Hillbilly Headbanger Baby
The child loves to dance. Actually, it’s more like butt bouncing. There is a song on TV which makes her stop everything she’s doing, go to the screen, and do the baby butt buggy. The other day she heard it and went from incessant whining for milk in the kitchen to forgetting whatever it was she wanted and dancing in the living room.
Sophia knows she’s not allowed to stand on chairs especially at dinner time but the song came on while we were eating. She looked at me and got on her feet but didn’t stand. She just bounced the best she could with her knees completely bent and against her chest. I helped her off the chair so she could fully express herself up near the TV.
The commercial she adores so much is one for Emerald Downs, which is a horse racing place in Auburn Washington. The song is “Break My Stride” by a bluegrass band called Hillbilly Highway. It’s a country twang banjo version of the 1980’s Matthew Wilder song by the same name.
Kurt played an mp3 of dueling banjos on his computer she danced to that too. She also dances to AC/DC, and she dances slightly different for the two genres. With the country twang song she bounces, then stops, spins in circles three times, and then bounces again. For AC/DC…click on the picture to see the video clip. 
It’s a large file, but it’s worth it. Ok, I may be a tad biased. 
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
I can’t wait to show this to Henry! He has Chloe headbanging to Metallica and Megadeath lately. I think he’s trying to influence her with his music before I get a chance to pollute her with my stuff, lol.
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
And yeah, it was worth the wait
May 4th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Grrrrrrrrrrr…
I can’t make this play….
Erica Reply:
May 4th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
G-man – Do you have Quicktime loaded on your computer? It’s a *.mov file.
May 7th, 2009 at 12:32 am
It is worth the wait. It’s very cute.
Erica Reply:
May 7th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Henry – hehehe thanks I thought it was pretty cute too, but as I said in the post I maybe a little biased.
May 8th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
too funny & that hair is wild! came up instantly for me. very cute, erica. you can be biased. that’s what moms are supposed to do.
my oldest daughter was a ‘dancer’, too, but then she could remember songs really quick, so she sang at the same time. hell, she can still do that. i’m almost 43 and can’t remember shit and was told by said daughter i dance like a white girl. lol
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