Large Marge Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Apparently I'm allowed to have music playing for the delivery "as long as it's not abrasive". I have Mickey Hart's 'Music to be Born By' CD, but that's more for me to get through labour than for the little guy to enter the world, me thinks. Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Basis For A Day - Disco Biscuitsdepending on the version, it could be quite fitting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I guess, given the circumstances of what this kid has to get done that day, I'm thinking..."Break On Through (to the Other Side)"seems only appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Welcome to the machine or Dark Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Here comes the sun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 eyes of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 My 3 children were all born at home with a midwife, myself and my wife of course. In my experience she didn't want any kind of other noise going on at the time-I had to turn the hockey game off and everything (kidding-just kidding)..You will want whatever you want of course. I can`t think of anything better than what you mention; I`m sure Mickey has given this lots of profound thought, he is the most profound drummer I can think of in the rock and roll pantheon....Babies seem to relate to music with strong steady rhythm such as in rock and roll etc since it reminds them of the heartbeat which has been their song since conception.....that being said if you want music I`m sure anything you want will be fine.....I`d hate to see death metal but that`s just me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I'm coming outI'm comingI'm coming outI'm coming outI'm coming outI'm coming outI'm coming outI want the world to knowGot to let it showI'm coming outI want the world to knowI got to let it showThere's a new me coming outAnd I just had to liveAnd I wanna giveI'm completely positiveI think this time aroundI am gonna do itLike you never do itLike you never knew itOoh, I'll make it throughThe time has come for meTo break out of the shellI have to shoutThat I'm coming outI'm coming outI want the world to knowGot to let it showI'm coming outI want the world to knowI got to let it showI'm coming outI want the world to knowGot to let it showI'm coming outI want the world to knowI got to let it showI've got to show the worldAll that I wanna beAnd all my billitiesTher's so much more to meSomehow, I have to make themJust understandI got it well in handAnd, oh, how I've plannedI'm spreadin' loveThere's no need to fearAnd I just feel so gladEverytime I hear:I'm coming outI want the world to knowGot to let it showI'm coming outI want the world to knowI got to let it show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Just because of the word "billities" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 eyes of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) im starting to become a bit confused. whats the purpose of the music? to set the scene and help make for a nice experience for everyone or to tell him about years from now. if its the latter, then force a sick sense of humour on the kid when he's 15 and tell him primus' winona's big brown beaver was playing when he popped out. Edited March 21, 2010 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Marge Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Both, I guess. localcrew is right, I may just choose silence (or screaming!) but I thought it would be nice to be prepared with some meaningful selections. I'm going to put together a "birthing mix" and bring a portable player. It might also be fun to share this with m'boy on his birthday each year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Funny; I totally knocked myself out putting together mixed selections for our first, and then when the time came, it all went out the window because things were too, well, preoccupied. That alone convinced me not to bother the second time around. But then, I'm the guy, and I came to realise that the enterprise was misguided and self-concerned. In your case, of course, it's obviously different, and it warms the heart to think about how you're thinking about it . If I could take the liberty of suggesting anything, though, it's that you consider what you'd like to settle back to when all the excitement has died down, which naturally has to be based entirely on your own preferences. But if you have the means of playing a blank dvd's worth of mp3s through a computer, though (or hell, just a computer's worth of playlists), I'd recommend that, just so neither you nor anyone else will have to bother getting up to change anything over. All that said, I'm trying desperately to remember what it was that I put on when C's birth was done, because I do remember the midwife looking over at me and giving me the thumbs-up. It might have been Traffic's Low Sparks for High-Heeled Boys album, but I have to keep thinking about that; it was, again, all sort of confused at the time , but I believe it was something in the vein of the first song on that album. Might it have been Cockburn's Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws? I must remember to ask CJ in the morning. I do believe that there is absolutely something to be said for the first strains of music a child hears with his/her freshly un-clogged ears . Last thing, while I'm thinking of it - our midwives recommended picking up a bottle of some celebratory something to drink when it's all over, too, and something you'd never drink otherwise but that you'd probably enjoy. I opted myself for amaretto liqueur, and wouldn't you know it, every time I taste it now, it takes me right back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarberman Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 "Reckoning" Grateful DeadThe whole album is pure gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Maggot Brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 How about someting to celebrate the arrival of spring? The "Spring" movement of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" comes to mind, as does Stravinski's "The Rite Of Spring."Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 When I put my birthing mix together I tried to think of songs that would rhythmically work with my contractions and the ebbs and flows of it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 "Neroli" by Brian Eno"Conceived as a single piece, Eno describes it in the liner notes as "to reward attention, but not (be) so strict as to demand it". Single notes resonate throughout the piece in a seemingly random but harmonic pattern that shifts quietly for close to an hour. Thanks to the calming nature of the piece, Neroli has been implemented into some maternity wards, both to instill a sense of calm as well as enhance the organic nature of childbirth." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balogna pogna Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Here comes the sun...This is what I was thinking. Make sure some Beatles make the way into the mix. Maybe "Good Day Sunshine" would work too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 You Enjoy Myself > 2001 > Golgi Apparatus > Tweezer Reprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 The Rite Of Spring; love it! It might be too bombastic at times for babies no?.....?...couldn't hurt too much though I suppose as beauty is beauty after all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fista Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I LOVE that idea Marge, awesome!We had planned music for Zane's birth, I couldn't honestly tell you what was playing though. Eden's birth was so long and drawn out that I forgot about listening to anything at all. I would recommend bringing an ipod or mp3 player so you can tune out the rest of the world when things get hairy. It could help you ride the contractions out too. Good luck with everything, can't wait to hear that your little man has arrived!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Music...what a great idea. I never even considered it for Des. Ha...my main concern was that there was a wall of awesome drugs lined up and thankfully there was indeed. Very exciting beans ladio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaggerLee Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 our midwives recommended picking up a bottle of some celebratory something to drink when it's all over, too, and something you'd never drink otherwise but that you'd probably enjoy. I opted myself for amaretto liqueur, and wouldn't you know it, every time I taste it now, it takes me right back.This is a great idea. I'm going to have to head to the LC for something nice. Six and a half weeks to go before I can crack it open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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