I am proud to say that my children are developing delightfully eclectic taste in music. They certainly enjoy children’s music, of course. We sing “Wheels on the Bus” pretty much every single night at bedtime, and they like their Music Together CDs. Slightly more enjoyable to me (though maybe not the 45th time in a row) is the Barenaked Ladies’ album, Snacktime. As I’ve mentioned before, Rebecca can sing along with about 75% of the album. It’s impressive.
On the list of odder favorites is a version of “I Am the Pirate King” from Pirates of Penzance. I frigging love hearing a toddler singing “it is, it is a glorious thing to be the pirate king,” and she requests it OVER and OVER. The newest addition is their first Beatles tune. They’re positively nuts for “Yellow Submarine.” As with anything they fixate on, they just want to hear it on repeat.
They love it so much that yesterday, I had to go get all stern with Daniel at naptime because he’d been shouting the song as loud as he could for nearly 25 minutes.
Tonight, they requested it at bedtime (they also sometimes request Queen’s “Bicycle Race,” don’t even ask…). Apparently I did not start singing it in a timely enough fashion, because Daniel started belting it on his own. Blessedly, the video camera was already upstairs and had just barely enough charge for me to capture it. The lighting stinks, but all parents know what a miracle it was that he didn’t immediately stop singing the moment I went to grab the camera. So I’ll take it.
Enjoy.
Yellow Submarine from Goddess in Progress on Vimeo.
My kids like Lady Gaga and Kesha…sigh.
Super cute, BTW. Maybe Idol is in is future. My husband was impressed with his high notes!
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I love a kid who can appreciate a good Beatles tune! Like Nicole, my kids are huge Lady Gaga fans…ugh!
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OMG, that’s friggin’ awesome.
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I’ve got my daughters hooked on Barenaked Ladies, which makes up for the fact that they are fans of Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus.
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he’s too cute, makes me smile.
my kiddos requested Jai Ho (from slumdog millionire) tonight so they could dance & sing. Of course we had to play it 3 times before we could go onto anything else
That is awesome!!!!!!!!!! haha
Very cute!
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What a sweet little voice! So cute!
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