I think old school rap is fairly clean. At least, as I remember it from my childhood.
Allyson also suggested the awesome Jam On It, though you will be earwormed with wiki-wiki-wiki-SHUT UP-wiki-wiki-wiki for days.
Whoa. Good myth.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kristen - May 26, 2009 5:32:34 pm PDT #21280 of 30000
msbelle - May 26, 2009 5:32:52 pm PDT #21281 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think I might be able to hook him on things if I show him videos. That's the reason he knows It's Tricky.
I think if I can get him singing Mama Said Knock You Out, I may die from laughter.
Jesse - May 26, 2009 5:34:55 pm PDT #21282 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am making a Note To Self that if I should ever get pregnant, making a child-appropriate playlist would be a good project.
aurelia - May 26, 2009 5:36:00 pm PDT #21283 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
msbelle, how about They Might Be Giant's Mr. Xcitement. Not strictly hip hop and a lot of the lyrics are gibberish, but it's catchy.
I like Me Phi Me, but it might not be interesting to a kid.
I was the 4 yr old singing Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.
§ ita § - May 26, 2009 5:36:56 pm PDT #21284 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wanted in on it, because I wanted my eyes to turn blue!
I was rampantly against it for similar not-getting-it reasons. I resented the implication that eyes would turn blue, and thought they meant it was a good thing.
Signed,
Read The Bluest Eye Too Young.
sarameg - May 26, 2009 5:37:26 pm PDT #21285 of 30000
I grew up on Beatles singing about trips and Joan Baez singing about lovers and social injustice. Dad and I discovered U2 at the same time. Make of that what you will.
Allyson - May 26, 2009 5:43:10 pm PDT #21286 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I can send Mac a mix of old school rap! A lot of old Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, and such are clean in content. And! And! Kriss Kross (will make you JUMP! JUMP!
Nucleus! WIKI WIKI WIKI SHUT UP!
And there are a couple of neat Beastie Boys songs. I think Sure Shot is clean, but I'll check (I want say somethin that's long overdue, that disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect to the end)
Sophia Brooks - May 26, 2009 5:44:53 pm PDT #21287 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Weirdly, when I was in high school, a friend's mom pointed out to us that brown eyes were actually less common (don't know if this is true) and we used to sing "Brown Eyed girl" on the piano roll!!! for her and me, because we were the only two brown eyed girls in our group (the mom and I).
I didn't read The Bluest Eye until college, so I didn't have that association. I thought more that blue eyes were the closest to violet eyes, and we all know that violet eyes are the best!
Sue - May 26, 2009 5:45:54 pm PDT #21288 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Yay ita.
Another science podcast. How to Think about Science. It's actual a series from the radio program Ideas and has a limited run, but it's 24 55 minute episodes, so it will keep you going for a while. [link]
Kristen - May 26, 2009 5:46:31 pm PDT #21289 of 30000
I will have Allyson include:
Kool Moe Dee, "I Go to Work"
Afrika Bambaataa, "Renegades of Funk"
Kurtis Blow, "The Breaks"