Inkanta
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Posted: May 01 2008, 12:27 |
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Interesting list, and cool that your kids like Mike's music! My daughters perceive his music as "mom's music, ewwgggh" -- with a few exceptions. I am probably lucky they don't try to hide my CDs as happens to someone else, IIR. 
Exceptions:
"Moonlight Shadow"/"Man in the Rain": The youngest two used to argue about them. "I want to hear MITR!" "Mom--that's not fair--put MS back on!!" They also much preferred Kara's voice singing the latter to Pepsi's. In fact, we did an entire dance routine to MITR.
"Doge's Palace": My oldest daughter and I would dance sort of a polka to it--every time it came on she'd drag me out of my chair, whether or not I was in a mood to dance (though it's seldom I'm not in the mood to dance).
"Five Miles Out": They all have sung in a community choir and two have incredible sopranic voices (the other is meso, and she does great). The middle one used to love to sing along with "Five Miles Out"--would ask that it be played so she could sing. Didn't really know the words, but had a very easy time hitting all the notes.
"Pacha Mama"/Saksaywaman: "Sexy Woman" -- I recently mentioned elsewhere how PM would prompt giggles and laughter from them, as well as from their friends. Thanks to that song, there is an entire group of kids who know a lot more about Inka/Quechua culture than they'd have known otherwise (cos it prompted lectures from me--once even a slide show about Inkaic astronomy, hahahaha).
But you know? All three girls absolutely love music; the oldest two are very discriminating. The youngest is into stuff I cannot relate to, but that's ok. She is also first clarinet in her band and plays piano. She'll be apples! I think modeling a genuine love of music has helped create that in their own lives, no matter what form it takes. Of course, I fantasize about one of them (and which daughter it is, varies) coming up to me to say, "Mom, may I borrow Incantations and Amarok?" And having to buy other copies cos they won't part with them. Of course, I'd also wonder who they were and what they did with my real kids.
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"No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From: Moongarden's "Solaris."
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Your kid is still far better off than my nieces...