introducing your child to TSOM music

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At what age is this appropriate to do? Which records/tracks are suitable? I mean... you don't want to scare the kid away just because it's too hard for a beginner to listen to (like most of "Some girls....")
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before she was born.

a birthing tape, including sisters, motorhead, iggy etc.

no wonder she didn't want to come out :lol: :lol: :lol:


now she shakes her tailfeather to Alice 2004 :oops:

but she still likes a blast of sputnik :wink:
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Trust me. My 12 year old daughter regularly checks in with '... any good recordings of TC?' Give 'em studio stuff then they'll appreciate the bootie stuff. :von:
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around 94-95 (imsmr) german mag zillo mentioned a rumor about the sisters to planing setting the music to german fairy tales by the famous grimm brothers.
i am sorry especially for all the kids on this board conceived under the gun of the sisters that this was a hoax!
anyway, i am sure that your child will decide on what to listen to first.
or you use the instrumentals as backgroundsound during a reading of the grimms' fairy tales
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once your child makes it into their teens they'll make up their own mind on TSOM...

my oldest has just finished remining me of this fact...and i'm to stay the fcuk out of her life!

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Apparently 24 week foetuses can hear external sounds quite well, so last week seemed a good time to start the lad on the path to righteousness...

Not sure if the resultant kicks to 'Floodland' were ecstatic chicken dancing or 'bloody HELL woman, keep the noise down out there!'. Nor have I had the opportunity to lug self & sprog to any TSOM gigs, sadly. But he does jump about to the m*****n live, judging by the 3 I've been to this week...
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Both my boys, 10 and 4, think The Sisters are 'pants'. And it ain't from the lack of trying on my part.

Sigh.

Mind you, I've long since given up on Reece, the 10yr-old, he even supports Leeds. Little *&@!%$.
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you have to make sure that the kids don't listen to anything else than TSOM :)

not the easiest things but it can probably be done
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claws wrote:At what age is this appropriate to do? Which records/tracks are suitable? I mean... you don't want to scare the kid away just because it's too hard for a beginner to listen to (like most of "Some girls....")
At conception.
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claws wrote:At what age is this appropriate to do? Which records/tracks are suitable? I mean... you don't want to scare the kid away just because it's too hard for a beginner to listen to (like most of "Some girls....")
At conception.
Most definitely. ;)
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You introduce your child to the same stuff that you like and you'll end up with a kid like Saffy! (Ab. Fab.) Tell 'em Westlife is the way to go and they'll rebel.
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Sexygoth wrote:You introduce your child to the same stuff that you like and you'll end up with a kid like Saffy! (Ab. Fab.) Tell 'em Westlife is the way to go and they'll rebel.
I got a friend from uni days with a couple of kids, a girl of about 10 now and a boy about 6. The girl isn't into her dad's music at all, the boy loves it. Go figure.
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Children?! Are you quite mad? I don't want any, thankyouverymuch. Guess I won't get to corrupt any wee tykes, then...alas! :wink:
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SINsister wrote:Children?! Are you quite mad? I don't want any, thankyouverymuch. Guess I won't get to corrupt any wee tykes, then...alas! :wink:
Even if you don't have your own children, you can still corrupt other people's :twisted:
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Sexygoth wrote:You introduce your child to the same stuff that you like and you'll end up with a kid like Saffy! (Ab. Fab.) Tell 'em Westlife is the way to go and they'll rebel.
Very true.

The trick is don't let them hear your music properly, turn it off when they come in the room & tell them it's not 'suitable' for them in their tender years, & praise any bland pop idol type stuff as being a good influence.

They will be gagging for good stuff by the time they are 7.
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(OK, so I've just joined the forum which is why I'm replying to a four-year-old thread. In fact, the thread started just when my youngest was born and - as she's the star of this show - that seems most appropriate).

My two girls are 7 and 4, and both like the poppier versions of TSOM stuff, generally the Floodland- and Vision Thing-era stuff.

The asked me recently to put some of "Daddy's music" on to a CD for them to dance to in their bedroom. They wanted TOL92 and "Dominion".

7-year-old: Yes! "Dominion", *crash*, "Mother Russia..."
4-year-old: No, no, no. That's not right. The one with the *crash* is not the one with "Mother Russia" on it. I like the one with "Mother Russia" in.
7-year-old: But I like the *crash*!!
4-year-old: I like "Mother Russia"!!

An argument is brewing but then, with wisdom beyond her years, the little turns to me as asks:

"Daddy, can we have *both* versions on our CD, please?"

Yours sincerely,

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Planet Dave wrote:Both my boys, 10 and 4, think The Sisters are 'pants'. And it ain't from the lack of trying on my part.

Sigh.

Mind you, I've long since given up on Reece, the 10yr-old, he even supports Leeds. Little *&@!%$.
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I told you lot!

Quite obviously Reece has it right on both counts :)
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Planet Dave wrote:Both my boys, 10 and 4, think The Sisters are 'pants'. And it ain't from the lack of trying on my part.

Sigh.

Mind you, I've long since given up on Reece, the 10yr-old, he even supports Leeds. Little *&@!%$.
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Quite obviously Reece has it right on both counts :)
Not to burst your bubble, but that post's from 2004. Give him time 8)

No kids to indoctrinate, but my younger brother seems to have quite taken to my record collection since I've left for university.

It's my better half that still needs convincing, and that's going to be a bit of an uphill struggle :|

Oh well, there's always my "acceptable" Dresden Dolls albums :lol:
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I couldn't really convert anyone.

My ex liked a few of the songs from Japan's first album, and that's about the best I could hope for. Even if it does now feel a bit uncomfortable to listen to that album. :|
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Mrs RicheyJames wrote:You introduce your child to the same stuff that you like and you'll end up with a kid like Saffy! (Ab. Fab.) Tell 'em Westlife is the way to go and they'll rebel.
This looks like a promissing way to do it, yupp. :lol:
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Motz wrote:Not to burst your bubble, but that post's from 2004. Give him time 8)
Durr!!! Got all excited, then :urff:

My bubble is fine, thanks! :D

Back on topic - our young 'un has had a bit of a sing-a-long to This Corrosion, but that's about it really. She much prefers a bit of Johnny Cash anyday.
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Nice first post Davee. Welcome to HL!! 8)
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I don't see the need to introduce the Sisters to my daughter.

She will find it, eventually.

If she can't find daddy's 100 plus Sissies collection, it's time to go to the optician with her I think! :lol:

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On the downside, she'll need some time to learn the propper usage and handling of the media. I wish you could ask my father about what we did to his tapes, back in '72 or '73.. :innocent:
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