iPod craze

For Christmas this past year my parents bought me an iPod.  I knew they were getting me one because my husband didn't buy me one and he promised if they didn't get me one that he would.  I was so excited to get it and I listen to it all the time.  I just love it.  Well, Karl, my nine-year-old loves it too.  A few weekends ago he had a basketball tournament that just he and I went to, well Sam went too but he isn't much of a conversationalist, anyhow, the entire hour + that we were in the car, Karl listened to my iPod.  Then, as soon as we got in the car on the way back he had it out again.  Then just this past weekend he was at a friend's house and discovered that his friend's dad created a playlist on his iPod with all his son's favorite songs...needless to say, Karl was so excited about this possibility.  I told him that would be fine with me if he picked a handful of songs to have in his own play list - so for three/four days he has been asking Mike and me to help him create this.  Well, today was a snowday so there was no school so Karl and I tried to figure out iTunes and iStore and all these other iHaveNoIdeaHowToUse type sites.  Finally I threw up my hands and told him he would have to wait for his dad.  I could get the songs on my computer, but couldn't get them on to my iPod so I was no help to Karl.  While he waited for his dad, he sat patiently on the floor with the lap top on his lap (what better place could there be for a laptop) a notepad and pen by his side and he browsed the iTunes store for songs.  He wrote down all the titles and artists and by the time he was done he had a dozen songs.  I looked at the list and saw KISS, Alice Cooper, Smashing Pumpkins, and Willie Nelson.  Now Willie I can understand, he has been a country fan his entire life, but the rest...?  Then it dawned on me - he had basically created a Guitar Hero soundtrack.  Ahh yes, guitar hero - we play it all the time.  Karl is wonderfully impressive, I am not too bad, and much to the annoyance of Mike, he is lagging behind (but he practices when we are gone and thinks he is sneaky - which he is not - but he is getting better).  Anyhow, I wasn't sure how I felt about the list.  All the songs were appropriate(no swearing, sex, or other stuff - just rock) but I really am not fired up about creating a future hard rocker.  The fact that Karl gets down to "Paint it Black," Abby loves to shake her hips/butt to any music and likes "I like big butts" and knows the words... and Aine gets fired up to White Zombie and "rocker music" makes me a little nervous.  Bring back the VeggieTales, The Wiggles, play me some Peter, Paul, and Mary - kids love Puff the Magic Dragon...right?  Not quite...