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.
This is the third Nelly Furtado track I’ve featured on this blog, and not coincidentally it’s the third time Furtado has appeared on a Random Weekend.
Those three tracks also represent the only three tracks I’ve ever heard from Furtado’s 2006 album, Loose.
Of course this raises the question of why exactly Loose is in my record collection to begin with.
Beck recently released a new track, harkening back to his days as a playful pop-funk mixmaster. That comes on the heels of his Grammy win for Best Album for Morning Phase, a somber and elegant meditation on mortality and lost love.
Let’s face it. The man can do pretty much anything. Even Kanye became a fan after initially threatening to protest Beck’s win over Beyoncé
