Depressing/disturbing kids songs
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Hmmmm...I kind of have to temper my parental reactions to some songs and such. I do think that what children hear (sing) and say effects their outlook, but children's song like that are usally more innocuous that damaging. It is all the self-adulateing and ridiculous rap, metal, pop, etc songs that kids are exposed to that I really moderate. Nothing like hearing a 7 year old girl singing....
"'Cause I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it Sex in the air, I don't care, I love the smell of it Sticks and stones may break my bones But chains and whips excite me"
But it has a catchy tune, right?0 -
Wouldn't it be easier to come up with a list of traditional songs that aren't depressing? We used to sing about the Titaninic, eating worms, getting pulled down the drain, "the elephant sneezed and fell on his knees and what became of the monk(ey)"...0
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kids just sing words.... they give them no meaning. The parents give the lyrics meaning.0
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My mom would freak out when we would take a flower and sing "mamma had a baby and its head fell off" and pop the flower off the stem.... we thought it was hysterical as children but we obviously didn't want anybodies head to fall off.0
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kids just sing words.... they give them no meaning. The parents give the lyrics meaning.
You would be surprised! The seven year old singing about S&M probably doesn't have a clue, but for most of the songs, the morbid ness is part of the attraction - look at how popular Lemmony Snicket was for admitting to kids that things aren't all rainbows and purple dinosaurs!0 -
Pussification of society
Yes.0 -
that's tame! That's the PC version
the version I knew and sang as a child involved licking up the baby bumble bee and sicking up the baby bumble bee0 -
OMG!! My preschool class is doing this song for their music program!! I am listening to it as I am typing! I do not like it but the music teacher picked the songs. We've done it before and the parents love it but I have to agree with you. All the other songs are educational or cute. And then there's "Baby Bumblebee"!!!!:indifferent:0
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Wouldn't it be easier to come up with a list of traditional songs that aren't depressing? We used to sing about the Titaninic, eating worms, getting pulled down the drain, "the elephant sneezed and fell on his knees and what became of the monk(ey)"...
YAY! Someone else knows the Titanic song!
Oh it was sad (it was sad) It was sad (it was sad)
It was sad when the great ship went down
To the bottom of the...
Husbands and wives,
Little bitty children lost their lives
It was sad when the great ship went down!
Glug Glug!0 -
Back in my day, the teacher used to often play "Oh My Darlin, Clementine" which is about a miner's daughter who falls into a river and drowns its both depressing and creepy.
Then theres another song they used to play about some kid with a ridiculously long name who fell into a well and drowned because no one could say his name fast enough to let the grown ups know he fell.
I remember singing Clementine and laughing at one of the last verses...
How I missed her, how I missed her
How I missed my Clementine.
So I kissed her little sister,
And forgot my Clementine
That's when I realized the miner was just a cad. lol0 -
Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetop
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall
And down will come baby, cradle and all
:huh:
This song to me is really creepy. I never paid attention to the wordings of this song until I had my son 2 years back. I used to sing Hind(Indian lullabies) to him but I thought I should start singing english lullabies to him as well. The tune of Rock-a-by-baby is cool so I learnt the lyrics and at night, in my baby's dark room with red night light. I started to sing this song and that is when it creeped me out and held my boy close and cried. why would someone want their baby to fall
I do not sing that song any more. Ring around the rosie and Rock-a-bye are pretty creepy.0 -
Great - Now I have the Frog in a Blender song stuck in my head....ACK!0
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My toddler nieces love this song. And since toddlers love repetition, I get treated to hearing it over and over again from their CD. :explode: Really, there's something disturbing about children cheerfuly singing a song about tormenting and killing an animal.
I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee.
Wont my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee.
Ouch! He stung me!
I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee.
Wont my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee.
Eew! It's yucky!
I'm wiping off my baby bumblebee.
Wont my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm wiping off my baby bumblebee.
No more baby bumblebee!
pft my 11yo plays guitar and does jonny cash covers
do you know how disturbing it is to hear an 11yo sing "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die"
Umm this kid ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2GhtblE_Y0 -
When I sang Baby Bumblebee as a kid... after I squished it, I licked it up, and then threw it up. lol
I knew it wasn't something I'd do in real life. It was all make believe.0 -
I sing ring around the rosie and rock a bye baby to my 2 year old. Well rounded children see/hear good and bad things and are not completely sheltered by over protective parents. Teachable moments people.... life is not all rainbows and puppies.0
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Let's not forget that poor itsy bitsy spider that got washed out by that damn rain...how dare they torture our youth with these dangerous songs...0
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Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetop
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall
And down will come baby, cradle and all
:huh:
Exactly - what sick m
f
r puts a baby on a weak branch at the top of a tree?0 -
I was taking KISS and Judas Priest records(yes records) to kindgarten class...... and I went to a private Catholic school:devil:
The other kids were listening to the chimpmunks, I was listening to poetic lyrics like
Put your hand in my pocket
Grab onto my rocket
Feels so good to see you receive
Baby got to know
Do do you want to go
How you gonna make me feel...
Sittin in the back
her head down in my lap
the moonlight shining down on her hair
The radio was playin'
Her fingertips were strayin'
Her mama didn't she was there, no0 -
Wouldn't it be easier to come up with a list of traditional songs that aren't depressing? We used to sing about the Titaninic, eating worms, getting pulled down the drain, "the elephant sneezed and fell on his knees and what became of the monk(ey)"...
YAY! Someone else knows the Titanic song!
Oh it was sad (it was sad) It was sad (it was sad)
It was sad when the great ship went down
To the bottom of the...
Husbands and wives,
Little bitty children lost their lives
It was sad when the great ship went down!
Glug Glug!
Now, imagine it being shouted out by my tone deaf father! This is what families did on road trips before portable DVD players!0 -
... really? I think its funny! We had several more verses than that, but I'm afraid you'd be even more disturbed if these couple of verses bother you. It's called 'make beleive'.
A child wouldnt "torment and kill" (as you put it) a bee after singing that song because he or she would understand that trying to hold a bumble bee would probably lead to getting stung. Lighten up and let the child enjoy the song and grow an imagination.
THIS. I sang it all my childhood and amazingly, due to my loving parents who raised me, I did not become a serial killer or an abuser of animals.0
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