My 15-month-old son is really into music. But despite my best efforts to indoctrinate him with Ramones and the Clash, New Order and the Cure, R.E.M. and Sonic Youth, he insists on being his own person with his own particular preferences. The nerve!
His musical palate right now is situated somewhere between Burning Man and an episode of “Scandal.” I don’t know how that’s going to shake out as he grows up, but in this very moment, his taste rocks.
Here are some of his favorite jams:
Don’t You Worry Bout a Thing • Stevie Wonder
Tell Me Something Good • Chaka Khan and Rufus
Take It As It Comes • J. Roddy Walston & the Business
i • Kendrick Lamar
Alright Alright Alright • Mungo Jerry
Lovely Day • Bill Withers
Janglin • Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Friend of the Devil • Grateful Dead
I Love You and Buddha Too • Mason Jennings
6AM • Fitz and the Tantrums
That last one is no surprise, as E is up at 6 a.m. EVERY DAMN DAY.