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One thing about being a parent, for me anyway, I’ve been dreading the day when Rebecca starts listening to pop music. I don’t intentionally shield her from what other girls her age are listening to, but because we don’t have a television, I think it’s sort of happening by default. She’s watched Hannah Montana and some other shows on television at friends’ houses and told me she thought they were “sort of stupid,” (which is saying a lot for her, “stupid” is not a word we use lightly in our family). She’s had friends play popular music for her and she’s been mostly “meh” about it. I’m going to do my best to be tolerant of whatever musical tastes she develops, but for now I’m having fun introducing her to things I like.

Sometimes when we go to bed, Becca and I take my iPod with us. We have a splitter thingy so we can use two pairs of headphones. Sometimes we just put it on shuffle, other times she hunts down some song she loves and plays it over and over (and over) until my head explodes. Sometimes we listen to one of my playlists, or I surf around for songs I think she might like.

Last night was sort of a combo night, but here’s a list of songs she either sang along with, asked for a repeat of, or tapped feet/ clapped/snapped/head-bobbed to, and then requested I put them on *her* ipod (which isn’t a “real” ipod, just a cheapie mp3 player):

Non je ne regrette rien – Edith Piaf
Home – Magnetic Zeros
Saving Grace – Everlast
My Eyes – Dr. Horrible Soundtrack
Defying Gravity – Glee cast
Nth Degree – Morningwood
Elephant Love Song Medley – Moulin Rouge soundtrack
Abantwana Basethempeleni – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Heart & Soul – T’Pau (hahaha, who remembers that song???)
Temptation Inside Your Heart – Velvet Underground
Memories Are Made of This – Dean Martin
Alice’s Restaurant – Arlo Guthrie

Let me tell you, I couldn’t help be tickled to see her hitting the pause-rewind-forward to try to memorize the words to an Everlast song, heh.