Kids songs by Rockstars

http://www.break.com/index/kids-songs-sung-by-rock-stars.html

roflmao

 

Rikky, you're crazy. LOL
The NickelBack song wasn't bad though.roflmao

 

That's great! roflmao

I tried to find it on youtube so I could download it but I couldn't find it.

 

Install Firefox with 'Download Helper' to grab from tons of sites.

LOL @ Big Mac that comes with a dose of Lipitor.

 

Too cool, Guns N Roses too funny

 

Guess kids listening to those songs could be an alternative to giving them sugar (that has them bouncing off walls)

I reckon it would be safer to stick with the traditional Lullabyes when it comes to nap time though.

 

Have you ever seen the origin of lullabies or nursery rhymes? They are down right gruesome.

 

Great point Its funny how many you sing as a kid only to find out you were singing about executions or mass death

 

True. But it's the melody carrying the lyrics that's gentle...in any case, kids that age don't get the meaning of words, it's the tune that lulls them...adults tear away the curtain on the words usedD

 

Its just SICK when you think about it Why would someone take a baby to the top of a tree on a windy day and leave it there? Were they at the bottom of the tree placing bets as to how long it would last?

EDIT Maybe it was a public service rhyme letting people know of the dangers of of placing babies at the top of trees on windy days

 

I didn't think it was for real, do you think so? :confused

I believe the lyrics are more symbolic.
this is the version I heard long time ago.
( another theory has it that the song, like "Lilliburlero", refers to events immediately preceding the "Glorious Revolution". The baby is supposed to be the son of King James II of England, who was widely believed to be someone else's child smuggled into the birthing room in order to provide a Catholic heir for James. The "wind" may be that political "wind" or force "blowing" or coming from the Netherlands bringing James' nephew and son-in-law, William III of England, a.k.a. William of Orange, who would eventually depose King James II in the revolution. The "cradle" is the House of Stuart Stuart monarchy)

 

There are some with strange origins. I remember the one of "Ring around a Rosie" has connotations of the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) in English history. Plague symptoms included a rosy red rash in the shape of a ring on the skin (Ring around the rosy). Pockets and pouches were filled with sweet smelling herbs (or posies) which were carried due to the belief that the disease was transmitted by bad smells. The term "Ashes Ashes" refers to the cremation of the dead bodies!

Also re "Rock-a-bye-baby On the treetop", the author was reportedly a Mayflower pilgrim, who based it upon a custom of the Wampanoag Indians. The mothers carried infants in cradle boards on their backs and in temperate weather, suspended these cradles from tree limbs so that passing breezes could rock the babies while they tended their crops.

Charming stuff, huh

 

I used to try to sing Rock A By Baby to my daughter, the health nut one, she would laugh so hard she would get the hiccups, she was a tiny little thing too. Must have been my voice rolleyes

 

Thanks for the info guys

 

Well I remember when Muppets started getting down, so it's the times.