JFF- YIKES!! Change the Station!

Updated on May 18, 2011
R.J. asks from Seattle, WA
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Okay... lets start the sexually explicit song list. Love the song, hate the song... those songs you just do NOT want your elementary schooler bursting into song with those lyrics &/or reeeeeally don't want to have to explain. (My own mum went into apoplectic fits over us girls singing 'Like a Virgin' & 'Billie Jean' long before we had a clue) I'll start off (with some songs I happen to like)

Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch (you and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals so let's do it like the do on the discovery channel)

Big & Rich - Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy

Nina Simone :- Sugar in my Bowl

Hmmm,...Trying to think of a Prince song that doesn't qualify....

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A.K.

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Frankie goes to hollywood relax. The lyrics
"Relax don't do it, when you want to suck to it, relax don't do it when you wanna come" or something like that, just makes me cringe, I used to sing that when I was 12!

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A.H.

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King Missile: Detachable P....
Bob Marley: Smoke Two Joints
Monty Python: Lumberjack song
Everything on the Avenue Q soundtrack.

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A.T.

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I'm a Christian and recently I heard a man speak on secular music and it broke down all of my favorite songs and I was bummed. I have been convicted to pay closer attention to what everyone in my house listens too. I myself didn't even realize what I was listening too.........I do not want my girls singing some of those lyrics much less do I want them to mimic them! One song in particular was Soldja (sp?) Boy singing "Superman (that ho)" as if that title didn't give it away my curiousity got the best of me and good ole' "urban dictionary" set me straight! Embarrassing! It stinks that they can't sing songs without cuss words and it stinks even more that that's what we call entertainment!

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S.J.

answers from St. Louis on

Well, pretty much anything on the radio, unfortunately. I have a secret confession. I love pop and rap music (in addition to classical, jazz, etc). I really love a wide variety and appreciate all genres. But, I love to listen to pop in the car while I drive. Unfortunately, Kayne West and Pink also love to cuss and talk about doing the dirty. I am addicted to Dave Matthews. His songs cuss too. I cannot escape the bad language!

Thankfully my kids still, at age 6 and 7, think "stupid" is a bad word.

This is why we listen to talk radio only when the kids are in the car.

=)

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S.G.

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The other night we had the digital music (80's) channel on TV. What was on RIGHT when the TV came on? "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael. Hmmm. And of course, my son (5) wants to know, just like he ALWAYS wants to know "Daddy, what song is this?" (luckily his back is to the TV so he can't see it on the screen) and without missing a beat, my husband says, "'Father Figure' by George Michael." Hilarious! We weren't really to have a spontaneous "what's SEX?" conversation right at that moment in time! Sorry a little off topic but we thought it was funny.

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L.R.

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I listen to 105.3 and don't have that problem....

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L.G.

answers from Eugene on

R. when I was about 11 years old a good friend and I went to a foreign movie that was about extra maritial sex. We didn't understand the movie. It was a mystery to us. I could not figure out which woman was his "real" wife.
The sex was not explicit but the talk about it was.
When my daughters were young they found Art Crumb comics and read them. They also did not understand the material.
Don't worry so much. When you are too young to get the concept it's just a bunch of words strung together.

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G.B.

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I fell like such a prude sometimes...I am out of touch with so many of the newer performers. At dance recital next week the girls are dancing to "Top Banana". It has reference to the "Farmers Daughter" and knowing the story about her...I had a hard time figuring out what to say about that. How in the world would I try and explain some of Lady Gaga's lyrics much less her video's where there are nearly naked guys bumping ugly's and rolling all over a set full of beds...good Lord these are hard times to be a prude!

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L.P.

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Ok, dating myself here, but I bought the cassette single of "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael when I was a pre-teen, and my mom immediately removed it from my possession. Good call, Mom.

There are so freaking many sexually explicit lyrics, even not so overt ones, that I don't want my son hearing or repeating. Problem is, I'd practically have to turn the radio off.

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L.B.

answers from Biloxi on

Oh my Gosh!

How about the Rhianna song with the line about sex "I love the way it smells". I mean really! I cringe whenever it comes on. It has a wonderful rhythm, but the lyrics are disgusting.

My 14 year old "discovered" popular music this year when he hit 9th grade and suddenly began noticing what his peers were listening to. So, he always puts on the popular music station in the car. I listen, then we discuss the lyrics. Why they are offensive, inappropriate, degrading, pick an adjective. I just take it as a teachable moment. He knows the lyrics are nasty, but likes some of the rhythms - he is in band - so I think he pays more attention to the actual music than the words.

When I get done listening to this stuff, I just change the channel, or pop in a CD.

There are some good songs out there:
Katy Perry - Fireworks - about being and accepting yourself
P Diddy has one about redemption and "going home"

So, I sift through them, and encourage him to get these types of popular music for his MP3 player. Thank goodness for Itunes and the ability to only buy one song from each artist.

Then one day I had on my "oldies" station and he heard "Mama has a squeeze box she wears on her chest" and "afternoon delight". Oh, he hooted with laughter and gleefully explained to me why these songs were inappropriate. Guess he getting the lesson. LOL

Happy listening

God Bless

P.S. I love Prince with all his weird glyphs and inappropriateness.

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K.M.

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How about Lady Gaga..."Russian roulette is not the same without a gun..." from her Poker Face song.

When you think about it, there are a lot!

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J.B.

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One of my all time faves is Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" -grammar aside it just DOES it for me! I was jammin to it in the car the other day, and the 5 year old asks why he wants her to lay across his big brass bed and what is a big brass bed? Quick thinking-um-she looked really tired and gave an explanation of what a brass bed is...

J.J.

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I dont know, but that 1st one, I sing to DH all the time LOL I love it!

My fave trashy artist is Peaches. Its pretty bad. But I cant help it, love it :)

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L.K.

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Fergie's "My Humps"

Of course my kids are MUCH older. But when that one was really popular, my son, probably 16 at the time, reached over and declared it was 'inappropriate' for his younger sister, maybe 11-12! I kind of had to chuckle because I really hadn't paid attention to it until he said something.

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D.H.

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Little one has sung out "God is great, beer is good, people are crazy" ... after hearing it a couple too many times on the radio in the car! Told her she could NOT sing that at her mamaw's!

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answers from Raleigh on

Boyz II Men: I'll Make Love to You

Ludacris: Fantasy

There are SO many more. It makes me laugh though that you put on Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy, because, of course, my son LOVES that song! It just had to figure that my hubby played it for him one too many times! :P

E.D.

answers from Seattle on

I'm trying to think of a top forties song that doesn't qualify.

"Ain’t got a care in world, but got plenty of beer
Ain’t got no money in my pocket, but I’m already here
Now, the dudes are lining up cause they hear we got swagger
But we kick ‘em to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger
I’m talking about - everybody getting crunk, crunk
Boys trying to touch my junk, junk"

Thanks for that inspired piece, Ke$ha. I can only hope my little girls will aspire to such fantastic feats as to brush their teeth with whiskey before finding their Prince Jagger.

I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I quite like Eminem's (violent, sexist, misogynistic, demoralized) music. I think it's pretty darn raw, honest, and haunting, and, whether I love or hate the message in his songs, he is (IMHO) a talented artist. I do not, however, think my children are ready to deconstruct or deal with his "Love the Way You Lie". (explicit, in many ways, if not sexual). I hope they will never relate to,

"Ones ran around singing,
"There will be no next time
I apologize
Even though I know it's lies
I'm tired of the games
I just want her back
I know I'm a liar
If she ever tries to f***ng leave again
I'mma tie her to the bed
And set the house on fire

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that's alright
Because I like
The way it hurts"

Milder by far, is Madonna's "Like a virgin". I remember singing and dancing to that...at six. Shudder (in retrospect).

Or even, "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" originally written in *1928*.

I think the big difference between then and now, is not the subject matter, so much as the delivery. Then, we got to beat around the bush (har har har). Now, any time I turn on the radio, I can find a song that actually states sexual intention - not just insinuation. Oh, the conversations to come with my kids...(my two are still little, little, little.)

On a completely different note, I really hope your son is doing better, and that you're pulling through. Big hugs.

K.I.

answers from Los Angeles on

I'm your Man - Leonard Cohen

~Sexiest song EVER made! Gets me all squirmy every time I hear it. I LOVE it when my husband sings it to me...but SO NOT for lil' ears!!

J.F.

answers from Philadelphia on

my 4 year old likes system of a down and i have to edit the songs for her...

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