August 30, 2024 • 7 mins
A change of pace from John Legend, as he releases an album of “sing-alongs and lullabies for children and families”.
My Favorite Dream is Legend’s 10th studio album, featuring nine originals, three covers of Fisher-Price songs, and three bonus tracks.
Legend says he was inspired to make the album both by his own experience as a child and his experience as a father to four children.
Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the release.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at Me.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Best friends, best friends. You and me we friends forever,
friendship mats everything bad.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
You and me, we stick.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Together, side by side for ever and over.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Oh my head will dance each other through the range.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Without you, my life just wouldn't be the same. You're
my range in the sun sky blue. I'm going to
perform a friend like you.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
I mean, it's a bit cheesy, isn't it. I canna
appreciate it. I'm probably not the target audience, but that's
all right. Go an amazing voice, incredible musicians. No one's
doubting that. So yeah, this is a bit of a
different turn for John Legend. That's diplomatic, isn't it. He's
just released a new album called My Favorite Dream. That
(01:13):
song is called Friendship. As you may have guessed, this
is a song for children, and Estelle Clifford's been listening
to it.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Hey, Estow, I've embraced the cheesy lullaby tones of John Legend.
It has gone there. I kind of had a laugh
about this because there was probably a time in my
life where this would have been really good, and I
reckon it's the whole baby toddler sort of age group
for kids. Yeah, and then my child from about three
went full rock and nineties grunge punk. So I haven't
(01:43):
really listened to subtle music with her for quite some time.
But there is a time and place where parents, grandparents, caregivers, No,
you need some music that isn't overstimulating for your kids. Yeah,
and so why not embrace John Legend. That guy's got
four children of his own. So if that's what you're
surrounded by at home, the chaos, the madness, then then
go there right, like, write some music for children. The
(02:07):
weird thing is this actually started where he did, like
this playful little cover of a song. Has kids like
that one of their Fisher and Pi call toys play
and I don't know the song my stuff, Like, obviously
we did not get gifted this fisher and pipe. I
generally don't like too many toys that are with batteries,
you know, they make a lot of noise plastic.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, But anyway, he did a little cover of the
song because his kids really like it, and TikTok went wild.
Everyone's like, you should do a kid's album, and who's like, you.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Know, what I will good.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
So then the album's kind of a mix of some covers,
Like he even covers Bob Marley in here, and I'm
kind of like, well, that's cool, but also I'm okay
with my kid listening to the original Bob Marley version.
But I guess he's going with that whole sunny vibe.
He's singing about all the emotions al Tamabeki go through
in one single day, and there's highs and lows very quickly,
(02:59):
and I love that he's going there with a very
positive spin. That there's lots of orchestral stuff in Quoie.
It's sort of like opening up the magic music box.
You know, you can imagine you open and the light
comes out, or you're skipping down Sesame Street. Like I
wouldn't be surprised if he has a feature on Sesame Street.
It's some stage. So what that song there that you
(03:21):
played friendship? But it's actually one of the bonus tracks,
so it's very late in the run for me. I
would have liked the songs he put his bonus tracks
to be higher up in the track listing, right, because
the covers are beautiful and everything, but they've got a
little bit more pace and beat and probably a little
bit more playfulness to them. But I think he chose
to go lullaby, and so he chose all the songs
(03:44):
that kind of fit into that, you know, And it's
everything you would imagine John Legend. It's his beautiful voice,
it's crooney and swooney, and and it is exactly the lullab.
Beautiful piano, the orchestral arrangements are gorgeous, like you know,
like on a morning when you're feeling a bit sensitive
and maybe your child is too. It would be quite
a nice album. Like I can. I can understand all
(04:06):
the emotions he's going through when he's putting an album
together like this, Yeah, all the end of the day
wind down, like you can chuck it on again. In
our household, we've kind of sometimes gone for quite upbeat
children's albums because we need to shake off our sillies
and get some energy out. But but I like that
he's gone somewhere beautiful for preschoolers to go. It's safe,
(04:26):
you can put it on and not worry about what
sweets are going to get out of someone's mouth.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
In Yeah, that's certainly certainly mummy, what blah blah blah me. Yeah, yeah,
it's and look I probably still go this over like
a baby shark or something.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
You know, absolutely, because the melodies that you're going to
get stuck in your head are quite beautiful songs, and
people will think you're just singing some beautiful John legend
totally yeah, not driving them crazy.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
But you're my friend, and I'll hold your hair.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Yeah, right, Like as opposed to psycholtic, I mean, I
won't even start because people you say baby sha and
they already can hear that. So a little less repetitious
and something a little bit different. He's actually now teamed up,
i think, with Fisher and Pykel to do something right,
like in the test the test audience. He's got his household,
(05:15):
he's finding another way to Yeah, like you say, put
some money in those musical money boxes.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
At the moment, yeah, I was.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I was literally a little bit like that when I
was listening to it, like, oh my gosh, it's you know,
it's cheesy, but but some kids things just are sometimes.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Yeah, yeah, I think I probably would still play a
Nick Moore's Children album.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
That was going to be my next question, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Because it's a bit different than storytelling and characters, and
I don't always want to sit with the lullabys. I
think kids need a bit more through an album.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Do you want just a complete off piece option as well?
If you're on Spotify or streaming service, search trap songs
for kids. Really Yeah, yeah, there's a whole there's a
whole genre of for any of our listens who aren't
familiar with trap music, it's kind of a form of
like really kind of grimy R and B hip hop
(06:15):
rap kind of music. Yeah, it's it's like it's from
like from the South, like from from Georgia in the US.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Anyway, you know that there are no like this like
trap songs called I Love my Mum and stuff like that.
That's so cool.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Yeah yeah, and that's that's kind of probably more our
realm checking out some of the more yeah, fun but
kind of music that you as an adult can stand
to listen to as well. This is always the hard.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Balance, yeah, yeah, yeah exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
But if you if you need some quiet moments and
you and you want to have a little bit of
round the piano with with John, then you know.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
What do you do?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
It's it's okay. Generous things Christmas time when he's got
and toys coming up.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Yeah, and it's Christmas album, no doubt, get re released
for an extra song or two. You go hey, Thank
you very much to stell all Right seven out of
ten for my favorite Dream by John Legend. Like we say,
the right time and place, the right audience could be
a great option. We'll have a bit more of a
listen to it. In a couple of minutes, we'll pick
up one of the good.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Songs for more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen
live to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at Me.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Best friends, best friends. You and me we friends forever,
friendship mats everything bad.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
You and me, we stick.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Together, side by side for ever and over.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Oh my head will dance each other through the range.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Without you, my life just wouldn't be the same. You're
my range in the sun sky blue. I'm going to
perform a friend like you.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
I mean, it's a bit cheesy, isn't it. I canna
appreciate it. I'm probably not the target audience, but that's
all right. Go an amazing voice, incredible musicians. No one's
doubting that. So yeah, this is a bit of a
different turn for John Legend. That's diplomatic, isn't it. He's
just released a new album called My Favorite Dream. That
(01:13):
song is called Friendship. As you may have guessed, this
is a song for children, and Estelle Clifford's been listening
to it.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Hey, Estow, I've embraced the cheesy lullaby tones of John Legend.
It has gone there. I kind of had a laugh
about this because there was probably a time in my
life where this would have been really good, and I
reckon it's the whole baby toddler sort of age group
for kids. Yeah, and then my child from about three
went full rock and nineties grunge punk. So I haven't
(01:43):
really listened to subtle music with her for quite some time.
But there is a time and place where parents, grandparents, caregivers, No,
you need some music that isn't overstimulating for your kids. Yeah,
and so why not embrace John Legend. That guy's got
four children of his own. So if that's what you're
surrounded by at home, the chaos, the madness, then then
go there right, like, write some music for children. The
(02:07):
weird thing is this actually started where he did, like
this playful little cover of a song. Has kids like
that one of their Fisher and Pi call toys play
and I don't know the song my stuff, Like, obviously
we did not get gifted this fisher and pipe. I
generally don't like too many toys that are with batteries,
you know, they make a lot of noise plastic.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, But anyway, he did a little cover of the
song because his kids really like it, and TikTok went wild.
Everyone's like, you should do a kid's album, and who's like, you.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Know, what I will good.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
So then the album's kind of a mix of some covers,
Like he even covers Bob Marley in here, and I'm
kind of like, well, that's cool, but also I'm okay
with my kid listening to the original Bob Marley version.
But I guess he's going with that whole sunny vibe.
He's singing about all the emotions al Tamabeki go through
in one single day, and there's highs and lows very quickly,
(02:59):
and I love that he's going there with a very
positive spin. That there's lots of orchestral stuff in Quoie.
It's sort of like opening up the magic music box.
You know, you can imagine you open and the light
comes out, or you're skipping down Sesame Street. Like I
wouldn't be surprised if he has a feature on Sesame Street.
It's some stage. So what that song there that you
(03:21):
played friendship? But it's actually one of the bonus tracks,
so it's very late in the run for me. I
would have liked the songs he put his bonus tracks
to be higher up in the track listing, right, because
the covers are beautiful and everything, but they've got a
little bit more pace and beat and probably a little
bit more playfulness to them. But I think he chose
to go lullaby, and so he chose all the songs
(03:44):
that kind of fit into that, you know, And it's
everything you would imagine John Legend. It's his beautiful voice,
it's crooney and swooney, and and it is exactly the lullab.
Beautiful piano, the orchestral arrangements are gorgeous, like you know,
like on a morning when you're feeling a bit sensitive
and maybe your child is too. It would be quite
a nice album. Like I can. I can understand all
(04:06):
the emotions he's going through when he's putting an album
together like this, Yeah, all the end of the day
wind down, like you can chuck it on again. In
our household, we've kind of sometimes gone for quite upbeat
children's albums because we need to shake off our sillies
and get some energy out. But but I like that
he's gone somewhere beautiful for preschoolers to go. It's safe,
(04:26):
you can put it on and not worry about what
sweets are going to get out of someone's mouth.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
In Yeah, that's certainly certainly mummy, what blah blah blah me. Yeah, yeah,
it's and look I probably still go this over like
a baby shark or something.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
You know, absolutely, because the melodies that you're going to
get stuck in your head are quite beautiful songs, and
people will think you're just singing some beautiful John legend
totally yeah, not driving them crazy.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
But you're my friend, and I'll hold your hair.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Yeah, right, Like as opposed to psycholtic, I mean, I
won't even start because people you say baby sha and
they already can hear that. So a little less repetitious
and something a little bit different. He's actually now teamed up,
i think, with Fisher and Pykel to do something right,
like in the test the test audience. He's got his household,
(05:15):
he's finding another way to Yeah, like you say, put
some money in those musical money boxes.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
At the moment, yeah, I was.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I was literally a little bit like that when I
was listening to it, like, oh my gosh, it's you know,
it's cheesy, but but some kids things just are sometimes.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Yeah, yeah, I think I probably would still play a
Nick Moore's Children album.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
That was going to be my next question, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Because it's a bit different than storytelling and characters, and
I don't always want to sit with the lullabys. I
think kids need a bit more through an album.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Do you want just a complete off piece option as well?
If you're on Spotify or streaming service, search trap songs
for kids. Really Yeah, yeah, there's a whole there's a
whole genre of for any of our listens who aren't
familiar with trap music, it's kind of a form of
like really kind of grimy R and B hip hop
(06:15):
rap kind of music. Yeah, it's it's like it's from
like from the South, like from from Georgia in the US.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Anyway, you know that there are no like this like
trap songs called I Love my Mum and stuff like that.
That's so cool.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Yeah yeah, and that's that's kind of probably more our
realm checking out some of the more yeah, fun but
kind of music that you as an adult can stand
to listen to as well. This is always the hard.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Balance, yeah, yeah, yeah exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
But if you if you need some quiet moments and
you and you want to have a little bit of
round the piano with with John, then you know.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
What do you do?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
It's it's okay. Generous things Christmas time when he's got
and toys coming up.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Yeah, and it's Christmas album, no doubt, get re released
for an extra song or two. You go hey, Thank
you very much to stell all Right seven out of
ten for my favorite Dream by John Legend. Like we say,
the right time and place, the right audience could be
a great option. We'll have a bit more of a
listen to it. In a couple of minutes, we'll pick
up one of the good.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Songs for more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen
live to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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