Young Voices 2010/11 - CD2 Track 17 - Disgraceful Songs

[RangTang4]

My DD came home on Thursday night with a CD containing all the lyrics for the Young Voices Concert taking place this year. One track called 'Pop Medley' contains the most horrendously inappropriate lyrics for young voices, of which there will be 90,000 taking part. The lyrics mention 'guns' 'bad romance', 'taking risks', 'lovers revenge', plus lots of bad boys, bad boys bad boys.....!!!!' The literature that comes with the CD asks parents to help their offspring learn the lyrics - over my dead body.
This track in my humble opinion has to be withdrawn immediately unless of course we wish to remain number two in the world for teenage pregnancies. Have a look for yourself at www.youngvoices.co.uk
I only played the CD once but now my three year old boy is singing the mentionned words. My daughter of course loves it and keeps on singing it too.I dont suppose anyone has Michael Gove's email address? Needless to say my daughter will not be attending. I feel I am going to have to seek legal advice. I have emailed the organisation asking for a recall. When I think of all the beautiful love songs they could be singing and they have chosen cheap 'on trend' trashy lyrics, my heart bleeds.

ROFL.

Coach party.

"If the Human Rights Act can allow foreign rapists and murderers to stay in this country and Eastern European to illegally squat in other people's homes, "

and the point of that comment was ???

my DS2 will be 7 soon. He loves nothing more after school than coming home and dancing (and singing) along to all the songs on viva.

The King James Bible contains the wellspring of the best of English. Whatever you think of its religious content, its prose is the model for good writing. The Book of Common Prayer should be in the hearts of Christians and Atheists alike, as being some of the greatest poetry in our language. William Tyndall may have been burnt at the stake for his pains, but the publication of a vernacular bible was one of the defining moments of our civilisation. We have to be thankful for the language Christianity has given us.

How sad, then, when Christians with bees in their bonnet sound like the letters page of a failing local paper. On a week that the YTS trainees were given it to sub. On the occasion that, being short of material, they decided to fish something out of the "unpublishable insanity" file.

By the way, assuming International Mothers Prayer Group is an affiliate of Moms In Touch International, as a cursory Google implies, "Moms In Touch International is not a lobbying group, regardless of how worthy the cause. Participation in outside political and social issues must be done solely on an individual basis. Under no circumstances should the MITI name be used in conjunction with outside issues. " seems a bit of a problem, doesn't it?

Get your facts straight Tokyomanbu - Mothers Prayer Group exists - it was set up by two mothers who had been worried for their sons who were involved in gang land drugs - I kid you not.

We pray every week for our children by name and for our school. Its a word of mouth organisation we dont need to bleet about it we just get on with it

I run a group from my own home every thursday morning - come along and see for yourself I have nothing to hide. There are eight of us 'fruitcakes' in total and another two groups in Prestbury and one in Pott Shrigley.

It is run in over two hundred countries worldwide. We are NOT I repeat Not a lobbying group. I was actually joking about the coach trip I wouldnt waste my time - sorry I didnt spell it out by using the funny little smileys that you are so fond of.

Let me guess you are a devout aetheist and work for a newspaper. Well I will light a candle for you in church on sunday - another joke but I will if you would like me too.

Who is Moms in Touch never heard of them. Let me guess its an American dumbed down version of facebook which you belong to?? All full of smug and clever MOMs.
Tell me where did I use the MITI name in my message ??? Come on clever cloggs. Show me in green ink please -

''We have to be thankful for the language Christianity has given us''. What does this mean - the language is a drop in the ocean its the message that it contains that matters for us Christians.

I am sitting in our library - surrounded by his hundreds of classical books and I just dont agree with the comment that the bible has given us the best poetry - King David's psalms I take it, too much nashing and wailing for me from someone who was a murderer but then again who am I to argue with you? Shakespeare yes.

No patronising answers please just the one about MOMs international.

mo ma tat tat

The point is I was wondering if it was possible to stop the 'bad boys song' that the children are going to be singing at the coincert - track 17. I dont like the lyrics they were written for Alexandra Burke X factor finals - I dont want my daughter attempting her dance and sing routine. Call me old fashionned but she is 5.

I cannot imagine for a minute that the organisers would take this bit out so I was wondering if there was an article in the human right act 2000 [ the bit that specifically deals with European children rights) that makes it illegal to exploit our children in this way. i.e. getting them to sing dirty slutty songs.

But dont worry it doesn't apply to your DS2 son becuase ''he will be 7 soon. He loves nothing more after school than coming home and dancing (and singing) along to all the songs on viva.''

Is anyone out there familiar with 'the man on the clapman omnibus test' for reasonableness?

I went around singing the Grease songs when I was a kid.

It was only a few years ago that I realised just what they were actually saying and what it all meant

didn't do me any harm

Rangatang4 I didn't know people like you really existed!

I agree in theory but can't reconcile your Christian credentials with the level of anger and vitriol you've aimed at other posters.

Are you for real?
The name dropping is beyond cringeworthy so may I be the first to say it...cough troll cough

Does that mean that I have made it through to the knock out round then?

Of course I am not for real. None of us are look at all our daft names and the times we are emailing at.

I've probably got a bad case of insomnia?

This is not real, is it? Please someone tell me that people like this do not really exist.

Thninking back to my childhood there were a fair few songs that were deemed inappropriate and even banned from Radio 1 airplay - Frankie Goes To Hollywood springs to mind. I used to sing along with it, completely oblivious to the controversy and the meaning behind the words. Thankfully it did not turn me into a teenage mum who stole from grannies while smoking crack.

There are a few songs that I censor - the current Eminem that plays down Domestic violence, one charming song called "Fuck You" that the
French radio stations are fond of.

A "bad boy" to my 8yo and 6yo dc is ine who does not finish his homework or is cheeky to his mother.

Take a look at Ms Burke on her official website on the X factor - singing along to bad boys. Did anyone's dd or ds watch this final - mine didn't fortunately.

Ms Burke is performing 'this very song' at the YV concert. She performed in the last two years.

Remind me is X Factor before or after the nine oclock watershed?

A couple of years ago there was an outcry from a mother who said that the Pussycat Dolls Concert was too raunchy for her 8 years old DD. They were both dressed up Mum like an aged pussycat doll and daughter an 8 year old as a mini pussycat doll.

Yep this woman really does exist. In fact I will find the article for you.

Re: Frankie goes to Hollywood - I had the teeshirt that said RELAX on it. I was 17 and I know exactly what the words meant - I was at a mixed sixth form and the boys made sure we all knew.

RT4 presumably thinks she's a Christian, although the general manner of her bile directed at others means few of us would recognise her as one. Still, she can presumably find her way around a bible, so I shall refer her to Matthew 7, verses 1 to 3, and leave her to making Christianity look bad.

Pott Shrigley.

Meets in over 200 countries worldwide, which is impressive given there are only 192 members of the UN, but the branches that spring to mind are two villages outside Macclesfield? How odd.

Sorry my mistake it only 80 countries.

Launched in England in 1995.

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I was warned about Mumsnet. Its best just to have a laugh at the witty postings and not get sucked in.

I have laughed so much but now I am wondering was it worth it.

www.mothersprayers.org/

mothersprayers.mpweb.co.uk/

"Wonderful answers to prayer include the following?.

A son made a phone call home, a son-in-law got a job, a daughter and partner getting married after 5 years engagement, improved health for a daughter, a friend's son has decided on a college course after two years of indecision. (All from one Group)"

I keep reading that link as Mother Sprayers. Which is weird.

"I have laughed so much but now I am wondering was it worth it"

Probably not.

We have been praying for a woman whom is in a coma and has not yet seen her baby.

Plus a boy with a brain tumour which is giving him fits.

tokyonambu

'RT4 presumably thinks she's a Christian.'

I thought I was but go on then tell me I am not. Only God knows that.

Matthew 7, verses 1 to 3?

Judge not lest ye be judges and all that?

"Let me guess you are a devout aetheist and work for a newspaper. Well I will light a candle for you in church on sunday - another joke but I will if you would like me too"

Whoopsie!

tokyonambu

Are you children going this year to the YV concert just out of interest?

ShirleyKnot
I am totally fed up with her being so nasty to me.

This isnt about the bloody concert is it its all about bringing me down to size becuase I pissed you all off for being a name dropper.( cough troll cough etc etc)

Is there a dadsnet - I doubt it, men are not as stupid as us.

Report me and lets see what happens shall we.