June 22, 2002

punkrockbaby.com "Dont leave your your

punkrockbaby.com

"Dont leave your your child's musical taste to chance - indoctrinate now" is the motto of this compilation of punk rock for babies, billed as "a collection of punk classics in a lullaby style."

I don't know about the "lullaby style" part. Judging from the samples provided, they're more like your standard low-fi bedroom-electronica-cocktail-muzak instrumental arrangements, but they're fun nonetheless. They've put up mp3s of songs by the Sex Pistols, Stranglers and Buzzcocks. (Unfortunately, they don't provide the mp3 of "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" which has, perhaps, the greatest potential for pedagogical weirdness...)

"You didn't fight the punk wars for nothing," they write, which, for many of us, may be a bit of an exaggeration. "Make sure they have a riot of their own."

Most amusing. (And maybe a little disturbing-- my wife was so charmed by "No More Heroes" that she remarked "let's get a baby just so we can play this for him." "Get" a baby? It's a plot, I tell you...)

Posted by Dr. Frank at June 22, 2002 11:42 AM | TrackBack