I exposed my three kids to what I love. They loved some of it, too, and were otherwise fascinated like little anthropologists at Dad's emotional reaction to material left them cold (no next gen Joni Mitchell fans among them). They all found something to love in Paul Simon (for one, it was "You Can Call Me All"; for another, it was "The Obvious Child" -- that one was inspired to become an amateur drummer; for a third, it was "Me and Julio"). We tried to find "kid music" for them that was fully orchestrated (we didn't fully escape Raffi, but did listen to a lot of Danny Kaye, Michael Feinstein, and Barbara Cook's children's albums, and the original cast of Into The Woods). Our oldest reintroduced me to Gershwin and Ella Fitzgerald when she started singing with her high school jazz band. And all three can listen to a Beatles song and tell you who's singing lead with about 90% accuracy, so my work here is done.
Meant to add: And each developed his/her own tastes, as it should be, and introduced me to John Mayer, Barenaked Ladies, and Sara Bareilles respectively, for which I am still gratefu..
Hearing my kids listening to yacht rock is the most healing balm for my heart
I exposed my three kids to what I love. They loved some of it, too, and were otherwise fascinated like little anthropologists at Dad's emotional reaction to material left them cold (no next gen Joni Mitchell fans among them). They all found something to love in Paul Simon (for one, it was "You Can Call Me All"; for another, it was "The Obvious Child" -- that one was inspired to become an amateur drummer; for a third, it was "Me and Julio"). We tried to find "kid music" for them that was fully orchestrated (we didn't fully escape Raffi, but did listen to a lot of Danny Kaye, Michael Feinstein, and Barbara Cook's children's albums, and the original cast of Into The Woods). Our oldest reintroduced me to Gershwin and Ella Fitzgerald when she started singing with her high school jazz band. And all three can listen to a Beatles song and tell you who's singing lead with about 90% accuracy, so my work here is done.
Meant to add: And each developed his/her own tastes, as it should be, and introduced me to John Mayer, Barenaked Ladies, and Sara Bareilles respectively, for which I am still gratefu..