However, fans of Top 40 pop music were considered to be ill at ease and uncreative… which might help explain the unfathomable success of “#SELFIE” by the Chainsmokers, which peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. In no big surprise to anyone, reggae fans were considered to have laid-back personalities. In a study of over 36,000 in over 60 countries taken over the course of three years, North asked participants to rate a range of musical styles in order of preferences. There have been countless studies on musical neuroscience, and at Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University, Professor Adrian North theorizes that one’s taste in music is directly connected to their personality. Great music – even lullaby covers of it – fosters a well-rounded perspective, and in an increasingly global society, erudition is something a parent should aim for. The original is devastating, and the addition of twinkly, tinkling instrumentation only serves to cement the song’s legacy as the aural equivalent of teardrops.
Almost aggressively cheerful and mind-numblingly repetitive, children’s music operates on the misconception that children aren’t very bright, and therefore aren’t capable of understanding or appreciating the adult concepts found in good music.Īdmittedly, “I’ve been afraid of changing because I built my life around you,” is a heavy concept to lay on a five-year-old, but they do understand sadness, and is there any song more heartwrenching than Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide”?
What I do know is that music that caters solely to children is, for lack of a better term, insidious crap formulated to make adults weep in agony. I’m sure there’s something else in there about head injuries and not touching the stove, but I don’t have kids so that’s not really my area of expertise. When it comes to parenting, there are really only two rules you need to follow:ġ) Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.Ģ) Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to listen to bad music.
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