The husband is really in to music. And when I say ‘really’, I mean REALLY in to music. The first baby item he purchased when I was pregnant with the Mouse? A bouncer that you could plug your iPod into, and it would play real music for the baby instead of ‘silly’ lullabys. He was so excited that his baby would be able to fall asleep listening to The Beatles, or say Nirvana. {By the way, that bouncer SUCKED. Big time}.
Now that the Mouse is four years old though, it’s a bit harder for him to play whatever the heck he wants to hear while they’re driving around together. And like his mother, the Mouse will decide he likes a song, and then want to hear it {and nothing else} for the next three months straight. Like the classic ‘Stand By Me’? Yeah. Talk to me after you have to listen to it 23,495,940 times in a row.
The other night, the whole family was driving home from dinner at FIL’s house. It was warm, we we all full and happy, and the husband decided he needed to listen to Sublime’s Summertime. And honestly, the windows were down, and it was a good fit for the mood. If my husband does one thing well, it’s pairing music to a specific occasion.
He’s good with pairing wine too. Dammit, I’m a lucky woman.
As soon as the song came on we were both sitting up front, wind in our hair, sunglasses on, rockin’ out to our highschool years like we were the coolest 30-somethings in the world.
“Summertime and the livin’s easy
Bradley’s on the microphone with Ras-MG …”
When the Mouse doesn’t know a song, he doesn’t generally try to sing along, but this time he was bobbing his little head right with us in the back seat. It was super cute.
“Me and my girl we got this relationship
I love her so bad, but she tr(e)ats me like shhh…..”
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
I seriously almost jumped out of my skin, the husband yelled THAT loudly. ‘OMG WHAT?’ I yelled back. ‘Nothing, I just didn’t want him to hear the bad word.’
REALLY? So for the entire ride home, we listened to Sublime and my husband literally ‘AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-ing!’ out all the dirty words or phrases that might taint his son’s ears.
“I got a dalmation, and I can still get” AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
“I can play the guitar like a mother” AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! “riot”
Yep. This is our life now. 30-somethin’ badasses.
This made me laugh out loud because I can just imagine it. I’ve done that in the car with my mom before too, I just start talking REALLY LOUD right about the time a word needs covered up. hahaha
LOL. I have NEVER been more grateful for the mute button on my steering wheel as I am when I listen to a song that has a curse word or two in it.
Butter is totally convinced there’s actually a 2-3 second silence in Rolling the Deep.
I’m so glad to know we aren’t the only ones who do that. Lol.
I’m also known to frantically change the channel after realizing said song has naughty words. 
We do the same thing. Except I turn down the volume real fast and TH coughs really loudly. The only other alternative is listening to Laurie Berkner Band 24/7 and that ain’t happening. Heck, the first song I learned to sing was probably Hotel California and I made it ok. (kinda)
Right? I love me some Laurie, but a girl can only take so much ‘moon moon moon’ before she wants to stab said moon in the eye.
I agree with the others, it is nice to know that we’re not the only ones who have similar practices (ahhhing, and turning it down at certain moments). Great post.
Hahah – thanks Tim! Give my friend Merdis a squeeze for me!
We do the EXACT same thing. Every day. We have a rap playlist on Spotify, and while most of the songs are the edited version there are a couple that still have the dirty words. So Cole just thinks that you yell during certain parts of the songs.