My work is done

[chas]

I went from the living room into the kitchen this afternoon, and there's my 8-year-old singing along with Lamb Lies Down on Broadway on her iPod. It doesn't get any better than that.

For some time her favorite song has been White Mountain, more or less the title cut from Genesis's second album, Trespass, about the king of the wolves and usurper. She's been getting into a lot of the Gabriel-era stuff lately, though. I knew that, given her parents, she'd have good taste in music, but I wasn't expecting anything this good, this young.

[mutepointe]

Good for you. The 4 year old my wife babysits is fond of singing Led Zepplin's Immigant. He got this from his Father. My wife thought this would be a child who would need to know when and how to say, "Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez." He still wants to know why.

[Lambchop]

I say that quite often and no one ever has a clue why.

[kkrell]

I went from the living room into the kitchen this afternoon, and there's my 8-year-old singing along with Lamb Lies Down on Broadway on her iPod. It doesn't get any better than that.

For some time her favorite song has been White Mountain, more or less the title cut from Genesis's second album, Trespass, about the king of the wolves and usurper. She's been getting into a lot of the Gabriel-era stuff lately, though. I knew that, given her parents, she'd have good taste in music, but I wasn't expecting anything this good, this young.

Let us know when she's memorized all the words from "Supper's Ready"

[The Weekenders]

Musical considerations aside: the aptitude with the electronics is what causes me to wonder how it will all turn out.

[Innocent Bystander]

I say that quite often and no one ever has a clue why.

Do you leave them a silver bullet, too?

[MikeS]

I went from the living room into the kitchen this afternoon, and there's my 8-year-old singing along with Lamb Lies Down on Broadway on her iPod. It doesn't get any better than that.

When my oldest was in first grade, everyone in the class was asked to sing their favorite song. Mimi's choice was the Talking Head's "Psycho Killer." Got a call from the school psychologist on that one... When Rachel was about the same age she insisted on listening to Kapelye's "Future and Past" album about a dozen times a day. She could do a splendid rendition of "Gut Purim, Yidn." One of my proudest moments was when she asked, "Why does all the stuff on the radio sound the same?"

[Innocent Bystander]

When my oldest was in first grade, everyone in the class was asked to sing their favorite song. Mimi's choice was the Talking Head's "Psycho Killer." Got a call from the school psychologist on that one...

My kids don't do the music, sad to say. But when my son was six years old, we got a call from the school asking why he was drawing pictures of a purple triangle and telling people it was "a tentacle". His favourite game was "Day of the Tentacle".
Nailed that sucker, too. I don't think the school ever really understood that one.

[Lambchop]

I say that quite often and no one ever has a clue why.

Do you leave them a silver bullet, too?

No. Should I?

[Denny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMhaehb5AnE

[Lambchop]

An error occurred; please try again some day.

Does Lyle Lovett have silver bullets? Leaves them around as a little laigniappe?

[chas]

I went from the living room into the kitchen this afternoon, and there's my 8-year-old singing along with Lamb Lies Down on Broadway on her iPod. It doesn't get any better than that.

When my oldest was in first grade, everyone in the class was asked to sing their favorite song. Mimi's choice was the Talking Head's "Psycho Killer." Got a call from the school psychologist on that one...

LOL! Okay, my work's not quite done.

When I was in high school, a bunch of us were into Frank Zappa. I had a niece who was about 4 or 5 who was visiting. One of my aunts was talking to her about songs, and says "Do you know 'The Muffin Man'?" And I'm wondering how my aunt knows the song and imagining my little niece saying "The Muffin Man is seated at the table in the laboratory of the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen. . ."

[Denny]

An error occurred; please try again some day.

Does Lyle Lovett have silver bullets? Leaves them around as a little laigniappe?

nope, he's from Texas

[Innocent Bystander]

I say that quite often and no one ever has a clue why.

Do you leave them a silver bullet, too?

No. Should I?

Yes! De rigeur, ma cherie! No silver bullet, you might as well hand in your black domino mask.

[chas]

I went from the living room into the kitchen this afternoon, and there's my 8-year-old singing along with Lamb Lies Down on Broadway on her iPod. It doesn't get any better than that.

For some time her favorite song has been White Mountain, more or less the title cut from Genesis's second album, Trespass, about the king of the wolves and usurper. She's been getting into a lot of the Gabriel-era stuff lately, though. I knew that, given her parents, she'd have good taste in music, but I wasn't expecting anything this good, this young.

Let us know when she's memorized all the words from "Supper's Ready"

Funny you should mention that. It's not "Supper's Ready", but she's now sitting next to me singing along with Steeleye Span's "Montrose." It's not only 15 minutes worth of mostly vocals, we've been on the net looking up Montrose, the battles, and the civil wars.

It doesn't get any better.