Music by Nickelback appropriate for young kids?

[allison443]

One of the local top 40 stations blanks out the words "drugs" and "drug dealer" in the song Rockstar. They leave in the part about the girls come easy, and everything else.
So the song goes The girls come easy and the ***** come cheap.

Promiscuity must be okay!

 

[eh24fan]

The last Breaking Benjamin show I went to, there were 2 kids there with their parents standing in front of us. One was only 4 the other was 7!!!! I was like I got a drumstick the drummer tossed out and handed it to the kids. The parents said the kids started beggging to go when they found out the parents were going. Somehow, my answer would have had to be NO.

 

[Yzerbear19]

One of the local top 40 stations blanks out the words "drugs" and "drug dealer" in the song Rockstar. They leave in the part about the girls come easy, and everything else.
So the song goes The girls come easy and the ***** come cheap.

Promiscuity must be okay!

That is the same thing that the one station where I live did and it really annoys me. They took the word DRUG, but left the line "we'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat." Prmiscuity and eating disorders are both OK, I guess.

 

[Nikel]

I've also changed a few others that I deem inappropriate. Pink's "Your Hand" comes to mind.

I LOVE that song!

 

[beattyfamily]

I LOVE that song!

Hey, so do I as a woman over 40 but I don't want my little girls singing it.

 

[Youarehere]

I LOVE that song!

I do too, and I think it sends a great message and empowers females.

 

[ducklite]

Hey, so do I as a woman over 40 but I don't want my little girls singing it.

The straw that broke the camels back for Head when he decided to quit KoRn was when he heard his daughter Jeanna--who was about five at the time--singing the works to the KoRn song A.D.I.D.A.S. (I'm not going to post the lyrics, cause I'd get banned for life, Google them if you really want to know.)

 

[beattyfamily]

The straw that broke the camels back for Head when he decided to quit KoRn was when he heard his daughter Jeanna--who was about five at the time--singing the works to the KoRn song A.D.I.D.A.S. (I'm not going to post the lyrics, cause I'd get banned for life, Google them if you really want to know.)

Wow, just wow!

 

[Briarmom]

I do too, and I think it sends a great message and empowers females.

Me too.
There aren't very many artists I don't listen to in front of my kids. Some songs from Amy Winehouse, BuckCherry...I can't think of too many.

 

[Nikel]

I do too, and I think it sends a great message and empowers females.

Yup. While I can see how some people might not want their young children to hear it, I think it's an entirely appropriate song and message by puberty, when sexuality begins to make a real entrance into their lives.

Pink is awesome!

 

[kimsuenew]

It depends on the song. Nickelback has songs that are perfectly fine for kids and some (Rockstar, Animal, and Feelin' way to damn good) are not appropriate in my opinion. Listen to the songs (or look up the lyrics online, you can find song lyrics via search engine searches) to deside what is, or is not, appropriate for your family. I personally like Nickelback but I am 41! I wouldn't let a pre-teen or under listen to some of their music, although some songs are absolutely fine!

 

[mansionterror]

I have a 4 year old son. I own 1 Nickleback CD (It has Rock Star, Everyone Cared on it)...

The ONLY songs I will play with him in the car are "Far Away" and "Everyone Cared". He actually knows the words to the first one.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

I change Nickelback's "Rock Star" every time it comes on when I girls are in the car ages 8 and 11.

I've also changed a few others that I deem inappropriate. Pink's "Your Hand" comes to mind.

I really love the beat of "Candy Man" but it is pretty raunchy!

It's such a shame that some really great sounding songs are ruined by bad words or sexual inuendo so you can't listen to it with your kids.

you know what tho, i never "got" songs that were raunchy when i was younger. like there was this one song my best friend LOVED called "Pony" and i think the singer was called Genuine. anyway....i won't post the lyrics...but i'm sure you can guess what the song was about. anyway, i used to sing my heart out to that song and i hadn't a clue in the world what it meant when i was younger. now i look back and think "omg i can't believe i actually sang along to that!" lol.

my neice used to sing along to "Pretty Fly(For A White Guy)" when she was little and she had no idea what that song was about, either. she just thought the guy's voice sounded funny.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

It depends on the song. Nickelback has songs that are perfectly fine for kids and some (Rockstar, Animal, and Feelin' way to damn good) are not appropriate in my opinion. Listen to the songs (or look up the lyrics online, you can find song lyrics via search engine searches) to deside what is, or is not, appropriate for your family. I personally like Nickelback but I am 41! I wouldn't let a pre-teen or under listen to some of their music, although some songs are absolutely fine!

that song actually isn't that bad. they only have that one swear word in it, and talk about the shower....but other than that i don't think it's that bad of a song.

 

[Magpie]

We've always let our kids listen to everything we listen to, from the very beginning. When my daughter was a colicky infant George Thorogood was the only thing that would sooth her (or at least drown out the screaming). "One bourbon, one scotch and one beer!"

When my son was three he used to do a great imitation of Meatloaf. "G*d d*mmit, Daddy! You know I love you, but you've got a H*ll of a lot to learn about Rock and Roll!"

Nickleback has been one of our favorite bands for years and the kids have always sung along. No, I don't worry about the lyrics any more than my mother ever worried about me singing, "I wanna get physical! Physical! Lemme hear your body talk!" And actually, my kids like that song, too.

My kids (9 and 11) are good, responsible, polite kids. We talk about sex and drugs openly with them, along with everything else. I'm not worried about the music they listen to, especially since it's the same music we listen to - well except for Hillary Duff (gag). But my husband took our dd to a Duff concert, so he gets major props.

As soon as the vid came out for "Rockstar" we all gathered around the computer and watched it together as a family, singing along and cheering every time Wayne Gretsky came on screen. But hey - my kids totally get the concept of irony. We also watch the Colbert Report together!

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Magpie I agree with you. We very rarely censor their music. In fact right now they are watching Rent.

 

[miss missy]

If you don't mind your kids singing:

I'm through with standin' in line
To clubs I'll never get in
It's like the bottom of the ninth
And I'm never gonna win
This life hasn't turned out
Quite the way I want it to be
(Tell me what you want)

I want a brand new house
On an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enough
For ten plus me
(Yea, So what you need)

I need a credit card that's got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high club
At thirty-seven thousand feet
--(Been there done that)--

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
Somewhere between Cher and
James Dean is fine for me
(So how you gonna do it?)

I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name

[CHORUS]
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars and
Live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
With her bleach blonde hair
And well...

Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar

I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up *******s
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free
(I'll have the quesadilla, on the house)

I'm gonna dress my ***
With the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
[Rockstar lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

Gonna date a centerfold that loves to
Blow my money for me
(So how you gonna do it?)

I'm gonna trade this life
For fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair
And change my name

'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars and
Live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
With her bleach blonde hair
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary of
Today's who's who
They'll get you anything
with that evil smile
Everybody's got a
Drug dealer on speed dial, well
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar

I'm gonna sing those songs
That offend the censors
Gonna pop my pills
From a Pez dispenser
Get washed-up singers writing all my songs
Lip sync 'em every night so I don't get 'em wrong

Well we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
With her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary of
Today's who's who
They'll get you anything
with that evil smile
Everybody's got a
Drug dealer on speed dial,well

Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar

So my answer would be, "No way, Jose."

I love THIS SONG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmeUuoxyt_E

 

[miss missy]

This is the BEST video/song ever

Nothing bad about it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enhfApoyhxs