"Is 'first song' a thing for a baby?"
"I'm not sure yet."
"You want it to be a thing, don't you?"
"Of course."
—soon-to-be parents
"I'm not sure yet."
"You want it to be a thing, don't you?"
"Of course."
—soon-to-be parents
What is "Baby's First Song?"
Pretty simple, it's exactly what it says. It's when two parents purposely play a particular song for a child soon after birth. This song would forever be known as the first song that this human being ever heard (without a womb muffling the sound, of course).
What should a baby's First Song be?
In my opinion, the song should meet SIX criteria:
1) It should be a good song. I mean, this should be obvious. It should be a song that is enjoyable to a majority of people. No one wants to grow up saying their First Song was, like, "Revolution 9" or something. That song is shit.
2) It should be a cool song. I should put that in quotes: a "cool song." This one is going to be more subjective. In my personal opinion, there are cool songs and lame songs, and each can be GOOD songs. "Octopus's Garden," for example, is a good song, but it is not, by any means, a cool song.
3) It should have a message. There are songs that are good and cool songs that don't particularly have a message. I think First Song should say something, ya know? "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey" is a badass song, both cool and good, but what exactly does it mean? To my ears, it's gibberish, arranged in a groovy, pleasing way.
4) Its message should be about life. There are plenty of cool, great songs with a message, but it has nothing relevant to life in general. A child's First Song should speak about life in general; it should talk about the big stuff. "Ticket to Ride" is a good, cool song that has a message, but that message basic boils down to, "Sometimes you have to let go." To me, that message isn't big enough. That is a specific lesson that child will have to learn, but it doesn't speak to the child as a whole human being. Bigger.
5) Its life message should be a positive one. There are a lot of people on this earth who believe that life is ultimately a march to your grave and nothing means anything. I don't believe that. I believe life is a miracle and an opportunity. And I want my child to believe that too. And I want his/her First Song to reflect that. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any Beatles songs that are good and cool and have a life message that is NEGATIVE. But, I mean, just look at what I wrote earlier for a list of great examples of this.
6) It should be a familiar song to both parents. This is important because parenting (I assume) is all about teamwork, about doing that shit together. It's important that Mother and Father are on the same page when it comes to Child's First Song. This was is the only one that's fixable if it's not immediately true—if one parent doesn't know the song, they have nine months to get familiar.
1) It should be a good song. I mean, this should be obvious. It should be a song that is enjoyable to a majority of people. No one wants to grow up saying their First Song was, like, "Revolution 9" or something. That song is shit.
2) It should be a cool song. I should put that in quotes: a "cool song." This one is going to be more subjective. In my personal opinion, there are cool songs and lame songs, and each can be GOOD songs. "Octopus's Garden," for example, is a good song, but it is not, by any means, a cool song.
3) It should have a message. There are songs that are good and cool songs that don't particularly have a message. I think First Song should say something, ya know? "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey" is a badass song, both cool and good, but what exactly does it mean? To my ears, it's gibberish, arranged in a groovy, pleasing way.
4) Its message should be about life. There are plenty of cool, great songs with a message, but it has nothing relevant to life in general. A child's First Song should speak about life in general; it should talk about the big stuff. "Ticket to Ride" is a good, cool song that has a message, but that message basic boils down to, "Sometimes you have to let go." To me, that message isn't big enough. That is a specific lesson that child will have to learn, but it doesn't speak to the child as a whole human being. Bigger.
5) Its life message should be a positive one. There are a lot of people on this earth who believe that life is ultimately a march to your grave and nothing means anything. I don't believe that. I believe life is a miracle and an opportunity. And I want my child to believe that too. And I want his/her First Song to reflect that. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any Beatles songs that are good and cool and have a life message that is NEGATIVE. But, I mean, just look at what I wrote earlier for a list of great examples of this.
6) It should be a familiar song to both parents. This is important because parenting (I assume) is all about teamwork, about doing that shit together. It's important that Mother and Father are on the same page when it comes to Child's First Song. This was is the only one that's fixable if it's not immediately true—if one parent doesn't know the song, they have nine months to get familiar.
What will your child's First Song be?
That I'm not sure of yet. It's going to take some digging. But this is important to me. It's important that my child comes into this world and gets the right message through the best medium in existence, MUSIC.
I'll check back within the next three months with our decision.
OH FUCK, three months?!?!
I'll check back within the next three months with our decision.
OH FUCK, three months?!?!
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