Indie Rockers Find New Fans in the Preschool Set
This weekend I watched Feist’s "1234" video at least 15 times.
My two-and-a-half-year-old niece is obsessed. As soon as I arrived at my brother’s house in Louisville on Friday, Rilla requested we play "the blue dress song." I figured she was referring to some Disney princess tune with talking birds, but she quickly put me in my place. "Feist," she said, the duh implicit.
The video took a minute to load on my brother’s ancient iMac, causing Rilla to thoughtfully announce, "It’s buffering" (no joke). But as soon as the gentle guitar strumming began, Rilla was off, matching Feist move for move and word for word, spinning around the living room with a giant grin stretched between her dimpled cheeks. After a while, I was invited to join her. We even bowed at the end of the performance, just like Feist.
"Again?" Rilla asked, as soon as the video went black.
How could I [...]
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