Monday, January 08, 2007

A Conversation About Music with Charlie (age 6)

(we're in a pickup truck, waiting our turn to drop off a load at the dump and we're listening to "Superman" by R.E.M.)

HIM: This song is about freedom.
ME: What? It is?
HIM: Yeah. Well, he says "I am, I am, I am Superman and I can do anything". It's about being free.
ME: Oh. Yeah. I guess it is.

I had always thought it was about Superman. Charlie spent the rest of the day singing the song but changed the lyrics to "Pooperman" because it's funnier that way.
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3 comments:

Scott Chicken said...

Dang, if they'd recorded it as "Pooperman" they would have been inducted in to the hall of fame 10 years earlier, rules or no rules!

10:40 PM
Christopher said...

Geez, now the kid has a burgeoning career as a rock critic - he's going to have a really tough time when the AP councillors get their grubby hands on him in about 12 years or so.

12:19 PM
Tom Dougherty said...

Another excellent Charlie anecdote. That kid's taking over the blog!

5:40 PM

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