Musical Disappointment

I was cleaning house today and listening to the radio (95.1 in BCS to be exact) and I heard a song on the Weekly Top 40 countdown from Jamie Foxx called “Blame It”. The song basically goes about saying that if a girl doesn’t want to seem easy she can just drink a lot, sleep with someone [him], and then blame it on the alcohol. Now, I have a really open mind when it comes to music. I listen to everything from 40′s big band era music to pop, black metal to classical, hip hop and jazz, and yes, even rap. But, in all music (with lyrics), I try and pay attention to the message the song sends.

Now, not all lyrics are that great. I listen to Pantera still and some of their lyrics are definitely questionable. If you want to sing about sex, then do it, but don’t go and tell these girls that they can do what they want and blame it on a substance.

A song by Lady Gaga (Just Dance) saying she’s drank so much she doesn’t know where she is kind of kicked off this tyrade. I can’t believe this is making it into charts and no one is really saying anything about it. I finally had to rant about it now that this Jamie Foxx song is going up the charts.

Maybe I’m aging myself, or I’m wearing the parent goggles, I don’t know. I don’t want my daughter growing up and listening to the off shoots of this music (in 5-10 years) thinking it’s okay to get bombed out, screw a bunch of people, and then blame it on alcohol. I hope I will be a better parent than that in the first place, teaching her to be responsible for her actions, etc. But I remember when I was that age. I didn’t listen to my parents and I did listen to my peers, and the music. I don’t quite remember the music of my generation (the 90′s) being quite so blunt or … irresponsible. Maybe I just had sense not to pay attention to that kind of music and now I’m looking at it from a parent’s point of view.

My, how times change.