Exactly, every family is different, and I am glad you have the right to listen to whatever you want with your son at home. I feel the opposite that there is such a short window for our DS to enjoy things like Disney music and Raffi. I know all too soon Baby Beluga will no longer be his favorite tune. But to each their own, right? I still think it is weird to play music like that outside of the Playhouse Disney attraction, though. Not appropriate, it's not like it was the queue for Rockin Roller Coaster. And like others said, I prefer hearing Disney music in the parks or instrumental.
We listened to Disney music, too! And kid-oriented folk singers. And all the rock and heavy metal music we'd grown up loving. We played everything, and sang along to it all.
After all, who doesn't love Disney tunes, no matter what age you are? In fact, the only thing that was ever "censored" in our house were those appalling "kidz bop" productions. Our rule was that if you were going to listen to the music, then you'd listen to the REAL music, not some bowdlerized sugared up junkfood version.
My husband has perfect pitch and the singing on the kidz bop commercials was quite literally painful for him to listen to. Our son seems to have inherited his musical talents, so I'm very glad we gave him a household rich in real music.
For what it's worth, though, I agree with you that this particular song may arguably have been a poor choice... although I have no issue in general with Disney playing the pop charts in this venue, considering it's a "dance party".
THIS! Listen to whatever you like but don't force it on my innocent children's ears.
To be honest, I do think a case can be made that this particular song may not be appropriate for that particular venue, even if it was shortened and all the bad words were blanked out for radio.
But I also think it's a very, very minor issue, and nothing to get particularly worked up about. I doubt any small children were harmed in the airing of it, as it's highly unlikely they were paying close attention to the lyrics, or would even understand them if they did.
Not to mention, innocence is not such a fragile thing that a song can kill it.
I grew up honestly believing the Olivia Newton John's "Physical" was about people who really, really liked to exercise. For some reason, despite happily singing along to, "I took you to an intimate restaurant, then to a suggestive movie / There's nothin' left to talk about, unless it's horizontally," it never once occurred to me that she was talking about anything other than aerobics. And maybe pushups.
What kills innocence is cruelty and unfairness and lies and hypocrisy in every day life. Not a song on the radio.
