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<\/a>The first song that has been played at least 20 times a day is \u201cI\u2019m Blue\u201d by Eiffel 65. It\u2019s a techno-type song that my husband thought would really catch our daughter\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n
He was right.<\/p>\n
And now I hear about how some guy is blue, oba-di-oba-da, and how he lives in a blue house with blue windows three times in the morning, twice in the middle of the day and maybe one more time at night.<\/p>\n
I hate that song so much now that the color blue makes me nauseous.<\/p>\n
The second song on steady rotation is a song from Disney\u2019s latest, \u201cBig Hero 6.\u201d I loved the movie, but hate the song. To be fair, it\u2019s not \u201cImmortals\u201d by Fall Out Boy that makes me grimace, but the song, \u201cMy Songs Know What You Did in the Dark.\u201d<\/p>\n
The title of the song is every bit as irritating as the actual song, which encourages the listener to \u201clight \u2018em up, up, up, light \u2018em up, up, up.\u201d<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know what the singer wants \u2018em to light up, but I feel like my 5-year-old wouldn\u2019t be able to help this guy out. After all, she can\u2019t go near a candle without immediately attempting to make a wish.<\/p>\n
The third song is a K-pop song briefly featured in Andy Samberg\u2019s TV series, \u201cBrooklyn Nine-Nine.\u201d Mysteriously entitled \u201cIce Cream (Milkshake)\u201d by World Music Ensemble, the song contains several English words Quinn shouts out at any given time, followed by her made-up Korean words.<\/p>\n
The worst part about this song is we really don\u2019t know exactly what the lyrics are so Quinn came up with: \u201cAll I need is a milkshake and a man.\u201d And while I completely empathize with that sentiment \u2014 my husband toting milkshakes home is one of my favorite treats \u2014 I\u2019m not entirely comfortable with my daughter singing that lyric.<\/p>\n
I finally sat Quinn down and asked her to please limit each song\u2019s play on a daily basis. I tried to explain that even the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights banned the use of loud music in interrogations, otherwise known as music torture.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying the same song over and over again makes mommy want to cry,\u201d I said reasonably.<\/p>\n
She watched me quietly before responding, \u201cBecause you love it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEr, no, because I get irritated.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d she asked, deftly flipping this on me.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it pains me to hear the same song over and over.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I love these songs. Didn\u2019t you play songs a lot that you liked?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
I realized then that I really didn\u2019t. Back in my day, there were two ways you could hear your favorite song: You could pray to the radio gods that the local DJ would play your favorite song or you could buy the cassette tape and take the time to rewind the same song over and over again. By the third time you got to your song, it was almost impossible not to grow weary of the rewinding process.<\/p>\n
Luckily for me, Christmas arrived just in time to save me from Quinn\u2019s playlist. Give me Rudolph and Frosty any day over lighting \u2018em up with a blue man and a milkshake.<\/p>\n