So, much as I've tried, my kids don't seem to like to listen to anything but Disney pop songs and such. However, today, big asked me to put her headphones on and play music for her. After the playlist I had rolling (lullabies, because honestly I thought she would get bored of them and take the headphones off. I don't like her ignoring everyone and just listening to headphones when people are around) ended she started hearing my progressive rock/metal interests and she is listening to and enjoying leprous and Caligula's horse and Yes. WTF?! I'm just happy she likes it, not fighting this.
My lullaby mix is eclectic. It's a space I was able to get away from the pop music and includes jim croche, Tom Petty, some acoustic guitar, umphrey's McGhee, Bela flex, but ends with a ~18 minute tune from Haken that I picked because, despite being a metal band, this is a more slow and soft tune that kind of drones and I figure would be a last ditch effort trying to get a kid to shut down. It also happens to be a war of the worlds kind of story about an alien genocide of Earth, but I don't tell them that. It's clearly the tune that launched leprous and Caligula's horse.