• @hactar42@lemmy.world
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    1262 years ago

    I was singing to my daughter when she was around that age and told me to stop singing. I asked why and she told me, because you can’t

      • volvoxvsmarla
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        52 years ago

        My two year old’s best friend is a three year old… Jfc it’s like watching innocence and insanity play together. I love her friend but damn she’s brutal. While my girl is still a bit too small to be hurt or angry about mistreatment and lets so much slide. And in a year my forgiving two year old will be this intimidating mess.

    • Flying SquidM
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      32 years ago

      My mother didn’t even bother singing to me. She knew better. She’s almost completely tone deaf.

  • @Underwaterbob@lemm.ee
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    232 years ago

    The original You Are My Sunshine had something ridiculous like 48 verses many of which have been lost and it went on for twelve minutes. Though I forget where I read that, and I can’t find it again, so it may have been some kind of weird fever dream.

    • Flying SquidM
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      22 years ago

      That’s nothing. Have you heard about the song we song to babies about them falling to their death out of a tree?

      • @sillypuddy@mander.xyz
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        122 years ago

        Really?

        The first verse:

        The other night, dear

        As I lay sleeping

        I dreamt I held you in my arms

        But when I woke, dear

        I was mistaken

        So I hung my head and I cried

        I always took it to mean the person is mourning the loss of a loved one and they dreamed they were still alive.

        Also, I once heard that this song was about a horse named Sunshine. 🤷‍♂️

        • stebo
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          112 years ago

          It goes on like this:

          You told me once, dear, you really loved me
          And no one else could come between
          But now you’ve left me and love another
          You have shattered all of my dreams

          So it’s really about a break up

      • @I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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        212 years ago

        The third verse seems like a thinly veiled threat to me:

        I’ll always love you and make you happy,

        If you will only say the same,

        But if you leave me to love another,

        You’ll regret it all some day.

        • no banana
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          102 years ago

          Damn, that song is vicious and exactly what a baby needs to hear to be ready for the world.

          • Hello_there
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            12 years ago

            It’s clearly about romantic love. Don’t think that’s right

    • NielsBohron
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      2 years ago

      People should sing whatever songs they want to their kids. Kids understand that the lyrics aren’t necessarily supposed to be taken literally or even applied to them; kids just like the attention and how relaxing it is to listen to the most comforting voices they know sing songs that they love.

      My wife sang our kids “You Are My Sunshine” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.” I sang them love songs, break-up songs, songs about death, and everything in between. The only difference in our day-to-day life and personalities is that they are developing great taste in music and that I spent much more time singing to them than I would have had I been bored to tears singing “appropriate” songs.

      • nyoooom
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        142 years ago

        Me: you are my sunshine…

        My kid: I’m a star?! That makes no sense, what even is your stupid song.

        • @tweeks@feddit.nl
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          102 years ago

          And moreover, I’m YOUR star? What is this capitalist bullshit, should everyone have their own star now, can’t we just share 1 absurdly massive pile of hydrogen? Damnit, wish I was born in the East. Bunch of loonatics here.

          Meanwhile in the East - What te fuck mom… WHO do you say is our frickin’ star…?

    • @brewbellyblueberry@sopuli.xyz
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      least brutal 3-year-old/freshly born.

      I’m imagining toddlers growing up to hate their parents’ music taste, because they already fucking hated it when they played it to them when they were a fetus in utero.

      The dad hyped up “fuck yeah I’m gonna teach this kid to love Slayer because I’m playing it to him now when they’re in there!”. And then they hate it like “THIS IS WHAT THAT SHIT WAS, I HATED IT ALL THE FUCKING TIME, FUCK YOU!”

      • @brewbellyblueberry@sopuli.xyz
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        Like there was for a while the whole “Play Mozart/Beethoven to your kid in the womb and they’ll be smarter” and shit - there’s no way everyone universally likes classical music. I know several older people who don’t enjoy music at all, which just seems bizarre.

        It’s not like every kids gonna pop out and be like “That Mozart’s Requiem was some shit, man! Play it again!”.

        • @rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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          It’s also a fucking dumb approach to making the kid smart anyways. You don’t need a high iq to appreciate classical music, and there is nothing inherently intelligent about listening to music

          • Yeah well dumb people will try dumb ways to magically make their dumb kids smart. Wicked smaht. We played them Mozart 24/7 so they’d be smaht and look at him. So smaht. And the kid grows up to be an insomniac serial killer who grew dissecting any animals they got their hands on.

          • @insomniac@sh.itjust.works
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            112 years ago

            There is evidence listening to music in your native language is good for language development. Probably any pop music is more educational than classical music to a baby.

        • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
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          42 years ago

          Music wasn’t always so easily accessible as it is now. I think really only the radio was something everyone would have access to. If you had vinyl, CDs etc then you were at least somewhat musically inclined and some folks would just not be and never really get into it or invest in getting their own music. Not that they would literally never hear or listen to music but it wasn’t one of their hobbies. Compared to today where we all have access to music on demand and it would be weird if you don’t have at least some preferences or something.

      • Turun
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        142 years ago

        Young kids do not have the mental capacity to differentiate between “I learned something new” and “I always had this opinion”. They are simply incapable of the former position.

        There are psychology experiments with children that show this effect, it’s pretty wild.

        • Yeah chilhood is insane and super interesting the way we process information and emotions and the weird reality we’ve just been dragged into.

      • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        22 years ago

        I would sing my daughter Johnny Cash in NICU. She loves it now. Best part is the chords tend to be easy if she wants to learn to play, or if I ever want to learn LOL

        • If she ever expresses an interest, maybe even without, buy a guitar and learn with her. Like you’re teaching, but you’re actually learning with her. Bonding x1000. You can both sing or take turns if it’s too difficult to play and sing from the get-go.

            • @brewbellyblueberry@sopuli.xyz
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              Oh haha, perfect. You have a ukulele? I highly recommend one even just for you if you want to learn. There’s something weirdly inoffensive and less threatening about a uke that it’s easier to approach while it’s literally just a mini guitar with four strings. I’ve played guitar since I was under 10 years old and I have half a dozen guitars, but I find myself playing most on these tiny, cute guitars. Like you have a minute till the water’s boiling, you can just grab it for a second and chuck it back on the corner of the sofa. Like you’re not “really playing” - you’re just killing time, but you actually are.

              Also just the fact that it has less strings literally makes it less difficult and you can still play it like a guitar. I kind of hate this trend that everyone plays it like they’re on vacation in Hawaii, because it literally is just a tiny guitar. It’s the perfect starter guitar.

              • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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                12 years ago

                I don’t have a Ukulele, just an acoustic guitar I inherited from my grandma and another hybrid acoustic electric that I paid a decent chunk of change for… I also have two violins (don’t ask why) Ukulele sounds like a good thing, I often play around with the guitars when I am bored or want to annoy my wife.

                Is the finger positioning easier on a Ukulele? That’s what I have the most trouble with, I don’t have long fingers, so getting all the strings pressed firmly is challenging.

                • I’d say it’s easier, already because there are less strings so the amount of fingers needed and frets to press are less. Like you can play an E minor chord with just one finger on one string. The standard tuning is like the highest 4 strings of a normal guitar. I’d say the size can make it softer on the fingers as well. Other than that it’s literally just a tiny guitar. Plus you van get one for pocket change or even a decent one for less than a 100€/€. Also because it’s so small you can take it literally anywhere.

  • @Master@lemm.ee
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    592 years ago

    Forcing my fetus to listen to cbat. Fuck you little shit. You going to hate me, ill give you something to hate me for!