I recently bought Nathaniel an iPod. It was inevitable, I suppose, and it shows how much the Waldorf Media Death Grip has loosened.
But he’s getting older, and it’s time he began to hear what’s out there. His classmates “all” listen to popular music, he thinks (though he came home telling me about the White Album as if it was produced last week, so I’m a little suspcious, in a good way, about how “popular” the music really is that they listen to.)
So he got his iPod and is learning Mandarin on it, and I also loaded it with a nice Beatles selection, some old Elton John, and some Peter Gabriel. Starting him off easy, and giving him a solid, quality base.
Since at his age my own musical education was limited to AM radio in my mom’s car on the way to school, plus a bunch of classical albums played at maximum volume and bass by my dad on odd weekend afternoons, I’m thinking to get Nathaniel started slowly.
He already has access to a fair amount of classical music, though my taste eschews several periods including most of the Baroque, and he likes Indian chants in Hindi, Native American flute music, and all sorts of spiritually-oriented music, but the popular stuff just isn’t there. Since my popular taste runs all over the place, mostly to alternative, I need to pick and choose carefully for him.
It’s a dance.
And he’s still only 11.
But it’s really funny to hear him rocking out and singing along to Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.
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