I have to share this. My son is upstairs in his room with the door open..

[Maddy McCall]

and he is singing this:

Mama told me yes she told me I'd meet girls like you.
She also told me stay away you'll never know what you'll catch.
......
.....
Surrender, Surrender, but don't give yourself awayayayaya ayayaya
AAAAAAAA!!!

By the way, he's ten.

I'll accept the pats on the back now for exposing my kid to GOOD music like Cheap Trick instead of that insipid Kid Rock and Nelly shit.

:D

[redqueen]

1. Well done!

Kudos to you, mom.

:yourock:

[Maddy McCall]

2. LOL! Thanks!

He also knows the lyrics to Dean Martin's "Baby it's cold outside."

Kids are funny!

:-)

[KurtNYC]

3. I had that album

Live at Buddakhan (sp?)

[Maddy McCall]

7. I have it, too.

He stole the cassette tape from my antiquated tape collection. He also stole all of my Van Halen (the REAL VH, when DLR was frontman) from me.

He wanted to try out the Sex Pistols, but I had to nix that. :-)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

12. Yeah, I can dig that.

Having a 10-year-old running around singing "Gawwwd save the queen, I mean it maaannn!" is way too weird. ;-)

[Maddy McCall]

15. I probably could have dealt with that...

It's the "I'm an ABOOORRTION!" line that would have, um, upset the neighbors. :-)

[Forkboy]

4. You've raised him well

:)

[Poppyseedman]

5. Does he understand what he is singing?

10 years old is still pretty young or maybe I'm just an old fart!

[Maddy McCall]

10. He probably thinks he'll catch the "girl germs" from her.

I don't think he's aware of Cupid's measles quite yet. :-)

[Debi]

6. My son is a Proclaimers fan...

Nothing like some good 'sitting at the pub getting drunk' songs for the boy to learn!!! Better than cRAP

[Maddy McCall]

11. HAHAHA!! Too funny!

Would love to hear that! :-)

[Debi]

17. Here's a good one

Proclaimers - Oh Jean Lyrics

I'd never been lucky with girls I confess
Don't know who to blame for my lack of success
Cause even with ones up the back of a bus
There was always the risk of a slap in the puss

But Jean, oh Jean you let me get lucky with you

The first time I met you it did cross my mind
The next time I saw you there wasn't the time
The third time I saw you I thought that I would
The fourth time I met you I knew that I could

But Jean, oh Jean, you let me get lucky with you

I love her, I love her, I love her

I want you forever I want you for good
So I'm gonna treat you the way that I should
For your soul and body my heart's gonna pound
Even after the day that I'm laid in the ground

Cause Jean, oh Jean, you let me get lucky with you

Love her
I love her, I love her

[Maddy McCall]

LOL!

He sings that in public? I'd love to see that! :-)

[Debbi801]

8. LOL> This reminds me of when my 8 yr old was cleaning her room...

and singing "We're Not Gonna Take This" at the top of her lungs.

I have to admit that my taste in music is kinda dorky--I love Beatles, Springsteen, but also Carol King and Carly Simon. Luckily for my kids, my husband love rock and has introduced the kids to Cheap Trick, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, etc.

Debbi

[Maddy McCall]

13. Did you make her drop and give you twenty?

;-)

Yes, he also loves James Taylor and Neil Young. He named our schnauzer Lucinda, because Lucinda Williams is his absolute favorite female musician.

[Debbi801]

18. No, I was laughing too hard for her to take me seriously.

[Debi]

20. I love 'Crazy Mary'

n/t

[Jean Louise Finch]

32. Not to be a pain in the ass

But "Crazy Mary" is a Victoria Williams song.

And there's no relationship between Victoria and Lucinda -- I know because I wrote a letter to Rolling Stone to ask, and Victoria herself responded to say No!

[Debi]

37. Sorry Scout!

You are correct, I didn't pay very close attention! :hi:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

9. Heh.

One of the best bands I ever worked for. Incredible live and just the nicest people in the world. Used to take us out to dinner, get us drunk, hang with the crew. And that Robin...he almost gave me urges. Dude is way too good looking. Funny thing is, I never saw him pull a woman. Married, you see. Very happily. What a voice.

I even got to sing "Police! Police!" into a mike on the side of the stage. ;-)

[Maddy McCall]

14. Wow! You have an interesting history!

Would love to hear more stories. Did you ever tour with any other groups?

[Maddy McCall]

16. Let me add...

I have a good friend who toured with Manson ( :puke: ) as his lights man, and he is now touring with Velvet Revolver.

He told me some grossss stories about Manson. Sometime, PM me and I'll tell you what the main criterion that Manson used to hire him. IT will make you sick.

[Fiona]

19. Oh... you have to share

pretty please?

[Fiona]

28. Maddy

please tell us about Marilyn! I don't have enough posts to PM you.

[BamaGirl]

21. Well done....

Mine don't listen to much of this new pop either. They're more into Foreigner than Cheap Trick though lol.

[LoZoccolo]

22. You mean the song that is RACIST against FILIPINA WOMEN?

When I have a kid, I will raise her or him as a PROGRESSIVE, which means they will not be allowed to LISTEN to right-wing INDOCTRINATION of RAcIAL POLICIES.

[LoZoccolo]

25. (Psssst...I'm messing around with you.)

:+

[Maddy McCall]

29. You scared me there...

you evil hump you! :P

[JohnKleeb]

23. I thought it was mother

hey thats not a bad song.

[name not needed]

27. Wasn't that by Danzig?

:shrug:

[JohnKleeb]

35. no, Surrender is originally by Cheap Trick

Heh speaking of Danzig, my best friend who is now a marine recruit and living in Texas loved the original misfits but hes now a born again, I remember he actually got Danzig's sn one night through a friend of his.

[Midlodemocrat]

24. I love that!!

My eight year old routinely goes around the house singing 'Who are you', without the profanity of course, I turn that part down in the car.

[BurtWorm]

26. That reminds me, for some reason, of the time my daughter was singing

"Dad gum your hide, boy
Dad gum your dirty hide..."

by Louis Jordan in the women's room at Macy's after seeing the circus at Madison Square Garden when she was three years old. She was wearing a clown mask that covered her scalp with rubber baldness and a bozo-style hair-do. I didn't get to witness this; my wife told me about this. But I still crack up when I conjure the image of this little tiny person with a clown mask singing Louis Jordan in the Macy's bathroom.

[Maddy McCall]

30. HAHAHAHA!!!

What a funny kid! :-)

[HEyHEY]

31. Just wait until he starts with "The Dream Police"

[Kire]

33. I just bought it on iTunes

thanks

[Maddy McCall]

34. YQW

Great song. :-)

[Ellen Forradalom]

36. I played an ex-bf's mix tape in the car a lot with my son

and then one day I hear my son singing Harry Belafonte:

"I'd reveal how I do adore her
Hang my heart on my sleeve just for her
All my love throughout life assure her
If this moment I could amore her"

[Left Is Write]

38. So it's a good thing...

...that I listen to Cheap Trick's Greatest Hits in front of my toddler and my preschooler?

[Beer Snob-50]

39. you have raised your son well

my 14 year old loves to listen to my jimmy buffet cd's as well as eminiem. he is kind of weird. he has also read all of jimmy's books (well all three of them).

[henslee]

40. Yes! I was an early trickie.. Cheap Trick/Cars NYPalladium.. 78,79.

Hello kiddies.....

[BrainRants]

41. Mommy's all right! Daddy's all right!

They just seem a little weird!

Cheap Trick Rocks!

You're a great parent! Our 2 and 4 year old boys like "Bad Medicine" by Bon Jovi and the other day the 4 year old did "the horns" when it came on because he sees me doing it when a good song comes on.

Kids are great!