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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just remember the Who sang "I want to be your backdoor man" and Roxanne by the Police is about a prostitute.

I listens to it with them and then say... next when I can't stand it. haha, the kids get to the point where they say... okay this one you won't like, and this one, okay this one is good. [/quote]

Please. There is a tremendous difference between a song "about a prostitute" and the crude, racist, violent, misogynistic actual language in the raps songs kids listen to today.

If you don't see that, you are hopelessly out of touch.[/quote]

I started out in camp "it's vile."  But - for years my kid wanted to play his music for me in the car on the way to sports stuff, so I let him.  I found that I started to feel differently over time, largely because my son would take the time to find stuff that he thought I'd like and play it for me.  We'd talk about why I liked some stuff and didn't like other stuff.  I never said "that's awful, you shouldn't listen to it."  I'd say "I don't like X song for X reason".

Over time, I found that there are definitely artists that are more positive, but there are redeeming features of even songs that most here would label misogynistic and vile.  For example, Lil Wayne's "Let it all work out" has these lyrics:

I fear God, never fear men
Give back, never give in
Beat odds, never beat women
Keep an open mind, let 'em peek in it
Reach highs, never reach limits
Need minds, I don't need plenty

That song is full of the n-word and b****, but it's mostly a song about being depressed and attempting suicide, finding God and learning to continue living.

Interestingly, at 18 my son's tastes have started to expand a lot beyond the 100% hip hop that he listened to at 15.  And, I listen to probably 20% hip hop now.  I feel like we've both learned by listening to music together.[/quote]

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