I love music. I love, love, love music. I am not a lover of all music however. For instance, I HATE HATE HATE country. Before kids I would sit for hours listening to new bands, downloading free music (back before it was all illegal), watching videos on TV. While working I would listen to music. While reading I would listen to music. While driving I would BLARE music and scream along. Ahhhhh, how I miss music. These days when the babies are awake the house is already really loud so to add music to the already high noise level drives me crazy. While the babies are sleeping I sit quietly and enjoy the peace and quiet. The only time I listen to music anymore is while grocery shopping (ipod how I love you) and while driving. I am a mean mommy and do not listen to baby music in the car. I just can’t force myself to do it. So I listen to my music (which doesn’t generally involve cussing so I don’t feel too bad).

Last month Jeff came home ranting and raving over Rammstein. The song that comes to mind is Du Hast and I was all like…..ummm, thank you, but no. Seriously, why in the world would I want to listen to music in another language? How would I scream along? How would I even know what they were singing about? So I passed on the musical genius of Rammstein and went on my merry way. Luckily Jeff kept telling me how good they were and I gave them a second chance. Now I am hooked. The first couple of listens I thought, hmmm, this isn’t all that bad. And then I listened more and more and the more I listened the more I appreciated just how great they are. The singer is a poet, so most of the songs are poetry. When you combine poetry with German and heavy music it sounds dark and mean. It is moody and emotional. The songs stay stuck in my head all day.The only downfall is I can’t scream along since I don’t know German. And I figure the babies are getting a little bit of German culture which can’t be a bad thing, right?

By far my favorite song is Rosenrot. The song is so powerful. I love music that evokes emotion….watching the video at times is painful, but I love it.

The babies already appreciate modern technology and music!!