I got an old 10cc album a few days ago…now, everytime “Rubber Bullets” starts playing, my daughter (age 3) starts bouncing around and singing the chorus “Load up! Load up! Load up with rubber bullets!”
So…what kind of music do you and your kids enjoy together?
My duaghter hasn’t really gotten into music yet. She likes it when mom sings some old Chinese kids songs. I’m hoping to get some speakers here soon for my computer so I can crank out some real music for her.
Wierdest thing I’ve ever seen though, was my firends daughter back in the States bouncing around to 2-Pac.
the boy is only 1y4m, but he has already shown great interest in the who. he tries to turn it back on when the cd finishes …
Here is what’s on my boy’s iPod:
[quote]5 Man Electrical Band
5th Dimension
Aerosmith
Al Green
Alan Jackson
Allman Bros.
America
Animals
Arctic Monkeys
Aretha Franklin
Arlo Guthrie
Atlanta Rhythm Section
BTO
Bad Company
The Band
BB King
Bobby Blues Band
Beatles
Ben Harper
Billy Preston
Black Crowes
Black Uhuru
Blake Shelton
Blind Faith
Michael Bloomfield
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Boz Scaggs
Brad Paisley
Brewer & Shipley
Brooks & Dunn
Bruce Springsteen
Buck Owens
Buddy Guy
Buffalo Springfield
Bunny Wailor
Canned Heat
The Cars
Charlie Daniels
Chuck Berry
The Clash
Clint Black
Commander Cody
Conway Twitty
Counting Crows
Crash Test Dummies
Cream
Creed
CCR
CSNY / Stills / Young
Curtis Mayfield
Dave Alvin
Dave Matthews
David Bowie
David Essex
David Frizzel
David Gilmour
Deep Purple
Delbert McClinton
Derek & the Dominos
Derek Truck
Dion & the Belmonts
Donavan Frankenreiter
Donna the Buffalo
Donovan
Doors
Duane Allman
Dwight Yoakam
ELP
Elton John
Elvin Bishop
Elvis Costello
Eric Clapton
Foghat
Freddie King
Garth Brooks
Gary Wright
George Harrison
George Jones
George McCrae
George Strait
Government Mule
Grateful Dead
Gregg Allman
Gretchen Wilson
Guns ‘N Roses
Hank Williams, Sr.
Hank Williams, Jr.
Hound Dog Taylor
Howlin’ Wolf
Humble Pie
Isley Bros.
James Brown
Jamming with Edward
Janis Joplin
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Swift band
JJ Cale
Joe Cocker
Joe Walsh
John Butler Trio
John Lee Hooker
John Mayall
Johnny Cash
Junior Wells
Kenny Chesney
King Fish
Kingsman
Kinks
Koko Taylor
Kris Kristofferson
Led Zeppelin
Lenny Kravitz
Leon Russell
Linkin Park
Little Feat
Loggins & Messina
Lonestar
Loretta Lynn
Lou Reed
Lyle Lovett
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Manfred Mann
Merle Haggard
Mitch Rider
moe
Muddy Waters
Nirvana
The O’Jays
Otis Redding
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Paul McCartney
Pearl Jam
Peter Tosh
Pink Floyd
Procol Harum
Quicksilver Messanger Service
R.E.M.
Radio Head
Ramones
Randy Newman
Randy Travis
Rare Earth
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Richie Blackmore
Robert Cray
Rod Stewart
Rolling Stones
Ronny Milsap
Rory Gallagher
Roy Buchanon
Rusted Root
Ry Cooder
Santana
Savoy Brown
Simon & Garfunkle
Sly & the Family Stone
Spencer Davis Group
Spin Doctors
Steel Pulse
Steely Dan
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Band
Sublime
T. Rex
Taj Mahal
Talking Heads
Tanya Tucker
Temptations
Ten Years After
Them
Tony Joe White
Traffic
Travis Tritt
Van Morrison
War
Warren Haynes
Warren Zevon
Waylon Jennings
The Who
Wilco
Willie Nelson
Wintersleep
Wishbone Ash
Zombies
ZZ Top
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My son (2), doesn’t care too much about what mom wants to listen to. He says “play the jazz” - he likes Ella Fitzgerald best these days. Then there’s “Cotton Fields” and “Streets of London” and “Who Painted the Moon Black”. And a CD of a Taiwanese celloist. And Wil Smith’s Big Willie Style (yes I freely admit to having that). Kids’ CDs, any song about trains. He has free access to a good stack of CDs, and can put them on, choose the track and adjust the volume. Grandpa turns it down, son says “too quiet” and turns it up. Unfortunate for us, he recently discovered that ever powerful button - REPEAT…
Little T/man such eclectic tastes and NO Chinese music at all! Just surprised, that’s all.
Well, he’s grown up listening to that stuff… doesn’t know anything else… We don’t listen to ICRT or any other radio… I expect he will learn what kids his age listen to eventually… Don’t know if he’ll like it.
TM -
The young cowboys Mp3 player looks similar.
With a touch more soul music.
He also is getting into some classical - just discovering that genre.
But he likes rock & soul a lot for now.
He’s just 10, almost 11, so he has a lot of time.
My 2 month old was just fussing and crying, so I stopped playing Beethoven piano sonatas and tried something new: Babatunde Olatunji, Circle of Drums (African drum music). I picked him up and started to dance with him, and he immediately stopped crying and went to sleep. The books say infants dislike rhythmic “bassy” music, but he seems to love this.
I plan to expose him to all types of music as often as possible, with the hope of encouraging the wiring of his brain and also instilling a love of music from an early age.
The Beatles.
Classic Wailers.
Bach. Both of’em
Rocksteady. That’s what the young’uns needs.
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