Musical Bonding
My job as a parent isn’t complete until my kids know all about pop culture from my formative years. To that end, I gave Lexi a quick tour of some eighties music while we were driving around today.
Today’s songs:
- Love Shack (B-52s)
- Walk Like an Egyptian (Bangles) (No joke: in 1986, Sheila was regularly told that looked just like Susan Hoffs)
- Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer)
We are far from done.
Children of the 80s: what else should be added to my playlist of essentials?

May 4, 2008 at 11:22 am
Depends on your taste, but my vote would be for some Billy Joel stuff. OK, the stuff that made it big in the charts (Uptown Girl etc.) was not IMHO his best stuff, but it was certainly popular and influential.
May 5, 2008 at 12:39 am
Totally Awesome! We have done this same thing with our kids. My oldest got a MP3 player for Christmas, we included plenty of eighties music. I say you have got to play her some Pat Benatar, Cyndi Lauper, The Outfield, and The Police for starters.