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May 13, 2008
Smooch On Over
If you don’t live nearby, you may not know that I also write for Lipstick magazine. Why don’t you mosey over there and see what I had to say about my boys’ taste in music?
Click the link and then click on “Soulja Mom.”
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One year ago in My Tiny Kingdom: In Which Bill Is Assaulted By Hyperbole
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May 13th, 2008 at 3:49 pm, Alison Says:
That was great, Anne. I especially like the ending!
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May 13th, 2008 at 3:55 pm, CourtneyRyan369 Says:
Haha, I love Bill’s response at the end! My parents too tried to educate us with Beatles, Beach Boys, Moody Blues, Billy Joel, Harry Chapin, Cher, Heart, Janis Joplin, and many more. Yeah, that all stuck, but to their dismay we added LOTS Weezer, Live, all things country, They Might Be Giants, Flight of the Conchords, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New and LOTS more.
We ended up musically educating each other.
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May 13th, 2008 at 4:07 pm, joi Says:
I love it Anne! Its refreshing to read on with someone who’s music experiences mirror mine and I much prefered listening to Linkin Park in the car with my kids over the Wiggles. Now they have their own mp3 players with music I loaded. I may not love alot of it and I stay away from the grossly offensive stuff I don’t want them liking but I love that we can all sing together to non-cheesy tunes!
May 13th, 2008 at 4:40 pm, Headless Mom Says:
Oh My Goodness!!!
Funniest thing I’ve read in days!!!
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May 13th, 2008 at 9:57 pm, Amy V. Says:
Love the article!!! I am in NO way as cool as you. My kids are into groups such as Hawk Nelson and Skillet, both hard rock/punk Christian music. Also, and this is a secret from his friends, Bennett has developed a love of Puccini opera since being in Tosca and LaBoheme. It is so cool to me that he loves the choral music that I love from being in the BBC since 2nd grade. His taste is eclectic like mine! If we start a youth praise band at church, we definitely need your boys for the band so it will rock. Can’t wait to see the book!!
May 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am, Toni-EvinNRobsMom Says:
OMG…that was hilarious!!!
My 10 y/o loves “Low”. I however, am over it. There are only so many times I can listen to “boots with the fur” before I hack up a fur ball of my own. :o)
May 14th, 2008 at 1:42 pm, Charlie on the PA Tpk Says:
Man, I must be completely out of the mainstream.
(speaking of which, does anyone else still start sentences with “man”?)
Rap is not tolerated in our home. If mom or I need a lexicon to decipher the majority of lyrics of any song, that pretty much excludes the tune, and pretty much all rap in general. Our 12 year old son knows the limits, in spite of it ‘being everywhere’. And the vast majority of Pop that is played is heavily monitored for content, as well.
Mom and he (and his 5 year old brother) love Country (which I can hardly bear), but even that has it’s troublesome lyrics - like the day the older son asked me “what’s a *Honky Tonk Badonkadonk* was and does mom have one?”
Being an old rocker, at heart, no one seems interested in my favorite genre or tastes (including Dave Matthews, Joe Jackson, Counting Crows .. ) which largely eliminates the need to explain their lyrics.
As a kid, myself, I did listen to tunes to which my parents would have objected (The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Who, Mott the Hoople, The Doors, Genesis…), but *they* never heard them. Maybe that’s cheating, but the rule of the house was certain tunes would not be played, and so I suppose I upheld the spirit of that rule. And if our kids did the same, I suppose I could understand it, in principle, with still holding the ultimate veto power if a specific artist/tune was far over-the-top.
Lastly, street talk *never* flies with mom. It never did when I was a kid, and it has never flown with my much-better-half. How the boys speak to parents (and other adults) does not have to be the same as the way they speak to their peers, but they will know the difference.
So yeah, I am probably considered what I would have called a square.
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May 14th, 2008 at 2:08 pm, Michelle@Life with Three Says:
That was a great read! You had me laughing out loud!
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May 14th, 2008 at 2:15 pm, Shayna Says:
Oh my goodness, Anne! The Lipstick article is SO GREAT! I absolutely loved it! Nice work.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:54 pm, jean Says:
I loved the article. Have your boys heard “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry? It’s got a good beat and a bit of a twist. My 12 year old son loves it.