to wonder if "you spin my head right round when you go down" is possibly a ^leetle^ inappropriate to be used as music during an after school club?

[breadandroses]

DD1 (7) goes to an after school hula hoop club which she is really enjoying. They are learning different tricks and moves, and this track (I think it's by Flo Rider?) is often on at pick up time.

Dd has asked me to download it so she can practise at home. I was on the phone to my mum telling her, they might be too young to understand it, but it's insidious, this premature sexualisation of our children blah blah blah. My mum, to her credit, had the patience to listen too me before bursting out laughing and telling me that I was exactly the same age as Dd1 when Madonna's True Blue came out, and it was all me and my friends listened to for ages.

Anyway, please vote

1. Yes, this is worth mentioning to the head. Do we have to make them hula hoop to a song about oral sex?

1. No, for God's sake get over yourself. They're having a great time! And the poor staff don't need something else to worry about.

Oh, the person who runs the club isn't a teacher, but does work at the school. She genuinely wouldn't know why I was uncomfortable with the children listening to it.

"you spin my head right round when you go down"

You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
Kesha
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down

Hey
Hopped out of that house with my swagger
Hop in that with girl, I got places to go!
People to see, time is precious
I look at my crowd and they out of control
Just like my mind where I'm going
No women, no shorties, no nothin but clothes
No stoppin now, my parolees on role
I like my jewelry, that's always on gold
I know the storm is comin
my pockets keep tellin me it's gonna shower
Call up my homies that's home
Then pop in the night cuz it's meant to be ours
We keep a fade away shot cuz we ballin
it's platinum patron that be ours
Lil mama, I owe you just like the flowers
Girl you to drink with all that and power clubs

You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
Kesha
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down

From the top of the pole I watch her go down
She got me throwin my money around
Ain't nothin more beautiful to be found
It's goin down down.
From the top of the pole I watch her go down
She got me throwin my money around
Ain't nothin more beautiful to be found
It's goin down down

Hey
Shawty must know I'm not playin
My money love her like a numba one fan
Don't look at my mouth, let her talk to my fans
My Benjamin Franklin
A couple of grands, I got rubber bands
My paper planes makin a dance
Get dirty all night, that's part of my thing
Keep building castles that's made out of sand
She's amazing, the fire blazing
Hotter than ....
Girl won't you move a lil closer?
Time to get paid, it's maximum wage
That body belong on a poster
I'm in a daze, that bottom is wavin' at me
Like damn it I know you
You wanna show like a gun out of holster
Tell me whatever and I'll be your roper ..

You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
Kesha
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down

From the top of the pole I watch her go down
She got me throwin my money around
Ain't nothin more beautiful to be found
It's goin down down
From the top of the pole I watch her go down
She got me throwin my money around
Ain't nothin more beautiful to be found
It's goin down down

I'm feelin my money
I'm out of control
Somebody help me
She's takin my bank roll.
But I'm king golf the club
And I'm wearin the crown
Poppin these bottles
Touchin these models
Watchin they asses go down down

You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down

You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down

You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down

You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
When you go down, when you go down down

I think it's worth mentioning to the leader first - please don't go to the head first as that would be incredibly inconsiderate and would rightly piss the leader off.

However I think it's highly likely that the children won't get the true meaning.

Personally I would be more bothered about the appalling grammar and spelling!

LOLOL Cov

I also thought it was 'you spin me right round baby right round, like a record baby'

Oh damn. go, not goo

Maybe he means when she goes down the pole, rather than goes down on him?? Maybe?

I do think most of it goes over their heads.

Do you remember White Lines by Duran Duran in the 80s?

I used to think it was about "White Lions" When someone corrected me I thought it was stupid that they had written a song about White Lines - it didn't make any sense! White Lions sounded much better to me

I also remember singing along to "Like a vigin" without questioning what it meant. A friend dared us to ask a teacher what it meant. When we got a quite frank answer I couldn't understand why Madonna (who I liked) would want to write a song about sex?! (Yuck!!!!)

My 14yo old dd had no clue what this song was about so I doubt very much that your 7yo will!

You are putting adult connotations on it. To a child it is about spinning and going down as in like The Twist. In that context it is totally right for hula hooping and it is not sexualising a child - the child has no concept it is sexual so how can it be?

2 - with bells on

OP is right. The fact that the kids don't get it is no excuse for using it. I'm sure lots of little girls think poledancing's well cool, but that would be out of order, too.

"Putting adult connotations on it" is what adults are meant to do; nothing wrong with censoring what the children see or hear.

"White Lines' has an anti- drug message, so probs there.

It's about pole dancing, clearly, not oral sex. I don't like the lyrics much but I doubt you can even make them out can you? Number two....

So you are going to censor everything they hear? TBH that kind of attitude is (IMO) ridiculous not to mention potentially damaging. Having been a child I can state that realising at 13/14 that the lyics I had been happily singing along with at 7/8 were about sex did not cause me - or anyone I know - psychological harm. In fact I have not yet heard of a "sang sexy lyrics as a child" support club.

isn't the pole he's refering to, his manhood?

I like flo rider songs and my children have no idea what they're about when they come on the radio