karen_lee804:

Pop music videos especially are getting more provocative and raunchy!

concern2:

Funz:

Personally, I listen to a wide range of stuff. Problem is half the time I have no idea who the singer is or what the name of the song is.

Funz, you might have heard this one? Currently very popular (kids keep hearing this at Mcdonalds'

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk48xRzuNvA][/youtube]

Funz:

Personally, I listen to a wide range of stuff. Problem is half the time I have no idea who the singer is or what the name of the song is.

Imp75:

Yes like depeche mode and U2 too!

Imp75:

Heavy metal like led zeppelin, Metallica, some I couldn't rem now. Soft rock ballads like GNR, Bon Jovi, Nirvana etc.

My girls are into top 40 hits now so lucky mummy is quite \"in-tune\", still can keep up on what's hot and what's not.

Imp75:

Yes I grew up on music too, I still remembered plugging on earphones and blasting 98.7 away while practicing tons of TYS for Maths. Maths then was my fav subject cos it was one of those subject that I could listen to my music, sing and hymn along without memorizing anything yet do well for the subject. Unfortunately, my gal did not inherit my genes leh, she hates Maths.

Oh yah, my genre of music was not quite mainstream, I like the heavy metal and soft rock ballad kind. Don't like those \"guniang\" songs.

concern2:

Funz:

Kiddos listen to a fair bit of pop music. DD saw the Miley 'Wrecking Ball' MTV as well as the VMA performance. She and her friends were talking about it and we discussed it as well. In fact DD was the one who showed me the MTV and told me that the song is nice but the MTV spoilt it. She likes the Katy Perry 'Roar' MTV now and everyday in the shower she is 'roaring' away. We also talked about how the pop star that they see on TV and read about on all sorts of media may not be that kind of a person in reality.


Both kiddos asked me why these pop singers like to use vulgar language in their songs and we also talked about how these songs also have supposed 'clean' versions and whether it is right to use those 'clean' words in their normal conversation or not.

I told them language aside, listen to the songs and try to decipher what the singer is singing about.

I cannot shield them from all undesirable stuff out there so the best thing to do is to teach them the correct response to such things. To discern for themselves if certain things are ok to follow and others not. At the end of the day, not to be so easily influenced by all these.

Yeah, I guess it is best to be able to discuss with kids about things. It helps them to decide for themselves.

Funz:

Personally, I listen to a wide range of stuff. Problem is half the time I have no idea who the singer is or what the name of the song is.

Oh, that happens to me when I stop listening to the radio for the \"TOP 10 hits\" or the like, and that must have been for at least 10 years now. Used to be so \"on\" during schooling days. After that, one thing just leads to another, and it is so hard to catch up after some time. Only recently when I started watching the variety shows that I am beginning to get re-acquainted with pop music again.

I find listening to music is really special. Especially if there is a period of time when you are so into certain songs or voice, and years later when you come across that song(s) again, all the memories and the feelings that's associated with that period comes rushing back to you.

I used to pay a CD for kiddos every night before they sleep, and now when I play them again, I could almost see their crib, the way our room was arranged, smell their baby smell, and feel the warmth of their body in my arms.

And when I listen to say, Depache mode or A-ha, my friends' faces would flash before me, and the face of the rock band on my friends' files, the classroom, our uniform, the smell of our classroom...it is strange. Even though the music wasn't played in school, those are the things I could remember and is associated with \"that part of my life\". The songs must have been played and replayed for at least a thousand times to have that strong feeling. Almost - almost a déjà_vu.

concern2:

pirate:

Today's pop music may be tomorrow's classical music, depending on the quality of the composition. Back in the 1700s, I am sure Mozart did not think he was composing 'classical' music.


Is John Williams' Star Wars theme pop or classical music?

That's true.

Oh John Williams! :love: And Hans Zimmer!
I love movie themes!

Funz:

Kiddos listen to a fair bit of pop music. DD saw the Miley 'Wrecking Ball' MTV as well as the VMA performance. She and her friends were talking about it and we discussed it as well. In fact DD was the one who showed me the MTV and told me that the song is nice but the MTV spoilt it. She likes the Katy Perry 'Roar' MTV now and everyday in the shower she is 'roaring' away. We also talked about how the pop star that they see on TV and read about on all sorts of media may not be that kind of a person in reality.


Both kiddos asked me why these pop singers like to use vulgar language in their songs and we also talked about how these songs also have supposed 'clean' versions and whether it is right to use those 'clean' words in their normal conversation or not.

I told them language aside, listen to the songs and try to decipher what the singer is singing about.

I cannot shield them from all undesirable stuff out there so the best thing to do is to teach them the correct response to such things. To discern for themselves if certain things are ok to follow and others not. At the end of the day, not to be so easily influenced by all these.

Funz:

Personally, I listen to a wide range of stuff. Problem is half the time I have no idea who the singer is or what the name of the song is.

Funz:

Kiddos listen to a fair bit of pop music. DD saw the Miley 'Wrecking Ball' MTV as well as the VMA performance. She and her friends were talking about it and we discussed it as well. In fact DD was the one who showed me the MTV and told me that the song is nice but the MTV spoilt it. She likes the Katy Perry 'Roar' MTV now and everyday in the shower she is 'roaring' away. We also talked about how the pop star that they see on TV and read about on all sorts of media may not be that kind of a person in reality.


Both kiddos asked me why these pop singers like to use vulgar language in their songs and we also talked about how these songs also have supposed 'clean' versions and whether it is right to use those 'clean' words in their normal conversation or not.

I told them language aside, listen to the songs and try to decipher what the singer is singing about.

I cannot shield them from all undesirable stuff out there so the best thing to do is to teach them the correct response to such things. To discern for themselves if certain things are ok to follow and others not. At the end of the day, not to be so easily influenced by all these.

Personally, I listen to a wide range of stuff. Problem is half the time I have no idea who the singer is or what the name of the song is.

Nebbermind:

I also donch have any research of music but I agree with most of what is written http://www.brainleadersandlearners.com/multiple-intelligences/musical/the-brain-on-music/.


Does the descriptions correspond to your fav genre of music?