What are your kids listening to?

my entire pazz and jop comment spiel (including unused stuff)

Since I wrote that, my daughter has discovered the Pixies and Belle and Sebastian. (She also said this weekend that she thinks Radiohead are better than White Stripes, but she MIGHT have been joking..) Also, so far nobody can decide whether they like the Darkness or not. Though Sherman said some kids in his class call them "real punk rock"!

Ah, if only that was the name.

son, age 5: The Four Tops, The Jackson 5, "Why Not" (Hilary Duff), "Japanese music", Clay Aiken, Raven

So painful when the kiddies show such high taste....Except for those damn child labor laws, she could have a future at the Voice.

the first is some mp3 that I downloaded (newly learned is by Little Big Men) called "Mr. Bush", or, as Emma says, "Mr. Bush Bush" with lyrics "Mr. Bush Bush Bush / You're not the president of this-a World" ...

the second is "Little Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs.
Which is a pretty damn great song.

Who the fuck is Hilary Duff?

She's never been to see a live band in her life (we've even invited her to come with us several times but she's always assumed a look of horror and refused); but she seems to live in perpetual fear of any of her mates (all of whose musical tastes appear to be far more "normal" than hers!) finding out about all the different stuff that her mum and I are into....

When she went off to college, I gave her a CD of my favourite album and told her that if she ever found herself missing me for any reason, she should listen to it as loudly as possible.

She assures me that it works a treat - apparently she only has to listen to the first couple of notes of "Frownland", and she instantly stops missing me completely!

i have high hopes for them.

My four-year-old son has been obsessed with the first 1/2 Japanese album for a couple months now. Virtually every time we're in the car, we have to listen to "Funky Broadway Melody" and "I'm Sorry," but today he wanted to keep going, including through those two LONG hard-to-hear live tracks. We still haven't made it through the whole thing, but neither could Lester Bangs. He also really likes the photos and can sort of distinguish between Jad and David singing. Exactly how bad a father am I?

Aside from that, the Phil Spector Xmas album's getting a lot of play right now. Also They Might Be Giants Here Come the 123s, creepy CDs of kids singing nursery rhymes, and Diamanda Galas/John Paul Jones's "Skotoseme."

My 15 year-old is listening to Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Muse, Silversun Pickups, Wale, and Kid Cudi.

my kid is currently listening to Blood On The Tracks. She has no say in the matter though -- she's only 4 months old ... i'm curious to see how her tastes develop though!

my son loves Yellow Submarine and anything with a beat but otherwise has stopped expressing opinions about the music I play. he is quite fond of singing "Bingo was his name-o" and the Spiderman song while he poops.

my 7-yr old son has had successive crushes on Aztec Camera, Chuck Berry, Scatman John and most recently, the Human League. His older brother prefers Led Zep and teh Beatles

my 19 year-old daughter: Goatwhore, Pisschrist, Gojira, Ensiferum, Revocation, Shrinebuilder, Watain, Carcass, Venom, Ahab, Vader, etc. etc. etc.
my 17 year-old daughter: Lady Gaga, The Saturdays, Interpol, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Kesha

My 5-year-old son is obsessed with Bob Dylan, especially The Basement Tapes. He walks around the house humming "Lo and Behold."

Once, while listening intently, he asked me, "Dad, what's Bob Dylan talking about?" "Son," said I, "people have been asking that question for more than 40 years."

My 14-year-old likes mostly classical, is warming to jazz (esp. Monk) via his piano lessons, and lately is into The Christiansand String Swing Band, some nuttiness he found out about on a computer gaming site.

(They're actually really fun:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPrVYJ_LdUw

Except that the lead singer is probably one of the most punchable asshats I've seen in years.

5-yr-old recently randomly plucked vol. 2 of 69 Love Songs off the shelf and now keeps listening to it.

That's the best volume as I recall.

i remember when i would keep on screaming at my dad to play "Night Train" in the car when i was about five.

when james brown died, we both cried like little babies. and my pops does NOT cry.

daughter age 5: "Where the Wild Things Are OST" and "Locket Love" off of "Rocket to Russia."

son, age 8, couldn't be bothered with music at all. Too immersed in the world of Legos and star Wars.

This is scary stuff. I worry about my future children growing up and listening to shlock. ILM parents need to start a "How to Ween Your Kids onto Choice Music" thread. Maybe add it to the FAQ page.

i recently hipped a new-dad friend to this stuff:

http://www.amazon.com/Rockabye-Baby-Lullaby-Renditions-Pixies/dp/B000O591K6

he was worried about the same thing...

Following on the recent Japanese hip hop thread, could we please get an update from those of you with kids aged 9-19 or so? I am hopelessly out of touch and trap-EDM makes me feel like a dinosaur.