“and the dragon played the bass”
It’s kind of funny how synergy works. Just the other week I was musing about “princesses” and the problems they can present, and now, the always reliable JoCo releases a new song addressing the same general topic.
The words of Coulton himself:
I wrote a song called “The Princess Who Saved Herself” because my daughter is obsessed with princesses, so I am forced to think and talk about them a lot. None of them really kick ass as much as I hope my daughter kicks ass when she’s all grown up, so I made up one that does…
It also happens that this song was inadvertently written directly to another specific demographic: my eldest daughter, who has pretty much decided that this is her new favorite tune (at least until something else comes along).
Yeah, we need more of this kind of thing.
Incidentally, the song was released on Many Hands, a charity compilation CD benefiting Haitian earthquake relief, with a bunch of other kids’ tunes. And even if the other tracks are (in my kids’ humble opinion) not necessarily as strong as this one, the project supports a worthy cause, and if nothing else, served as the basis for some “teaching moment” conversations ’round here when we popped the disc in.
