So G’s new favorite song is Nine Inch Nails (NIN) “Head Like a Hole.”
I can pretend that it’s not my fault, but it is.
What can I say, it was one of those days when I was feeling old, G was whining in the backseat, it was cold outside and dark already by 4 pm. As we rushed home from school, the song came on the car radio. I turned it up and immediately felt so happy.
Maybe I was recalling my first Lollapalooza EIGHTEEN years ago when I was introduced to NIN. Maybe it was because I remember how Trent Reznor’s lyrics helped me get through my angsty teen years.
Before I knew it, I was singing (more like gleefully shouting) along,
“Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
I’d rather die than give you control.
Bow down before the one you serve.
You’re going to get what you deserve.”
And then I heard G pipe up from the backseat,
“Mama! What’s this song! I like it! Let’s put it on my birthday CD!”
Probably not such a good idea. How does one explain sadomasochism to a 4-year old?
I quickly changed the radio station and didn’t even answer his question about his birthday CD, which, by the way, is the CD we give out to ALL the children who attend his birthday party. It’s a compilation of G’s favorite songs of the year. That all the parents proceed to immediately listen to in the car ride home.
Something tells me we would be kicked out of the play date circuit if this song was on the CD. It was bad enough when we accidentally put the non-PG version of Kanye West’s Gold Digger on his 3rd-year birthday CD.
Anyway, a few days went by, and I thought the NIN incident was forgotten.
It wasn’t.
As we all drove to church, the song came on AGAIN, and G IMMEDIATELY recognized the song within the first riff.
“Mama! It’s my favorite song! Turn it up!”
Right. What’s a parent to do when your child wants to listen to NIN on the way to church? Probably not keep it on the radio and giggle in the front seat like we did.
Whatever. We have all come to the agreement that it is a GREAT song, but not going to make it onto the birthday CD.
And for all of you parents who think we have gone overboard on educating our son to ALL types of music, you are probably correct. But before you judge us, realize this–he can also identify all the seasons from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
So there.
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