Sometimes I am giddy about the stuff that I love and selfishly, I want my son to love it too.
I am looking forward to the days of great literature and movie dramas. But right now, I am excited to introduce him to new music.
Jamie loves his tunes and it can be an amazing thing to watch – it’s just not always the music I would hope to share with him that he loves.
When he’s in the right mood he may start dancing without anything playing at all. Other times it may be a song in a commercial, or even a jingle. He also predictably loves a lot of the songs that are played on the children’s shows.
Most recently, he has been infatuated with a toy that plays a few notes from Farmer in the Dell – but it’s just a few notes. So when those notes are played he stands up, hops on his feet and flails his arms in the air. Then the music stops, there is a look of awful surprise on his face, and he reaches down to replay the toy again. This can go on for half an hour at a time, listening to the same 20 seconds of the song.
Given the excitement of the Grateful Dead concert over the last weekend, I thought it might be time to introduce my 2-year-old to jam band music. I played St. Stephen for him. Nothing. Sugar Magnolia. Same. The way Jamie dances with a total disregard for who might be watching would fit in perfectly at a Grateful Dead show. But it just didn’t offer the right kind of beat to set him moving.
I can usually tell what he likes as I play different music in the car. He’ll bob with the songs that gain his approval. One album we’re in total agreement over is The Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense. He’ll bob his head and dance to the majority of the songs on that album. David Byrne’s work always hits me too.
I haven’t gotten much of a reaction yet from Led Zeppelin, the Who, or the Rolling Stones. But there will be more attempts. I have a basement full of CDs and vinyl that I’m looking to share.
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