What are May’s two favorite things (outside of bouncing, of course)?
Bath time and music. Even better in combination.
She loves kicking her feet to the music. She loves to sing along to the tunes. If all therapies were music therapies, May would probably be an Olympic athlete by now. So much so, I’m considering sending May to music therapy sessions starting in September. (Thoughts?)
And so it is, dear reader, that I bring you the third in the occasional series ‘Yes May, but is it art?’
Previously, you found May contemplating Modern Art at the Tate Modern, followed by the Turbine Hall exhibition Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds, also at the Tate Modern (which incidentally closed the day after we visited, coincidence?) In this segment, May passes judgement on the work of that snaggle toothed icon of 70s and 80s Pop, David Bowie.
Rather than go through all of Mr Bowie’s great works – and rest assured, thanks to her father, May has – we will focus on a few choice songs. Personally, I would be quite happy to work through the entirety of ‘Ziggy Stardust’, but neither May nor her father seem to care a whole hell of a lot about my music preferences.
Tonight, during bath time, May and her father rooted through the depths of his music collection. As each song began, May would either express approval (lots of kicking and smiles) or displeasure (squeals of pain).
Yes May, but is it art?
From ‘The Man Who Sold the World’ (1970):
Black Country Rock – Kick! Kick! Kick!
The Man Who Sold the World – Definite signs of displeasure from the first note, turning ugly very quickly.
From “Hunky Dory” (1971) -
Life on Mars – A very fickle May responded to this one badly at first, but five minutes later: Kick! Kick! Kick!
It ain't art, Mr. Bowie.
From ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’ (1972) -
Rock N Roll Suicide – Hated it. Perhaps May feels Time shouldn’t take a cigarette and put it in anyone’s mouth because it is a dirty nasty habit. Whatever she thought, it wasn’t positive. She was so upset she almost hurled herself out of her bath chair into the water. Thankfully, Daddy swapped quickly over to ‘Young Americans’ or it may have been the end of our little May.
From ‘Young Americans’ (1975) -
Young Americans – This young American loved it! Is there a better song in all the world?
To sum up: May appreciates the weird, wonderful world of David Bowie, but she thinks he is a bit pretentious. Art it ain’t.
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Music therapy is a must for May. I would guess it would be soothing. Also, maybe some type of pool therapy as well. Just body movement through water. I did it at a fru fru spa and it worked for me. They piped in music to a pool and a “spa therapist” moved me through the water. It was like a trance and the most soothing thing I did there. I think May would love it.
Young Americans is my favorite Bowie song too!
Lol that’s so funny and pics are fantastic! We have a dancing music man here too who takes it a step further..any ‘sad’ songs like James Blunts ‘Beautiful’ or ‘Danny Boy’ and the lip nearly hits the floor, he gets so emotional
There our Movie Critics and our May is a Music Critic ala bath tub. Cute way for her to share how she feels through the music. Guess we need to get her, her own radio and Cd’s for her room. Awesome to see her express her art, thanks for sharing.
Actually, my Father’s Day gift to them both was a portable stereo so he could play his whole ipod music collection to May in the bathroom. They both love it!
A bit off topic…where did you get Mays bath support? We’ve got a supportive bath chair but Emma loves to lye down and kick and my arm’s getting tired! Thanks!
At the moment, I still use one of those baby baths. Something like this:
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11198037
But when she grows out of it, her OT already gave us a bigger version for special needs kids. I’m not sure how you get them if you don’t get them the way we did.
Thanks Stacie, that looks excellent. Emmas OT has provided a bath chair but its like an industrial deck chair and she doesn’t find it at all comfortable!
I am a huge Bowie fan and I smiled through this whole post: May and I have exactly the same tastes when it comes to his songs! I’m loving this