![]() ![]() Rap is modern day poetry - Shakespeare for the new millennium – and I do like how it shapes our language in creative and interesting ways. (Is it good or bad? DISCUSS.)Īnd then there’s the language of rap that is sometimes obscured by the coarseness of it. We talked about marketing and fashion, and how people judge one another by what they wear. We talked about second-hand goods and what it means to buy them, and about the environmental impact of buying into every trend. When we talked about it in the car we discussed what a hugely consumerist society we live in, and why things cost as much as they do. The underlying message here is one that I can support: it’s ok to be yourself and to wear what you think is cool. They’re telling their audience, one who is highly motivated by wearing the “right” brands, that it’s not actually cool to shell out fifty dollars for a t-shirt, and that they’re being fooled into buying it. ![]() Language aside, Thrift Shop is refreshing in comparison. It’s amazing how much of modern music (not to mention music videos) is about riches and fame and bling and hot chicks. I do believe that popular music shapes and influences public opinion, and this song is using teen language to do it, which makes it especially powerful. Peep game, come take a look through my telescope I call that getting swindled and pimped, Īnd having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don’t Limited edition, let’s do some simple additionįifty dollars for a t-shirt, that’s just some I’m like “Yo, that’s fifty dollars for a t-shirt” They be like “Oh that Gucci, that’s hella tight” WANZ from Garrett Wesley Gibbons on Vimeo.Īre you familiar with this song? Here’s the part that got our family talking recently: (Beeps and bolding are my own.) THRIFT SHOP (G rated Radio Edit Clean version) - MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. Personally I don’t have a big issue with language because our kids hear it in the schoolyard anyway. Our local radio station blanks out the objectionable parts, like the swear words, but in some cases you know exactly what the blank represents. It’s called Thrift Shop, by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. There is a song on the radio right now that I do like, because it is catchy and I think there’s an interesting message buried in it. Song lyrics can kick start some really great discussions too, and I like it when it happens in the car because having a captive audience is the way to go here. Most parents probably don’t bother listening to song lyrics too closely, but I know my kids are listening, so I do too. Some parents are more likely to be bothered by drugs and sexual innuendo, others salty language, while some might be offended at the sheer absurdity of the song writing or lack thereof. Whether one finds a song objectionable is a personal thing. I guess this is the world we live in now and we need to adapt, but it seems sad that there is nothing left to the imagination anymore. And he’s begging, or worse, laying on a guilt trip. ![]() I don’t even know where to begin explaining this song. Yeah, you make me feel like I’ve been locked out of heaven ‘Cause you make me feel like I’ve been locked out of heaven I can’t imagine explaining it anyone under the age of 10. Locked out of Heaven by Bruno Mars is a song that’s getting a lot of play right now and it makes me cringe so I tend to switch the station when I hear it come on. My kids are 11 and 13 now but I’ve made it clear that as the driver, I retain the right to switch it off at anytime. We are now well past the Farmer in the Dell stage and find ourselves listening to the popular radio station that was previously banned. I didn’t want to spend a whole lot of time explaining big topics we weren’t ready to discuss, things like sex, drugs, and what it means when someone calls someone a “ho.”Īt that age it was just was easier to pop in a children’s CD, but we figured out pretty quickly that most of them were really annoying (there’s a Farmer in the Dell song that remains firmly etched into my brain to this day) and that the best course of action was to keep family-friendly CDs and iPod playlists of our favourite songs at the ready. When our children were really young there were certain radio stations we skipped over completely, just because of the kind of music they played. ![]() When I’m in the car with my husband we often find ourselves having the I Can’t Believe What Kids Are Listening to These Days conversation, one that often ends with me hitting the OFF button in disgust. I feel like such an old lady when I’m listening to the radio sometimes. ![]()
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