Radio: The Smiths, “How Soon is Now”
Augustlet: I know this song. How do I know this song?
Me: Well, kiddo, you know it from the beginning of that show Mama used to like called Charmed. [Note: He always went off to play when it came on, but not before hearing the music over the opening credits. 
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Augustlet: Ohhh okay.
Me: But this is the original version, and it came out when Daddy was a kid.
Augustlet: Before they were even thinking of the show? Okay. Is this a man or a woman singing?
Me: It’s a man. His name is Morrissey.
Augustlet: Oh. He doesn’t sound like you, though, he sings high.
Me: Well, that’s what we call an artistic choice, buddy.
Augustlet: He sings more like me. I don’t have a voice like you do.
Me: Well, no, you don’t, but when you get about 13 or 14, your voice will get [demonstrating] loooower.
Augustlet: Oh, you mean the older I get, the lower my voice will get?
Me: Kind of. Most of it happens when you’re a teenager.
Augustlet: I get it. As I get older, maybe I’ll start to sound like the guy in this song.
Radio: Johnny Cash, “Personal Jesus”
Me: You couldn’t ask for anything better than that, buddy.
Augustlet: Yeah.
Nice!
Comment by The Liberal Avenger — 02.02.2007 @ 8:39 pm
That reminds me that I need to buy the rest of the American Recordings albums. Also, I can’t wait to educate my nephew in music. Specifically, the difference between Journey and Steve Perry (not really different) and the difference between The Misfits and Glen Danzig (Conan the Barbarian vs Conan the Destroyer).
Comment by Chuckles — 02.05.2007 @ 7:38 am
If only we could all sound like Cash…. Or Nick Cave… Or Leonard Cohen…
Or, if there was a God and He was merciful, Barry White…
Comment by The Rev. Jenner J. Hull — 02.10.2007 @ 12:21 am