Comments on: Music Monday: Songs Sung to Children

By: Meagan

Meagan — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 02:05:07 +0000

OH, what great choices! I hadn’t heard the Audra McDonald song but I’m glad you put it on there because I love her Keep doing this! What fun!

By: Jentle

Jentle — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:05:25 +0000

I’m just so proud of myself for actually KNOWING one of the songs! (I’m a huge Into The Woods fan.)

I Won’t Mind really was a tear-jerker. (Thank goodness I’m getting my kid fixes at the daycare these days. I hate when I get baby crazy…. and this one would have done me in.)

By: shannon

shannon — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:37:51 +0000

Wow, thanks!
Never been a huge show tune fan, but these are great.
And aaaahhhhh!!! You’re right about the tear-jerking nature of that last one.

By: journeywoman

journeywoman — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 04:30:42 +0000

I LOVE Laurie Beechman’s No One Is Alone.

Bravo for your impeccable showtune taste!

By: Brooklyn Mama

Brooklyn Mama — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 03:52:06 +0000

Oooh! Ooooh! I love this! (You knew I would, right?) As soon as I saw your theme, I thought of I Won’t Mind. I love this song so much, and Audra McDonald too (who is also doing a solo show this year at Carnegie Hall . . . why don’t you just come down and stay for a few months?) What a heartbreaking and lovely song. The first few months after we returned from China with Ping, I listened to it over and over, gazing at my little baby, and cried with gratitude. (Interestingly, when I first listened to the song when the album came out, and for quite some time afterward, I thought it was sung from the perspective of a birth mother who was now the child’s “Aunt.” I think if you don’t know the background info. it could kinda work that way too.)

Anyway, I love the Sondheim too. I’m looking forward to more of your Music Mondays!!