To raise it with the school as my dd 5 is dancing to 'blurred lines' by robin thicke in her after school dance club?

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Hi there, I would welcome your views on the above. Just found out that they have been practicing a dance to the above song at my dd's after school dance club (5 to 7 year olds). I am very very uncomfortable with this. I know the children will not understand the underlying message of the song, but I still find it wrong on so many levels.

I will likely upset a few people as the dance teacher is a mum at the school, and she is otherwise, a great and popular teacher. I know I could withdraw my dd from the dance class but it just seems wrong that this song is even playing in a primary school at all.

So am I being unreasonable to raise it with the head?

I thought Thicke was suing Marvin Gaye's family?

Reminds me of when my eldest DS was about 8yrs old.

I went to pick him up from the Junior school disco and when I walked into the hall, the kids were dancing to "I wanna have sex on the beach"

Complete with thrusting movements

I'm no prude, in fact I'd say I'm a lot more relaxed than many parents I know.

But that was just crass.

'yeah sexy lady' doesn't really compare to hard anal penetration designed to rip her to shreds or rape though, does it?

Sexy Lady is miles away from raping, forced sodomy and bitch slappin'

I would be furious. Is the teacher aware of the lyrics?

See this is what pisses me off about blurred lines - people seem to just totally excuse the lyrics because the tune is so catchy and has 'a certain musicality'.

plus gangnam style is a work a musical genius

Sorry but there is no excuse for using this song. I also teach dance and it's my responsibility to vet lyrics before using any songs with my children for this exact reason. So many songs also have unnecessary swear words in now that it's the first thing I do when choosing a song. Hopefully this was a wake up call for this teacher and she'll be more careful in the future!

Thicke's legal team tried to pre-sue Marvin Gayes family. It's all very strange.

YADNBU - I hate 9 yr old DSS singing this.

My oldest son loves the tune. I've tried to educate him, he got what I was saying. But still, "It's such a catchy tune though". Sigh. That's what's insidious. Catchy tune hides the hateful message.

It is a catchy song which is what annoys me. Put some decent lyrics on it and it would be a bloody brilliant song! I just don't understand why that sort of language needs to be used.

Any teacher should be aware of what language is used in the music. Many songs do have clean versions of their songs (Glee has covered a few songs and changed some words to make them more appropriate so always a good place to check). I would pull my child from that class if the teacher wasn't prepared to change the music.

Yanbu but I dint think it is a rapist song just too sexual for tinies

There was a discussion a iut this song and I think the line 'man is not your maker' shows it is not rapey. The line 'blurred lines' though hmmmmmm.

superstar, for me it's "i know you want it" that makes my skin crawl. That's what rapists say. There are no Blurred Lines. No means no.

I can't believe people don't get the meaning behind this song, especially with all the publicity about it being banned by student unions at university. I would feel VERY uncomfortable watching my DD dance to a song like this. Sex populates a lot of pop songs, but there are plenty more that only hint at it or are more innocent.
Definitely take the page of lyrics in and ask the dance teacher if she thinks it is appropriate. If you get shrugged off, go to the Head.

babybarrister what bit exactly do you hear kids singing to the . Because the very repetitive chorus (which is incredibly catchy) contains the lyrics 'you're a good girl' 'I know you want it' 'I hate these blurred lines' 'the way you grab me, must wanna get nasty'.

'Hey sexy lady' rather pales in comparison to any of that IMO.

I'd feel most uncomfortable because it's a terrible song! ..... seriously though, it's not a song of suitable content for 5 year olds and there's n o way the teachers could have failed to pick up on the sexual connotations surrounding the song.

The sexual content in Grease went totally over our heads I think. I bloody loved Grease (still do).

This song is in a totally different league. It's not about sex - it's positively endorsing violence and abuse.

It's not about age because this song isn't about sex it's about justifying rape. I am shocked that the school is allowing this.

As most have said, YANBU. I get that some songs have questionable lyrics but there isn't anything questionable about some of these lyrics. "I know you want it" makes my skin crawl.

I love that song, but until this thread didn't realise the lyrics.

I am shocked at the number of people who are saying they never got the lyrics to this song. It's not like the greased lightning song where the words are really quick and you could easily miss it. The line 'I know you want it' is the main hook of the song!

The fact that so many people are hearing that and it completely passes them by just shows really how deeply ingrained mysogyny is. People are so used to this sort of shit that they don't even notice them when it is explicitly expressed in an incredibly catchy and repetitive song.

Personally I don't see in the lyrics the link with rape, I see the lyrics more innocent than that. However YANBU as it is a contentious song.

Maybe the teacher is unaware of the recent debate about the song. It would be worth point out the possible link with rape rather than outright complaining. See what action they take if it is still kept I. The show then pull your dd out of the show if you feel that strongly.