Song Lyric of the Day:
But I still stay cause you’re the only thing I know / So won’t you take, oh, won’t you take me home / Take me home, home, home
Cash Cash featuring Bebe Rexha / “Take Me Home“
A few weeks ago I made a huge mistake: I put the Tangled and Frozen soundtracks on my iPod, which lives in my car. To say Coraline was thrilled to be able to sing along with her favorite songs as we drove to school, to her abuela’s house, or during errands is an understatement. It is not an understatement, however, to say that after the 1,000th time I was ordered to sing the Mother Gothel or Hans or Flynn or Elsa parts, I was going insane. I laid down the law that we had to alternate between listening to her music and listening to Mommy and Daddy’s music. Since she got to hear her music some of the time, she was pretty happy. And so was I, particularly when she started to sing along with songs I liked.
Soon enough she started requesting certain songs, which is when I introduced her to the concept of a playlist. She loved the idea of saving all her favorite of Mommy and Daddy’s songs to her very own special playlist. I told her that whenever she heard a song she liked, to let me know, and I’d add it to her playlist. I also told her how we can add as many songs as she wants, so it can keep growing.
Here’s the playlist Coraline built for herself. With my help. And my iTunes account.
“Take Me Home” by Cash Cash featuring Bebe Rexha
Coraline knows it as: “Take Me Hooooooooooooome”
Fun fact: She refuses to let me sing along with this, even if she’s “too tired to sing,” insisting that it’s her song.
“Cups” by Anna Kendrick
Coraline knows it as: “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone”
Fun fact: When I showed her this scene from Pitch Perfect the other day, she asked for a cup and I recorded her singing along and trying to mimic how the cup is used to make music.
“Breathing Underwater” by Metric
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: This was the first song of my music she ever sang along to, parroting me from the backseat on the way to her cousin’s birthday party last year, April 6, 2013. She calls it “our song.”
“I Will Wait” by Mumford & Sons
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: She serenades me with this while waiting at the bathroom door for me to help her go potty.
“Pompeii” by Bastille
Coraline knows it as: “If You Close Your Eyes”
Fun fact: She actually does close her eyes during that line in the song.
“Right Round” by the Treblemakers
Coraline knows it as: “Hey, I know this song! Can you put it on my playlist?”
Fun fact: I thank God she can’t yet understand the meaning of some of the lyrics. Thankfully, they’re not ones she sings along to. Look for this song to “disappear” from her playlist in a few months.
“Bright Lights Bigger City/Magic” by the Treblemakers
Coraline knows it as: “Dut Dut Dut Dut Dut Dut Dut Dut”
Fun fact: Clearly me listening to the Pitch Perfect soundtrack over and over made an impression on her.
“Counting Stars” by One Republic
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: This is probably Coraline’s most requested song, and one I bought per her request. (Luckily, I’m a One Republic fan.)
“Titanium” by David Guetta featuring Sia
Coraline knows it as: “That song about being strong”
Fun fact: She can’t quite pronounce “titanium,” but lord, does she try.
“Beam Me Up” by Cazzette
Coraline knows it as: “Hey, I like this song! Can you put it on my playlist?”
Fun fact: I love that she likes this song enough to have asked to add it to her playlist. Also, I find her singing along with the “beam me up up up up up” part really amusing.
“Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye featuring Kimbra
Coraline knows it as: “That song where the guy sings and then the girl sings”
Fun fact: This is another one of “her” songs, with which I am not allowed to sing. Even though she barely knows the words yet.
“99 Red Balloons” by Nena
Coraline knows it as: “The Balloon Song”
Fun fact: It blows her mind that her mommy knows this song from when she was young. It’s old! And so is Mommy!
(Update: I now have the German version, “99 Luftballoons,” embedded because the English version disappeared from YouTube.)
