My final selection of this week of songs introduced to me by my daughter is from an artist I would never have known otherwise. The other acts I featured this week were all on my radar, but Marina and the Diamonds (the stage name of Welsh singer-songwriter Marina Lambrini Diamandis) was completely new.
The 29-year-old has released three albums since 2010, the latest (titled Froot) in March of this year.
Setting the boys aside for a moment, here’s Demi Lovato with a summer anthem that hints at a secret romance between two women.
Lovato has taken some heat not for the song’s subject matter but because some find it a little too close to Katy Perry territory. Indeed, it does sound like something Ms. Perry would record, though the fact that this song (like many of Perry’s) was written by hit-maker Max Martin is likely to blame.
Based on the first three selections this week, you might guess that my 13-year-old’s hormones are playing as big a role in her musical taste as her ears.
But Sophia really seems to enjoy these songs on their merits and not because of the cute boys singing them. In fact, it’s surprising how little she has gotten into the heartthrob thing. Meanwhile, my 9-year-old says wholly inappropriate things about the Chrises, Pratt and Hemsworth.
I’m guessing Shawn Mendes appeals to my 13 year-old daughter in part because they’re practically in the same grade.
The Canadian lad is 16 and got his start posting song covers to Vine. Yes, Vine, which has a 6-second time limit. Talk about appealing to short attention spans!
‘Stitches’ has been popping up more and more on Sirius (the Radio Disney channel, specifically) and every time I find myself singing along.
I always had visions of indoctrinating my children in my cultural ways, raising fans of the same music, television and movies that have moved me over the years.
That has happened, to some extent. My daughters enjoy some of my favorites, and we’ve discovered new favorites together.
But the vision of young Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan fans running around the house… it was clearly never meant to be.
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