I just returned from a road trip to Orlando with two kids under the age of 14 -sans husband. As you can imagine, I listened to plenty of music to keep myself entertained while the kids busied themselves with the DS systems and smart phones in the backseat...
There were a few songs that while I was singing along, I had one of those OH CRAP moments and had to mute the stereo. It gave me an idea for a post about songs that I should NOT listen to when my 13 year old daughter and 11 year old niece are in the car with me!
Top Ten Songs You Should NOT Listen to With Children in The Car:
1. Smack My Bitch Up, by Prodigy. I think you can see right off the bat why this is not child-appropriate.
2. Detachable Penis, by King Missile. Funny, yes. Entertaining, yes. A good song choice for children to listen to? Nope.
3. Touch Myself, by Samantha Fox. As soon as my niece asked my daughter, "what is she talking about?" I fast forwarded to the next song. Lesson learned.
4. All I Want To Do is Make Love to You, by Heart. Yes, this song is awesome...I love me some old school rock power ballads. What I don't love is the looks my daughter was giving me in the rear view mirror.
5. Self Esteem, by The Offspring. I didn't really think anything of this song, I mean, it's been around forever and I know I must have listened to it a thousand times with my daughter in the car over the years. Something clicked when I heard her singing along, "drunk again and looking to score." Um, where is that fast forward button again? As she is entering her teenage years, sexual references are becoming a bit more of a touchy subject!
6. Rape Me, by Nirvana. Are you noticing a theme here? I listen to A LOT of old rock...what can I say, I like what I like. As soon as the opening chord played, I changed the selection...sometimes something is so wrong you don't even have to think about it!
7. Basket Case, by Greenday. Yeah...talk of sex, whores and mental illnesses aren't really child appropriate.
8. Thrash Unreal, by Against Me! Now, this happens to be one of my favorite songs from the past few years. My daughter also loves it, it has fantastic guitar riffs and a very melodic chorus. So what's wrong with it? Hello, it's all about a junkie. Not a very positive message for my baby as she enters these impressionable teenage years!
9. Blah, Blah, Blah, by Ke$ha. Shocker, I know. The funny thing about this being on my playlist is that my daughter actually introduced me to Ke$sha and now I have to forbid her from listening to this song. I mean, really? "Don't be a little bitch with your chit chat, just show me where your dick's at!" - That's not cool, Ke$ha. You know kids listen to your music.
10. Pop That Coochie, by 2 Live Crue. Yeah, I'm a Miami girl, of course I have 2 Live Crue in my iPhone playlist. Needless to say, I just unplugged my iPhone and turned on the radio after that...
HilLesha says
or Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry, Time to Pretend by MGMT, Pencil Skirt by Pulp, Get Naked by Methods of Mayhem, Hey by the Pixies, Tell Her Tonight by Franz Ferdinand, Art Star by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Walk on the Wild Side by The Velvet Underground, and Touch Me I'm Going To Scream, Part 2 by My Morning Jacket. I think 99% rap goes on that list, too. 🙂
Will says
I used to ban certain songs when my daughter was younger, & even now that she's 12 I monitor her awful tastes in music closely. 🙂
Alison says
So when I was 12 I got the Fat of the Land on cassette tape from my aunt and uncle when I slept over there house. Than the next morning Howard Stern was talking about it on the Radio about Smack My Bitch up.. I could never listen to that song once I was covering up the song title while showing it to my aunt with my thumb. I always felt guilty. LOL
Jenn says
Aw, so many songs that you just mentioned were also on the list but I wanted to cap it at 10! LOL
Jenn says
What a conscious you have!
Donna says
Also by 2 Live Crew - Me So Horny. :/
Jayme says
I remember buying George Michael's album in middle school and getting into trouble because I Want Your Sex was on it ROFL
Lorie Shewbridge says
I must be REALLY old because the only song I recognized was the one by Heart.
The rest of them I have NO clue about the songs and some of the singers I haven't even heard of. But I'm glad you were keeping an eye on what you let your child listens to. =)
Della says
This post cracked me up!
charlie says
lol I remember those songs. My oldest is only 5 but man he's sharp and asks about everything he hears
Kelly says
The other ones I can think of are Date Rape by Sublime and Fuck You by Cee-lo!
Xenia says
Hahahaha! Just the other day my husband and 4-year-old came in the door and my husband was saying how he had to quickly change the channel when I Want To Sex You Up came on because he didn't want our daughter to start singing along!
Shop with Me Mama (Kim) says
LMAO! Yes, those are probably not the best songs to play in front of children!
Jolie says
What about nine inch nails closer?
Jenn says
HAHAH Yes, I agree - it should be on the list for sure!
Jolie says
I searched up touch myself by samantha fox and i cannot find it, did you confuse it for the divinyls?