From Raffi to Dylan With My Grandson

Steely Dan is Served with Mushed Yams

    

For the last seven months I've been scheming how to shape my grandson Ezra's musical tastes.

      First, I'd like to say, when people ask me if I've seen "The Greatest Night in Pop," about the making of "We Are the World," I ask them: "Have you seen my grandson watch 'Monster in the Mirror'"?

      "Monster in the Mirror" is a "Sesame Street" classic. The easily frightened Grover keeps seeing a monster, until he is reassured that what's happening is that he gets spooked every time he sees himself in a mirror. There is an all-star video filmed in 1991 with a cast that, for its time, was the kid celebrity equivalent of any 1980s pop charity event.

      The singer featured on the "wubba-wubba-wubba-wubba-whoo-whoo-whoo" chorus include Robin Williams, Candice Bergen, Julia Roberts, Bo Jackson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Whoopi Goldberg and about 20 other performers. Though Bart Simpson kind of steals the finale with his "wubba man!" bratness, the real star is Ray…