What are the words that every mother dreads to hear?
“Please, Mummy, can we listen to Lady Gaga?”
It’s my fault, I suppose. I can only blame myself. I may not be a huge fan but I do own two of her CD’s and often when it’s ‘dancing time’ in the living room, I will reach for The Fame. There are quite a few songs on that CD that I like.
Apparently, there are quite a few songs on that CD that my kids like as well and they have made it quite clear that while we’re in the car, the only music that we should be listening to is Lady Gaga.
There are only so many times that I can listen to Lady Gaga before I start engaging in road rage behavior. I know the words to every song.
So do my kids.
Let’s have some fun,
This beat is sick,
I want to take a ride on your disco stick
“What’s a disco stick, Mummy?”
“I don’t know. Perhaps, we should listen to some REM this morning. We need a break from Lady Gaga, don’t we?”
Was I just exceeding the speed limit?
(roughly two minutes later…)
“I don’t want to listen to REM. This music is boring.”
“Mummy, can we listen to Lady Gaga?”
Just like a chick in the casino
Take your bank before I pay you out
I promise this, promise this
Check this hand cause I’m marvelous
“She said ‘chicken’” (laughing hysterically) “She said, ‘chicken’, Mummy!”
“Right… ‘chicken’… of course, she did.”
I’ve given up on my chances for the Mother of the Year Award. Even still, Just Dance wins the prize as our all-time favorite dance-in-the-living-room-song so we shall heed the advice of Lady Gaga…
Just dance. Gonna be okay.
Da-doo-doo-doo
Just dance. Spin that record babe.
Da-doo-doo-doo
Just dance. Gonna be okay.
Duh-duh-duh-duh
Dance. Dance. Dance. Just dance.
And when things get a little too crazy in the car, I reach over and switch to the trusted radio because you can’t wrong with that, right?
“Mummy, why do you have to fight for your right to party?”
Any thoughts on this one, Beastie Boys fans? 😉
Stephanie Ingram 
Hi Stephanie
Great. My wife is pregnant now, so this is probably some of what I have in store. I majored in music, so hopefully I can be one up on them in this.
Michael
Hi, Michael. Congrats on the new baby!! You must be very excited. Well, at least as a music major, you will be likely to impress upon your kids the ‘good stuff’. Good luck. 🙂
Hi Stephanie
I hope my background means I can teach them to critique music at a deeper level, but who knows. They might just say, “There goes Dad about music again”.
Am I excited? Hmm… Not sure yet. Nothing has happened. I haven’t had anything change yet. Actually, I found myself blogging about that very thing yesterday.
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Michael
You’ve started something now! Let’s see you ease out of it without the kids noticing (haha). I enjoyed this post. Still smiling!
Heh…it could have been Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols!
Thank you. What a very cute post, one of which I can totally relate to! We have the added twist of everyone (French people) singing some of those oh so wonderful words in English, some of whom have absolutely no idea what they are saying, in front of our bilingual little ones who almost always ask what the meaning is. Oh, and for an added bonus, the not so nice English words are not silenced out on the radio here in France, so it’s always a race as to who can change the station faster… my sweet man or myself.
Looks like the fun is just beginning for both of us! 🙂