” about plucking feathers from a bird who wakes you up at the crack of dawn, is another favorite among French nursery rhyme songs. Yes, the story is a tad aggressive, but the tune is an undeniable earworm, and this version is a great way to teach little ones about the parts of the ...
(Confidential to P. McC: Men have something to do with babies, too.) 57. “You’re Going to Lose That Girl,” Help! (1965) Another bit of romantic-advice-giving, with a not-so-veiled threat. Lennon would do it, too. The call-and-response and Lennon’s falsetto is irresistible....
My daughter learned to clap recently and now she’s clapping at everything she does. She even claps when she successfully falls down from standing, too funny. It made me stop and think about how much we’ve been modeling for her how to clap and what fun it can be to celebrate the li...
6. “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (1978) This outlaw country duet, by two of the genre’s biggest stars, warns mothers about the rough life of cowboys. The song’s humor and charm helped it top the country charts and solidi...
Picture this: You’re cutting it up on the dancefloor when you realize—all too late—that you’ve been too indiscriminate in your drug use. Reality glitches. Time goes non-linear. Your fun night out is suddenly about to become a wild, white-knuckle ride into the abyss. “Fentanyl Tester...
I’ll hear a song in my head. I’ll keep singing it until I have a place to stop and record it on my phone. Sometimes a song wakes me up from my sleep, and I’ll write notes on a sheet of paper next to my bed. Children often ask me to sing a song about something they are...
I remember walking you from school and homies hate me / But I ain't trippin’ cause I knew one day girl you'd be my lady / You’ll probably have my babies, I know it sounds crazy / But thugs need love and if you real girl save me. ...
“I Want It That Way” — whose Hot 100 peak was hurt by its single not being widely available for sale at its commercial peak — didn’t need chart validation to become the biggest hit of their career. The second the plucking guitar begins, ’90s babies are transported back to their ...
They were going to give up the “fast life / Have a couple babies, raise 'em up right / Take 'em to the river, get 'em baptized.” Instead, he’s filled with regret for leaving, noting, “If I'd have had a lick of damn sense / I’d be on the greener side of that fence....
“I Want It That Way” — whose Hot 100 peak was hurt by its single not being widely available for sale at its commercial peak — didn’t need chart validation to become the biggest hit of their career. The second the plucking guitar begins, ’90s babies are transported back to their ...