Thursday, January 10, 2008

The KKK Took My Baby Away

Elias doesn't actually know what the Ramone's look like, so these Cars cars will work.

My son primarily listens to kids music. Wee Sing, music from one of his various classes, or things we've bought for him. Lately though I've been introducing other music from my collection into our listenings when he goes with me somewhere in the car or just around the house. I figured you're never too young to listen to the Ramones, so I put them on. At first he didn't like them and protested when I put them on. Then he started singing "The KKK Took My Baby Away" to himself. He didn't have the lyrics quite right, and I believe in accuracy so I put them on again for him. We sang along a bit, and now it's his favorite song.

Having a son who sings the Ramones can be a little strange sometimes, especially in the grocery store, but it always makes me smile. I think he likes the song because it sings about babies, not knowing that it's about the singer's girlfriend rather than an actual baby. He's asked me if the KKK are bad people, and I tell him yes but they live in the south, so he needn't worry. :)

He was completely against any listening to the "Sha na na" song by the Ramones. I like to put it on occasionally just to listen to him freak out and say "No Dad! Not the sha na na one!" heh heh. :)

What to introduce him to next?

1 comments:

Alan Post said...

frank zappa has plenty of family oriented lyrics, including "my guitar wants to kill your mama" and "don't eat the yellow snow."

a particularly catchy tune is trying to grow a chin, about growing up thin only to gain a bunch of weight and want to die. that has appropriate written all over it! plus it ends with ike willis (and you want the one where ike willis sings) belting out "one more time for the world!" before closing the song. ^_^

i loved that elias started belting out "kkk took my baby away." while i was there.

at first i was like "what the heck?!" and then i realized "oh, right. i'm at my brother's house."