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09-10-2007, 01:07 AM
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Re: Introducing a kid to good music
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[ QUOTE ] just play them the beatles over and over again. seriously. when i was a kid (like 10 y/o) my parents had some old beatles records lying around and i'd listen to em sometimes. i didn't know anything about the band at all, i didn't really care either, i was only a kid. anyway, as i got older i started actually caring about music, but i kinda forgot about the beatles, and throughout my teenage years i never really went back to them. it wasn't until college that i "discovered" them again, and suddenly they dominated my cd player for months at a time. it was like all those melodies that i heard years earlier were dormant seeds that'd been germinating for all that time and finally sprouted. whatever, nevermind the clumsy metaphor, just get the beatles inside their heads, they'll appreciate you for it. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] 
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09-10-2007, 05:49 AM
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Re: Introducing a kid to good music
Play them The Beatles.
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09-10-2007, 09:20 AM
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Re: Introducing a kid to good music
Play alot of classic rock for them.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs
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09-10-2007, 10:41 AM
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Re: Introducing a kid to good music
My first two records ever were Kiss Alive II and the soundtrack for the movie Car Wash. Man I played those to death. My brother realized the error in my ways and got me into proper classic rock - Stones, Beatles, Zeppelin, Floyd, etc. It's that foundation when I was under 10 that set me up for my love now.
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09-10-2007, 11:16 PM
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Re: Introducing a kid to good music
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Play them The Beatles. [/ QUOTE ]
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09-11-2007, 01:13 AM
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Re: Introducing a kid to good music
Like you, they will discover what good music is to them. For the six-year old let him listen to the fun six year-old stuff- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. At that age music has to be fun. For the 8 year old starting to broaden things would be cool. I find you can get them going on The Beatles as another poster mentioned. Songs that seem to have a fun side are good ( try Jeramiah Was a Bullfrog by Three Dog Night for example). Also I find girls tend to relate and enjoy female singers. But yeah I agree, music will set you free.
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#7
09-11-2007, 03:10 AM
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Re: Introducing a kid to good music
Would 5 and 8 year-olds really recognize quality music if they were exposed to it? I guess it's different for every kid, I just remember my classmates and I at 8 and I dunno if any of us really had the capacity to develop musical tastes/preferences in the way we would at a later stage in life. (Closer to the stage where kids develop/explore an identity apart from their parents)
At that age I think most kids wouldn't really be able to listen to the Beatles and say they like it more than N'Sync or something. But I could be wrong, and it couldn't hurt so ya I'd go with something like The Beatles, that's as good a start as any.. Also something like Blondie might be good.. catchy, upbeat, fun songs.. subject matter isn't too serious.
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09-11-2007, 03:25 AM
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Re: Introducing a kid to good music
When I was real young (maybe 5-10, im 21 now) my dad would always play The Beatles on long car rides. At the time I thought they sucked. It seemed like all of their songs were 2 minutes long and they just repeated the same words over and over.
Now the Beatles are my absolute .favorite. I guess at the time I just didnt understand what they were all about.
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#9
09-11-2007, 05:07 AM
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Re: Introducing a kid to good music
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At that age I think most kids wouldn't really be able to listen to the Beatles and say they like it more than N'Sync or something. [/ QUOTE ] this is likely true in general. [ QUOTE ] When I was real young (maybe 5-10, im 21 now) my dad would always play The Beatles on long car rides. At the time I thought they sucked. It seemed like all of their songs were 2 minutes long and they just repeated the same words over and over. Now the Beatles are my absolute .favorite. I guess at the time I just didnt understand what they were all about. [/ QUOTE ] this was kinda the point of my earlier post. a kid might not really like the beatles when he first hears them at a young age, or he might feel indifferent towards them, or he might not even be able to tell them apart from n'sync--yet, years later, when his musical tastes have broadened and developed and matured, that same kid will often re-discover the beatles and come to love their music. i think a big reason is that their music is extremely accessible, but upon closer inspection contains unexpected degrees of sophistication. so even if you play it for kids that are relatively young, it'll still pay off years down the line.
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