For some time, The Land & The Sea listen to pop music; therefore, i listen to pop music as well. And i wonder if anyone else notices that the majority of themes in pop songs is about partying: dancing through the night, drinking to excess, sexual experience upon sexual experience. Even Katy Perry, whose "Firework" is amazing, has a song out now that makes me cringe, as it reveals women to be concerned only with maxing out their credit cards and hooking up with their girlfriends all in the name of a good party.
While i don't expect much from pop music, i do expect variation. i have a fond appreciation for pop songs that were hits in spite of their dark meanings:
1. "One" U2- infidelity
2. "Every Breath You Take"- stalking
3. "Dear God"- XTC- atheism
4. "Brick"- Ben Folds Five- abortion
and so on. So it is possible to sing about something other than partying.
Don't get me wrong, i love a good party song. While my day to day taste tends to prefer sadder themed songs, there's nothing like a good dance song that makes you want to jerk up and down spastically across a room. "I'm Gonna Get You" and "Groove is in the Heart" are my kryptonite- have to dance when i hear them.
Still, i am disconcerted by a 10 and 7 year old singing "sticks & stones may break my bones but whips & chains excite me."
Saturday, August 27, 2011
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I totally get what you mean. Listening to my niece (9 yrs old) belt out the lyrics about being drunk is just off-putting. Do you talk to the kids about the meaning of the lyrics or just kinda let it slide to avoid that conversation?
i have asked them a couple of times, but they have replied "I dunno" enough for me to realize that they really don't understand the meanings. i worry about the day the scales fall from their eyes and they do get what they mean.
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