thought; I think any kid would love his great tunes and it's pretty easily
obtainable on perhaps a Greatest Hits of. I'd love to expose them to some
classical but am so ignorant of it myself I wouldn't know where to start.
The CDs I find that are made for kids seem a bit repetitive with "Peter
and the Wolf," and some other common things. Would any of you have any
suggestions for me on where to start or what you remember listening to from
your youths -- uh, not to say any of you are old or anything. I did try to
play them Debussy's "Nuages" from the recent "BSN" tour. It got mixed
reviews from them (while I had tears streaming down my face) but I think it
stuck somewhere in their tiny little spirits. One of my favorites is
Beethoven's 7th and 8th, which a friend who studied at Oberlin laughed and
said, he wrote that for his father's funeral! Ha! I guess it just shows I
love melancholy music (of course another reason I love Joni -- feeds right
into that vein.)
Thank you in advance for any direction you can lead me. I'll let you know
the results."
