Rockabye Baby

I know I've said I'll never have kids, and I will stand by that statement, but on the off chance that I do, I will definitely be investing in the entire collection of Rockabye Baby CD's. I don't know if you've ever heard of these (I did a long time ago, but forgot about them until today), but this company takes the songs of well-known, and often not kid-friendly, artists and turns them into pretty, soothing lullabies (for parents not into the likes of Barney and other eye-gougingly annoying children's music). They have compilations of songs by the Beatles, the Cure, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, Coldplay, Radiohead, Bob Marley, the Beach Boys, U2, the Smashing Pumpkins, AC/DC, Nirvana, the Rolling Stones, the Eagles, No Doubt, the Ramones, Bjork, Queens of the Stone Age, and a collection of Christmas songs that have been recorded by big-time artists (like "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" by John Lennon). I came across Rockabye Baby when I was searching for a particular Radiohead song, one that iTunes apparently doesn't have, and the lullaby version came up. I suggest at least going to iTunes and listening to the little clips of some of these songs, because it really is surprising how good some of them are. Not all translate that well into lullabies, but most are at least kind of funny. Some of the songs I thought were most notable:

*"Running" by No Doubt

*"Closer" by Nine Inch Nails (nothing like listening to a song that includes the line "I want to fuck you like an animal" made into a twinkling, child-friendly tune)

*"Hey You" by Pink Floyd

*"Sober" by Tool

*"Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin

*"Don't Panic" by Coldplay

*"Friday I'm in Love" by the Cure

*"When I Come Around" by Green Day

And the three I actually bought (I'm on a very tight budget and shouldn't have even bought these, but I couldn't resist):

*"Paranoid Android" by Radiohead (my favorite)

*"With or Without You" by U2

*"Tonight, Tonight" by the Smashing Pumpkins

I know it sounds crazy, but they're just so pretty. In fact, I'm hoping that some of them are on the website I use to make my playlist because if they are, I'm definitely going to include them for June.