My son Dominic has very eclectic taste in music for a four year-old. His playlist is pictured below, and consists of songs he has either heard and liked from the music my husband and I listen to, from movies or TV shows, and from his cousin, Mei-Lin. Blue and Iron Man are obvious favorites (both from Iron Man movies). He has loved (Keep Feeling) Fascination by The Human League since he was two, and the Royksopp version of Depeche Mode’s Puppets was on repeat during many a car ride, much to my delight!
Deon’s mom was in town last weekend for a conference, and to see Dominic. After a crazy Sunday of fun, we ended up at Bloomingdale’s for some late afternoon shopping. While we were all browsing upstairs, Dominic asked if he could play with my iPhone, which isn’t unusual when he’s bored. After I handed him the phone, I noticed he didn’t play with it right away because he was really grooving to the music piping in through the store speakers. I asked him what he was doing, and he said, “Mama, I really like this song…who is it? Can we download it?” We “Shazamed” the song and discovered it was called Doused by DIIV and added it to his playlist. Later I listened to Doused in its entirety, and I must say, I quite like DIIV (pronounced “dive”). The music is very reminiscent of Joy Division (especially the baseline), and I still can’t believe that it was my son who picked up on this fantastic musical find (yes, he’s too cool). Below is the video for Doused, to take us into the weekend. Cheers and enjoy!
Wow – this is cool! You know when a song gives you a shiver down the spine? That’s the way I felt when I played this video.
I honestly think it is an unmistakable sign of intelligence, when children are having the interest and the sense of (different kinds) of music. And it is so interesting to follow their development in this field.
When my daughter was about 10 years old I bought a “Best of..” CD with James Brown for myself, but in a few days that CD was to find between my daughters CDs, and today – 12 years later – she still has my CD! 🙂 Meanwhile she’s been playing the guitar and the violin as well as she’s introduced me to the music of Metallica (she’s a big fan of metal music in general). It all makes me happy because I think there is so much joy and inspiration to find in music.
Have a great weekend, and tell Dominic that I think his taste of music is waaay beyond cool! 😉
Thanks Conni! And I agree about kids and having an interest in different kinds of music and have the ability to distinguish what is good rhythmically and melodically. Your daughter seems to have the same interest in music as my son! He grabs my iPhone and plays all of the music, listens, and then picks his favorites. My husband is a Metallica fan, and saw them in concert a few years ago!
Hope you had a wonderful weekend my dear!
xoxo