Posted on 08/28/2006 9:57:25 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
LOS ANGELES -- If you know nothing about Metallica, "Enter Sandman" does sound like it could be the title of a lullaby.
A company called Baby Rock Records has created lullaby versions of songs by Metallica, Coldplay and Radiohead.
Executive producer Valerie Aiello said her company did the lullaby tributes because they love the music of all those artists. She said they tested the CDs on babies they knew and she can vouch that one crying baby fell asleep while listening to the Coldplay disc.
The Metallica, Coldplay and Radiohead versions come out Tuesday.
Future editions will feature lullaby versions of Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, No Doubt, The Pixies and Pink Floyd. Aiello said while a lot of the music works well in this format, some songs just don't work. She said even though "Rape Me" by Nirvana was a hit, it just wasn't the best choice for babies.
The CDs will be available in stores or through the web site www.BabyRockRecords.com.
I'm sure people want to rock their babies to such Kurt Cobain lyrics as "rape me".
So I guess its the same effect as the original.
The "Poison Effect"
"Bluegrass covers of rock songs are very popular now"
Have you heard the countrified version of "The Wall"? I think the band is called Luther Wright and the Wrongs. It's really pretty good, one cut actually better than the original imho.
Wouldn't dropping them on their little heads have the same effect?
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