Lullabies for a rock-n-roller's daughter.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:11 am

So my daughter asked for Pink Floyd as her lullaby music. We don't normally play music for her when she sleeps but I decided to indulge her a bit.

I was trying to get a quick playlist of smooth, easy-playing songs.

The list is as follows
Us & them
See Emily Play
Goodbye Blue Sky
Hey You (this might not be the best easy-listening sort-of song)
Wish you were here.
Shine on you crazy diamond.

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This is my quick to listen lullaby Pink Floyd list. Anyone have any suggestions on easy-listening low-key music for bedtime that isn't the usual lullaby.

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BTW: I couldn't have a cooler 4-year-old. :D

K · Post by K » Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:12 am

My parents used to play loud rock music when I was a kid. Makes for a deep sleeper.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:13 am

As far as Pink Floyd, Heaven and Hell is pretty chill, as is On the Turning Away.

Most of DSotM is really low key: Breath the Air, The Great Gig in the Sky,

High Hopes might qualify, as might Learning to Fly, Pigs on the Wing, Welcome to the Machine, Sea Shell and Soft Stone, Julia Dream, Lost Boys Calling, There's No Way Out of Here, Chain of Life.

Comfortably Numb is a great low-key song, but also probably the most depressing song ever. Which brings me to my question: Why are you subjecting your child to what is quite possibly the most depressing band ever for bedtime?

For non Pink Floyd, here are few favorites:

Amon Tobin - [Out From Out Where #09] El Wraith
Amon Tobin - [Supermodified #03] Slowly
CyberZen - [? #01] Displaced Space
Global Communication - [Blood Music:Pentamerous Metamorphosis #05] Epsilon Phase (from that horrible movie, What the Bleep Do We Know)
Gorje Hewek - [Sur-Dramatic Nature #01] At that Cafe
Gorje Hewek - [Sur-Dramatic Nature #02] Monta Sight
Gorje Hewek - [Sur-Dramatic Nature #03] Sudden Care
Gorje Hewek - [Sur-Dramatic Nature #04] That in it
Harmonia - [At the Controls CD1 #08] Watussi
Holden - [At the Controls CD1 #09] 10101
Malcolm Middleton - [At The Controls CD2 #04] Solemn Thirsty (get the normal version, not this remix)
Lazy Fat People - [At The Controls CD2 #08] Big City
Egoexpress - [At The Controls CD2 #12] Live At Sirius Prime
Black Strobe - [At The Controls CD2 #13] Nazi Trance Fuck Off! (James Holden Remix)
Afx - [At The Controls CD2 #14] Every Day
Leftfield - [Rhythm and Stealth #08] Swords
Seba & Lotek - [Logical Progression Level 1 #02] Sonic Winds
Massive Attack - [Mezzanine #03] Teardrop
Queens of the Stone Age - [Lullabies to Paralyze #01] This Lullaby
Queens of the Stone Age - [Lullabies to Paralyze #08] I Never Came
Queens Of The Stone Age - [Songs For The Deaf #14] Mosquito Song
许巍 - [时光.漫步 #05] 蓝莲花
A Perfect Circle - [Thirteenth Step #12] Gravity
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #01] Ready Lets Go
Boards of Canada - [Geogaddi #02] Music Is Math
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #03] Beware The Friendly Stranger
Boards of Canada - [Geogaddi #06] Sunshine Recorder
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #07] In the Annexe
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #08] Julie And Candy
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #09] The Smallest Weird Number
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #10] 1969
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #12] The Beach At Redpoint
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #13] Opening The Mouth
Boards of Canada - [Geogaddi #15] i saw drones
Boards of Canada - [Geogaddi #16] The Devil Is In The Details
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #17] A Is To B As B Is To C
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #18] Over The Horizon Radar
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #20] Diving Station
Boards Of Canada - [Geogaddi #22] Corsair
Boards Of Canada - [The Campfire Headphase #03] Satellite Anthem Icarus
Boards Of Canada - [The Campfire Headphase #05] Dayvan Cowboy
Boards Of Canada - [The Campfire Headphase #07] '84 Pontiac Dream
Boards Of Canada - [The Campfire Headphase #11] Hey Saturday Sun
Boards Of Canada - [The Campfire Headphase #13] Slow This Bird Down
Boards Of Canada - [The Campfire Headphase #14] Tears From The Compound Eye
Boards Of Canada - [The Campfire Headphase #15] Farewell Fire
Bjork - [X Files Movie Soundtrack #09] Hunter
Gary Jules - [(tears for fears cover) #00] Mad World
R.E.M. - [Automatic for the People #05] New Orleans Instrumental No. 5
Simon Breed - [The Filth and Wonder of...] (My Eyes Have Seen) The Glory Of Your Face (full version)
Simon Breed - [The Filth and Wonder of...] An Unhappy Fish
Simon Breed - [The Filth and Wonder of...] [EDITED], Pricks, Wankers And Shits
Simon Breed - [The Filth and Wonder of...] The Scorpion Regrets
Smashing Pumpkins - [Adore #13] Behold! The NightMare
Sneaker Pimps, Hooverphonic - Shake The Underground Disease
Omar Faruk Tekbilek - [Arabica - A North African Voyage Into Sound #09] Shashkin
Sneaker Pimps - [Splinter #09] Cute Sushi Lunches
Sneaker Pimps - Firestarter (Prodigy Cover)
George Gershwin - [The Great Gershwin #05] Summertime
Buena Vista Social Club - [World: The Greatest Songs Ever #03] Chan Chan
Tool - [Lateralus #10] Disposition (A thousand times this. A pirate radio station I listened to in Minnesota went off the air by looping this for a week)

That said, my wife listened to Mechanical Animals to get to sleep.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:40 am

Catharz: When my wife or I listen to music, she automatically listens in most of the time. Pink Floyd is my wife's favorite band. Therefore, it somehow became my daughter's favorite. Most of the lyrics are beyond my kid but she likes the tune and the dissonance. Now, if only she would listen to Led Zeppelin.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:48 am

My son used to sleep to normal radio music, but switched over to classical at some point - I still have no idea how. He likes all sorts of music, but some of the rock he enjoys listening/chilling to are Evanescence, VAST, Muse, and Paramore. And Depeche Mode - do they count as rock?

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:10 am

I give my son Johnny Cash songs, and there's http://rockabyebabymusic.com/ ... which plays all sorts of covers of songs but on xylaphone and other instruments to make them sound like a lullaby.

ckafrica · Post by **ckafrica** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:35 am

They might be Giants released 2 childrens albums No! and Here comes the ABCs which my friend which children refers as being childrens music which won't drive you batshit insane.

Queensryche's Silent Lucidity would probably be a good song too. Most Neil Yuong would work too. Paul Simon was one of my favorites as a child too. A lot of Peter Gabriel or Crowded House would be relaxing yet still good. Some of the softer Midnight Oil too.

Infect your children with good music at a young age and you too can guarantee them years of ostracization and pain as they fail to be able to find any cultural connection with their sheepish peers who listen to shitty pop music that offends your children's well ingrained musical sensibilities.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:38 am

ckafrica: i got no problem in having my kid ostracized but with good taste. She'll thank me later!

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:19 am

Kids always seem to end up liking things that you don't get, though. My brother got really into rap even though no one else in the family listened to it at all. My son likes a lot of autotune stuff - from Kanye to Ke$ha - even though it's rare on my playlists (and then there's that video I posted recently that is so not something I listen to normally).

And then, of course, there's the dreaded repeat. I have heard the Basshunter remix of Ievan Polka so many times that it makes my ears bleed. Fortunately, I just found a video on the history of Rome that my son seems to enjoy just as much. I now understand why my mom took me music shopping when I was a kid - she was sick of me listening to the same record over and over and over and over...

JigokuBosatsu · Post by **JigokuBosatsu** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:14 pm

Hey, "Meddle" is a great album for sleepytime once you get past "One of these Days".

My daughter (just turned 2) likes "Kid A" at sleepytime.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:23 pm

I guess Billy Joel's lullabye is out of the question?

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:25 pm

Are you aware of the

Rock-a-Bye Baby series?

JigokuBosatsu · Post by **JigokuBosatsu** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:26 pm

The Rock-a-bye Baby series is hit and miss. Some of them are just plain annoying, and just there for the novelty. There are surprisingly good ones, though- the Green Day one is pretty soothing.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:27 pm

Shooting Star by Bad Company is a favorite of mine and it's a pretty chill tune.

What else is on my playlist...

Life's Been Good To Me So Far by The Eagles.

Sarandosil · Post by **Sarandosil** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:41 pm

Maj wrote: And then, of course, there's the dreaded repeat. I have heard the Basshunter remix of Ievan Polka so many times that it makes my ears bleed.

Man I love that song, but I don't know why every remix of it focuses on the improv/gibberish part. The rest of the song is so much better.

The Vigilante · Post by **The Vigilante** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:09 pm

Neil Young's 'Old Man' and 'Helpless' might fit the bill, too.

EDIT : Plus, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young 'Suite Judy Blue Eyes' and 'Our House'.

JigokuBosatsu · Post by **JigokuBosatsu** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:20 pm

Oh, now that you mention CSNY, Fareed Haque's "Deja Vu" album from the Blue Note Covers Series is a great one.

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:30 pm

Not sure if this fits what you want, but here goes:
Easy All-Stars - Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds (feat. Frankie Paul)
Easy All-Stars - Karma Police (feat. Citizen Cope)

Reggae style covers of the two songs. Pretty chill.

The Vigilante · Post by **The Vigilante** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 2:49 am

There's also a couple of Led Zeppelin songs that are quite easy to listen to for a kid that age, especially on the IV / ZOSO album. Going to California, for example.

also Jethro Tull is nice, Stand Up and the second part of Aqualung contain songs that are not too heavy.