Our Perfect Child

Lately, Rob and I have marvelled at just how perfect Ari is. We are his parents, so we are of course bound to think that!
But for people who love music as much as we do, it's been sheer heaven to watch our son discover the joy of music for himself. There's nothing quite like playing your child a song you love and seeing him delight in it.
His most recent obsessions have included Band of Horses (he listens to it so much that even my parents are beginning to know it) and Nirvana's Nevermind, particularly Smells Like Teen Spirit. He rocks around the lounge room pretending to play guitar and drums to it. He also likes to watch Band of Horses and The Strokes on You Tube, mimicking their movements.
Band of Horses is touring Melbourne in August and we would absolutely love to take him to see them. Ah well, plenty of time for that, I suppose.
Today Ari's blossoming musical appreciation surprised even Rob and I. Apart from picking Heartattack and Vine as a Tom Waits song (well, he does have a fairly distinctive voice), Ari heard the Marilyn Manson song, Beautiful People. His reaction was to say "This sounds like the song we listen to in the car, mama."
Here is Beautiful People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY0536g_6Wc
And here is the song he was referring to, Atlas by Battles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU

Not bad, eh?