Today I realized that I have turned into both a fuddy-duddy and a hypocrite. I've been really disgusted lately with some of the music being played on the local radio stations. Songs like "Porn Star Dancing" by My Darkest Days:

Kelly won't kiss my friend, Cassandra
Jessica won't play ball
Mandy won't share her friend, Miranda
Doesn't anybody live at all?

Amanda won't leave me empty handed
Got her number from a bathroom stall
Brandy just got way too much baggage
And that shit just gets old

But I got a girl who can put on a show
The dollar decides how far you can go

She wraps those hands around that pole
She licks those lips and off we go
She takes it off nice and slow
Because that's pornstar dancin'

She don't play nice, she makes me beg
She drops that dress around her legs
And I'm sittin' right by the stage for this
Pornstar dancin'

Your body's lightin' up the room
I want a naughty girl like you
There's nothing hotter than a..

[Chad Kroeger:]
Stacy's gonna save herself for marriage
But that's just not my style
She's got a pair that's nice to stare at
But I want girls gone wild

But I know a place where there's always a show
The dollar decides how far you can go

She wraps those hands around that pole
She licks those lips and off we go
She takes it off nice and slow
Because that's pornstar dancin'

She don't play nice, she makes me beg
She drops that dress around her legs
And I'm sittin' right by the stage for this
Pornstar dancin'

Your body's lightin' up the room
I want a naughty girl like you
Let's throw a party just for two
You know those normal girls won't do

[Ludacris]
They won't do
I need a girl thats kinda frisky
Drinking with the fellas
Takin shots and gettin tipsy
We always wanna party cause she sexy as hell
And if i ever get in trouble bailin me outta jail
Cause she a stone cold stunna hotta than the summer
When she step up into the club every man and woman want her
she make me wanna get a stripper pole up in my home
cause of the porn start dancin got me in the zone!

[guitar solo]

She wraps those hands around that pole
She licks those lips and off we go
She takes it off nice and slow
Because that's pornstar dancin'

She don't play nice, she makes me beg
She drops that dress around her legs
And I'm sittin right by the stage for this
Pornstar dancin'

Really nice for the family to hear while driving down the road, right? And then there's "Crazy Bitch" by Buckcherry:

Break me down, you got a lovely face
We're going to your place
And now you got to freak me out
Scream so loud, getting f*ckin' laid
You want me to stay, but I got to make my way

Hey
You're a crazy bitch
But you f*ck so good, I'm on top of it
When I dream, I'm doing you all night
Scratches all down my back to keep me right on

Hey
You're a crazy bitch
But you f*ck so good, I'm on top of it
When I dream, I'm doing you all night
Scratches all down my back to keep me right on

Take it off, the paper is your game
You jump in bed with fame
Another one night paid in full
You're so fine, it won't be a loss
Cashing in the rocks, just to get you face to face

Hey
You're a crazy bitch
But you f*ck so good, I'm on top of it
When I dream, I'm doing you all night
Scratches all down my back to keep me right on

Hey
You're a crazy bitch
But you f*ck so good, I'm on top of it
When I dream, I'm doing you all night
Scratches all down my back to keep me right on

Get the video
F*ck you so good
Get the video
F*ck you so good

Crazy bitch
Crazy bitch
Crazy...bitch

Hey
You're a crazy bitch
But you f*ck so good, I'm on top of it
When I dream, I'm doing you all night
Scratches all down my back to keep me right on

Hey
You're a crazy bitch
But you f*ck so good, I'm on top of it
When I dream, I'm doing you all night
Scratches all down my back, come on

Baby girl
You want it all
To be a star
You'll have to go down
Take it off
No need to talk
You're crazy
But I like the way you f*ck me

Hey
You're a crazy bitch
But you f*ck so good, I'm on top of it
When I dream, I'm doing you all night
Scratches all down my back to keep me right on

Hey
You're a crazy bitch
But you f*ck so good, I'm on top of it
When I dream, I'm doing you all night
Scratches all down my back to keep me right on
You keep me right on

You're crazy
But I like the way you f*ck me

Wow. Even with the radio edit, that's just beyond inappropriate for daytime radio, and pretty much for any radio at all. Pretty misogynistic, to say the least. But even the female singers are guilty, like the lead singer/songwriter for Halestorm:

You don't know that I know,
You watch me every night
And I just can't resist the urge
To stand here in the light
Your greedy eyes upon me
And then I come undone
And I could close the curtains
But this is too much fun

[Chorus]

I get off on you
Getting off on me
I give you what you want
But nothing is for free
It's all give and take
Kinda life we make
When your line is crossed
I get off
I get off

So much left unspoken
Between the two of us
It's so much more exciting
To look when you can't touch
You could say I am different
And maybe I'm a freak
But I know how to twist ya
To bring you to your knees

[Chorus]

I get off on you
Getting off on me
I give you what you want
But nothing is for free
It's all give and take
Kinda life we make
When your line is crossed
I get off
I get off

But you don't know
What you can't see
Is what I do for you
I do for me

[Bridge]

I get off on you
Getting off on me
I give you what you want
Yeaaaaaaah...

[Chorus]

I get off on you
Getting off on me
I give you what you want
But nothing is for free
It's all give and take
Kinda life we make
When your line is crossed
I get off
I get off

Yeaah .... I get off
Yeaah .... I get off
I get off!!

Great. Way to encourage the stalkers and voyeurs. There's another one I remember hearing on the same radio station that was something about drinking all day and partying all night, but I don't remember enough of the lyrics to figure out what song it is. Plus, I don't really care.

But it's really been bothering me to hear these songs on a radio station that I'm sure lots of teens and even pre-teens listen to. Certainly not good, wholesome fun.

That would be the "fuddy-duddy" talking. And the hypocrite. I mean, this is ME talking! Once upon a time I was a hard-drinking, hard-rocking, tattooed menace to good judgment. (Still have the tattoos.) I spent a good part of my undergraduate years being a poster child for what not to do. It amazes me to think of how much alcohol I actually consumed in college. Probably why I don't drink much any more now; what's left to drink?

Just today I was pleased because the radio station my husband listens to on his alarm clock (the same station guilty of playing that horrible tripe I mentioned earlier) played some of my favorite songs: "Hell's Bells" by AC/DC (a tribute to the unholy lord of the underworld), "Cowboys from Hell" by Pantera (a band known for their profanity, violence, and general mayhem), and even "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam (about a kid who snaps and shoots himself in front of his classmates). I love party songs. I've seen Poison in concert ("Unskinny Bop" and "Talk Dirty to Me" certainly aren't family friendly songs). I regularly sing along with "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails (famous for the line "I want to f*ck you like an animal"). I have shelves and shelves of books, movies, and CDs that I will have to move so my son doesn't have access to them.

I don't really have any point to this, other than just being surprised at myself for my double standard. I'm not really sure why those songs bother me so much. I guess it's just that my music is so much better. :)