You Can't Make This Stuff Up....

As a follow-up to today's earlier post, "Music Ed 101," I thought I'd share with you some additional information about Stevie Wonder's "whereabouts" (according to Anna).  This was our conversation this morning:

Anna:   I want to visit Stevie Wonder.
Me:     Well, we don't know where he lives, and besides, famous people don't tend to like it when people just show up at their houses.
Anna:   He lives in 'Arctica.  [pauses, thinking hard]  There are no Muppets there.  So let's go see Stevie Wonder first, then go see Kermit after.

There you have it: in case any of you were wondering, supposedly Anna's favorite artist is in Antarctica, in the event you want to don your best cold weather gear and find him. Hopefully he won't blame me when everyone shows up at his house all at once! LOL.

Music Ed 101

“Can we watch a Stevie Wonder video again, Mom?  Can we, can we?”

I love that kid.

And clearly we’re doing something right because she has excellent musical taste!  I started the musical indoctrination early. Anna’s nighty-night mix includes the following:

•  Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles 
•  Your Song – Elton John
•  Just the Way You Are – Billy Joel
•  My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
•  Peaceful, Easy Feeling – The Eagles
•  Blessed – Elton John
•  Ventura Highway – America
•  Is This Love – Bob Marley & The Wailers
•  Over My Head – Fleetwood Mac
•  You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder

      And that's only a portion of the list; there are over 20 songs. I’ve been singing many of these songs to Anna at night since she was a newborn, while rocking or dancing her to sleep.  We started mostly with classical, and then some jazz – Ella Fitzgerald singing “Cheek to Cheek" and Miles Davis playing “Bye Bye Blackbird” were early favorites.  But when our bedtime ritual became longer and longer, I thought some soothing and mellow classic rock/pop songs would be appropriate.  Thus, this playlist was born.