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This morning, in lieu of the usual music my 3 year old daughter requests (Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Singin in the Rain), I went ahead and played one of my Goldsmith compilation cds. I've slowly been trying to indoctrinate her into the cult of Jerry and whenever I put on Capricorn One's main titles, for instance, I'd make sure to turn it up and emphasize that bum bum bum bum-pu-pu-pum rhythm.
This morning as that track played, my daughter said, "Daddy, I love this music."
Yes!!!!!
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I had to stop showing my daughter Doctor Who -- she started getting too scared. But maybe it's time to start showing it to my 1 year old boy...
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I've never understood why it's so important to people to 'change other people to like what they like'.
I really don't care if people I know like what I like. My girlfriend loves my Barry, Morricone and Delerue scores but she hates the Goldsmith stuff. I really don't care about that, it's for me.
I had a friend who would go round giving people CD-Rs of Jerry stuff, tell them they must listen and then even phone them up to find out if they liked it. He stopped getting invited to parties!
Sure, I play things for people but it's okay whether they like it or not.
Cheers
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My goal is actually to just make sure my children will let me play some of my music without them griping about it. I figure if I start early, they'll be more amenable to hearing the stuff later down the line.
But, yes, the unintended consequences of these kinds of decisions can be deadly. I didn't want my daughter listening to/watching Barney or making me suffer through something like Raffi, so I introduced her to Sound of Music and Singin' in the Rain and some other actual classics. Now, of course, I'm sick to death of those cds.
Today I put on Jerry Goldsmith The Early Years and no one complained...
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Parents, parents, listen up already...
Do not be so cruel as to try to turn your children into film music fans. Just think of your own adolescence - all those years of bad hair, acne, social inadequacy, and it was all down to our love of film music. Get your kids into punk rock (or its equivalent) and they'll be out getting drunk and having sex and generally having a great time instead of sitting at home listening to poncey music by some Jerry Goldsmith guy. I mean, totally uncool.
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That reminds me of the advice Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) gives. He's been a teetotaler for his whole life, has never done any drugs or alcohol. He advises kids to do drugs so they don't end up as the social outcast he was.
Don't know that I'll be following that line of thinking, though. And, as I mentioned, I don't necessarily want my kids to be big film music nerds like their old man, but at least I can (hopefully) encourage them to tolerate it.
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