In an effort to "educate" the children, My Wonderful Husband has started Tuesday/Thursday music lessons on the way to school. Since he is able to drive the kids to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays (making them his captive audience...I mean passengers and students... ;-)) he is using that time to introduce them to a different band/singer/song in each ride. This week he held the first lessons. He began with "the number one rock and roll song of all time" and I readily admit that I had no clue what that was......I should probably be joining the children on these rides but alas a quiet cup of coffee is more important to me than increasing my small music knowledge. But I digress..... Tuesday's selection was Stairway to Heaven to which The Bear said, "This is rock and roll?" Ah Danielson...you have much to learn. ;-) Today, My Wonderful Husband showed his Jersey roots and shared The Boss with the children. I asked them this evening how the lesson went and they told me that they heard "some guy named Bruce Springsteen", they listened to Born to Run and saw a picture of him "when he was young...but now he is old!" The message of these lessons may be getting lost in translation. But the kids did tell me that they liked Born to Run. The kids are really excited for these lessons and can not wait until next Tuesday to find out what the next music lesson will be. I think that My Wonderful Husband has some selfish motives...while he does truly want the kids to broaden their musical taste to include more than Lady Gaga, Kesha, Katy Perry, and other assorted pop stars, these lessons give him an opportunity to listen to his own music in the car on the way to school without any complaints from the peanut gallery. I admit that seems genius.
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