Listening to the radio while in a neighbor's car, my son heard "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath. It's all he wants to hear right now. I'm both very proud and a little nervous. His two other favorite songs are The Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin and Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple.
What can I say? The kid has taste.
Last four purchases by me: Imogen Heap, Boards of Canada, Cat Power, and Beth Orton.
What a great morning so far: I took my oldest to orchestra practice at 9am, during which my youngest and I went to the local diner for breakfast, got haircuts, and swung back around just in time for the end of rehearsal.
This is the shortest time between haircuts in my entire adult life. After having box-braids, blonde hair, purple hair, extremely long hair, an afro, a sumo knot, etc., etc., the evidence of thinning, however mild, precludes growing my hair to any length, til death or the advent of hair-cloning technology, whichever comes first.
Love to all. Even you, the dude in the diner who was clearly lying to his wife.
7 comments:
Iron Man - I love it. My husband taught our son that song when he was about 3 and he loves to sing it and since has taught his younger brother.
There's actually this really amazing jazz cover of "Iron Man" by a band called The Bad Plus, a kind of ultra-hip new-school jazz group. Really great track. They also cover Afghan Whigs, Nirvana, Blondie, and some original stuff.
Your kid might dig it!
cg - nice to know we're not alone with our pre-teen heavy-metal children.
brad - i just checked it out on iTunes. That's pretty awesome. And they do the Immigrant Song, TOO! It's like Jazz for my son!!
Rich,
This is such an awesome post.
I want to be a father too, and I want mini-mes who enjoy hardcore hip-hop, and Albanian folk songs, and swear at anything that moves.
love ya,
I had no idea they did Immigrant Song. That's really cool!
Jazz makes the world go 'round, baby.
Dang, now I gotta go and find those jazz versions! Thanks!
the artists purchased by you? i give you kudos..you have FANTASTIC taste. :)
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