Which is probably as much for me as it is for Leila at this point. She has very interesting tastes in music (not at all shaped by her mother!) and often asks me to sing, and/or play "Ring of Fire", "Fulsome Prison" ("Pepe's Song") or "Walk the Line." Thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a Cash album with somewhat lighter themes in our collection. He was such a great story-teller through his songs, but I foresee a day in the not-so-distant future when I'm asked "why would he shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die?" I'm hesitant to buy a lot of the "Kindie Rock" (yes, that term is in the lexicon) discs out there, so long as she seems content with our adult music library (though we do like Dan Zanes a lot), but once she starts to comprehend more mature-themed lyrics, I may have to rethink that. We've got years ahead of us before that day comes. I hope...Last summer's must play single was Outkast's "Hey Ya," and for the moment, she remains into Bob Dylan (her father says I brainwashed her, but I grew up on him and she can too!) and she's just getting a feel for The Rolling Stones. I tried to interest her in Justin Timberlake, but she just picks the disc out of my stack and says "that's mommy's CD" rather dismissively ; )Thursday, June 7, 2007
Boy have my music purchases ummm...evolved over the years. I just left Border's with the new Daddy Yankee - that one's for Cesar, though I do fess up to some mad love for "Gasolina" - AND:
Which is probably as much for me as it is for Leila at this point. She has very interesting tastes in music (not at all shaped by her mother!) and often asks me to sing, and/or play "Ring of Fire", "Fulsome Prison" ("Pepe's Song") or "Walk the Line." Thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a Cash album with somewhat lighter themes in our collection. He was such a great story-teller through his songs, but I foresee a day in the not-so-distant future when I'm asked "why would he shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die?" I'm hesitant to buy a lot of the "Kindie Rock" (yes, that term is in the lexicon) discs out there, so long as she seems content with our adult music library (though we do like Dan Zanes a lot), but once she starts to comprehend more mature-themed lyrics, I may have to rethink that. We've got years ahead of us before that day comes. I hope...Last summer's must play single was Outkast's "Hey Ya," and for the moment, she remains into Bob Dylan (her father says I brainwashed her, but I grew up on him and she can too!) and she's just getting a feel for The Rolling Stones. I tried to interest her in Justin Timberlake, but she just picks the disc out of my stack and says "that's mommy's CD" rather dismissively ; )
Which is probably as much for me as it is for Leila at this point. She has very interesting tastes in music (not at all shaped by her mother!) and often asks me to sing, and/or play "Ring of Fire", "Fulsome Prison" ("Pepe's Song") or "Walk the Line." Thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a Cash album with somewhat lighter themes in our collection. He was such a great story-teller through his songs, but I foresee a day in the not-so-distant future when I'm asked "why would he shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die?" I'm hesitant to buy a lot of the "Kindie Rock" (yes, that term is in the lexicon) discs out there, so long as she seems content with our adult music library (though we do like Dan Zanes a lot), but once she starts to comprehend more mature-themed lyrics, I may have to rethink that. We've got years ahead of us before that day comes. I hope...Last summer's must play single was Outkast's "Hey Ya," and for the moment, she remains into Bob Dylan (her father says I brainwashed her, but I grew up on him and she can too!) and she's just getting a feel for The Rolling Stones. I tried to interest her in Justin Timberlake, but she just picks the disc out of my stack and says "that's mommy's CD" rather dismissively ; )
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