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Pop Gone Wild?
Turn on any Top 40 radio station, and you will most likely hear a song about clubbing, drinking, or sex. In fact, the Billboard Hot 100 consists of E.T.(Katy Perry, ft. Kanye West), S&M (Rihanna), and On the Floor (Jennifer Lopez, ft. Pitbull). All of these songs have to do with clubbing, drinking, or sex, and On the Floor is a perfect example of this. One lyric reads, “ Grab somebody, drink a little more.”, and similar lyrics are repeated throughout the song. While these songs are great to dance to if you are older than fourteen, they seem a little mature for nine year olds, who can be found chanting the lyrics as they prance into the toy store. Would you want your kids reciting Rihanna’s S&M on the way to soccer practice? It may not bug if you don’t understand the lyrics, but it was released that S&M stands for sex and money, which are a little “grown up” for a kid to be singing.
I understand that this is a new generation of music, but seriously, some of these songs are getting a bit racy. Yes, everyone has the freedom of speech, so Rihanna can definitely write a song about anything, whether it concerns sex and money, or not. But I do think that artists, and even the radio stations blasting these songs should be a bit considerate, and try their best to play songs that aren’t so racy.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly. Not to sound like a troll or anything, but S&M /generally/ stands for Sadism and Masochism. But yes, I agree. Little kids should NOT be listening to it.