Using Pandora To Educate Our Children
I LOVE PANDORA.
I have become addicted since getting my iPhone. Usually I put it on something like Jack Johnson radio . . . but last night, Josh and I came to the realization that our children had never heard the song Ice Ice Baby. Can you imagine NOT knowing that song? Something had to be done about it . . . so we turned up the speakers on our iHome and set Pandora to Vanilla Ice radio. Let me tell you that the whole family never had more fun cleaning up from dinner. Henry, Cole and Maisie ROCKED OUT . . . and Henry busted some BRAND NEW DANCE MOVES. The list of songs that came out of those speakers and into the spongy brains of my children are as follows:
1. Bust a Move by Young MC
2. Jump Around by House of Pain
3. U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer
4. Good Vibrations by Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch
5. Thriller by Michael Jackson
6. Girls by the Beastie Boys
7. Summertime by Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
8. Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice
We kept the music pumping until the song that inspired the family rock out finally played . . . and then transitioned into bedtime (sweet dreams I'm sure). Did you read that list? They were all classics! I busted the running man. I jumped around to house of pain. I did the hand signals for Too Legit To Quit (even though it didn't even play!). The only one the kids had heard before was Thriller. Josh and I showed them the Thriller moves. They were deprived before last night. It was an evening to remember (okay, maybe not).
Yes! I love Pandora, too. And the family dance party sounds awesomely fun. :O)
So much fun! I used to listen to Pandora all the time until they lost the rights to transmit through a non US IP address. Sad sad day for me. There's a similar station called Last FM but they don't have quite as much music.
Now I want to listen to Bust a Move...here i go to Youtube!
Love this story! I listen to Pandora all day long