There are times that I absolutely hate reviewing children’s
\nrecords.<\/p>\n
It’s not for the reasons you might think. Sometimes, I listen to
\na children’s record, and it reminds me that I could have been doing
\na better job raising my child than I’ve done in the first three
\nyears of her life. It can remind me of happy memories of my
\nchildhood, and make me wish that I was four years old again, even
\nfor just one day. It can remind me of how my parents (both of whom
\nare still alive) were when I was younger, and it makes me wish that
\nthey were younger. And, if all three hit me at just the right time,
\na simple children’s record can reduce me to tears.<\/p>\n
In the case of
\nDisney Babies: Lullaby<\/i>, two out of three ain’t bad, and
\nwhile I thought the disc was magnificent, it had me wanting the
\nfirst years of my child’s life back so I could correct the mistakes
\nI’ve made.<\/p>\n
The performances on this 20-track disc, with rare exception, are
\nwell thought out and selected. From Stephen Bishop’s rendition of
\nthe Disney classic “When You Wish Upon A Star” to the jazzy
\nrendition of “A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes,” your kids might
\nnot want to go to sleep when these songs are playing, for fear
\nthey’ll miss something.<\/p>\n
There are some moments that just cannot be recreated, such as
\nwith Paige Morehead’s version of “Baby Mine” from
\nDumbo<\/i>. I’m sorry, but the original version of that song,
\ncombined with the pathos of the scene which features that song, has
\na magic that will never be recreated. (The real test should lie
\nwith my father, who told me how moving he thought “Baby Mine” was
\nin
\nDumbo<\/i>. I should play this version for him and see if it
\ncarries the same emotional punch.)<\/p>\n
And while it’s good to hear from Larry Groce again (Trivia time,
\nkids: What song did Groce briefly become famous for in the ’70s?),
\nthere’s really not much you can do with “Rockabye Baby” – not that
\nsome version of the song doesn’t belong on a collection of
\nlullabys. Groce’s magic shines better on “Mountain Lullaby” and
\n“Sleep Little Child”.<\/p>\n
The two moments where I almost lost it were on “Sleep, Daddy,
\nSleep,” which is almost perfect for me, ’cause I can fall asleep in
\nfront of the TV without warning, and on “Sleepytime Skies,” a track
\nwhich really had me wishing I could be a child again for just one
\nmore day and have my mother tuck me into bed. If you’re sentimental
\nabout things like that, in all seriousness, have tissues on hand
\nfor this track.<\/p>\n
Seeing that my daughter now goes to sleep on her own, needing
\nonly a story to satisfy her,
\nDisney Babies: Lullaby<\/i> probably won’t be getting overplayed
\nin our household. (And, seeing how emotional I got on a few tracks,
\nI hope the fine people at Disney will forgive me if I don’t listen
\nto this one again for a long time.) If you are fortunate enough to
\nhave an infant in your household, this disc is probably a
\nno-brainer to pick up. Who knows, it might even help lull you to
\nsleep after a bad day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5827],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-39162","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-various-artists","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39162"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}