Jul 25 2008Rockabye Baby!: Rock Lullabyes For Kids
Rockabye Baby! is a series of albums put out by some record label that feature your favorite rock songs turned into wordless, soothing lullabies for children. Each album costs $17 and is basically a "best of" the particular artist. There are a ton to choose from like Metallica, Rolling Stones, Green Day, The Beatles, The Pixies, AC/DC, Smashing Pumpkins, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Radiohead, Tool, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, along with a bunch of others. I posted a sampler of their stuff after the jump, which includes a short video at the beginning of Metallica's guitarist Kirk Hammet talking about how he used the CD. So maybe they're doing it legally too, I dunno. What I do know is that kids don't need damn lullabies to sleep. What they need is a spot of bourbon. One for you, the rest of the bottle for daddy. Now remember: don't get out of bed or the goblins that live in the dark will eat you. Even your bones. I won't be able to save you. By the time I hear you scream and retreat from your mother's war-torn vagina, you'll be long gone. Well, sweet dreams.
Hit the jump to hear said lullabies.
Thanks Nichole, you can rock me to sleep any night. Or day, I like taking naps.
Reader Comments
1. Amy - July 25, 2008 3:53 PM
I just bought this for a friends daughters First birthday tomorrow! I got Metallica, he loves them. I think it'll be sweet, she'll have all these memories of her daddy singing those songs to her. And when she gets older she'll hear them again and already know!
I have to admit, I'm contemplating keeping it for myself. It's soooo funny.
2. bombs - July 25, 2008 4:02 PM
blasphemous. grow a set and let your baby listen to the real song. you created the god awful thing, the least you can do is not raise it to be a little pussy.
3. sara k. - July 25, 2008 4:08 PM
OMYGOD, its the most effing coolest thing that's ever made!!!
now kids will definitely won't think they're parents music suck big time!
4. michelle - July 25, 2008 4:24 PM
OLD but still cool!!!
We have the Beatles and the No Doubt... the kids love them and fall asleep in no time!!!
5. el - July 25, 2008 4:49 PM
freaking awesome! does anyone know if they have the offspring?? that's for sure what i would put my baby to bed with! :)
6. butterbee - July 25, 2008 4:57 PM
This video shows once again that The Beatles wrote amazing songs... at least way better than the others in the video.
You could play most Beatles songs in any style and they'd still hold up.
Most of the other versions on there were pretty bad... the only thing going for them was reminding you of a recording you like.
7. PEWPEWPEW - July 25, 2008 5:01 PM
I bought a couple of these last year one Led Zepp and one Metalica for my niece (and my sister)
8. syn - July 25, 2008 5:39 PM
The Green Day one is fab.
9. GreenOne - July 25, 2008 5:48 PM
i cant beleive im the only one to find thoes less than soothing... its a good concept but can we not play it on whatever its played on... the sounds just peirce my ears and im sure will make any child retarded with longtime use
just sayin...
10. Geekologie Writer's Son - July 25, 2008 5:48 PM
Ok, I get it, I won't leave my bed. Just promise not to clean up with my blanket after you're done watching that weird asian porn again. The stuff is crusting and it flakes into my eyes. Burns like hell.
Ok, goodnight dad.
11. WOW OMG!!! - July 25, 2008 5:55 PM
They don't have Slayer :(
12. commercialphree - July 25, 2008 6:17 PM
I NEVER DO THIS BUT..."OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
13. Tenabrifique - July 25, 2008 10:03 PM
I got Metallica for my baby cousin.
14. big jerm - July 26, 2008 12:53 AM
i actually bought 5 of these for my daughter. she seems to like the ramones the best.
they're cheaper on amazon.
15. Matt - July 26, 2008 1:01 AM
I bought a few of these like 2 years ago. They are pretty cool, but I listen to them more than the kids. It's fun, but like dude up top said, not real soothing.
16. Megina - July 26, 2008 8:29 AM
This is fucking horrible. Metallica's officially the biggest sell-out rock band in history.
17. brasilica - July 26, 2008 6:04 PM
Try it the other way round ! Funny !
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r5R8gSgedh4
18. hey - July 27, 2008 5:46 PM
This is really old. I bought the Pink Floyd CD for a daycare job two years ago.
19. marie - July 27, 2008 10:20 PM
sounds like elevator music. radiohead sounded the same, and couldn't really make out metallica. :p
20. Shoes - July 28, 2008 12:36 PM
Trite. These sound like some sort of twangy garbage a middle school general music class would make.
I don't know what makes me want to set babies on fire more.... This or idiot parents who are convinced by drowning their child in sensory over stimulation with "baby einstein" garbage will make them omgsmartz.
Yes. I have no grasp of sentence structure whatsoever, because I'm awesome.
21. Jenn - July 28, 2008 1:11 PM
We have these at my job, they are nice to listen to, and much better than some of the other crap they play for little kids, I mean for real have any of you had to listen to Raffi for 8 hours....
22. Pete - July 28, 2008 1:28 PM
>> blasphemous. grow a set and let your baby listen to the real song. you created the god awful thing, the least you can do is not raise it to be a little pussy. >>
So I should be blasting the original version of 'Enter Sandman' as they're trying to sleep?
Anyway, these are great. I cherry-picked a lot of the better ones from iTunes. There's a time and a place for introducing the real songs, but unfortunately at 20 months their little ears can't really process heavy metal the same way we can...
23. Adri Leya - July 28, 2008 1:45 PM
my name means "rock" in Hindu. cool, huh.
24. Kevin - August 2, 2008 12:09 AM
I found this a while back, and decided to check out their renditions of Tool songs. Pretty interesting to listen to.