Music for a 5 year old to create memories by..
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ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
ooh try some reggae, my boy was positively cringing at me dancing to reggaehe seemed to like it though
and they probably won't understand any of the swear words anyway
Kid's love Ska - it's bouncy and you shouldn't need to bother about the words too much either - hardly current tho'
Louis Jordan and Louis Prima are both joyous jumpin' music with a good deal of humour/foolishness thrown in that works for kids, again, hardly current either
Dave says. Must be true.
maybe that's what's wrong with him.
For what it's worth in regard to the OP I remember my parents playing music in the car when we were going on holiday (usually Wales or Cornwall).
Looking back I expect they were lengthy miserable days for them but I have happy memories of riding in the back with the sun pouring in the window.
They mostly played music from the 50's and 60's, some good (Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Everly Brothers) some not so good (Cliff, in particular, who my Mum (and everyone else's it seemed) loved. She also had a fondness for dreadful novelty records, my dad preferred instrumental stuff - The Shadows, Floyd Kramer).
When I started to really get into music for myself I started, like a lot of kids, by deciding everything my parents liked was utter rubbish.
It was a while before I realised some of it was actually good.
kained&able
Here for the football.
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
that's nice dear.
only a notch down from your theory on how memories are created and function.
thanks again for your invaluable input.
kained&able
Here for the football.
i have one of the bangles walk like an egyptian along those lines despit all the great music my rents played. That tune and purple rain by prince are the only pure musical memories i have i think(others are cos was having fun with mates).
So despite your best efforts they will probabley only remember the next crazy frog type of tune. Gaining an ear for music is a good thing though and i have no dout will benefit them in the long run.
Ouchmonkey your a patronising cunt aren't you. knobbler!
dave
I've learnt how to change from the CD to the radio very quickly.
Oh, and DJ TAB, I'm completely with madamv on the swearing thing. Why should her 5 year old listen to that?
In any case, there are plenty of songs that don't have swearing in them so it's not like it's a huge issue. 
Dj TAB
Mr Whippy
I've learnt how to change from the CD to the radio very quickly.
Oh, and DJ TAB, I'm completely with madamv on the swearing thing. Why should her 5 year old listen to that?
You're absolutely right of course, however by avoiding songs with more adult language you merely enforce the idea that fuck is a bad word, which of course it isn't. Chances are that as they grow up they'll gravitate towards less innocently worded and structured music style.
Would you both edit your offsprings music collection if you found a parental advisory CD in there? At what point would you decide thier delicate ears are hardy enough for the word fuck? In answer to the question why should a 5 year old listen to that my response would be that they already at 5 know that fuck is rude, how did they find out?
Far be it from me to tell you how to bring up your kids but I think children brought up in an honest and truthful version of the real world are more likely to be able to differentiate for themselves what is acceptable and what isnt. You may have to guide them and support them as they learn.
Blanket banning words seems not only Orwellian in style but could end up being thrown back at you when they grow up enough to tell you what they think instead....
Have fun!
On this subject, I stuck some 2manydj's on the ipod the other day for the kids to dance around to whilst I cooked tea.
I came through to find them going mental to a particularly shouty track screaming 'FUCK THE PAIN AWAY, FUCK THE PAIN AWAY'.
I legged it to the amp and turned it off. Cue temper tantrums.
Mind you, my eldest whose just started reading read his Granny's glasses the other day and asked her what fuck (fcuk) meant. Serves her right for being so trendy!
I came through to find them going mental to a particularly shouty track screaming 'FUCK THE PAIN AWAY, FUCK THE PAIN AWAY'.
I legged it to the amp and turned it off. Cue temper tantrums.
Mind you, my eldest whose just started reading read his Granny's glasses the other day and asked her what fuck (fcuk) meant. Serves her right for being so trendy!
Dj TAB
Mr Whippy
On this subject, I stuck some 2manydj's on the ipod the other day for the kids to dance around to whilst I cooked tea.
I came through to find them going mental to a particularly shouty track screaming 'FUCK THE PAIN AWAY, FUCK THE PAIN AWAY'.
I legged it to the amp and turned it off. Cue temper tantrums.
Mind you, my eldest whose just started reading read his Granny's glasses the other day and asked her what fuck (fcuk) meant. Serves her right for being so trendy!
Wicked! Your kids have great music taste! Go Peaches!
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
It's from a few years ago, but I can fully recommend Jamie Lidell's excellent album Multiply. There's no swearing, just interesting lyrics, great singalong tunes and wicked music that's funky and soulful and interesting.
Also the Clor album might go down well, being full of wonky glossy dancey pop. Can't remember for sure if there's any swearing though...the songs are certainly a bit cheeky but I don't recall any screamed-out FUCKs at any point.
Also the Clor album might go down well, being full of wonky glossy dancey pop. Can't remember for sure if there's any swearing though...the songs are certainly a bit cheeky but I don't recall any screamed-out FUCKs at any point.
Dj TAB
Mr Whippy
Kids will be kids, thats what it's about....
In order to learn a words true meaning they will have to use it both correctly and incorrectly in order to learn.
I'm not actually disagreeing with the OP per se, I just feel that being overtly prissy and protective on the subject is asking for trouble down the line.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Oh god Rollem, that's what I do when I know it's only a one off wordi just cough loudly or ask madge a question when there's swearing
Well, you're welcome to your opinion, and if you choose to bring your kids up effing and blinding in front of them then good for you.
I do my best not to, but the odd 'bloody' slips out (and I once heard my 3 year old telling his nursery teacher he couldn't put on his bloody coat!). I wouldn't like hearing my 5 year old telling another kid in reception to 'fuck off' though.
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
in keeping with another strand of discussion on this thread I saw no reason to descend to your use of foul language and personal abuse. The children might hear!
and it's you're, a contraction of you are, not your possessive
OK?
Dj TAB
Mr Whippy
Inflicting the fucking Hoosiers on an impressionable child is tantamount to abuse IMO!
...and to think of the emotional scars left by The Scissor Sisters!
TBH I don't think it matters too much what the music is .
Most of the musical memories I have as a child are from the radio but it is the music that you remember not really an understanding of the lyrics, most radio channels blot out expletives anyway.
Kids don't tend to listen to music in the way an adult would IMO as young kids interpret words in a very literal way.
I remember asking my dad what a "rythym stick" was and "why does that man (Ian Dury) want to be hit with it?" whilst watching TOTP.
I don't think a child is necessarily going to pick up on a "naughty" lyric, its the videos you need to worry about.
In other words you're stuck with 2CR
Most of the musical memories I have as a child are from the radio but it is the music that you remember not really an understanding of the lyrics, most radio channels blot out expletives anyway.
Kids don't tend to listen to music in the way an adult would IMO as young kids interpret words in a very literal way.
I remember asking my dad what a "rythym stick" was and "why does that man (Ian Dury) want to be hit with it?" whilst watching TOTP.
I don't think a child is necessarily going to pick up on a "naughty" lyric, its the videos you need to worry about.
In other words you're stuck with 2CR
Is that a sex reference then?
Honestly, I never knew that. I thought it was the drummers stick things.Look, this is obviously what happens when kids are sheltered from this kind of stuff as nippers. They turn into numpties like me!
Dj TAB
Mr Whippy
Is that a sex reference then?
Look, this is obviously what happens when kids are sheltered from this kind of stuff as nippers. They turn into numpties like me!
PMSL!
definitely a case for being a bit more open and honest with kids. By the time my mum had the temerity to try and talk to me about sex and the like it was far too late and I had already learned far more from my peers in the playground...
madamv
Oi! With the poodle already
Fuck is a bad word! If someone I dont know swears at me, I make an awful lot of assumptions about them. She is only FIVE for gods sake. She has plenty of time to learn how to swear! I want her to get a good grip of alternatives before short cuts are brought in to play. We dont swear around her, but I know that sometimes FUCK is the only word that will do.
Thanks Ouch, Claire (loved and totally relate to your story!) and May for ya suggestions! I now have plenty to peruse....
Whats ouchmaster listening too right now??
Magic Sam - We do do alot of radio, thats why I wanted to get some albums up my sleeve. The yap on the radio is just as annoying as the sexual content on the tracks tbh!
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
he did like that song that goes 'whats that coming over the hill is it a monster? is it a monster?'
They don't get any better I'm afraid. I can remember one festival when the first thing I heard on arriving was a crowd of teenagers running about chanting that bloody song.
Which continued all weekend - constantly
Still, when they actually played, The Automatic went down a storm.
Which was the cue for even more chanting, all through the last night!
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
Is that my lil' monkey?
he listens to whatever is on. mostly he doesn't say much about it. last thing he said he really liked and made me put back on was Glen Campbell. bizarrely.
Today - Toots & the Maytals
Yr right about the swearing thing too, kids don't understand its power and a kid swearing at you is deeply unimpressive. A friend told me recently about taking her 3 yr old into work for a bit (she does social work) She pops her little darling down and she says "Fuck! I've lost my phone!" to the total horror of my friend and confusement/amusement of her colleagues.
when my girl was little she thought it was smack my pictureReminds me of the time my sister was enjoying listening to the prodigy at home when it dawned on her that maybe "smack my bitch up" wasn't appropriate listening for a 5 and 8 year old.
aqua
made of cheese and gin
this thread has brought memories flooding back of car journeys to cornwall (from hull - l o n g way ) with blondie playing (brothers choice) eric clapton, genesis
I remember my uncle playing all manner of weirdness when I went to see him
music was never really a big thing in our house though which is why those times really stick out I guess
of car journeys to cornwall (from hull - l o n g way ) with blondie playing (brothers choice) eric clapton, genesis I remember my uncle playing all manner of weirdness when I went to see him
music was never really a big thing in our house though which is why those times really stick out I guess
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