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Jan. 31st, 2008 07:14 pmSo one pattern Habibi and I have fallen into is watching musicals. There are two main reasons for this.
1) He has been, for months, been showing very blatant affection for music. I suspect this is partly due to the fact that his parents have been singing to him since he was in the womb, which is a good path to follow if you want a child who can appreciate and even possibly have an aptitude for music.
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2) I can go for awhile- the amount of time depends on the day- with no background noise, but after a few hours with a proto-toddler, I start to get a little crazy without it. I don't want to watch Crap TV, for both our sakes, so its either Star Trek* or musicals.
We've watched things like Evita, Alice in Wonderland, and Bye Bye Birdie- whatever is handy on DVD, or OnDemand. Anything I can sing along to, or things we can boogie to are huge pluses.
A couple of weeks ago, as I was perusing OnDemand for something to pacify us both, I came across Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. And I decided, why not?
Oh, its a terrible movie. Its cheesy, low production value (hey, it was 1978), its pretty pointless. But I have to say, we both enjoyed it greatly. Lots of fantastic boogie-worthy music, and I knew almost every single word to almost every single song, and could at least hum where I didn't know the words. Actually, I should say all three of us, because my dear friend- who will henceforth be known as "Mohammed" (as in "the mountain and...")- was hanging out with us that day, and was present for most of the movie. It was a good time, that day. Especially since Mohammed brought us Middle Eastern food for lunch.
I've decided that Oh Darlin' is going to be Habibi's and my song.
But I've learned two things, from this movie, and from clicking around and following links and such.
1) George Burns' character, the narrator, the Mayor of Heartland, his name is Mr. Kite. Mr. Kite is also the name of Eddie Izzard's character in Across the Universe (which, if you haven't seen it, its out on DVD, and you SHOULD SEE IT!!!). I know Eddie's Mr. Kite is supposed to represent a Ken Kesey-like character, but its interesting to make that little connection, one more of the many layers of Beatle-dom in that movie.
2) The song Golden Slumbers is based on a ballad of the same name by 16-17th century dramatist, Thomas Dekker. According to Wikipedia, the song became popular as a lullaby.
Golden Slumbers kiss Your Eyes
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you,
You are care, and care must keep you ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
I wonder if this song is in the Rise Up Singing book. Which someone should, someday, feel free to buy me. Its on my wishlist.
*another post for another day
1) He has been, for months, been showing very blatant affection for music. I suspect this is partly due to the fact that his parents have been singing to him since he was in the womb, which is a good path to follow if you want a child who can appreciate and even possibly have an aptitude for music.
and
2) I can go for awhile- the amount of time depends on the day- with no background noise, but after a few hours with a proto-toddler, I start to get a little crazy without it. I don't want to watch Crap TV, for both our sakes, so its either Star Trek* or musicals.
We've watched things like Evita, Alice in Wonderland, and Bye Bye Birdie- whatever is handy on DVD, or OnDemand. Anything I can sing along to, or things we can boogie to are huge pluses.
A couple of weeks ago, as I was perusing OnDemand for something to pacify us both, I came across Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. And I decided, why not?
Oh, its a terrible movie. Its cheesy, low production value (hey, it was 1978), its pretty pointless. But I have to say, we both enjoyed it greatly. Lots of fantastic boogie-worthy music, and I knew almost every single word to almost every single song, and could at least hum where I didn't know the words. Actually, I should say all three of us, because my dear friend- who will henceforth be known as "Mohammed" (as in "the mountain and...")- was hanging out with us that day, and was present for most of the movie. It was a good time, that day. Especially since Mohammed brought us Middle Eastern food for lunch.
I've decided that Oh Darlin' is going to be Habibi's and my song.
But I've learned two things, from this movie, and from clicking around and following links and such.
1) George Burns' character, the narrator, the Mayor of Heartland, his name is Mr. Kite. Mr. Kite is also the name of Eddie Izzard's character in Across the Universe (which, if you haven't seen it, its out on DVD, and you SHOULD SEE IT!!!). I know Eddie's Mr. Kite is supposed to represent a Ken Kesey-like character, but its interesting to make that little connection, one more of the many layers of Beatle-dom in that movie.
2) The song Golden Slumbers is based on a ballad of the same name by 16-17th century dramatist, Thomas Dekker. According to Wikipedia, the song became popular as a lullaby.
Golden Slumbers kiss Your Eyes
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you,
You are care, and care must keep you ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
I wonder if this song is in the Rise Up Singing book. Which someone should, someday, feel free to buy me. Its on my wishlist.
*another post for another day
