My son's not alone
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About 2 years ago my 4 year old son Freddy pulled my vinyl copy of Swordfishtrombones off the shelf and handed it to me. He and I had been exploring some of my music together - kid-friendly stuff like the Everly Brothers, Doc Watson, and early Beatles - and enjoying every rockin' minute of it. When he handed me the Tom Waits I was hesitant, but, you know, what harm could it cause? He might hate it and that'd be that. Of course, he loved it. For months we could not get past the first song--"Underground". He was obsessed with it. Eventually, songs like "16 Shells from a Thirty Ought Six", "In the Neighborhood", the title track and, then, much of Rain Dogs and later albums became everyday requests. Once, with guilty pride, I observed him marching on a playground and singing "Misery's the river of the world/everybody row!". That's my boy!So, this morning, Freddy, my two year old (Andy), and I were searching for Tom Waits videos and concert footage when we discovered this video of a NYC 5th grade chorus performing "Time". It's so soulful, unaffected, and beautiful. And even though Freddy was unimpressed and wanted to find film of Tom Waits howling into a bullhorn, I played it again and hugged my boys.
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