the morality of pop radio

you make me want to be brave

I wish christmas lasted forever. Specifically, I wish that Christmas music was on the radio year-round. Certainly everyone has heard "Santa Baby" five too many times, but I far prefer the overall moral quality of Christmas songs to the overall moral quality of regular pop radio songs.

There are about eight songs that play oovveerr and oovvvvvvver and oo-ooooooooovvvvvveeerrrrrr on the radio station at my job. I don't mean to sound like a total homeschooler or a mom about this, but I also can't believe this stuff comes out on the airwaves and that people who consider themselves to be "decent" actually listen to it.
1. Kid Rock's "All Summer Long"
It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long
Caught somewhere between a boy and man
She was seventeen and she was far from in-between
It was summertime in Northern Michigan

And we were trying different things
We were smoking funny things
Making love out by the lake to our favorite song
Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Singing "sweet home Alabama" all summer long

Um... MY SISTER is seventeen and I am SO NOT OKAY thinking about some long-haired perv trying different things, smoking funny things, sipping whiskey out of the bottle and ...making love out by the lake with someone like her. I believe that is against the law. Or at least it should be.

2. Pink "So What"
Lyrics:
I guess I just lost my husband
I don't know where he went
So I'm gonna drink my money
I'm not gonna pay his rent(nope)
I got a brand new attitude
And I'm gonna wear it tongiht
I'm gonna get in trouble
I wanna start a fight

Divorce, spite, financial irresponsibility and bar fights. Great.

3. Saving Abel's "Addicted"
Lyrics - reader discretion advised.
I'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me (edited version: When you roll around with me)
In between the sheets
Or the sound you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
When you're loving me

So now we have porn on the radio?!

4. Katy Perry "I kissed a girl"

Ya know, homosexuality.

5. T.I. "Whatever you like"

These lyrics are way too graphic to put on this blog - even compared to the stuff on song number 3.

And to take a break from the immorality, there's also lots of Taylor Swift and Britney Spears, whose latest song is also less-than-okay for more conscientious listeners. I would prefer Santa Baby or the even more annoying "Christmas in Iowa" song to any of these. Even better if it's a true christmas carol, so we can sneak in singing about Jesus.