Birthday Soundtrack -Songs for Giving Birth

Friday, 04 December 2009

Birthday Soundtrack -Songs for Giving Birth
Guest Post by Mama TRUE

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When we were kids, my friend Amrita and my younger sister Tanya wanted life to be like a musical, people randomly bursting into song. They crooned made-up lyrics to accompany our mundane activities. I can still picture my sister singing into a key and doing a leap into Amrita’s outstretched arms, both of them with t-shirts pulled down over their shoulders a la Flashdance. It drove me crazy. But it planted a seed of desire in me. I want a soundtrack, for gardening, grocery shopping, anything.
My friend Courtney knows this as she has been the recipient of my Mama, nap, and various other playlists. Her second child was due last week. She was hoping for a VBAC but knew she might end up having a c-section so she asked me if I could make a c-section length CD she could have just in case. Cavanaugh was also born by c-section and the only CD I had in the car was a gift from a friend: Martha Stewart’s Baby Sleepytime CD, so that’s what we took into the O.R. I remember “Blackbird” as the song that was playing but my husband says it was “Close to You.” Either way, I would have liked a little more choice in the matter. Courtney had my choices with her and Orion was born November 13th while they listened to “Happy Birthday” by Stevie Wonder.
I hope all of you will get to enjoy these songs outside an O.R., but just in case, I’ve got you covered.
Beautiful Day by U2, Happy Birthday by Sufjan Stevens, Beautiful Boy by John Lennon, Brighter Than Sunshine by Aqualung, Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder, Celebration by Kool and the Gang, Birthday by The Beatles, Happy Birthday by Altered Images, Close to You by the Carpenters (oh, how I wish someone good would record a less floofy version of this song), Welcome to This World by Renee & Jeremy (only song specifically for a child).
If you click here you can get to the whole list at once.
I realize there are a lot of other birthday songs, but not ones you’d want to play for a birth or a celebration. If you’re depressed and want to drink away the day you were born, this is probably not your soundtrack. Since I knew Courtney was having a boy, I’ve got “Beautiful Boy” in here, but if you’ve got any suggestions for birthday songs specific to females or any other celebratory birthday songs I should add to this list, add them to the comments section.
What songs suggestions do you have?

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During my homebirth I listened to all trip hop... it was soothing... sensual... intense yet calming.. yeah not typical celebratory songs, but it worked for me during my intense long labor. Hooverphonic, morcheeba, massive attack, thievery corporation, etc...
- 12/4/2009 12:19 PM
- Nina1981@xanga (message)
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it's my birthday tomorrow!!!! haha... oh wait I'm not a baby! haha i was born 20 years ago. weird... I'm two decades old.
- 12/4/2009 12:56 PM
- shes_lump@xanga (message)
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I am already on the hunt for someone to make me a cd of all of my favourite worship/country music, but only played on an acoustic guitar and a guy singing them. I had this once, but i lost that friend in 911 and then some idiot stole my cd.
- 12/4/2009 1:04 PM
- LadyGwenivere@xanga (message)
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"Arms Wide Open" seems appropriate.
- 12/4/2009 2:23 PM
- Katja88@xanga (message)
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@Nina1981@xanga - great idea!!!! I love trip hop, didn't think about making a playlist of it.
- 12/4/2009 3:40 PM
- marzish@xanga (message)
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Would it be appropriate that I post my own list in a blog?
- 12/4/2009 4:14 PM
- mynameisblueskye@xanga (message)
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@mynameisblueskye@xanga - i wish you would. i'm pregnant right now and i play the cd i made for the baby everyday but i'd really like some more choices.
- 12/4/2009 5:21 PM
- Summer_lovin_sweetie@xanga (message)
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@Summer_lovin_sweetie@xanga - Then, hang tight. Composing now.
- 12/4/2009 5:28 PM
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說起這位明英宗朱祁鎮真是好有一比:在北京高峰時酒店經紀段開車:生不完的氣。

先說年號問題，明朝皇帝在位時間再長，酒店兼差年號也只有一個，惟獨他特殊，在位總共不過十五年，年號卻有兩個，前一個叫正統，後一個叫天順。倒不是因為他非要搞特權，兩個年號之間，禮服店是由一大堆可氣的事串起來的。

先說正統朝，差不多是地球酒店打工人都知道的，這麼多的忠良幹才他不信任，偏寵信一個教書先生出身的太監王振，一幹閹党把國家禍害得烏煙瘴氣。後來瓦剌犯邊，忠臣良將的苦勸不聽，偏聽死太監攛掇，非要御駕親徵，合法酒店經紀帶著幾十萬人牛氣哄哄出了長城，按說既然親徵你就好好打啊，他不，走到半道又後悔了，連敵人影酒店工作都沒見著就撤兵，撤兵麼撤得快點啊，跑還沒跑成，讓人家圍在土木堡包了餃子，稀裏糊塗一場酒店上班混戰，幾十萬大軍全死光，連本人也當了俘虜。丟人到如此，實在可氣。

英宗被抓到蒙古高原上去啃生羊肉了，酒店兼職爛賬總要有人收拾。皇帝讓人綁了，敵人打到家門口了，總不成學宋朝來個衣冠南渡吧！還好喝酒有他親弟弟給他收拾，弟弟朱祁鈺繼承帝位，改年號為景泰，可氣的正統朝總算結束了。景泰帝信用酒店PT良臣于謙，成功組織北京保衛戰打垮敵人，再運用外交壓力，逼得酒店喝酒瓦剌把英宗放回來當太上皇，總算不用學宋徽宗那樣客死他鄉。折騰半天，祖宗江山差點丟了不說禮服酒店，皇位也折騰沒了。這樣的鬧劇，怪不得別人。

雖是傻事敗事一籮筐，但傻人總算有傻福，雖說皇位沒了，台北酒店經紀命還是保住了，回來舒舒服服過太上皇的日子倒也不交際應酬錯，可他不消停，拉幫結派培植私人勢力，幾年後趁著弟弟病重搞了場“奪門之變”。奪粉味回了皇位不說，上臺第一件事就是殺掉了功臣于謙。並把當初北京保衛戰的功臣們來了個大清洗，掌握朝政大權的都是徐有貞、石亨、曹吉祥等一幫姦險小人。雖然過了沒幾年，這幾個人也被明英宗清算，下獄的下獄（石亨），充軍的充軍（徐有貞）寒假打工，被殺的被殺（曹吉祥），可明朝的政治氣象，還是一片烏煙瘴氣。

皇位奪回來了，自然就要改年號。於是，明英宗兼差改年號為天順。從正統年到天順年，打敗仗，殺忠良，寵小人，亂國家，儘是他辦的敗事，酒店小姐每每讀史到此，不知有多少人氣得酒店公關直哆嗦。

可正統朝的事畢竟年頭遠了，真正給後暑假打工世攢下麻煩的，是天順朝。

“天順”麼，按字面意思，自然有風調雨順的意思。打工從這個意義上說，“天順”朝時代的明朝，運氣還真不壞，別的且不說，單說綁過明英宗票的瓦剌，那在土木堡創下台北酒店經紀擊敗明朝幾十萬大軍，活捉明朝皇帝偉業的瓦剌首領也先，沒死在大對頭明朝手裏，倒在內戰中被一刀砍死。到了天順朝時期，瓦剌又和鄰居韃靼打個不停，因此，雖然少了良將於謙，但終天順一朝的邊酒店境形勢，還算是太平無事。
- 12/8/2009 12:24 PM
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About Me: Sonya S. Feher is stay-at-home-mama to Cavanaugh True. She found out she was an attachment parent when she and Cavanaugh were invited to a playgroup full of AP families. Loath to admit she had no idea what AP was, she went home and Googled it. Sure enough, her new friends were right. Since then, she has become a co-leader of the South Austin chapter of Attachment Parenting International, a contributing editor for API Speaks, and a columnist for The Attached Family. She blogs about parenting at http://mamatrue.com and writing at http://sonyafeher.com. You can contact her at mamatrue (at) sonyafeher (dot) com.