Babies are funny things. All they seem to do is cry and poo themselves. They also have no taste whatsoever when it comes to music. Baa-baa black sheep over the Beatles? Madness.
However - the Rockabye Baby series seems to be a good way to bridge the gap and make a large number of bands as child-friendly as possible. Essentially if you vist the website, there are a number of albums you can purchase. Each album is a collection of songs by a certain band or singer which have been transformed into lullabies. Guitar licks and drum solos have been swapped over for glockenspiels and twinkly bells and like the best things in life... these albums are waaaay too good for just kids.
The great thing is that there are many different albums on the website to choose from. Whether you want your sproglet to become the next Thom Yorke or the next Nick Oliveri, the choice is vast. Each album is accompanied by adorable cover art which makes even the most scary genres of music seem child-friendly.
Okay - admittedly some of the albums sound better in this format than others do and some of the more earnest rock fans may feel that this isn't exactly their cup of tea. Radiohead, Pink Floyd and Coldplay are made for this format though and have a very etheral vibe to them. There is the opportunity however to play a preview of the album though before you purchase. Shame you can't do that with kids really.
Albums cost $16.98 each.
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