Rain Rain Go Away
It's been raining for... forever, it seems like. Well, maybe for a week. Wednesday the sun actually came out. My son was so shocked he had to ask me, "Daddy, what's that bright light?" We have no backyard landscaping yet, so it's one giant mud pit. And the kids are chomping at the bit to get out there, probably for the sole purpose of tracking as much mud as they can back inside the house.
With all this drizzly rain, we've been doing stuff inside the house... Digging out board games, playing with Legos and Play-Doh, building puzzles. And listening to music. I've been making mix-CDs, introducing the kids to the music of my youth. My daughter is really into music. She asks, "Does this one have drums?" or "Is that a man singing?" and then she'll dance around the room. Today we were coloring and "Rock The Casbah" by The Clash started playing. She listened for a minute, then started singing, "Rockin' NASCAR, Rockin' NASCAR!" She got that from the new Herbie: Fully Loaded movie, because I'm one of those people who would rather watch an infomercial about wrinkle cream than view one minute of a NASCAR race. I don't get it, the cars going round and round. Oh boy, maybe there'll be a crash. Zzzzz...
My kids really love the old 80's New Wave songs. Something about those synthesizers that are easy for their young ears to digest, I guess. Mostly they just like a good melody and a steady beat. Like these:
Have fun dancing around the room with your kids!
With all this drizzly rain, we've been doing stuff inside the house... Digging out board games, playing with Legos and Play-Doh, building puzzles. And listening to music. I've been making mix-CDs, introducing the kids to the music of my youth. My daughter is really into music. She asks, "Does this one have drums?" or "Is that a man singing?" and then she'll dance around the room. Today we were coloring and "Rock The Casbah" by The Clash started playing. She listened for a minute, then started singing, "Rockin' NASCAR, Rockin' NASCAR!" She got that from the new Herbie: Fully Loaded movie, because I'm one of those people who would rather watch an infomercial about wrinkle cream than view one minute of a NASCAR race. I don't get it, the cars going round and round. Oh boy, maybe there'll be a crash. Zzzzz...
My kids really love the old 80's New Wave songs. Something about those synthesizers that are easy for their young ears to digest, I guess. Mostly they just like a good melody and a steady beat. Like these:
- Madness - "The Sun and The Rain" MP3
- Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy" MP3
- Adam Ant - "Goody Two Shoes" MP3
Have fun dancing around the room with your kids!
Permalink posted by Phil at 10:43 PM
3 Comments:
Cool songs ...thanks for posting them. Never heard the first one, but love the others.
I always felt that music died in the early 90's. The more crappy music I hear, the better some of those "dont care for em" songs of the 80's are getting.
Shannon
Haha, I got a kick out of imagining your daughter singing "Rockin' NASCAR..."
For me, the music of the '80s is the best too. I know music appreciation is subjective, but it's like nothing can top or even equal new wave... =)
Sunny
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I'm one of those people who would rather watch an infomercial about wrinkle cream than view one minute of a NASCAR race.
I'll drink to that. A Budweiser even. It's a lot like Big Time Wrestling, on wheels.
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