I seem to have stumbled upon the key to my children’s eternal happiness, merriment and joy- Frank Sinatra.
Seriously. Frank Sinatra’s Greatest Hits is like a big ol’ bowl full of instant joy. The kids ask me to put on the “happy dancing music” and the gleefully and with abandon dance around the house, giggling, twirling and overflowing with silver joy bubbles.
This does not happen with Rafi. This does not happen with Laurie Berkner. This does not even happen with The Grateful Dead, the happiest music I know. This is a phenomena unique to the Crooner himself.
Give it a try- if we’re having a cross afternoon, if there are more cases of grumpiness than I can chase down, I put on old Blue Eyes, and the entire mood of the house changes. It’s spectacular.
hmmm….I could use some instant happiness. Maybe I’ll have to check it out.
Cool. Although in our house I think it’d have to be Tom Jones.
LOL @ Tom Jones… We love BNL over here, but yeah, I can imagine Frank being pretty fun too. “Come fly with me, come fly, come fly away….”
I have to say I’m a big believer in the power of music. I’m glad there is one that inspires your children.
Just found your blog. I’ll have to try out Frank on my three year old. I’ve also found Bing Crosby works well, as well BB King. Gotta love the classics.
How cool! Glad they like the classics.
Sir Oliver and I already love rocking out to Fly Me to The Moon!
This happens in our house with The Beatles. I don’t know why. Oh, and Pat Benetar and No Doubt.
Oh, sounds great! Lately our kids have been loving Brazilian music (Banda Eva is a fav if you are familiar). You can’t get much happier dance music than that!
We love Brazilian music, too. We have Putomayo and the requisite Girl from Immpanema… and No Doubt is definately happy music, too.