The Go Team - Rolling Blackouts

Going to start doing more music review stuff to fill out this page, so I am going to do a running list of my favorite albums in 2011. Cheap gimmick sure, but f off, at least it's keeping me busy and sane. Here is my current top ten. I am going to review them all in my special little way. I am going to do all ten, and then if I need to change things, I will change them.

1. Panda Bear - Tomboy

2. Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong

3. White Lies - Ritual

4. Radiohead - The King of Limbs

5. Foo Fighters -Wasting Light

6. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

7. Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO & (Other American Stories)

8. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

9. The Decemberists - The King is Dead

10. The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts

The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts

If my daughter, Lorelei, was writing this list, Rolling Blackouts, would be number 1. It is an admirable choice. This album, is full of rollicking beats, cool voices and just absolute fun. Her choice lacks credibility because she is only 18 months old, and she is an idiot. After this album her choices would probably be: Stuffed Dog That Plays Songs When You Press Its Hand - Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Alphabet Pal - ABC, Fridge Phonics- ABC, Plastic Jewelery Box - Annoying Songs About Make Up Set to Pop! Goes the Weasel and The Wiggles - Holy Crap, We're Terrible. Who am I kidding, that damned stuffed dog is her favorite album of all time.

It's going to be fun to watch her music choices evolve as she does, but she has officially hit the point where she is now a little kid and likes stuff that all little kids like, but grown people abhor. I had tried really hard to keep her away from this point, but I guess it was inevitable. I remember when she was only a couple months old and the first happy reaction I ever saw from her about music, about anything really, was KMFDM - A Drug Against War. I was so excited. If the first thing she ever smiled about was industrial metal, then I would never have to own an album that had The Wheels on the Bus unless it was covered by Trent Reznor or Al Jourgensen. Alas, she has fallen into the spell of jingly noises and goofy voices, which I guess is why she likes The Go! Team, but hell, that's why I like The Go! Team.

Her sudden love for the things I had wished to avoid is a little frightening. It is my first glimpse into a world where maybe she won't look at me as the greatest man she's ever known. I thought for sure I had control over these types of things, but no, suddenly she loves The Wiggles? What happened to KMFDM?

I worry about what my daughter will be exposed to. I worry that she's going to like crappy music and crappy movies and watch crappy TV shows. And she's probably gonna. There is no getting around it, but by the time she has the opportunity to make her own choices, am I going to have to listen to the 2019 version of Katy Perry because that's all that's available to an eleven year old who doesn't want to work that hard to find music? Or even worse, because she actually likes it?

Some people worry that their kid is going to do drugs. Some worry that their kid is going to be gay. Some worry that their kid isn't going to be successful or rich. I worry that my kid is going to make me listen to Katy Perry in the car when she's eleven because she doesn't know any better. But as long as she keeps bopping to The Go! Team, then at least I know that I did my best. Because, things can be fun and they can appeal to the young and old alike and they can be good. The Go! Team proves it, and I'm glad my daughter and I can bond over it. But for real, I'm about to hide that stuffed dog.