SOUNDTRACK: THE HAPPY RACERS–“Lovabye Dragon” (2012).
This song was the first track on the inaugural playlist of Out With the Kids back in March 2012. This is a sweet song about dragons and monsters and no more nightmares. For a children’s song, this is quite intricate. The opening riff is enticing, and the occasional falsetto was unexpected.
But the bridge is a delicate lead in to the chorus which is not as catchy as one might expect for a children’s song. It’s a very sweet song. And indeed, a lot of the elements are things that I would normally love in a song (it actually reminds me a bit of Airborne Toxic Event, but more poppy). And yet I’m not all that compelled by it. Although a few listens has really warmed me up to it.
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Last year, McSweeney’s started a new imprint–McSweeney’s McMullens–which would publish children’s books. As with everything McSweeney’s does, the books are beautiful! Lovingly created with amazing illustrations. And in each book, the cover unfolds into a giant poster (usually of the pictures contained inside).
And, like other McSweeny’s books, the stories are all a little odd. I usually try to read the books once through before reading them to my kids to find out just how odd they turn out. I didn’t read this one first because it was quite large, and boy, were we surprised by it.
Eugène Ionesco writing a children’s book? One of the foremost playwrights in the Theater of the Absurd? Indeed, that Ionesco. (more…)
