To complain about Gangnam Style for kids

[middleclassdystopia]

Gangnam style(or whatever the hell it's called) has been played at my ds school and my dd pre-school several times at various events over the last year or so.

Okay on one level it's just a pop song, it's catchy and kids that age don't understand the lyrics.

However, whilst i'm no prude, I can't help objecting to my kids singing 'hey sexy lady'

I try to teach equality to my children and I find these lyrics misogynistic.

I feel like complaining, what's wrong with a whole range of other music? Seeing a bunch of 4 year old girls singing this and swaying their hips just seems wrong to me.

YANBU yes its just a catchy song but Id be uncomfortable with little boys singing 'hey sexy lady' too.

I have previously been at a soft play and heard preschool girls singing along to the music in there (rhiana) "i may be bad but I'm perfectly good at it,sex in the air i don't care i love the smell of it, sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains excite me i like it like it come on' and more recently that awful Robin Thicke between the ears x

I agree with you too, but it is a catchy doing and I'm sure they have heard it elsewhere. It's played everywhere

My friend's a teacher, she plays the music that the kids request and will acquiesce (within reason, so not 'Blurred lines') so perhaps the kids are asking for this song?

Ah, reminds me of the days when we all used to dance innocently to 'sex on the beach' at primary school discos.

P.S. I turned out alright!

My DS's love the song and dance so I told them sexy is a grown up word and to sing "hey pretty lady." No doubt I've been eye rolled behind my back but I don't care.

My 3 year old has been dancing to this in creche lately. I'm not happy at all but don't feel I can say anything as it's the only creche we can really use, being in the middle of nowhere.

I agree too - hate casual sex references in songs deemed appropriate for children. Do people not listen to lyrics?

My ds sings 'heyyyyyy sexy lady' alllllll the time. He's 4. It annoys me but there's always a song like that

DS2 is 4 and doesn't understand what the words mean, so he sings "Hey such a lady". Puts a whole new spin on it!

This does not bother me.

There are worse songs out there. Plus I grew up with Spice Girls singing "2 become 1" and Venga Boys wanting to "Boom, Boom, I want you in mu room"

Singing "hey, sexy lady" is nothing.

YANBU

It's no different to what was played at discos in the nineties, and no doubt what was played at discos in the seventies and eighties too.

I remember requesting Mysterious Girl by Peter Andre at a disco when I was about 9, and listening to "Sex on the Beach" and like SP I remember that Boom Boom Boom Boom song by the Vengaboys. Oh, and Sex Bomb by Ricky Martin.

It doesn't bother me at all.

My five year old sings 'heeeeeey sister lady' i just havent corrected him!

To be honest, he is usually too busy throwing himself around the room enthusiastically to listen to the lyrics!

I do see your point but i think there are probably bigger issues.

They just like the songs, don't understand the meanings.

I hate hearing it come out of little children's mouths too, but I can also vividly remember singing 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy' by Rod Stewart when I was a child

Blurred Lines is just repulsive though.

I taught my nephew to sing "heyyyy such a lady" he's 3 and none the wiser :)

Lol Goofy you've just reminded me of my beloved MIL singing a popular song a few years ago when we went to visit... "I"m your honey, honey honey honey, SO honey, honey honey honey tonight"...

I will never forget the look on DH's face.

Needless to say, we didn't correct her...

I'm older than some of the posters here but "our song " was Like a Virgin

I remember innocently singing "it wasn't me" by Shaggy..."picture this we were both butt naked banging on the bathroom floor". Oh I still remember the slap off my mum lol

Yabu and a bit ott. The kids don't even know what they're saying, they hardly thinking what you've expressed. It's a catchy song which I've seen both boys and girls have fun with.

You're about a year behind the times.

I'm still waiting for the Horrible Histories people to do a spoof - "Hey Saxon Lady"

flatfaced!!