Help me help my au pair.

[BigDaddy]

Her name isn't, Anne Frank is it?...

[neck beard]

Its like a Mexican never having eaten corn. Herrings. She's Dutch for fucks sake.

In her own language:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandse_nieuwe

In English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soused_herring

[splat]

Wait back up. You have an au pair? Damn whats this world coming to.....

In order for her to get a wide variety of musical tastes, you should hand her off, like the travelin Bros, to the first maggot you encounter, and so on.

[BmillsSkier]

You could give her a tape with just "The Song Remains The Same" on it, buy her a train ticket, (I'm assuming being from Yurp she's ridden on one, and not being too hip to mass culture cars probably frighten the shit out of her) tell her to flip it over everytime it stops playing, get off every time the train stops and see everything. If she returns within 5 months you've failed. If not, then you've done your job and she is probably a very worldly woman by then.

[snow_slider]

Great suggestions so far. Ok, there seems to be some controversy over her upbringing. She's from a really small town in southern Netherlands (near the boarder with Belgium). She was raised on a small pig farm, all they ate was stuff they grew on the farm (pig and fruit/vegetables). She definitely isn't some locked in the closet till she's 18 reject. She totally has it together and is awesome with our kids. Unflappable is the best word to describe her.

So far for The Who I have:
-Baba O'Reilly
-My Generation
-Who Are You
-Won't Get Fooled Again
-I can See For Miles
-Behind Blue Eyes

For Zep I have:
-Ramble On
-Stairway to Heaven
-Whole Lotta Love
-Immigrant Song
-Hey Hey What Can I Do

I am also compiling a list of Beach Boys songs (she's going to a BB concert and wants to hear some):
-California Girls
-Good Vibrations
-I Get Around
-Surfin' USA
-Help Me Rhonda
-Wouldn't It Be Nice


I love Dylan and The Dead, but I thought I'd ease her into stuff like that. Thought I'd start with some of the British Invasion bands and work up from there. She's already familiar with The Beatles and The Stones, that's why I went with Zep and The Who.

Definitely interested in other suggestions for MUST LISTEN bands/individuals.

[EPSkis]

Ok, G ~ You've received plenty of musical suggestions.
(Don't forget SRV, ya monkey.)
Now.......WHERE'S DA PICS?

[hemas]

For "classic rock" Deep Purpple should also be on the list...

And get her some Sushi... Plus remind her that the international side in Schipol -airport has an excelent Sushi-bar (pretty near the passport-control).

[flatNshallow]

No rock and Roll edjamakation is complete without SPINAL TAP.


Crank it to 11.

[snow_slider]

Ok, G ~ You've received plenty of musical suggestions.
(Don't forget SRV, ya monkey.)
Now.......WHERE'S DA PICS?

Yeah, Stevie Ray is on the list. OK, some photos:

My au pair and my youngest daughter (Avery):


Megan and her speech therapist:


Superhero Megan:



Lederhosen Keira:


My Three Girls:



Yes indeed, I am a lucky man!

[Brock Landers]

Your speech therapist is hot

[TNKen]

Au pair = juggieness

Trampoline?

[BmillsSkier]

Beach Boys?

You forgot "Sloop John B"!

"Feel Flows" is another fave of mine, but it's from their "drug years" and might not translate the band so well to her.

Just give her a copy of Pet Sounds.

[Lash LaRue]

I would go with the whole Quadraphenia album or Who's Next. Skip the early 60's stuff and go right into the hard rockin 70's material

Songs:
Real Me
5:15
Bab'o'Riley (sometimes referred to as Teenage Wasteland)
Bargain
I am One

Oh! and "WHO ARE YOU"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgWQ1erBnMo

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

I admire your restraint SS, I don't know if I could trust myself around that speech therapist.

[Skidog]

Wow....your wife allows a au pair that looks like that into your house to take care of your kids? Ill assume live in for sure..

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!

So...should we start a poll as to when OP taps that?

[Tuckerman]

Wow....your wife allows a au pair that looks like that into your house to take care of your kids? Ill assume live in for sure..

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!

Seconded.....

[Sinecure]

The Beach Boys will be playing all those songs on your list. But boy is Mike Love looking old and kind of like the creepy old man. Lots of gold rings on his fingers and bad jokes. He points and waves and winks at lots of people in the audience during the show. Saw them two weeks ago from the 2nd row at Mountain Winery in Saratoga (CA). Fun show. She'll be one of the youngest people in the audience. And I think it was the first concert I've ever been to where I didn't smell herb. They also did a medley of all their car-related songs.

[The Dad]

"Best" Five Led Zeppelin Songs:

none

Quoted for truth.

But how come no one's yet quoted Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

Best Five Who Songs:

1. Won't Get Fooled Again
2. Baba O'Reily
3. I Can See For Miles and Miles
4. Pictures of Lily
5. My Generation

Emphasizes the difficulty of picking five. My edits:

• drop Baba O and Lily
• bump Miles up (talk about timeless -- a song that could've been recorded yesterday instead of 40 years ago)
• clarify that My Generation should be the version off Live at Leeds (cheating, I know)
• add either The Real Me or The Punk Meets the Godfather (Quadrophenia, represent!)
• add Magic Bus (Leeds)

Your speech therapist is hot

Quoted for truth. I'd develop a stammer in her presence, that's for sure.

[skiHOG]

on side note, I have a friend who is an au pair and when I say she is a nanny she flips out. what the hell is the difference?

[The Dad]

on side note, I have a friend who is an au pair and when I say she is a nanny she flips out. what the hell is the difference?

About $7.50 an hour and an accent.

[alias]

I know it takes a village to raise a child, I just didn't know you had to hire and house the village.

I couldn't have that speech therapist hanging around. I just now I would stoop so low as to ask if she is a cunning linguist.

[supermodel159]

What site did you order her from?

[Tippster]

Who:

Who Are You
5:15
Eminence Front
Magic Bus (Live)
My Generation
Pinball Wizard (Townshend live acoustic solo from Secret Policeman's Ball)

LZ:
Kashmir
When the Levee Breaks
Stairway to Heaven
I Can't Quit You, Baby
Dazed & Confused

[Tuckerman]

Stairway to Heaven, really?

[Tippster]

Pretend you hadn't heard it before... like a million times. It's a pretty fucking great classic rock song, as is "Hotel California."