Kids Rock

January 14, 2013 8:52 PM

Here's the second most adorable version of Sweet Child O' Mine ever played. Here's the first (previously). Not Cute enough? Here's little Jonah rocking along with some System of a Down. Kids rock.
posted by billyfleetwood (19 comments total)

Young children's hands look like fat little spiders crawling over the guitar strings.
posted by Nomyte at 9:04 PM on January 14, 2013 [1 favorite]

The final link is by far the most charming.

Although now I am wondering how it is Kiss have missed the licensing potential of Mini Kiss.
(Like Devo 2.0 but not as awesome).
posted by Mezentian at 9:09 PM on January 14, 2013

Rival bands clash over little-person KISS tribute

A Las Vegas incident highlights the MiniKiss - Tiny Kiss tussle over who owns the concept.
posted by straight at 9:40 PM on January 14, 2013

Some adult supervision, but Sockweb is fronted by a six-year-old with demands.
posted by vanar sena at 9:41 PM on January 14, 2013

To apologize for contributing to the mini-Mini-KISS derail, here's an edition of Friday Face-Offs (by Get Your War On's David Rees, Artisanal Pencil Sharpener) that concludes (scroll to the bottom) with the cutest cover of Iron Maiden's Run to the Hills ever.
posted by straight at 9:54 PM on January 14, 2013

straight: "A Las Vegas incident highlights the MiniKiss - Tiny Kiss tussle over who owns the concept."

why are they not called peck
posted by boo_radley at 10:16 PM on January 14, 2013 [7 favorites]

I played Sweet Child 'o Mine as a country song with my band once, it sounded great.

Then again everything sounds great as a country song.
posted by Sebmojo at 12:03 AM on January 15, 2013 [1 favorite]

while we're on the topic, one of my favorite videos on the internet ever.
posted by triceryclops at 12:54 AM on January 15, 2013 [2 favorites]

I don't know if any of these videos beat this epic cover of Iron Maiden's Flight of Icarus by a big bunch of hollering English school kids. I wish my elementary school had rocked like this. We got stuck with the damn Hokey Pokey.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 1:39 AM on January 15, 2013 [2 favorites]

The little boy playing the drums with that rapt expression of joy+concentration on his face is imho priceless.

Priceless.
posted by Faintdreams at 2:06 AM on January 15, 2013

Great post. Here's two little kids playing Violet. I think the drummer has been on Kids React.
posted by Sailormom at 2:13 AM on January 15, 2013

while we're on the topic, one of my favorite videos on the internet ever.

Gauchos! I love those kids. Their little sister rocks the hardest though. They're bigger now and still rockin out.
posted by billyfleetwood at 2:14 AM on January 15, 2013 [3 favorites]

I spent much of yesterday watching YouTube videos of kids rock out listening to Tool. This one and to a latter degree this one both capture the way I feel when I listed to that band. Primal and unfettered. Flailing arms and everything.

(I mean seriously, that first kid, Kills. Me.)
posted by Eumachia L F at 2:59 AM on January 15, 2013

I didn't watch the video, but I'm pretty certain that when my wife played Sweet Child O' Mine on her guitar to our new son, at his baby naming, while I held him, that that was the most adorable version ever played. But whoever that is should feel fine about second place.
posted by OmieWise at 5:48 AM on January 15, 2013

Holy cats, here's the same young lead guitarist with only, apparently, about a year's more practice.

Learning a skill like that has got to be really healthy for young people. Learning how to learn a skill like that is an amazing gift. Whatever she decides is her calling later in life, if she goes after it with the same dedication it took to build those chops she'll do brilliantly.
posted by CHoldredge at 6:29 AM on January 15, 2013

If I were Slash this would make me incredibly happy.
posted by cribcage at 7:10 AM on January 15, 2013

Then again everything sounds great as a country song.

In case anyone is considering this a valid statement, it's not even remotely true.
posted by IvoShandor at 7:56 AM on January 15, 2013

Oh yeah, kids rock
(my kid's the drummer)
posted by Daily Alice at 8:36 AM on January 15, 2013 [1 favorite]

Nice vibrato, buddy!
posted by dgaicun at 9:54 AM on January 15, 2013